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# Children of the sun

# See, your time has just begun

# Searching for your way

# Through adventures every day

#Every day and night

# With the condor in flight

# With all your friends in tow

# We search for the Cities of Gold

# Ahhhh-ah-ah-ah

# Wishing for the Cities of Gold

# Ahhhh-ah-ah-ah

# Someday will find the Cities of Gold. #

Our heroes escaped from the pirates

thanks to the intervention of Ambrosius,

a fanciful French alchemist.

Silly me!

After a rough landing of the Grand Condor piloted by Zia,

our friends find refuge in the fascinating

vessel of Ambrosius.

Welcome aboard my vessel.

But the pirates have managed to find them.

(QUIVERING VOICES)

They're here! What can we do, Mendoza?

Trust me. There's no need for your weapon.

What is that thing?

What a strange machine.

And there we go.

And now...

Huh?

This valve goes this way.

Ah. That's good.

Ha. Perfect.

Hm-hm.

- Ooh. - Oh!

Everything's in place.

Mhm.

Ahh.

Huh?

- Ooh. - Oh.

I advise you to step aside.

Whoa!

Whoa!

Be careful!

If the ray of my luminarium touches you, you'll be grilled

like a roasted chicken.

Cha!

(SQUAWKS) No, no, no! Assassin!

Time for you to shine, my dear.

Hee-hee-hee.

(LOUD MACHINE NOISES)

- Oh! - Huh?

Hmm.

(YELLING AND COUGHING)

Go on! Charge!

They're coming. You two, lock the door.

I'll take care of the superior deck.

Quick!

Come on, children, I'm sure you'll find this most entertaining.

Won't you all join me now at the helm?

Whoa!

All right!

Esteban, Zia! Come on!

He-he. Now, get ready.

So how are we supposed to lock this door?

Oh, P-P-Pedro.

(YELLING)

Ehh!

Yah!

(GROANING)

What on earth do you think you're doing?

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BOTH: Hmm-nnn-nnn. Ehh!

Ha-ha-ha. You! Come with me.

(WHIMPERS)

(QUIVERING VOICE) Ambrosius!

The pirates are out therrrre!

Oh, yes. The staircase. I'm such a scatterbrain.

We'll take care of that.

Esteban, would you like to put the snake back in its den?

Ahhh!

Waaaa!

Right, now then, Tao.

You have the honour of putting the eagle's wings

into flight.

Just to the left!

Yahhh!

Eh! Ooh-eh-eh-eh!

And now it's your turn, Zia. Make the tiger roar!

Pull left...

Mm-hm.

..then right.

Huh?

Huh?

(QUIVERING VOICE) Oh, no! It's the train. It's the train.

It's an earthquake! We gotta get out of here.

(LAUGHS) Rest assured, we're just about to go.

In just a short instant!

Hee-hee-hee-hee.

By all the skulls of the damned.

What are you waiting for? Jump on!

Ahhhhhh!

Ahh-ahh! Ahh! Ahh! Ah-ah.

Arghhhh!

(LAUGHS)

And now you best hang on, my friends.

Ah!

Ah-ah-ah. Ooh. Ah.

Ahh!

It's incredible.

We're taking off!

Arghhh-raaaa!

Ah-ah! Pang Zi!

Yoo-hoo! Ha-ha-ha-ha!

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He can make a ship fly?

Hee-hee! We finally got rid of those pirates.

Thank you for your help.

Now, how about a bit of fresh air.

Huh?

(LOUD RUMBLE)

Whoa!

What?

Watch your hands.

ESTEBAN AND ZIA: Oh!

Whoa!

- Brrrr! - Oh!

Brrr! Brrr!

Hello, my friends!

Wow.

How does this all work, exactly?

And what's this huge canvas for?

Are you the inventor of this system?

(LAUGHS) My dear Tao, your thirst for knowledge reminds me of my youth.

You know, if I am able to fly this ship, it's thanks to the science

of the people of Mu.

Ah, the science of my ancestors.

Your ancestors?

Mm. That'd be extraordinary

if you were a descendant of the people of Mu.

You have standing before you the one and only descendant

of the people of Mu.

Does that mean that you can decipher the language of Mu?

Oh, I can read fluently the signs of the first two levels.

But that's fantastic!

Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho! The two of us are going to unfold mysteries!

Come now, let's go back down.

- Those two are meant for each other. - Mm-hm.

Grrrr!

(SQUAWKING)

Hey, you guys, you could have w-w-waited f-for us.

Yeah.

Come, I'll explain to you how all of this functions.

I didn't have the time earlier on to introduce you

to the heart of my ship.

You're already familiar with my luminarium.

This little marvel that I fabricated captures sunlight

and then concentrates it thanks to its lenses.

And it's magnified upon this rock. Inside there you can see

that ordinary little rock.

Well, it's a miracle of alchemy, because when it is heated

to very high temperatures by the ray, and we're at the same

time, we pour morning dew water onto it,

it produces solar vapour!

- Morning dew water? - Solar vapour, you say?

That's right. It's the solar vapour produced in this cauldron

that inflates the canvas.

And whoop! It rises up and it flies! Ha-ha.

I don't get it.

It's my cauldron that n-n-needs filling up.

You're right. Come on, let's go find something for us to eat.

Hee-hee. Yeah. He-hm.

Did you know that morning dew is an essential element

for us alchemists?

By, looky here.

What's this?

Ooh-ehh!

- He-he! - He-he-he.

Hmm.

It's your fault. So you clean it up.

What? Mine?

Oh, no, no. I-I-It's y-y-yours.

No. Yours.

No. Yours!

- Uh. - Ya-ha.

Err. Ughhh.

(SNORING)

You gotta be super ingenious to fabricate all this.

You know, I was able to conceive this system thanks to a blueprint

that I deciphered on an incredible object.

An extraordinary pyramid.

The pyramid of Mu.

I've never heard of anything like it.

It was found in the New World by Spanish conquerors.

I must say that it was not easy to obtain.

It was a collector of Egyptian antiques who entrusted it to me.

(KOKAPETL WHIMPERS)

Kokapetl.

Ah... (COUGHS AND SPLUTTERS)

Huh?

Ah! Oh.

Zia!

Uh-err!

Uh...wait.

Hold on to your breath.

(COUGHS)

Ah! Need...air!

(COUGHS)

Urgh.

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Oh!

(GRUMBLES)

Hm?

(SNORING)

Huh?

What is all this devilry now?

Huh? (SNIFFS AIR)

Oh!

(RUMBLING)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Huh, huh?

Huh?

Oh. Huh.

Huh?

Wake up!

Children!

Ambrosius!

(GRUNTS)

Ow!

My head!

Ow! Wow.

Wow!

What happened?

(GROANS)

Huh?

Your ship manoeuvres pretty well, Ambrosius.

Uh. Heh.

Oh.

Thank you, Mendoza.

Thank you.

If you'll allow me, I'll take over now.

What in the world?

What is Pang Zi doing here?

(ALL SNORE)

Ma?

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Mommy!

It is forbidden to touch my experiments.

Do you realise how close we came to a catastrophe?

Beh.

It's my fault.

I shouldn't leave lying about those kind of products.

For the moment we gotta get back to the Grand Condor.

The Grand Condor?

Mhm. Fine.

I shall take you there now.

Esteban, will you look at this?

Hm? Oh.

Ha-ha!

Quite interesting, is it not?

It's a drum known as Dong Song.

It's rare.

During my endless research, I had the occasion to decipher

a very ancient text that spoke of a sacred drum that is located

in this region.

That's amazing!

I bet that's our drum!

- You say it's yours? - Yes.

An incredible drum that we found in a fantastic cave.

I even discovered a curious inscription.

Tao!

The eyes that see everything turn towards the inside, so that the fire

of the Yellow Dragon can show the way.

What's that?

The Yellow Dragon, you say?

Wait a second.

Ah, it just very well

could be the Yellow Dragon represented

on this ancient imperial scarf.

What exactly is this Yellow Dragon?

According to this text, it seems it's a statuette that is conserved

in a Taoist temple in Peking.

So that means we have to get to Peking.

Peking? But where's that?

Mm-hm. Right here, my child.

Peking, the pearl of Asia.

Peking, the city of a thousand temples.

I could very well help you find the Yellow Dragon.

I have friends in Peking.

The Templar alchemists.

Thank you. You're very kind, but we're used to doing

everything all on our own.

We can't go on without Ambrosius.

He's extremely knowledgeable.

I'm not going anywhere without him. Hm.

Come on, Mendoza, he helped us out with the pirates.

I'm sure we can trust him.

Look, as a token of my good faith, I'll entrust you with the Book

of Seven languages.

Hold on to it till Peking and study it well.

- You're entrusting me with it? - Mm-hm.

- The Golden Bird. - Huh?

Find me that Golden Bird.

Golden Bird.

I forgot about him.

Let's throw him overboard.

(ALL GASP)

(LAUGHS) I'm joking!

(LAUGHS)

Overboard! (LAUGHS)

Oh. Oh.

Urgh!

Whoa!

The Golden Bird.

So we'll see you in two days in Peking, then.

But how are we going to find each other?

A-Ha!

You're forgetting that I can find the condor thanks to my compass.

Take good care of my book, Tao!

Yes!

Come on! Faster, great bird.

Since Ambrosius can fly at night, we got to get a head start.

Ambrosius is amazing, isn't he?

- Well, he's not very tall. - But very clever.

He's a genius.

Ah! Mwah!

What do you think, Mendoza?

Oh!

Still no luck in deciphering Ambrosius' book, Tao?

NARRATOR: What secrets are contained in the Book of Seven Languages?

What fabulous encounters will they make before they get to Peking?

Bath time.

To find out, don't miss the next episode

of The Mysterious Cities of Gold.

This feels great.

We're already leaving Southern China and the region of Guilin.

Brrr! What a shame.

It's so beautiful here.

That's true.

What's more, I didn't tell you about the people we met.

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and their intricate structures,

and the Yao women with their hair so long that it touches the ground

and that they knot up in a crown on the top of their heads.

Ha-ha-ha! What a funny hairstyle.

Uh, yours isn't so bad either.

Hrrr! I don't know what you're talking about.

We're leaving before we had time to burn incense

in the Buddhist temples, to visit the parks that flourish

even in winter.

And to admire the pagodas

even in the evening with their beautiful lights.

And to...

Brr! They look like Christmas trees. Ha-ha-ha-ha.

All right, let's get going.

Goodbye, Guilin.

Does a dragon with six talons really exist?

No. Not really.

It was invented for the needs of the series.

On the other hand, in China, the dragon with five talons

was truly a symbol of power.

Only the Emperor was allowed to wear this legendary animal.

Anybody else who wore the dragon with five talons without imperial

authorisation was punished by death.

How many talons do I have again?

Oh-ho-ho! Rest assured, Kokapetl, you only have three.

And you're not a dragon.

- Phew! - Goodbye and see you soon.

Ha-ha! Bye-bye!