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# Children of the sun

# See your time has just begun

# Searching for your ways 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

# Ah

# Wishing for the Cities of Gold

# Ah

# Some day we will find the Cities of Gold. #

Gone!

NARRATOR: Our heroes managed to escape from the pirates

thanks to Ambrosius's incredible flying ship.

Make a ship fly?

When the mysterious message of the sacred drum is evoked,

the alchemist shows them an Imperial scarf which reveals the existence

of an ancient statuette...

Peking - the pearl of Asia!

..of a yellow dragon hidden in a temple in Peking.

Huh?

Oh, no, no, no, no, that's not it.

It doesn't mean anything.

Still no luck in deciphering Ambrosius's book, Tao?

Certain signs look like new writing,

but they're different and don't mean anything.

And then there's this other writing I've never seen before.

Look down there at those lights. It's like a snake made of fire.

Wow, that sure is beautiful.

What is it?

(ALL CHANT)

The sun's setting. We have to find a spot where we can land.

Yeah.

This voyage has worn me out.

I can't wait to get to bed.

See that? Those are the lights we saw when we were in the sky.

I wonder what they are.

Why don't we go see?

Hey, Tao! You coming?

Mm-hm.

Oh!

Oh.

Forget about that book for a while or you'll go crazy.

I have to decipher it.

It can wait till tomorrow, Tao.

No way. I want to know what it contains. I have to know.

Well, in that case, we'll just lock you up with it.

You coming, Zia?

Hey! No, no, don't do that!

Very clever.

Oh, so, that's how it is.

You think you're clever, huh?

Ha-ha-ha.

Ha-ha.

Ha-ha.

Caught you!

Too easy.

- She's a girl. - What?

You just wait. You'll see what this girl will do to you.

Ho-ho-ho!

Shh!

Boss wants to know if you'll keep your word.

It's risky.

There's a lot riding on this.

And most of all, you got to keep quiet.

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Do what I say, and you will not regret it.

Got you!

Whoa!

Ooh!

Huh?

Run!

Look, guys, there's a house.

Help us! We're being chased by...

Huh?

Huh?

- Huh? - Run for your lives!

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Look what the cat brought in, guys.

Hmm. Some foreigners.

They were in the forest.

They saw us.

What were you doing in the forest?

Where are you from?

- Esteban! Esteban! - Esteban! Zia!

Tao!

(SQUAWKS)

Let's follow him.

So, then, what were you up to in the forest?

Huh?

- Answer! - Zia! Let her be.

Leave those children alone!

Huh? What?

Huh?

Huh? Huh?

Who is he?

I said leave those children alone!

Hmm?

Ha-ha-ha!

Ha-ha-ha! Ha-ha-ha!

You should have never walked in here, voyager.

I'll teach you how to go on your way and mind your own business.

Oh!

No.

Whoa, did you see that?

Back me up, you all!

Yeah!

Whoa!

Yeah.

Come on, guys, let's get him.

He fights like a Shaolin monk.

Huh?

So what? There are 10 times more of us.

Yeah. Time to make him pay.

Yah!

Yah!

Yah!

Hmm.

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.

Are you alright, children?

Yes.

Watch out!

Oh!

Oh! I give up.

Have mercy. Please don't hurt me.

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I'm unarmed.

Have mercy.

Hmm?

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

- Oh! - Ah!

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Phew!

Oh! Mendoza!

You saved my life, stranger.

My name is Tian Li from the Shaolin Monastery.

You also saved our lives.

Thank you so much. My name is Mendoza.

Mendoza! He's been hurt.

Let's carry him to the Shaolin Temple?

Yes.

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(CHANTING)

Wow! Is this for real?

Ah!

So, you're Spanish, you say?

You're a long way from home, my friend.

No need to worry.

Our Great Master is a mighty healer.

People come from all over to consult him.

Here are the bandages, the hot water

and the ointments you asked for, Great Master.

What are you doing?

I'm trying to find the origin of the pain, my child.

- Ah! - Yes, that's it.

Your ribs are fractured.

I'm going to put on a dressing. A few days' rest and you'll be fine.

But we must leave. We have our rendezvous in Peking.

Ah!

Oh! Ah!

Well, now that's settled.

Muchan, you will show our guests where they may sleep.

And you will have them served a meal.

Before that, you will take them to the baths to be cleansed.

For no-one impure may stay here in Shaolin.

Oh, don't worry about that.

Sancho and I took a bath just last year. It's fine.

You can take us straight to dinner.

Just last year?

- Do what you're told. - Huh?

Yeah.

It's dangerous to bathe too often, everybody knows that.

Yeah, and we get all wet.

You know what I think, my friend?

It smells like a trap to me.

First they got Mendoza, now it's our turn.

Oh!

But we won't fall for it.

What are they doing, Tian Li.

They are training for an art form we call kung-fu.

It was invented and perfected right here in Shaolin.

Kung-fu forges our body in the same way meditation forges our spirit.

- Can anybody learn it? - Of course.

But mastering kung-fu requires years of effort and hard work.

Now I understand where Tian Li gets all his strength.

This kung-fu - cha - could help us defend ourselves better.

Cha-cha-cha!

Look at those boys over there.

They're the same age as us.

Yah!

Higher. Extend.

How many times do I have to repeat myself?

You're not trying hard enough!

You'll be deprived of dinner tonight.

That man...

Huh?

I recognise him.

He was with the bandits in the forest.

- The man with the hat on. - What man with a hat?

I only saw two bandits running after us,

but it was dark and everything happened so fast.

Are you sure it was that man there?

I think. I mean, it was almost night-time.

Do you think we got rid of him?

Uh-oh. There he is!

This way, fast! Hurry!

We're saved!

Huh? Say, what is this place?

I don't know.

Hey, look! There's a door on the other side.

Come on, we'll sneak out that way.

Hee-hee! That guy will never find us.

And we don't want his stupid old bath!

Huh? What happened?

Why did that move?

It's alive!

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Phew!

Oh!

Whoa!

Ah!

Come on, bath time.

Huh? Oh!

Ah! This feels great.

Ah! According to Tian Li, this water is good for our health.

That's true. The water here can even heal wounds.

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Ah!

You're all worthless!

Huh?

No! You again?

Ah! Ah!

Huh?

Oh!

Ah!

Foreigners came by here. Where did they go?

They left with a monk.

They must be in Shaolin right now.

- Shaolin? - It's a monastery.

Westwards, on the river. I can show you the way if you want.

No, I'm expected in Peking.

Oh!

Ah!

(SNORES)

Wake up. Wake up.

Wake up.

Oh!

Somebody's there.

Tao, wake up! Tao, hurry up!

Oh, oh.

Oh. You must have been dreaming.

No, I wasn't.

Ask Kokapetl. He's the one who woke me up.

Huh?

Huh?

Huh?

Like parakeet, like owner.

Huh? You hear that?

What?

The sound of a bell. I already heard it in the forest.

Well, aren't you lucky?

So, why don't we just go back to bed?

Huh?

Huh?

Look over there.

- Oh! - So, was I dreaming?

Ooh!

Shh!

Ah!

Mealtime.

Mealtime.

Mealtime.

Ah!

NARRATOR: Who is this hooded shadow figure menacing Esteban?

Look who we have here.

What scheme are the bandits of the Red Scarves plotting together?

You two, go and tell the others.

You'll find out in the next episode of The Mysterious Cities of Gold.

It's in the province of Hainan that the Shaolin Temple is located.

Founded more than 1,000 years ago, the monastery has long been renowned

for its martial arts, taught by Shaolin monks,

and in particular kung-fu.

Let's enter this famous temple.

But looky there. X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:16:53.800,MPEGTS:93167900 STYLE

But looky there.

Those aren't monks, they're tourists.

And they aren't doing kung-fu.

Yes, during the daytime,

the monastery opens its doors to visitors,

and the Shaolin monks keep a low profile.

They allow us enough time to appreciate the temple's

architecture and its places of prayer and meditation.

We have the impression that for centuries nothing has changed.

There! Look, a monk.

I found one, I found one.

Kokapetl's Scoop.

Did you notice this step on the bottom of the door?

Carefully observe how the people step over it.

One mustn't place one's foot on the step,

for that would show disrespect to the temple and to the monks.

And it brings bad luck.

There, now, that's the way.

Goodbye. And see you soon.

Bye-bye.