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[CALLIOPE MUSIC PLAYING] [LAUGHTER AND SCREAMING]

[SCREAMING CONTINUES]

But what I don't understand is,

if people keep getting a chance

to come back and live again,

how come the world isn't getting any better?

[CHUCKLES]

You're laughing at me.

RIN: Oh, not at all.

It is just that many years ago

I asked Lama Dolgin the very same question.

What'd he say?

He said that perhaps it is

because though everyone comes back to live,

only very few come back to learn.

Lama Dolgin sounds like he was a heck of a guy.

Lama Dolgin was a heck of a guy.

He was your teacher?

Yes. My teacher and my friend.

Seems like you miss him.

Very much.

Kill the others if you must,

but the boy must be taken alive.

[THEME SONG PLAYING]

* In the eyes of a Ranger *

* The unsuspecting stranger *

* Had better know the truth of wrong from right *

* 'Cause the eyes of the Ranger are upon you *

* Any wrong you do he's gonna see *

* When you're in Texas, look behind you *

* 'Cause that's where the Ranger's gonna be *

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Master Rin, next time you must try some cotton candy.

I certainly will. [LAUGHS]

MAN 1: Damn, fellas, lookie there!

It's one of them there monkeys!

[IMITATES MONKEY]

If you will please excuse.

"If I will please"?

Yes, please. We would like to be on our way.

Damn, fellas, you hear that?

This monkey here's got himself some damn fine manners.

MAN 2: Yeah. That's nice. Real nice.

[LAUGHS]

Where'd you learn that, over at the zoo?

Leave him alone.

Oh, don't you worry, little missy.

[CHUCKLES] You'll get yours.

[LAUGHS]

Now, come on. Let's see what you got under the dress.

Give us a little peeky. Come on!

Hey! Where you goin'?

Hey! Where you goin', monkey?

We're just tryin' to have a little fun.

Please, we have no quarrel.

[MOCKING ACCENT] Ah, we have-a no quarrel.

[LAUGHS]

How about now, huh?

We got a quarrel now?

I said, stop it!

WALKER: Hold it! Back off!

You okay?

Yes, thank you.

What do you think you're doing?

These folks are going, and you're gonna leave them alone.

Did you hear that, fellas?

This old boy wants to let our guests go

and the party ain't even hardly got started yet.

Look, mister, nobody's going anywhere till I say they can go.

Back off before someone gets hurt.

Yeah... You!

[SCREAMS AND GRUNTS]

MAN: Get him!

[GRUNTING]

Get outta here!

Hang on, man.

I'm sorry about that.

Your apology is unnecessary.

As a wise man once said,

"Violence, when there are alternatives, is immoral.

"Violence, when there are none, is survival."

My thoughts exactly.

Thank you.

My pleasure.

Is something wrong?

Hopefully not.

C.D., we have some special guests.

Oh, my goodness.

C.D. Parker, Susan Lee.

How do you do? It's a pleasure.

Master Rin. How do you do?

WALKER: This is Susan's son, Davey.

Well, lookie here.

How you doin'?

Hi.

Let's get a couple of tables,

and we'll get something to eat.

C.D. has got to start watering these plants.

Yeah, they do look awful, all right.

C.D.: Let's put these two tables together.

We should have plenty of room.

I'll help you.

C.D.: We don't get honored guests like this every day.

[BLOWING]

You'll be just fine.

I was thinking of a grilled cheese sandwich

and some of C.D.'s world-famous all-veggie chili.

Yes!

Oh, let me tell you, Cordell,

I'm gonna like this guy.

Gringo quesadilla, a meatless wonder,

right over here for this gentleman.

What in the world are you doing down here, Master Rin?

I have come to find the tulku.

Tooku-what? SUSAN: The tulku.

It's what Tibetan Buddhists call the reincarnation

of one of their teachers, or "Lamas."

Five years ago, my teacher,

the Lama Dolgin, passed away.

Since that time, I have searched all over the world

to find his reincarnated form.

So, you think Davey's the one?

I'm sure he is.

It's a little early to be sure.

There's still one more test.

Yes. One final test.

C.D.: What if Davey is the tulku?

RIN: He will come to Nepal

to be educated at the monastery.

These are pictures of famous Texas Rangers, Davey.

Are you okay with this? SUSAN: Would you be?

But if Davey really is the tulku,

then this is his destiny.

I can't stand in the way of that.

So, if he does pass the test,

you're willing to move to Nepal.

Oh, I wouldn't be going.

But I thought you just said that...

No. Master Rin said Davey would go to Nepal.

If I were to go,

I wouldn't be allowed to play any real part in his life.

But you're his mama!

I know I'm his mama,

but if he's the tulku,

that doesn't mean anything.

Now, let me check on that food.

If Davey is the tulku,

his care and education will be in the hands of the monks.

I know this must be hard for you to understand.

It's hard for me to understand

and I was raised this way.

It's got to be so difficult for you, Susan.

Here you go.

Do you think Master Rin is a coward?

Why? Do you think so?

I don't know.

But I mean, back at the carnival

when those men were pushing him around,

he didn't even fight back.

Well, Davey,

the bravest thing a man can do

is stand up for what he believes.

By that measure,

I think Master Rin is one of the bravest men I've ever met.

I think so, too.

Thank you, Ranger Walker.

Whoa! Holy mackerel.

RIN: That was a very good meal.

Thank you.

The final test is tomorrow afternoon.

You would both do us an honor

if you would attend.

It would be our pleasure.

We'd love to.

Walker!

Wasn't this the...

Yeah.

Now, Ray, remember, cover me from the truck.

I don't want to be a target out there.

MAN: The building belongs to the Black Tigers, an Asian gang.

Ah, we should have no trouble here.

The meeting's at 8:00.

If they try anything stupid, kill them.

This'll do very well.

Even the police will never come in here.

What the hell?

You must leave.

Leave? You know who we are?

We're the Black Tigers.

If you leave, you may live.

If you stay, you will die.

[GROWLS]

Hai!

Kill them!

[GRUNTING]

[GROANS]

I told you you would die.

[SCREAMS]

[GROANS]

Get rid of them.

[CHIME RINGING]

[INDISTINCT WHISPERING]

All of the items on the table

are from the same village in Tibet.

They're all quite similar,

and in many cases, even identical to each other.

But three of the items once belonged to the Lama Dolgin.

MAN: Here they come.

This is the final test.

Choose well and choose wisely.

This is mine.

And this. Mmm-hmm.

And this, too.

You gave me this, Master Rin.

Yes. For your birthday.

Thirty years ago.

The Lama has returned!

Walker, Trivette.

TRIVETTE: Kim.

Hey, Kim. Whatcha got?

Well, that depends.

Either we've got six members

of the world's only all-Asian, no-parachute skydiving club,

or somebody did a number on these guys

like I've never seen before.

Any IDs?

No, but from the look of their tattoos,

I can tell you one thing,

they weren't choirboys.

Tattoos?

There's something else.

This was in the dumpster with the victims.

Hello.

Okay. Thanks, Kim.

KIM: Sure thing.

Drug deal gone bad?

Well, I don't think a drug dealer would leave all that behind.

What do you make of it?

I don't know,

but I got a real bad feeling.

What is Tibet really like?

What's it like?

Well, allow me to answer you with a story.

Many, many years ago,

when I was a young student,

I spent an entire winter studying at the monastery

high up in the mountains of Tibet.

Each morning, all of the monks

would wash up in a small fountain

outside in the courtyard.

Now, one morning, right after snow had fallen,

a new student arrived at the monastery.

When he saw them washing in the fountain,

he asked the master if the water was cold.

What did the master say?

Nothing.

Nothing? That's right.

Instead, he picked up a bucket,

filled it with water,

and dumped it on the student's head.

He dumped it on his head?

Mmm-hmm.

But why didn't he just answer his question?

He did, in the only way he could.

Because no one can tell you how something is.

The only way the student can really know if the water was cold

was by feeling it himself.

Exactly.

Only way I can know what Tibet is really like is to go there.

Of course.

We could always dump a bucket of water on your head

and see if that helps.

[CHUCKLES]

Now, step with your right foot.

There, this way.

Step with your left foot, this way.

Now step with your right foot again,

you're holding the ball

like a moon coming up. That's good, that's good.

Now get your...

Run. Now! No!

He is mine.

Go. Bring me the boy.

Leave him alone, Chang.

I would think that you above all others

would know that that is not possible.

[GRUNTS]

[PANTING]

You do not have to be what he was.

It is my destiny. No. It was his destiny!

It does not have to be yours.

That is a lie.

[GRUNTS]

[GROANS]

What's the matter, teacher?

Have you no more lessons to impart?

Only one.

But I fear you are not yet ready for it.

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

You are not worth killing.

[HORN BLARING]

[SPEAKING MANDARIN]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER POLICE RADIO]

The boy.

Where is Davey?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

How is he?

I don't know.

Think he took some real good shots back there.

He's asking where Davey is.

Well, looks like Master Rin and Davey

were practicing Tai Chi

right in this area here.

Three guys came from that direction.

Two of them chased Davey that way.

The third one...

It looks like he fought Master Rin right here.

I'm going to go look for Davey.

How do you know they didn't catch him?

WALKER: I don't.

[WIND BLOWS]

[CHUCKLES]

Thank you, Ranger Trivette.

Hi.

Where's Davey?

It's all right. Walker's looking for him.

What do you mean, "looking for him"?

Where is he?

WALKER: He's right here.

Davey!

Hey, are you okay?

Uh-huh. Ranger Walker found me.

More like he found me.

Master Rin, are you going to be okay?

Yes, Davey.

Now that you have been found,

I am going to be just fine.

Master Rin, can you tell us what's going on?

Who's hungry? I am.

See you later.

I'm going to go get us a little treat, okay?

WALKER: Okay.

[RIN SIGHS]

It is a story that begins long ago.

[GONG SOUNDS]

At this time, Lama Dolgin was not yet a great teacher.

He was a student,

trying hard to learn the lessons of Buddha.

There was another young man in the village.

He took offense at the inner peace of Lama Dolgin

and challenged him to a fight.

At first, the Lama said no,

but Chang would not be denied.

[GRUNTING]

He attacked Lama Dolgin.

And though Chang was a gifted warrior,

the Lama defeated him easily.

Chang, humiliated by his defeat at the hands of the monk,

pulled a short sword to plunge into his own stomach.

But Lama Dolgin took the sword from Chang,

and told him he would not be witness to such a cowardly act.

Chang fled his family and his village,

living out the rest of his life

in a slow, swirling descent into madness.

When Chang finally did take his own life many years later,

his last words were a vow of revenge against Lama Dolgin.

Wait a minute. He's dead?

He died almost 30 years ago.

But...

Now he's been reborn. TRIVETTE: Reborn? Wait.

This isn't one of your Cherokee things, is it?

Chang was reborn 25 years ago.

And he has spent his whole life preparing for vengeance.

Now he is ready.

So this Chang guy,

who died 30 years ago

is trying to kill this 8-year-old boy?

Oh, not kill.

Capture.

If Chang were to kill him,

he would only be postponing the inevitable.

Because the Lama would be reborn again.

Exactly.

Wait, no, you guys are losing me again.

Chang does not wish to kill Davey.

He wishes to imprison and corrupt him.

If he can do so,

he can destroy the Lama's path to enlightenment.

And then...

Chang's vow would be fulfilled.

You don't really believe that stuff.

Well, it doesn't matter what I believe,

but I do know Davey's in danger.

Hi.

Um, Susan, until we get all this cleared up,

I'd like for you and Davey to stay at the ranch.

Thank you. Okay. Good. Let's go.

[OWL HOOTING]

Do you think Master Rin is gonna be okay?

Yeah. He's gonna be fine.

But what if the men from the park come back?

Well, if they come back, I'll arrest them,

so don't you worry, now.

Get some sleep.

Good night, Ranger Walker.

Good night, Davey.

MAN: Where's the boy?

[GUN COCKING]

WALKER: Freeze.

We are doctors. [TRIVETTE LAUGHS]

We're candy stripers.

Up against the wall. Go on.

[SHOUTS]

[BOTH EXCLAIM]

TRIVETTE: That's impossible.

Except for one thing.

What's that?

They did it.

Well, our plan worked,

but we underestimated them, and they got away.

All right. Security checked the parking lot.

The police went through the rest of the area,

they just disappeared.

But people don't just disappear.

In Tibet, there is a saying,

"The eyes of the hawk see no food for the dog."

That sounds very Cherokee.

What Master Rin is saying

is that you can't solve an Eastern riddle

with a Western mind, Trivette.

Yeah, but this is the West.

People don't just disappear into thin air.

There are many who say that in the West,

science has become the only true god.

That it is trusted completely

and its beliefs are so well-regarded

that they're actually considered to be laws.

And indeed, it is the most powerful deity.

The worship of science and technology

had provided the West with many things.

But there has been a cost.

A cost? Yes.

For, if you wish to make science a god,

you must first kill magic.

Magic? All right. So you're saying this is magic?

You believe those guys just vanished?

What did you see, Ranger Trivette?

[HISSES]

Susan?

[SIGHS] Come in.

Hi. Did you sleep well?

I must have.

Where's Davey?

I don't know.

Oh, my God, Walker. What are we gonna do?

Looks like he's doing fine.

WALKER: There we go.

Can I ask you something, Ranger Walker?

Sure.

Do you ever get scared?

Everyone gets scared sometimes, Davey.

I get scared a lot.

Well, you weren't scared of that mountain lion.

That was different. He was friendly.

Have fun.

When I was a young boy about your age,

my father told me a story about a young Indian boy

who was afraid of just about everything.

Everything? Mmm-hmm.

He was so afraid of everything

that the kids in the village called him Chicken Boy.

That's mean. Yeah, I know.

But the thing he was most afraid of was heights.

Me, too.

But one day, his grandfather told him a secret.

A secret?

Mmm-hmm. He told him,

to overcome fear, he has to face it.

So one morning, real early,

he got up before anyone else did,

went to the highest cliff, and decided to climb it.

But wasn't he afraid?

Yeah, he sure was at first,

but every step up that cliff,

he got less and less afraid until he reached the top.

And when he got to the top, he wasn't scared anymore?

No, he sure wasn't.

He walked over to the edge of the cliff,

looked down and saw his village fast asleep.

But then he saw something else.

Something else?

Yeah. He saw an Indian war party

getting ready to attack the village.

What'd he do?

Well, he yelled as loud as he could,

but no one could hear him,

so he got back and ran and jumped right off the cliff.

He jumped?

Yeah. He was hoping that, on the way down,

someone would hear him screaming and would wake up.

DAVEY: Did they?

Yeah. His grandfather heard him,

and he woke up the whole village.

Did the boy die?

No. When the Great White Eagle saw

just how brave the boy was trying to save his village,

he swooped down and grabbed the boy

before he hit the ground.

Whew!

And when the enemy war party

saw what the Great White Eagle did,

they realized that the village was protected by the Great Spirit,

so they made peace instead of war.

And I bet the other kids

didn't call him Chicken Boy anymore either.

No, they sure didn't.

[WHINNIES]

Susan.

Susan. Mom?

Stay here, Davey.

Mom?

WALKER: Susan.

Mom!

Susan.

This is Ranger Walker.

I need an ambulance at my ranch right away.

Hai!

So this is the vessel whose womb produced my enemy.

[PANTING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER POLICE RADIO]

TRIVETTE: Walker, how do you know he'll call?

Because he doesn't want Susan.

He wants Davey.

[PHONE RINGING]

Hello. Walker.

CHANG: I want the boy.

Let Susan go, Chang.

Bring me the child.

I'm told you're some kind of a warrior.

I am.

Well, what kind of a warrior

chases young boys, fights old men,

and kidnaps women?

One who knows better than to let anger rise up

in the face of your pathetic insults.

The situation is simple, Walker.

Bring me the boy, and the woman goes free.

Fail to bring me the boy, and the woman dies.

I will be in touch.

I'll turn you over to them if I don't get the boy.

[EXCLAIMS]

[GRUNTS]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

Come on.

[BOTH GRUNTING]

Now what are you going to do?

Chang considers himself some kind of a warrior.

Master Rin,

what would happen if Chang was defeated in honorable combat?

The shame would be as before,

and he would kill himself.

But fighting him is no easy task.

Years of training

and a mind twisted with shame

make him a most dangerous adversary.

You're not thinking what I'm thinking you're thinking?

Yeah... I am.

[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]

[PHONE RINGING]

Hello.

Have you considered my offer?

Yeah, I have. You can have the boy.

I am pleased.

But first you have to fight me, Chang.

You challenge me?

That's right.

Ranger Walker...

I don't know if you're brave or merely stupid,

but it makes no difference.

I will kill you either way.

You might not find it quite that easy, Chang.

I was afraid you might have had a change of heart.

We got more important things to worry about, Chang.

[CHUCKLES] You amuse me.

I shall try to make your death an easy one.

Come, Walker.

Meet your destiny.

[GRUNTS]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

Come on, Walker!

CHANG: You have learned well, Walker.

[SCREAMS AND GRUNTS]

CHANG: Good, Walker.

But not good enough.

You fought bravely, but now it's over.

Yes!

[GROANS]

[BIRD CAWING]

[BLADE RINGS]

Chang!

It has to be this way.

Forgive me, young Master.

[SOBBING]

[BLADE CLATTERS]

WOMAN: [OVER PA] This is a gate change.

Flight number 24...

Thank you, Ranger Walker.

No thanks needed, Master Rin.

You be good, okay?

DAVEY: I will.

I'm gonna miss you.

Me, too, but it's gonna be okay.

Even though I won't be here,

I'll always be with you.

Oh...

I love you, my son.

Mom, do you like the flowers?

[THEME SONG PLAYING]

* 'Cause the eyes of the Ranger are upon you *

* Any wrong you do he's gonna see *

* When you're in Texas, look behind you *

* 'Cause that's where the Ranger's gonna be *