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01x11 - Treasure Hunters / By the Light of the Moon

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat". Aired: September 3, 2001 – October 5, 2002.*
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Sagwa resides in a palace of a magistrate in China in what is assumed to be modern-day Fujian province, as part of a royal family of cats who have the ability to write with their tails.

01x11 - Treasure Hunters / By the Light of the Moon

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my best friend

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my best friends

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i love this time of year don't you

yes and i can see you're really excited

why sagua the moon festival

and what's the best thing about the moon

festival

the moon

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and do you know why we have moon cakes

for the moon festival

no mama well it all goes back to a time

when china was in great danger

our country's enemies were everywhere

what have you gotten there

i'm taking some moon cakes to my father

so he can celebrate the moon festival

moon cakes what are moon cakes

they're just little pastries with lotus

seeds inside

show me would you like to try one

hmm

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good very good

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the girl's father was a chinese general

who had been taken c*ptive

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here is your moon cake bubba

hidden inside the general's moon cake

was a very important secret message that

would help him defeat

china's enemies and that's why we have

moon cakes at the moon festival

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it's fun to sit and talk together like

this isn't it

where are you off to in such a hurry i

just remembered i have to practice my

tai chi

for the martial arts demonstration okay

who's next

uh you told us yesterday we could go out

to play before lunch

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there they go again

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why can't we get started with the family

portrait

because the whole family isn't here come

out come out wherever you are

and i'm not going to have my portrait

painted without my precious little

darlings

quite right our three daughters are

visions of luminous loveliness

no i mean my precious darling little

sleeve dogs

and our beautiful daughters of course

but

they're not here either i can see that

it is so important to have family

activities that we can

all enjoy together don't you think

yes i do my cherished lychee only i

seem to be the only member of the family

who's taking it seriously

yes what is it your magistrate we need a

proclamation written for the moon

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festival

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here you go mama meow

don't like to eat alone huh

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oh good you're here it's almost lunch

time

lunch time that's what i came to talk to

you about we're having a very important

meeting of the opera committee so i'm

going to be late for lunch

sorry see you later

and there he goes again

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ah

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oh

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i don't like the dress i'm wearing now

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this is mine don't even think about it

daughters we can't have a family

portrait painted without you

come on

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come along young ladies you look ready

to me

did you see how tight i got them

boom right up her sleeves

well mama does always tell us it's wrong

to let food go to waste

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children it's way past lunchtime where

have you been

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i've been waiting for you

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but if you are hungry mama why didn't

you eat something

because this isn't about being hungry

sheikwa

it's about being a family and lately it

feels like everyone is so busy with

their own interests that we don't have

any time to be a family

and tell each other about how our day is

going

mama come along and mama the magistrate

needs you to write a poster about the

moon festival

the moon festival oh no i forgot all

about it

i have to get the ingredients for the

moon cakes hmm

moon cakes that's it

what's it remember the story about the

mooncakes

and the secret message don't you think

mama would love to get a message from us

what is keeping those girls i thought

they were right behind me

hit that gong give it a good whack

that should get their attention

how are the preparations coming along

for the moon festival

is it really too much to ask for this

family to do

something together on time and without

all this squabbling

oh have we kept you waiting

here's my plan mama's upset because we

don't do enough together right

well it's time for the moon festival so

let's all put a special

message from mama inside a moon cake

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you look funny huangdo you know you

really ought to use a mirror when you

put on your makeup

[Laughter]

i look funny well you look like you

swallow a sour plum

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let's give baba a great big black

mustache ah yeah you'll get into

terrible trouble look though

just kidding

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oh you want me to put this in a moon

cake do you

wow

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[Applause]

have you ever wondered what you'd look

like with a mustache bubba

no why i think a mustache might look

rather distinguished on you

then i'll think about it my delicious

moon cake

of course if i did we'd need to have a

brand new family portrait painted

it's so lovely yeah the moon is

really bright tonight no not just the

moon

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are there any more moon cakes

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let's see what it says it says

we love you hmm

i wonder who it could be from it's from

us

mama all of us

thank you my lovely lovely family

thank you

it's fun being together isn't it

excuse please

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just kidding

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you

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what is going on

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it looks like an old treasure map yes

and look it's signed by my great

ancestor sun

yinsu the poet this is incredible

i have heard his name before but i have

never seen any of his poetry scrolls

most of these scrolls were burned in a

fire many many years ago

but it is said that he saved some copies

and hid them away for safe keeping

oh this is wonderful news a treasure

reader go fetch that english

archaeologist who's working in the

mountains

he can be our treasure hunter

right away your magistrate soon the

long-lost treasure will be home where it

belongs

thank you my dear sagua

what do you think sir richard if

everything goes according to plan

i think we'll find this amazing treasure

trove of poetry within several years

several years unless we get lucky

wow are you

all right sir richard all right

i'm perfect i just found my good luck

kitten

may i take her along cats always bring

me luck

of course whatever helps you find the

scrolls

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i don't know if this archaeologist will

find your ancestors poetry scrolls

he seems awfully clumsy

not to worry i am sure those scrolls are

as good as

found so that guy's a professional

treasure hunter

yeah and i'm going along to watch him in

action

really treasure hunting sounds exciting

i'm in

great hop on shahoo

let's go

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careful little friends you don't want to

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hey pals who's that guy making the big

splash

he's sir richard a real live treasure

hunter we're going with him to find some

really old poetry

oh i love poetry

lychees are red kumquats are blue

kumquats aren't blue what do you expect

i'm color blind

oh hey can i come too yeah sure but

let's go

we have to keep up

according to the map there should be a

cave somewhere near this past

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richard

that was close you okay sagua i'm fine

but what happened to sir richard the

cave

by george was founded

you really are my lucky little kitten

well

onward we go you heard the man let's go

[Applause]

now which way

get back here

what will we do

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don't worry my lucky kitten friend i'm

going to get help

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we won't be getting out through this way

this is

terrible we could be stuck in here

forever and it's so

dark it's hard to see i can see no

problem

of course you can you're a cat and since

cats have the best eyesight in the dark

i'll be the one to lead us out

wait a minute sagua that's no caves like

the back of their wings my super sonic

hearing will get us out of here

i'll lead oh no you don't i'd be the

best leader i'm smiling quick and that's

what you need in a cave with lots of

teeny spaces to squeeze through

look we can just take turns okay

there's a tunnel and i say we try it

fine

you're in charge for now

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[Applause]

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hey look up ahead the tunnel's getting

bigger told you i was a good leader

great leading saguaro that's it

my turn now time for my ears to get to

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work

sorry about that there's another cave

that way follow me

i'll show you who's in charge

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slow down will

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that's it you two had your chances i'm

gonna be in charge now

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come on this way

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[Applause]

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no way i know exactly what i'm doing

oh great shayhoo right into a wall

that's no wall it's a huge boulder

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where are we cool i bet these are the

scrolls of poetry

yay i think we found them thanks for the

good news

the bad news is there's no way out of

here

oh it's your fault no it's your

um wait we have to stop bossing each

other around

there she goes trying to take over again

look she who maybe we goofed up before

but we were trying to outdo each other

now i think it's time to help each other

hey

hey hey hey hey

hey the echo

i can hear a hole up there

good ears i think i see a hole

but it's tiny we'll never get through

there we won't but

i will and then i'll see how to get you

guys out

what do you think can you move any of

the rocks

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hi

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who

all right go team but which way

all the tunnels look the same those two

don't seem to go anywhere

but i can see that the middle one goes

far

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we've got to get that little kitten out

she saved my life

my poor song was trapped in there i

should have said

no there she is

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my little cat bye george she's already

out

and look she's found a scroll there must

be more

where did you find this my little kitten

where

wow

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i'm proud of you sagua you did a very

good job

no mama we did a good job my

eyes my size and my ears

oh goodness an ancient violin i believe

you call it an ahu

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here's one of sunny in two's poems

the moon is blue and so are you mornings

are bright

and it's dark at night birds are flying

backwards

let's have noodles um

[Applause]

another close call right little kitten

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uh

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where they know that the fun of playing

and learning together is more than just

good

it's great

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