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why you're my best friend
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my best friends
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all right everybody i've been thinking
we should do more with our days
how about a fun-filled black paper
anyone
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all right i get it you guys want to stay
in well how about we brighten the place
up a bit
do a little
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if anyone redecorating
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[Laughter]
sure is good to get out of that dark
damn crafty cave
i thought bats like that stuff i guess
but it's just sleep sleep sleep all day
over there
you guys sure are lucky you get to have
fun whenever you want
hey we have chores to do and writing
practice
still if i had just one wish it would be
to live here at the palace
oh cook could make food for me i have a
big comfy bed
a personal wing masseuse
life in the palace isn't all fun and
games speaking of which
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your turn
ty ty she can't see you here
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ah this blue parasol will match my new
dress divinely
hush
what is your problem
oh
got you oh no
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my dear husband
look it's
a bat
yes bats are the ultimate chinese symbol
of good luck
what do you mean my ravishing rice cake
bats are
horrible big fanged terrifying monsters
not to mention they're big fangs
no my dear bats are lucky which is why
we have their pictures all over the
palace
of course i knew that and if
pictures of bats are lucky imagine how
much luck a real bat will bring
yes i'm going to live at the palace
huh enjoy your new
home lucky bat
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oh no isn't this great
look at this fancy cape and all the food
i can eat
and i've got my very own cushion and
it's soft
ah this is the life but
fufu you're in a cage
so so you're in a cage
don't worry i'll try to get you out i
hope
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hmm
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i wish i had never wished to live at the
palace
hey maybe you can fit through the bars
uh-huh
too many dumplings hmm the only way out
is through that door
and ty ty keeps the key on her at all
times even when she
sleeps even when she
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sleeps
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okay
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you're the best jaguar
maybe i should take this one with me
what do you think hi
yeah quick ty is coming
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my lucky bat escaped when i find him
again and i will find him i shall seal
the cage
shut forever
well i guess this is it i can never come
back here
i'll try and visit you at the cave when
i can
now i really wish i'd never wish to live
at the palace
bye sagua bye oofu
my friend
wake up girls wake up girls
wake up girls good morning
the sun is rising it's time to come look
for my lucky bird
again we've been looking for a week
i don't think he wants to be found
cheer up sagua i'm sure hoover's having
a great time back in his cave
so what do you want to do next it go
exploring
run around look for treasure
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you're not like saguaro at all
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where could that bat be sure
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i know that strange hop in that wave
how did you recognize me empty nets
empty nets there must be a better way to
catch my lucky bat
mama did you um look in the cage for
clues
now that is smart thinking if i want to
catch that
i have to think like the bat hmm
if i were a bat in a cage what would i
want
flowers yes jewels
definitely but what else
i would want
i would want to be free oh my
i have done a horrible thing
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[Laughter]
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wow what a fun day what are you gonna
dress like tomorrow
i suppose i could be a frog you're a
mouse
what even a cat
what a terrible mistake i made trying to
cage my lucky fats
she looks so sad if only my
bat would reappear to me just briefly
i would know everything was right again
maybe i should do something
are you sure it's safe you're right
or not
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and i would never ever
put him in a cage again
if only i could see my lucky bed just
one more time well i think it's safe
she only wants to see me i hope you're
right
loosen my feathers
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it's you my lucky man
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our luck is back
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um mama
of course follow me
from now on bats will never be trapped
in this palace
i think we should just honor bat symbols
and pictures like
everyone else besides i have all the
luck i need
a home a wonderful husband
and three very smart daughters
you know this bat isn't really scary at
all
in fact he's quite statuesque
marvellous then bats will be welcome in
this palace whenever
they desire did you hear that
you get your wish you can live at the
palace
you know what i think visiting is more
my style
i'm a bat i live in a cave but didn't
you say your cave was
dark damp and drafty so do you think ty
ty would let me keep one of those
statues of myself
huh or maybe i could just have that robe
wait i know those jeweled glasses oh no
that's the real me
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hmm this is a cheerful little tea
don't tell me jumping very close your
magistrate
what's up is it your liking
hmm no i am still
in search of the perfect tea leaf simple
and
fragrant as nature intended
something i haven't tried before
ah this one's amazingly light with a
perfectly
sour aftertaste please another
try getting it through your thick bird
heads cats are number one around here
get
over yourself ink face dogs
are the favorite pets of this palace
cats
dogs cats
cats
what on earth is this um actually
since we had run out of new tea spit it
out
i did i simply mixed them all into one
blend
it smelled delicious sadly it did not
taste that way is there really no other
tea to try
well there is one i know of it grows
near here
and is very unique
almost impossible to pick it grows very
high up on the cliffs
only special tea pickers can get to it
get me those tea pickers
i'm not sure you understand your
magistrate they aren't
regular tea pickers in fact just get
them
never mind the cost i must have that tea
i wonder what's so special about the tea
pickers
i've been thinking maybe the tea pickers
have arms as long as
tent poles yeah and legs
as long as as long as bigger tent poles
hey i didn't know the circus was in town
circus we're not circus monkeys we're
tea monkeys tea monkeys i'm why
this is my sister jing ping hi i'm sagua
and this is my sister and my brother
dongwa
at last come the magistrate is waiting
to meet you
monkeys who pick tea that's amazing
and they're so adorable
those smelly things we'll show you
adorable after all we are the palace
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[Laughter]
favorites
favorites huh here let the pros teach
you how it's done
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i don't believe it these two are
stealing
all our attention you're so lucky to be
living in a palace
you must love it here don't get too
comfortable
you're only visitors do you really
pick tea
we pick anything we like including you
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sorry the mountain cliffs are much too
dangerous for a little kitten like you
monkeys to the mountain you know what to
do
come on jing ping it's tea time
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i wish i was a tea monkey
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is this butter what ah
oh amazing this is the finest tea i have
ever tasted in my entire life
reader prepare the guest house my tea
pickers are staying
indefinitely this is awful
you're staying you're staying this is
great
looks like the monkeys are staying a
long time
is that bad bad it's worse than bad
you want to know who the favorite pets
will be them
no yes and they won't just be getting
all the attention inside the
wait palace the whole village sees them
and the daughters will they still want
to pack for you with them around
you guys are enough competition for us
we have to find a way to make those
monkeys leave well
i bet the magistrate wouldn't be so
happy if they were just regular monkeys
who didn't pick
tea that's it what's it all we have to
do
is make sure they don't pick any tea and
i know
just how to do it
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full
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i am so excited to be getting more of
that tea
a whole day's work and this is all you
could find
i don't understand what happened
i don't know the bags were full when we
left the mountain
ripped bags your majesty i have no idea
how this could happen
but i will repair the satchels myself if
it takes all night
and i'll just scratch them open again as
soon as he's done
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i'm going to help them even if they
don't
want me to
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that sure looks like fun
hey the tea is falling
why ding ding
we told you not to come here
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but the key it's coming out of your bag
holes i thought they were fixed we
better go back with whatever we can
carry in our hands
come on sigua uh you guys go ahead
i want to um pick some flowers
really
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yeah i gave you a second chance and
that's all you brought back
this should be good you and your monkeys
are
finished i'm going to make sure the
entire province knows what
lousy workers you are reader
escort these charlatans to the guest
house
while they pack oh no but my reputation
will be ruined
no one will ever hire us i only wanted
them gone
i didn't mean for that to happen if she
doesn't get back from the mountain
before we leave say goodbye to her for
us okay
the mountain what's she doing on the
mountain it's
dangerous up there we'd better go see if
she's all right
come on
i know it's not much but i hope it helps
[Music]
i guess we went too far
i never thought my plan would cause so
much trouble
honest
don't
what are we move to do we can't climb
out together that branch isn't strong
enough
[Applause]
so you stay here we'll try and find zing
ping and why they're the only ones who
can help
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let's split up it'll be faster
[Music]
why now what did we do
oh look you did nothing wrong i
put the holes in your bags what i don't
understand
i guess i was kind of jealous you guys
arrived and
well you got all the attention i'm
really really sorry but please shigo
needs your help
she's in danger why didn't you say so
lead the way
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sorry we looked everywhere i'm
scared just hold on a bit longer
it's gonna be okay
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how can we ever thank you no need
mountain rescues are all part of a team
monkey's duties
but chigua you have to promise never to
try a silly thing like that again
i promise i was just trying to help
will we ever see you again there's a
tradition with us tea monkeys
we always leave one tree untouched it's
kind of a good luck thing
it means we'll be back the same time
next year
we'll all be looking forward to that and
i'm sure by then the magistrate will
want to have more of this special tea
by the way dongwa there is one more
thing we always do
before we leave
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01x26 - Luck be a Bat / Tea for Two Monkeys
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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.
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.