第4章 PART 4

Mushu: All right, rise and shine sleeping beauty. [Mulan rises and blinks] Cmon [rapping on Mulans head with each syllable] hup, hup,hup. [Mulan groans, lies back down and pulls the covers over her head. Mushu pulls the covers off Mulan entirely] Get your clothes on. Get ready. Got breakfast for ya. [Mushu jumps onto Mulans knee with a bowl of porridge] Look, you get porridge, and its happy to seeyou. [Mushu shows her the bowl with two eggs and bacon looking like a smiley face. Cri-Kee pops up out from the bowl of porridge] Hey,get outta there, you gonna make people sick! [Mushu uses chopsticks to push Cri-Kee out of the porridge]

Mulan: Am I late? Mushu [while feeding Mulan]: No time to talk. Now remember, its your first day of training so listen to your teacher and no fighting. Playnice with the other kids, unless of course one of the other kids wanna fight, then you have to kick the other kids butt. Mulan [with her mouth full of food]: But I dont wanna kick the other kids butt.

Mushu: Dont talk with your mouth full. Now lets see your war face [Mulan looks at him with wide eyes and chipmunk cheeks full of food]. I think my bunny slippers just ran for cover. Cmon scare me, girl! Mulan [swallows the food]: Rrrrrrr! Mushu [rolling back into the half eaten bowl of porridge]: Oh, thats my tough looking warrior. Thats what Im talking about. Now get outthere and make me proud. [Mushu ties up Mulans hair]

[Khan whinnies and pokes his head into the tent] Mushu: What do you mean the troops just left? Mulan [acting surprised]: They what!? [Mulan hurriedly puts on her clothes and jumps out of the tent going off to join the other recruits] Mushu [running out from the tent calling after Mulan]: Wait, you forgot your sword. My little baby off to destroy people [sniffle].

[Cut to the troops muddling around near Shangs tent] Chi Fu [enters stage left]: Order people, order! Recruit #2: Id like a pan fried noodle. Chien-Po: Oh, oh, sweet and pungent shrimp [Ling and others begin to laugh] Recruit #3: Moo goo gai pan Chi Fu: Thats not funny. [Mulan comes running up to the group]

Ling [noticing Mulans arrival]: Looks like our new friend slept in this morning. [Mulan stops between Ling and Yao] [to Ping] Hellooo Ping,Are you hungry? Yao: Yeah, cause I owe you a knuckle sandwich. [grabs Mulan by the shirt collar drawing back his other arm. Mulan hides her face withher hands. Ling looks away, closes his eyes, and puts his fingers in his ears so that he wont hear anything]

All Soldiers [in agreement with Yao]: Yeah. Shang [loudly]: Soldiers! [The soldiers line up quicky. Shang takes off his shirt and grabs a bow and quiver of arrows. Mulan is dulyimpressed by Shangs physique] You will assemble swiftly and silently every morning. [Shang walks down the line of soldiers] Anyone whoacts otherwise will answer to me.

Yao: Ooooo, tough guy. Shang [turning around with knocked arrow pointing towards Yao]: Yao. [All recruits take a step back leaving Yao one step forward. ShangPoints arrow skyward and shoots it into the top of a high pole] Thank you for volunteering. Retrieve the arrow. Yao [bows to Shang]: Ill get that arrow pretty boy. And Ill do it with my shirt on. [Yao prepares to leap onto that pole]

Shang: One moment, you seem to be missing something. [Chi Fu brings out two large bronze disks. Shang takes out one disk and holds ithigh speaking to all the troops] This represents discipline [Shang hands the weight to Yao and the weight falls to the ground taking Yaosarm with it] and this represents strength [Shang hands the other weight to Yao making him fall to the ground. The troops laugh whileMulan looks concerned]. You need both to reach the arrow.

[Yao climbs up the pole then slips down under the weight. Ling, Chien-Po, and Mulan each take their turn and fall down. Mulan rubs herbehind as she walks away in front of Shang] Shang: Weve got a long way to go. [Song Ill Make a Man Out of You] [Shang throws staffs to the soldiers. Yao intercepts Mulans staff and trips her with it]

Shang:Lets get down to business--to defeat the Huns. [Shang throws up two clay pots and breaks them apart with his staff. The troops are highly impressed] Recruits [putting their staffs out at arms length, spoken]: Hua Shang:Did they send me daughters when I asked for sons? [Ling puts a cricket down Mulans back causing her to flail erratically]Youre the saddest bunch I ever met [Most soldiers fall as Mulan moves uncontrollably]But you can bet before were through [Shang does a somersault in the air landing near Mulan. He takes a pole in the stomach. Shang stops Mulan andtakes her staff. He grabs her by the collar]Mister, Ill make a man out of you [Shang steps on a lever throwing up 3 targets which he hits with 3 arrows from one bow]Tranquil as a forest[The recruits try and fail. Mulan gets ready to fire when Mushu sticks a target on her arrow before she shoots. Mulan looks at Mushus inshock and pauses. Shang looks disdainfully at Mulan as she cracks a huge smile]But on fire within[Shang balances a bucket of water on his head holding a staff. The recruits fire stones at him which Shang deflect with the staff]Once you find your centerYou are sure to win[Mulan wobbles with the bucket of water on her head. As the recruits throw stones at her the bucket tips over onto her head]Youre a spineless, pale,pathetic lot And you havent got a clue [Shang throws his hand down into a river and retrieves a fish. Mulan throws her hand down into the river and retrieves Yaos foot. Mushucomes out of the water with a fish in hand to give to Mulan]Somehow Ill make a manout of you! Chien-Po [running through a field of fire arrows]:Im never gonna catch my breath Yao [following Chien-Po, falls and gets hit in the butt with an arrow]:Say good-bye to those who knew me Ling [Banging his head on a stone slab]:Boy I was a fool in school for cutting gym [Shang practices martial arts with Mulan. With a punch to the face he knocks her back into a tree] Mushu [from the tree acts as a boxing coach]:This guys got em scared to death Mulan [Mushu pushes Mulan back out into the ring]:Hope he doesnt see right through me Chien-Po [stops as hes hopping across poles protruding from water causing Shang and the recruits to pile into him]:Now I really wish that I knew how to swim! Shang and Chorus: [Cannon fire misses the target in the middle of an open field. Ling kicks the support structure out from Mulans cannon and it begins to fall.Mulan quickly grabs the cannon and it fires high and back towards the camp landing and exploding Chi Fus tent](Be a man)We must be swift as the coursing river(Be a man)With all the force of a great typhoon(Be a man)With all the strength of a raging fire[Picture of Shang looking over the camp from the hill not looking pleased]Mysterious as the dark side of the moon Shang [his troops laden with poles on their shoulders carrying bags of grain - one on each side. They march up a mountain]:Time is racing toward us till the Huns arrive [Chi Fu points Shangs eyes back to a struggling Mulan who falls to the ground. Cri-Kee and Mushu try to pick her up but hide when Shangcomes up to her. Shang picks up her pole with grain, puts it on top of his and returns to the troops. Mulan looks rejected]Heed my every order and you might survive[Shang hand the reigns of Khan to Mulan]Youre unsuited for the rage of warSo pack up, go home, youre throughHow could I make a manout of you? Shang and Chorus [Mulan takes the weights and tries to climb the pole again]:(Be a man)We must be swift as the coursing river[Mulan ties the weights together behind the pole and uses the cloth to help her shimmy up the pole](Be a man)With all the force of a great typhoon[As the sun begins to rise the recruits come out of their tents to cheer on Mulan](Be a man)With all the strength of a raging fire[As Shang comes out of his tent, the arrow he shot up onto the pole comes down to his feet. He looks up and sees Mulan sitting on top ofthe pole]Mysterious as the dark side of the moon [order of events during the last repeat of the chorus:Troops hit all targets with arrows correctly.Mulan racing in front of Shang and the recruits with the pole and weights on her shoulders.Mulan kicking Shang in the face with a round house. Shang looking pleased.Chien-Po doing acrobatics on the poles as the troops follow.Staffs being thrown to troops, Yao hands Mulan hers. Yao running through arrows.Yao grabs Mulans staff and hands it to her.Troop staff practice #1. (Hya)Ling breaking the blockTroop staff Practice #2. (Hya)Mulan holding up fish.Troop staff practice #3.Cannon fire hitting the Hun Target.Troop staff practice #4 - jumping in the air (Hya)](Be a man) We must be swift as the coursing river(Be a man)With all the force of a great typhoon(Be a man)With all the strength of a raging fireMysterious as the dark side of the moon [End Song]