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01x06 - Harvest Festival Race / The Foolish Magistrate's New Robes

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.

01x06 - Harvest Festival Race / The Foolish Magistrate's New Robes

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[Applause]

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you're my best friend

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up

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my best friends

ha you can't catch me this time

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what a wondrous harvest

the lychees are so plentiful and large

this year

such a fragrant scent you're ready

[Applause]

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i finished cataloging the summer scrolls

all

672 of them very good very good

i have one last rule for you to read

yes your majesty i decree that tomorrow

we shall have a special harvest

celebration

to thank the villagers on their superb

and hard work

food and games for everyone i'm on my

way

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i win oh there you

are i thought you got lost along the way

very funny nice one dongwa better get

those legs back to the turtle you

borrowed them from

hey i can win anytime i want anytime

sagua doesn't race you maybe

come on don't listen to them i've been

practicing a lot lately

that's all

the village will rejoice over this

harvest celebration

did you hear that yeah i heard so

celebration means lots and lots of food

and games

who cares you will nina

always organizes one of her races maybe

you'll beat me then

ah i said maybe well

gotta get practicing first place here i

come

first place huh not if i can help it

to express his gratitude and thanks the

magistrate has declared

that tomorrow the entire village is to

honor this year's harvest

with a

[Applause]

let the celebration begin it will be

nice to see even you having some fun

fun your magistrate me

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hey sagua over here

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what are you doing i'm practicing my

balance for tomorrow's race

what's balancing have to do with running

it helps you concentrate

and everyone knows concentration is the

key to winning

huh yeah

you should really give it a try i just

did it for three hours straight

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how long am i supposed to stay like this

to beat me

as long as you can

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it's dinner time i bet she's still out

there

practicing for my race

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when i was her age i was the fastest cat

in the entire

village and how did i get so fast

practice

practice practice that's right

practice and a good night's sleep you

can't race without rest

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sagua what happened to you

i fell off a stone in the pond

and why exactly were you in the pond

dongwa said keeping my balance would

help me concentrate for tomorrow's race

dong wow what are you up to

nothing it's not my fault she fell in

the water hmm

he can't race without rest huh

hmm

i can't wait i know i'm gonna win today

just concentrate on enjoying the race

sagua

then you will have already won

obviously someone didn't get enough

sleep last night

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i don't know where to start all this

sumptuous food

and such marvelous games do you see that

catching seven pieces it's one of my

favorite games

i think you'd be great at it but sir

i'm really not i'll go on it'll be such

fun

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okay cats here are the rules

the race is around the outlying streets

of the village

no cutting across any other streets and

the first one back at the starting point

is the winner everybody to their

positions

on your mark ready set

go

you were right you aren't very good at

catching seven pieces

except perhaps with your head

sorry your magistrate oh never mind

it's time for the pickup race

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no way a song we're gonna beat me no

cutting across

any other streets

she's not embarrassing me in front of

those alley cats

oh again

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careful we're almost

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hooray there the reader

not to worry there's always another game

another game

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here they come go cats

go

i did it i did it i'm the fastest cat in

the village

wow i didn't think he'd actually beat

you sagua

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wins the race nice going dongwa

you showed her yeah uh

thanks liquid what's the matter with her

sore loser yeah

so who's faster now you

cheated i would have won if you hadn't

pushed me i didn't push you

you knocked into me look i won

fine you won but i'm faster

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you cannot compete with the villagers it

is below

you but my worried willow i want to have

some fun

your majesty i really should apologize

apologize for what all day

all i do is lose i have brought you

shame

that is ridiculous i don't care about

losing or

winning i only wanted you to have a

little fun

really so what are we waiting for

oh it's you close your eyes okay

another trick i don't think so just do

it

hmm

oh you're the winner you beat me

what are you talking about look i i

didn't really win okay

you were right i cheated winning felt

great at first

and then it didn't feel so great because

i knew

i didn't really win wow

and i realized how much i hate it if

someone did that to me

what about the alley cats i told them

they weren't too happy about it i bet it

was really hard telling everyone what

you did

it was but it felt a lot worse

pretending i had won

so what do you say to a little rematch

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anytime

it is time for everyone to sample some

of the finest food in all of china

[Applause]

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finally

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[Applause]

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two tailors are calling at the palace

gate they say they can make robes out of

extraordinary silk and satin

send them away i have no interest in new

clothes

but my dear it has been a long time

since you had new robes

and of course you must keep up your

image

hmm bring in the tailors

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your magistrate we have discovered how

to weave a magical new cloth

really what's so magical about it

well your grace the colors and patterns

of this cloth are extremely beautiful

but the most magical quality they

possess is that of being

invisible invisible

reader show these men out

of all those things oh your grace one

more moment

please let me explain you see the cloth

is only invisible to someone who is

foolish

you know my darling something like this

could really come in handy

it most certainly could my delectable

if i had my robes cut from this material

i would be able to tell from their

reaction which one of my subjects are

honest and smart

and which are foolish it's brilliant

reader give my imperial tailors whatever

they need

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ah can you believe it 2 000 gold coins

quiet we must get to work

[Laughter]

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it's really all so exciting my dear your

exquisite new robes are the talk of the

town

but when do you think we will get to see

the magical cloth

soon dear soon but if you're so

anxious why don't you go down to the

weaving room and have a look for

yourself

well i would but i am afraid

that you wouldn't be able to see the

claw are you suggesting that i

am foolish oh no my sweetness not at all

no what i was saying was um

well i'm much too busy to go down there

yes that's it so i will send somebody

else

reader

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oh isn't this class beautiful

yes how do you like it so far well um

it's very beautiful yes of course

very beautiful indeed why i've never

seen such exquisite cloth

it's quite uh quite

indescribable would you like to touch it

yes we'd love for you to feel the

extraordinary delicacy of this cloth

but you must be very careful these

silken threads are exceptionally

delicate

are your hands clean well uh i i think

uh after all one speck of dura oil and

we shall have to completely start over

my mind wouldn't your magistrate be

beside himself if that happened

um well no thank you then i don't

need to touch it just seeing it has been

quite enough for one day

yes quite enough but i saw nothing

i must be a fool well

how does it look is it simply gorgeous

well well it's hard to describe

it's so so out with it man it's

amazing your grace i've never seen

anything like it before

ever how simply marvelous

but i saw nothing am i a fool

what wonderful news yes

the new fabric is stupendous

you know dear i think i will go and see

your beautiful new robes while they are

still in progress

absolutely please do

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dear prepare yourself for the most

exquisite robes you have ever seen

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[Laughter]

i am so worried everyone has been

able to see the cloth i guess there are

no fools in my palace

ah but saguaro the question is will i be

able to see the rules

i really don't know why he's so worried

if everybody else has seen the fabric

why shouldn't he maybe he's afraid he's

a fool

donggua please he is our master mama

papa i have something to tell you what

is it sagua

yes agua what's wrong well you see

i'm afraid that i'm the one who's a fool

why would you say that because i've

looked into that weaving room a whole

bunch of times

and i can never see any cloth on those

looms oh there you have it straight from

the cat's mouth

something is wrong here yes very wrong

our sagua is no fool that's for sure

perhaps we should take a closer look

ourselves

that's funny

[Laughter]

i like that one

this is certainly the life ah

yes i'll be sad when we have to move on

to the next sucker

or um palace this is by far the nicest

place we've ever been

and i've never seen so many people

trying not to look foolish

oh dear this is terrible are we

all fools don't be silly

these guys are cheaters i wish there was

something we could do

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i'm the only one who can't see the robes

i must be the only fool here how ironic

well your grace do you like the robes

yes your grace have we met your wildest

expectations

why yes you have i am

absolutely speechless

well in that case let's try them on

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[Applause]

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oh

yes it's true i am a fool

i must be the only one

these new robes are the most exquisite

ever before made

to commemorate this extraordinary

occasion i hereby commission

one of my cats to paint a new portrait

of me in these spectacular new robes

at least i will then know what they look

like sagua

ah sagua you are such a wonderful artist

will you paint my portrait

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what should i do just paint what you see

yes be honest now's your chance to help

the magistrate just like you wanted

wow okay here goes

[Applause]

i can't believe it dear and we always

thought saguaro was so smart

clearly she is a fool

well if sagua is a fool then i must be

one too

for i cannot see the cloth either

excellency

i am also a fool my dear

i'm afraid that i also must confess

that i am relax

all of you don't you see

saguaros painted the truth there are no

robes

there is no magical cloth

we have been played like an are who read

up

cats take down my new rule let it be

hereby decreed

that any person or persons who try to

deceive

anybody in this court or in this village

shall be fined

shall be fined reader how much did we

pay these men

2 000 gold coins are magistrate well

then

anybody who deceives shall be fined 2

000 gold coins and one more thing

can you really weave and so yes your

grace

marvelous in that case i hereby decree

that you make new robes for everyone in

the palace including my

fine cats yes your grace

now let's see who is the fool

[Laughter]

read up collect the fine from those two

tailors

and then escort them back to their

weaving room so they can get right to

work

it is funny isn't it we were all so

afraid of looking foolish

that we refused to believe what we saw

or in this case

what we didn't see to think it took a

kitten to show us the truth

so here's to sagua of china

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