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01x15 - Sagwa Rules / Ciao, Meow!

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.

01x15 - Sagwa Rules / Ciao, Meow!

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my best friend

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my best friends

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watch me do a backflip

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that's very dangerous and it's don't

worry mama i didn't get hurt

see it's strictly against palace rules

to play on the statues

yes mama i only wanted to have some fun

well you don't need to break rules to

have fun

look why not play some key chance

you like that yes mama

rules rules don't do this

don't do that one hour of calligraphy

practice

every day lick your food bowl clean

and don't play with your food oh

and never ever jump onto the palace

alley wall

you could fall

and be swept away by the sea

come on let me give you a boost up

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wow

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that was close sagua

what are you two doing look we saved the

vase mama

oh

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sounds like sago and shigura are in big

trouble

need to break rules to have fun and you

wouldn't have had to

save the vase if you hadn't knocked it

down in the first place

yes mama

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what have they done this time no muddy

paws allowed in the palace

oops sorry i forgot please clean that

mess up right now

i'm trying i'm trying it's just not

exactly getting any better is it

here use this

no no no shigura

why don't you all just go outside and

play

yes mama

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go outside and play that's an easy rule

to obey

great idea using the pillow as a mop

you got me out of cleaning up all that

mud

hey the precious palace kittens

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what are you doing outside looking for

trouble we're on an adventure

yeah you know hunting for food

hunting but cookies saving all those

yummy

shouldn't you all be back in the palace

braiding cherry blossoms in your hair

we are here because we were very naughty

and broke the palace rules

oh you've been naughty kittens have you

broke all the rules well there's only

one rule in the alley

and that's have

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fun

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just imagine what life will be like with

no rules at all

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we could eat whatever we wanted

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wherever we wanted

and play whatever and wherever we wanted

and we could get the reader to oh wait

with no rules the palace wouldn't need a

reader of the rules

but but that would mean mama and baba

wouldn't have any work

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and that'd mean we don't have to leave

the palace

no no

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[Applause]

the magistrate would still have to make

rules for the villagers

just not for us well that doesn't seem

fair

sure it's fair because the magistrate

would make a rule

that cats must never obey the rules

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but what if the magistrate made a really

fun rule like

like on every full moon everyone must

stay up all night and fly a kite

or uh or you wouldn't make

rules like that and even if he did huh

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wow

hang on

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what were you thinking you know you're

never allowed on the alley wall

i uh i'm sorry

we've got to get her inside she's

catching the cold

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oh my poor dears

what happened it's all my fault

i shouldn't have gone up on the alley

well

what come let's get you all dried off

and up to bed

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i don't know what's wrong with you i

haven't been able to come up with a

single new rule for

days now do you have any suggestions

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i thought not it is far easier to read

the rules than it is to

link them up up up up

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it is strictly against puddle rules to

have palaces in the puddle

uh i mean against palace rules to have

puddles

who is responsible for this

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oh dear

is one of my little kitties ill

why you're all wet

they're all all wet quick

fetch them each a bowl of hot broth oh

and bring me one too a big bowl

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what's this

seaweed

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mama never scolded me even though i

broke one of her biggest rules

yeah walking the alley wall that's

much worse than doing a belly flop on a

statue

huh and way worse than coming into the

palace with mud on your paws

so that means i'm the naughtiest

kitten of all what doing what you did

is nothing to be proud of you could have

been

could have been

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and be swept away by the sea

swept away by the sea

you sound just like mama and you don't

have to break the rules to have fun

right right you know something shigua

maybe mama had the right idea oh

hot broth

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nothing better ready

no rule

if anyone should fall into the sea they

shall be entitled to a delightfully

refreshing bowl of hot broth

compliments of the palace

but only if they fall in accidentally

after all rules are rules and they must

be

respected i got a noodle

you know the rules don't play with your

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food

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oh

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welcome to our beautiful village

this visit commemorates a time of great

historical

importance when your great great

great great great great

great grandfather first came from italy

and met with my great great great

etc etc grandfather

setting the stage for centuries of peace

and commerce between our two lands

your excellency emily for this

beautiful and a generous welcome if only

my great

great great excuse me

if only my ancestor could see this

magnificent moment

we have a special reception plan for you

right this way

your excellency your grace and the

members of the court

it is my pleasure to travel here to your

beautiful province to celebrate the

anniversary

of a very similar journey made many

hundreds of years ago

a journey where your ancestor warmly

hosted

my ancestor the legendary marco polo

and on that journey grand papa polo

discovered the

wondrous pasta right here in your land

and took it back to italy

is he talking about i thought your

ancestor gave him noodles

a garganzola cheese from garganzola

jeez what's that

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oh just act grateful i'm sure

it is something very expensive

oh thank you signori

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we've been out of it for well it feels

like

centuries and for this most

beautiful of a chinese flowers an

exquisite diamond necklace from aroma

jewels like this could only grace the

delicate

neck of one so lovely and refined as

yourself

oh signore i do not know what to say and

to commemorate your historic visit we

too

have gifts for you

what the beautiful things you have here

even your cats are so

elegant so unusual i have been admiring

them all

afternoon multi-belly

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these cats are very special they are our

imperial cats not only are they

beautiful

but they have a very unique talent they

can write

beautiful choreography with their tails

fantastico to have a cat like this

well signori if you like the idea so

much

why don't you take one of our cats back

with you to italy

you can choose from one of these three

fine kittens

make your selection by tomorrow and let

me know

you will have the first cat who can

write for you

in italian i just don't understand

how the master could give one of us away

that's

terrible terrible it's awful

it stinks just like that stinky cheese

that man brought with him

i'm scared what if it's me

what if it's me what are you two worried

about

of course it'll be me i'm the strongest

i'm the best looking i'm sure he'll pick

me

i don't want to leave you guys i don't

want to leave mama and bubba

and i sure don't want to go to italy

maybe nobody will have to go to italy

come here

okay

do not worry my beautiful wife i will

not let the master give away

any of our children i will not let our

family be broken up

but how we will leave here if we have to

other cats can live on the streets so

can we

now we can forget our plan maybe we

should still do it

how could you offer to give him one of

our valuable cats

well my miraculous mango it seemed like

a good idea

at the time but what am i to do now

i cannot go back on my word i would look

very foolish i cannot

lose face well we certainly cannot have

you looking foolish my dear

i will have to think of a way out

signore may i present you with our three

imperial kittens sagua

dongwa and shigura they will now show

you their very special gifts

and you will select one of them as your

very

own sagua you may go first

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i don't know what is wrong with her

today this kitten

is a young master of the martial arts

i'm ready to whisk them out of the room

if i have to

but i think our three smart children may

have worked out their own plan

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i just don't know what is wrong today

usually this one is very strong and oh

it is all right do not worry what about

this little one

moment what's wrong my little kitty

quick dip your paws in the pepper we'll

put it on each other and make him sneeze

wow while we're at it let's put some in

his teeth

now to make my choice perhaps it is a

pretty kitty

hmm

perhaps not this one maybe her brother

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push the teacup over toward him

yeah yeah but dog beer

i didn't realize i had an allergy to

cats

hey there mia belissa mama little one

do you want to come back to italy with

me

what a nice kitty and you even brought

me tea

grazie yes i think you are the one

mamma mia i thought we italians are like

things spicy

but this tea is

i must say these cats make me feel a

very strange

no no it's not niente i will take

one of these cats after all how could i

refuse your generous gift to me

i would be so rude so i will take

i will take the little one

she is so very cute if she doesn't make

me sneeze like the other ones do

come here little one stop wait

just a moment

signori senori

we have made a terrible mistake

by offering you one of our cats

what what you you change your mind

you see signori poro our cats can

only write in chinese that is all i know

so i'm afraid that these cats would be

quite useless to you

they will just be a source of continual

embarrassment to you when you return

oh to say nothing of all that sneezing

my goodness

now where was i

oh yes to make up for

all of this my husband would like to

offer you a gift which is much

more appropriate and much more grand

if i do say so myself a

special gift one which i

have painted for you myself

a painting of your ancestor

and my husband's ancestor depicting

their first

meeting together so many centuries ago

and here it is

oh it's

it's

it's magnificent

please accept this gift with our most

humble good wishes for a safe and serene

trip

back to your homeland thank you gracia

grazie mili you're welcome

quite welcome and now signore before the

trade winds shift to an undesirable

direction

you better be on your way may the gods

watch over you etc etc and all that blah

blah blah

have a wonderful journey ciao

you didn't know i was such a brilliant

artist

did you no i didn't

absolutely brilliant cook

let there be extra fish for the cats

tonight

and while you're at it prepare an extra

special meal for my

generous husband

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it's time for all of our families to be

together tonight

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