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01x36 - Sick Day / The Name Game

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.

01x36 - Sick Day / The Name Game

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you're the best

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my best friends

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i see oh my bad news

whatever it is i can handle it

no i can't is it an illness floods

no your magistrate yes many guests

and one two two

three

this is the best a whole day to do

whatever we want

speaking of which my turn one

two

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did you come to play with us i wish i

could

something has come up and i'm afraid we

need you at home

unexpected dinner guests are never a

problem your magistrate

and your cousins no less let me at least

get you some extra help this is so last

minute

my job is to prepare the most delicious

dinner tonight and your job is not to

worry

thank you a thousand times over i am

sure

my 20 cousins will be equally grateful

twenty

take care of sheila come on

guys just because i have a cold doesn't

mean we can't have fun

to to actually gather

helping each other is what families do

our work for the magistrate will be done

by dinner take good care of your little

sister

yes bubba

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now what now my day is ruined

you're so selfish dongwa my day is

ruined

too but guys

if we do stuff all together we'll have

that

the best time she's right

bubba said we have to help each other so

so that's what we'll do

help each other

i don't like this all bubba said was we

needed to take care of you

he didn't say we had to both do it at

the same time

one hour sagua that's it then it's my

turn

don't worry i'll be back have fun you

two

well what should we do now yeah what

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come on slow down i can't i don't have a

lot of time

but it isn't fun making a sand castle

fast

the finer architectural nuances are

totally lost

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sorry but i don't have lots of time this

is the only way i can have any fun

well i'm glad someone's having fun

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pillow fight no

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[Applause]

spin you in a saucer

come on help me out there's gotta be

something you wanna do

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a story oh no

a story is story that's what mama always

does when i'm

i'm too sick please

hmm i'm not good at this i can't

remember any good ones

then make one up it should be exciting

and dangerous and i'm the hero

okay okay here goes shigua the hero

hmm there once was a great hero named

chigua uh where am i you have to

describe a place

okay a hero named chigua who lived in

the foolish magistrate

study come on dongwa make it more fun to

that

fine uh she lived in a pagoda at the top

of a big mountain

oh this is better it was a beautiful day

no a stormy night

and she was the greatest hero ever in

the history of the world

the end hey that's not the end

and she was worried because her big

sister was about to be captured

me why me because you had better things

to do than to stay here with me

oh this is getting good um

just then a raven a huge raven swooped

into the pagoda

grabbed the sister and flew off into the

night

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what do you think happens next well

the bird flies far away to an island

yeah a remote island in the middle of

the sea

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so many cousins from meow his sister may

won

cook is working his magic again

it's burning

20 guests hi what am i to do

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the sand crabs are nibbling on my paws

and there's no one to play with

what's going on you're trapped on an

island it's just a story we made up

shigura the hero well enjoy your island

see ya that was actually kind of fun

oh well so i'm stuck on an island huh

yep you're trapped and it's a really

creepy place

creepy hmm how creepy

real creepy

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how's this the island grew quiet

too quiet suddenly

it was me the evil one-eyed sea turtle

who's made sagua

my prisoner dog would too

he should be all tied up by a huge

spider

hey got it

hey spider hey it's i am both

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now we're really in trouble

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no my fish wait

oh

i need help we know

now no more being stubborn i went to the

village and picked up some fresh

ingredients

we are all going to pitch in after all

they are my cousins who are showing up

so suddenly but your magistrate

i feel ashamed

i am the cook you still will be my

friend

we will help prepare the food you

will cook it

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hey guys wouldn't it be great if a huge

bird flew down

and carried one of us to some deserted

island and we had to escape and stuff

oh never mind i gotta go

oh well so much for my big day with

sagua

hey where's donggua going in such a rush

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dongguan knew she had to save them

so she flew across the sea

yeah she flew across the sea to rescue

them

but she got eaten by a whale on the way

who decided he really wasn't very hungry

what are you doing back i couldn't get

the story out of my mind

story what story yay

everyone's here now the story will get

better and better

what do you mean better the more of us

the more dad fun stuff to it

i'm just glad you're both here together

now it's gonna be twice as good

we did kind of run out on you huh yes

you did but that's okay you're about to

be eaten by a really mean octopus and

then

sagua is going to get stuck in quicksand

hey come on let's get back to that story

i think you need some bats

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yes

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hold oh i'm coming

this is my best sick day ever

[Applause]

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hmm

hey hello over here

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that's showing up the fastest blue so

far

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all right

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dog was the winner he's the fastest

what dog was moves are slower than a

snails

look like winds don't walk lick

lick well i thought they both were fast

i say it's a time a tie

never my name means family strength

that means i'm the strongest and

the fastest what are you talking about

that's not what lick lick means just a

nickname

my real name the jolly family strength

big deal it's just what your name means

it's not what you are

oh yeah so what's up mommy

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all our names have secret meanings

so secrets we don't even know so

dare actually if i'm not mistaken

dog walk means winter melon

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come on sagua tell us what your name

means

we promise we won't laugh honest

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sorry what'd you say i i didn't hear you

it means silly melonhead okay

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hey guys from now on i think we should

just call them

the melon meows

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i'm never showing my face in the alley

again

me neither winter melon

come on you guys it's not that bad

that's easy for you to say boo boo

you've got a great name lucky bat

good point

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sometimes i think it means clumsy back

i don't get it why did mama and baba

give us such silly names beats me

every time i ask mama just gets this

look at her eyes and mumbles

the melody well someone in your family

has to know

nice

it's a wonderful story is it a long

story nine-nine

there are no long stories only

short attention spans now

let's start at the beginning shall we

did you know your father used to play

with jet jet and little

fathers no way

yes it's true get back here meow

gotta catch me to make me now

as you know your father was born in the

palace

naturally sometimes he felt like he

owned it

maybe next time fellas see

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and he enjoyed having the palace as his

playground

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me

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what are you doing playing on the

magistrate's winter melons

you really should speak more quietly i

understand this is the magistrates

garden

who told you that why you did

just now

i guess i did you're pretty funny

and you're pretty slow you'll have to go

quicker if i'm going to answer your

questions

okay first question who are you

i may be the kitten of the new gardener

then again i may not who wants to know

i do i'm wimbau and this

is my palace oh really

well wimbo i'd be careful on that one

it looks a little right shows what you

know about melons

see this one is nowhere near being

oh great listen you

huh

i don't understand i thought you were

going to tell us how we've got our names

a story is like an onion it has

heavy layers let's keep peeling

now as i was saying your father

looked and looked but couldn't find this

new kitten

anywhere cat

hey melon cat where are you

villain cat oh hi

well i never got your name you never

asked

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come on have you ever chased the wind

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wait shout out your father had never met

anyone like her i'm right behind you

i assume they became inseparable friends

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watch this

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for you or

us it wasn't long before they realized

i know what about our names

i'm getting there

bubba wanted to let your mother know he

cared

pretty good if i do say so myself i say

so

too it's beautiful

mind if i get a closer look you really

like it but

i figured since we first met by melons

it looks like someone's in love with a

watermelon

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oh yeah yeah

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look who's faster now what do you say we

race them

let's do it

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catch you later

are you okay never better

winter melons watermelon i guess we're

just a couple of

belly melon heads

that was funny yes

and true so now you know

is named winter melon because they first

met

in the garden chigua is watermelon

because that's where they had so much

fun

and finally saguaro is

silly melon head because i know

because they still loved each other even

looking so silly

that's right your names reflect the love

that began with your parents there is

nothing better

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here come the melon meow prefer to be

called by our real names

right winter melon yes silly melonhen

watermelon and i couldn't agree more

those are our names and we

like them well well

i'll find them look at that if we don't

care

they don't care breaks you melons home

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