Mulan
Guard: We're under attack! Light the signal!
Guard: Now all of China knows you're here.
Shan-Yu: Perfect.
General Li: Your Majesty, the Huns have crosd our Northern border.
Chi Fu: Impossible! No one can get through The Great Wall.
General Li: Shun-Yu is leading them. We'll t up defens around your
palace immediately.
Emperor: No! Send your troops to protect my people. Chi Fu,
Chi Fu: Yes, your highness.
Emperor: Deliver conscription notices throughout all the provinces. Call up
rerves and as many new recruits as possible.
General Li: Forgive me your Majesty, but I believe my troops can stop him.
Emperor: I wont take any chances, General. A single grain of rice can tip
the scale. One man may be the difference between victory and defeat.
Mulan: Quiet [picking up some rice with her
chopsticks and eating a mouthful] [She ts
down her chopsticks and writes down a final word on her right arm] punctual.
Aiya. Little brother. Little brother. Lit-ahhh, there you are. Who's the smartest doggie in the world? Come on smart boy, can you help me with my chores today?
Fa Zhou: Honorable ancestors, plea help Mulan impress the matchmaker today.
Little Brother: Bark, bark, bark, bark, bark.
Fa Zhou: Plea, PLEASE, help her.
Mulan: Father I brought your-- whoop! [Fa Zhou bumps into Mulan.
The cup falls to the ground and Fa Zhou catches the teapot with the handle of
his cane]
Fa Zhou: Mulan--
Mulan: I brought a spare.
Fa Zhou: Mulan--
Mulan: Remember, the doctor said three cups of tea in the morning--
Fa Zhou: Mulan--
Mulan: And three at night.
Fa Zhou: Mulan, you should already be in town. We're counting on you to up--
Mulan: -- uphold the family honor. Don't worry father. I wont let you down.
Wish me luck.
Fa Zhou: Hurry! I'm pray some more.
[Fa Zhou turns and walks back into the temple]
Bath Lady: Fa Li, is your daughter here yet?
The matchmaker is not a patient woman.
Fa Li: Of all days to be late. I should have prayed to the ancestors for luck.
Grandma Fa: How lucky can they be,they're dead. Besides, I've got all the luck we'll need.
This is your chance to prove yourlf. Grandma Fa covers her eyes steps into a busy street]
Fa Li: Grandma No!
Grandma Fa: Yep, this cricket's a lucky one.
Fa Li: Hai.
Mulan: I'm here. What? But Mama I had to--
Fa Li: None of your e'xcus. Now let's get you cleaned up.
Bath Lady:
This is what you give me to work with?
Well, honey, I've en wor.
We're gonna turn this sow's ear Into a silk pur.
Mulan: It's freezing.
Fa Li: It would have been warm if you were here on time.
Bath Lady:
We'll have you
Washed and dried
Primped and polished
till you glow with pride
Trust my recipe for
instant bride
You'll bring honor to us all
Fa Li: Mulan, what's this?
Mulan: Ahh, notes, in ca I forget something?
Grandma Fa: Here, hold this. We'll need more luck than I thought.
Hair Dresr 1:
Wait and e
When we're through
Hair Dresr 2:
Boys will gladly go to
war for you
Hair Dresr 1:
With good fortune
Hair Dresr 2:
And a great hairdo
Both:
You'll bring honor to us all
Fa Li and others:
A girl can bring her family
Great honor in one way
By striking a good match
And this could be the day
Dresr 1 [Dresr 1, Dresr 2, and Fa Li dress Mulan]:
Men want girls with good taste
Dresr 2:
Calm
Fa Li:
Obedient
Dresr 1:
Who work fast-paced
Fa Li:
With good breeding
Dresr 2:
And a tiny waist
Mulan: huh.
All Three:
You'll bring honor to us all
Chorus:
We all must rve our Emperor
Who guards us from the Huns
A man by bearing arms
A girl by bearing sons
Make-up Lady/Fa Li:
When we're through
you can't fail
Like a lotus blossom
soft and pale
How could any fellow
say "No sale"
You'll bring honor to us all
Fa Li: There, you're ready.
Grandma Fa: Not yet! An apple A pendant for balance
Beads of jade for beauty
You must proudly show it
Now add a cricket just for luck
And even you can't blow it
Mulan:
Ancestors
Hear my plea
Help me not to make a fool of me
And to not uproot my fam'ly tree
Keep my father standing tall
Maidens and Mulan:
Scarier than the undertaker
We are meeting our matchmaker
All Townspeople:
Destiny
Guard our girls
