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[MONKEY] I think my story should have pictures of me.

It's not enough to write the word "handsome," you know.

What if I write it in capitals?

With an exclamation mark.

Maybe if there's hundreds of them in the shape of my face.

[SIGHS] Another fork in the road.

Which way, Tripitaka?

[TRIPITAKA] "Where lies the valley Beyond dark and illusion.

The Scroll also lies."

Does the valley lie or the scroll?

And is it tell a lie or lie down?

I know. It means we should lie on a nice, soft bed,

not outside in the dark.

Wow, my memory of the ancient language is clearly rusty.

We go that way.

Hello. Good to see you.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Hello!

Hey!

Open the gate.

[WOMAN] We've already given our tribute.

Tribute?

To the squid demon, Lady Tsumori.

Any demon who trespasses her realm will die horribly.

We're not demons, we're gods.

Who kill demons horribly.

[FLIES BUZZING]

Whoo, smells pretty fishy.

- [FLIES BUZZING] - [INDISTINCT MURMURING]

It is foretold that we must lie in a nice, soft bed.

Not outside in the dark.

And also something with a pleasant view of the river.

It is foretold.

It is foretold.

[CRANIUS GROANING GROGGILY]

[GORM] Where is Monkey?

[TSUMORI] Monkey King and his companions

have ventured north and reached the Rivertowns.

[CRANIUS CONTINUES GROANING]

Somebody get me some light.

Three days march for my best Captain.

Supplied your troops with walking frames, have you? [CHUCKLES]

Too slow, General. Perhaps I can offer you guards to protect you?

[GASPS] The light! Turn it off!

[SQUEALING]

We need to smash the Monkey King

back to the heavens from whence he came.

The Rivertowns are mine.

You think you can defeat the Monkey King alone?

- [TSUMORI] Who said destroy? - [CHUCKLES]

That's her.

That's her.

That's her.

That's her.

Argh!

[MOTHRAX CONTINUES SQUEALING]

Get rid of that lamp.

[GASPS]

[TSUMORI] These scrolls must have great power

if so many have sacrificed so much in pursuit of them.

[CONTINUES GROANING]

Monkey and his companions will not leave the Rivertowns

until we know the secret of those scrolls.

[SNORING]

[PIGSY MOANS]

[MONKEY] Oh, your hair's so soft.

[PIGSY MUMBLES]

[SANDY WHISPERING] I can't sleep.

Do you want to go for a walk?

Hello.

You can't sleep either?

Lovely... chatting.

Good night.

[SCREAMS]

[MUFFLED GASPING]

[MUFFLED WHIMPERING AND WAILING]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[WAILING CONTINUES]

[WOMAN] I can't see any of the other...

[MAN] Tell me what you saw.

[WOMAN] Are you sure they didn't hurt you?

[WOMAN 2] It was them! They're the demons!

[CLAMORING]

- [MAN] Liars! - [WOMAN 3] Give me back my child!

Smelly villagers of this miserable place, there's no need to wail.

Stand back, demon.

Do I look like a demon to you? Come on.

Demons are never this good looking.

Ooh, I don't know.

Remember that demon with the long blond hair?

- No. - Piercing eyes?

- No. - Very striking.

Give back the children you stole before Lady Tsumori finds out,

and we'll beg her to spare your lives.

What's going on?

Oh, great news.

We need an exciting act of heroism to liven up my story.

They've lost some children and have some serious issues with personal hygiene.

[FLIES BUZZING]

I understand that you've suffered under demon rule,

and I can only imagine what it's like to smell like that,

but the Monkey King is here now.

My friends and I will protect you.

[FISHWIFE] And how will you protect us?

Anyone can approach the village from any direction.

[SUCKS TEETH]

[MONKEY] A trench.

I shall dig a trench.

[PIGSY GRUNTING]

How come your heroics always seem to lead to me sweating?

Did I say "stop digging"?

Should I take your things inside for safekeeping?

Nah, we'll be all right. Cheers.

[MONKEY] Just prepare the sharp stakes

and grab some leafy branches to cover the trench.

Oh, and, uh, fishing nets. Traps.

I really think it would be better

if I went looking for the stolen children.

Less talksy, more digsy... Pigsy.

[PIGSY] Oops!

You've got quite a lot of dirt around your face where I threw it at you.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[CHILD WHISPERS] She's here.

[WHISPERING CONTINUES]

[SANDY] Is that me?

Why are they drawing me?

[MONKEY] Use the planks to get across safely.

[MAN] Okay.

- Really? - Mm.

- Another trench? - No. No.

Just a few holes that we can fill with, ah...

explosives.

Careful. You'll blow us all to heaven.

So you've put a red stone

on every place it's dangerous to step?

Genius, I know.

Everyone can walk through safely

by just avoiding the red stones.

Including the child snatcher.

The child snatcher doesn't know about the red stones.

Well, it's sort of obvious.

Red: Danger, stop, look out.

Well, then what do you suggest?

We scatter the stones randomly,

but mark one safe pathway using white stones.

Isn't that sort of obvious? White: Purity, health, no danger.

I've done everything you've said since we left Jade Mountain, Monkey.

Can we do it my way just this once?

I can't lift my eyebrows any higher.

[FLIES BUZZING]

[GRUNTING]

[CHOKING]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

Didn't your mum ever warn you about wandering at night by yourself?

Unarmed, too.

[LAUGHS]

What's so funny?

You're just a boy.

And you're Tripitaka, the hope of humanity.

But yet you're still strolling around like a lost puppy,

trying to get yourself killed.

- So you attack me with... - Be careful of the tip. It's poisoned.

Oh, great.

Your god companions have been tricked into turning this village into a trap.

You need to get back to your quest while you still can.

What do you know about my quest?

I've been tracking you ever since the Graveyard of the Gods.

- Check your pocket. - [STONE CHIMES SOFTLY]

[STONE CHIMES]

Listen, kid.

I don't know whoever sent you, but...

Someone help me! Someone please help me!

My baby! My baby is gone!

Help me! Someone please help me!

[WOMEN CRYING AND WHIMPERING]

Someone please help me.

[WOMAN 2 SCREAMS] Lilia!

- [MONKEY] Hey, hey! - [WOMAN 2] Where are you?

[MONKEY] Hey, it's okay.

The Monkey King is here now.

[MAN] They've taken the children!

- [WOMAN] It was you! - [MAN] You're demons!

[CLAMORING]

No, no, no, you have to believe me. It's not...

[CLAMORING CONTINUES]

[PIGSY] Get back, please.

[WOMAN] Liar!

Hey, it's not her!

Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa!

This is a trap. I've been warned.

[MONKEY] Wait, warned by who?

I woke up and I saw Sandy outside the window.

But I was asleep right next to you.

You were in both places.

So I went after you and I was attacked by a small boy wearing leather.

I get weird dreams as well when I eat cheese in bed.

- So every night, then? - Yes.

This wasn't a dream. He gave me this.

Whoa, oh, boy.

Is that a Fangkris? It's got a poison tip.

It's forged from the teeth of dragons.

Dragons exist?

They did, but then everyone killed them to make Fangkrisses.

It's pretty appalling, really.

The Fangkris isn't the point.

We have to leave.

[SANDY] I've lived in dark, damp places.

I've been a child

abandoned by those who could have protected me.

We must find these children.

We must stop this evil.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[CHILD] Mom, I'm scared.

- [WOMAN] You'll be safe. - [CHILD] Mom, this is really scary.

[WOMAN] Into the cage, quickly.

[CHILD] Can we not go in here, please? I'm scared.

[FISHWIFE] Bring the children to the cage.

It is the only way to protect them from these demons

who falsely call themselves gods.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[WOMAN] Omari?

[FISHWIFE] How will you protect us?

Anyone can approach the village from any direction.

Give back the children you stole before Lady Tsumori finds out,

and we'll beg her to spare your lives.

Stand back, demon.

Any demon who trespasses her realm will die horribly.

Monkey.

[CHILD] Where is Omari?

[WOMAN] Omari?

- [CHILD 2] Omari? - [CHILD 3] Omari's gone.

[WOMAN] Where's Omari?

Omari!

He's been stolen!

[CHILD] Omari!

Quickly! Check the perimeter.

The child snatcher could be in our traps.

[ALL CLAMORING]

[MONKEY] Pigsy, I need you.

Tripitaka, have you seen the fishwife?

No.

Stay here.

Pigsy, Pigsy, Pigsy.

They're probably still close.

Hey, no. No, no. I'm going first.

It's a narrow hole.

Well, hopefully you can fit your head through.

- [MAN] Quickly! - [TOWNSPEOPLE CLAMORING]

[BABY CRYING]

[PIGSY] Pull both legs. Pull both legs.

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[MONKEY] Come on, Pigsy, let's go. Come on, come on.

[PIGSY EXCLAIMS]

Okay. It's okay.

Never...

mind.

Uh... don't step on the red ones.

- No. No, wait, wait. - What? What?

- I changed it. - Oh, yeah.

- Follow the white ones. - No.

- What? - I was just about to put them out.

There's no safe path marked.

[CHILD] Help!

[PIGSY WHIMPERING]

[PIGSY CONTINUES WHIMPERING]

[BOTH PANTING]

[PIGSY YELPS]

"Sort of obvious," says Pigsy.

"Never listen to me," says Pigsy.

[CHILD] Help!

[TOWNSPEOPLE CLAMORING]

- [FLIES BUZZING] - [SNIFFS]

Ugh.

- [SOFT KNOCKING] - [MUFFLED MOANING]

- [KNOCKING CONTINUES] - [MUFFLED WHIMPERING]

[BREATHING SHAKILY]

Who did this to you?

You did.

[CHILD] Please don't leave us.

It's okay. I'm not gonna leave you.

[RUNNING FOOTSTEPS]

Quick. Open the gate.

[CHILD 1] What are you doing?

- Why are you opening the gate? - [CHILD 2] Demon!

[TRIPITAKA GRUNTS]

[CHILDREN SCREAMING]

[DISTORTED] Stop, monk. I'll drop it.

[CHUCKLES]

Tell me about the scrolls.

The sacred scrolls were written 500 years ago.

Don't give me a saga.

Why did Davari and Cranius want them?

[BREATHING SHAKILY]

Well, Davari was fascinated with the writings

of the great sage of the Eternal Tower.

His area of study...

The demon has the scrolls.

[CHILD] It was here!

[MAN] Where's our children?

[WOMAN] I saw her with the demon.

[CLAMORING]

Hold it like you mean it.

[TRIPITAKA] It's okay.

They're villagers, not warriors.

[WHIZZING]

Was that a boot? Who threw the boot?

- I think we'll be safest in the cage. - [KAEDO] Yeah.

Quick, lock it from the inside.

[CLAMORING]

- [MAN] Where are they? - [CHILD] Demon!

I wish you'd done a little bit more self-defense training.

Careful, there's another boot out there

and your mouth makes a pretty big target.

You know I don't have to be here, right?

Nobody invited you.

[CHILD] Help!

Help me! Please!

I've got you now, demon.

- What? He's not a demon. - No, no, no.

Where are the other children?

He is one of the children. He's one of the village people.

His mother's got that eyebrow.

Look. The kid with the mum with the funny-shaped, you know...

What's your name?

- Omari. - [MONKEY] Omari.

Why did you run away, Omari?

I hate that cage. I want to be with my friends.

All right, well, we'll get you out of there, Omari.

Tell me where they are.

[TSUMORI] Tell me about the scrolls.

Where are the children?

Dead.

Liar.

I've known creatures like you. I know your habits.

[VOICES OVERLAP] Let me go, Sandy.

I'm just like you.

Nobody loves me.

Nobody trusts me.

Where are they?

You monster. You monster. You monster!

Child snatcher. Child snatcher. Child snatcher.

Demon. Nightmare. Nightmare!

Tell me where they are and I'll spare your miserable life.

[CHILD] Help! Help me!

Please?

I'm hungry.

[CHILD 2 WHISPERS] It's the demon.

You can come out now.

[CHILD] We're not coming out, demon.

I'm not a demon.

[CHILD] How do we know you're not a demon?

My father was a fisherman, like yours.

When my mother mended his nets,

she would sing to me.

♪ Well, may the boatie row And quickly may she speed ♪

♪ Well, may the boatie row And bring our baby's feed ♪

♪ The boatie row The boatie row ♪

♪ The boatie rows full well ♪

♪ And fisherfolk Maintain their boat ♪

♪ And hoarding fish to sell ♪

♪ Well, may the boatie row And quickly may she speed ♪

♪ Well, may the boatie row And bring our baby's feed ♪

♪ The boatie row The boatie row ♪

♪ The boatie rows full well ♪

♪ And fisherfolk Maintain their boat ♪

We trust you.

Please stop singing.

Please.

[MONKEY GRUNTS]

- I'm not trying that again. - [MONKEY] No, no, we don't have to.

- I'm calling my cloud. - Seriously?

I know my cloud. It may be willful if I'm being frivolous,

but it will come for a good cause.

[WHISTLES AND CLICKS TONGUE]

[BIRDS CHIRPING IN THE DISTANCE]

[WHISTLES]

[CLICKS TONGUE]

Oh, is that it? No.

[SANDY] Looking for someone?

[PIGSY] Hey!

Hey.

Hello.

We'll just hold them off till Monkey gets here.

What have I said about self-reliance?

There are three gods on this quest.

Where are they now, monk?

[CHILD] Mom! Dad!

[CHILDREN] Mom! Dad!

The children! They're outside the gates!

[MAN] I can hear their voices!

[MAN 1] The kids are back!

[TOWNSPEOPLE CHEERING]

[WOMAN] Laila!

Momma's here.

[CHILD] Mom! Dad!

[LAUGHTER]

[MAN] I'm here, darling.

[BOTH LAUGHING]

[CHUCKLES]

[SIGHS]

We've sent messengers to all the Rivertowns,

telling them how you defeated Lady Tsumori.

You'll have hospitality all along the river.

I think the scroll wants us to go back and take the other fork.

[PIGSY] Is that cheese?

Careful. You'll, uh, get bad dreams.

Are there any other kind?

So, where did you get the Fangkris, kid?

Belonged to my father, and his father, and his father.

You're a Zef?

Kaedo Zef. Pleased to meet you.

And you are?

The Monkey King,

Protector of Gods, Slayer of the Demon Davari,

Finder of Scrolls, Master of Riddles,

Rescuer of the Lost Children,

and Great Sage Equal of Heaven.

That's pretty long.

Yeah, well, you're pretty short.

Really? 'Cause I'm taller than your leader.

No, you're not.

- [CHUCKLES] You're not. - [MONKEY] Hey, wait.

Since when is Tripitaka the leader?

Since she freed you from a rock.

Come on, Monkey.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[WOMAN] Travel safe!

[SANDY] Bye, fishy people!

- [ALL] Bye! Thank you! - [SANDY] Thank you!

[WOMAN] We love you, Sandy!

[CHILD] No more demons!

- [KAEDO] Hey, Monkey? - [MONKEY] Hmm?

- [KAEDO] How about we play a game? - [MONKEY] Okay.

[KAEDO] I spy with my little eye something beginning with A.

[PIGSY] Spelling isn't Monkey's thing.

[MONKEY] "And."