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# Children of the sun

# See, your time has just begun

# Searching for your ways

# Through adventures every day

# Every day and night

# With the condor in flight

# With all your friends in tow

# We search for the cities of gold

# Searching for the cities of gold

# Someday we will find the Cities of Gold. #

Distraught by the revelation of his father's death,

Esteban returns to the monastery where he spent his childhood.

But his friends persuade him to continue the adventure

and show him that when it's not in his possession,

his medallion loses its shine.

After having deciphered a mysterious map,

our three heroes fly off to China.

- Esteban! - (GASPS) Huh?

Don't fall asleep, my boy.

Cities made of gold!

I would have liked to get a little more sleep,

but we need to take advantage of the first rays of sunlight.

You know what, Mendoza? I'm glad we're all together again.

You've come a long way, Esteban.

Your father would be proud of you.

If my calculations are correct, we should be flying over China.

China at last! Let's take a look.

Look, Mendoza.

What funny little mountains.

We must be somewhere in southern China.

But where exactly?

Zia! Tao! Wake up!

We're in China!

Sancho! Hey! Wake up, Sancho! We've arrived.

Whoa!

I can't control anything!

Argh!

Ah!

Argh!

Mwah! Solid ground. Nothing like it in the whole world.

(YAWNS) I had a good sleep.

Hey, what's wrong with you, Pedro?

I wonder why the Condor landed here.

I'm hungry.

And we're almost out of provisions because Mr Sancho here

ate all the food during the trip.

- No, it wasn't! More like you! - What?!

That's enough, you two.

You'd be better off looking for food for everyone.

Ooh!

Ooh. Hey, look, I found a funny blob.

Argh! A white bear!

You mean a black bear?

No, white.

Oh, he's so cute.

Look. I love the patches around his eyes.

My medallion!

Wait! Come back!

- Zia! - Here we go again.

Wait for me!

Hey, where are you going?

Wait for us, Mendoza!

That way. He went that way.

Ah!

Oh!

Whoa!

Huh?

Hm.

What have you done this time, Yang Yang?

Is he your teddy bear?

Um...uh.

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Mm.

Oh.

Uh, there. Excuse my panda.

He loves to joke around.

Huh? Who's that guy?

My name is Zhi. And this is Yang Yang, my panda.

And who might you be?

Allow me to introduce Zia. Tao.

- Hi there. - And I'm Esteban.

- This is Kokapetl. - Hi!

There's also Mendoza and...

..Sancho and Pedro.

(ALL LAUGH)

Bravo, you two.

We were attacked by a bear.

A white bear.

A black bear.

- A white bear. - Whoa!

Argh!

It's because of Zhi's panda bear.

He made off with Zia's medallion.

Tell me, my boy, just where are we exactly?

Here? By the Li River. Are you lost?

Oh, we're lost as you can be.

Yeah, and we're super hungry too.

Then come back to my village.

Besides, today there is a big party in honour of the dragon.

A d-d-dragon?

Yes. Just look. You can see his teeth.

Let's go!

Hey, guys!

Wait! Wait for me!

You coward! What are you talking about?

I'm not lying, Pangzi.

A gigantic golden bird, maybe made of gold.

You're losing your mind, Zang.

- A golden bird. - I'm not crazy!

Come and see for yourself if you don't believe me.

- Argh! - Silence!

Lead us to this golden bird.

But you know what's in store for you if you're wasting my time.

Where do you come from?

I've never seen travellers like you before.

Oh, we, uh...we are...

Cat got your tongue, hm?

We come from very far away,

from a country on the other side of the world.

But where is your boat?

Didn't you run into trouble with Pangzi's pirates?

- What p-p-p-pirates? - Did you hear that?

Run back quick to the Condor and keep your eyes open.

- That clear? - What?

You don't expect us to turn around

and go all the way back up the hill, huh?

All right, then.

Come on, Sancho.

What are we gonna eat?

Oh?

Chief, these strangers crossed my path.

May they share our meal?

Of course.

You know we always have room for visitors.

Mm. Welcome, noble strangers.

Because of that terrible Pangzi and his men,

we don't often meet foreigners anymore.

Oh.

It's not fair.

Making a stay here w-w-when we could b-b-be eating.

- Mm. - (LAUGH)

By all the kings of the underworld,

he was telling the truth.

If it's a demon, you mustn't touch it!

It's gold.

It's made of gold.

Gold!

We're rich!

Hooray!

Who does this bird belong to?

Tell me!

BOTH: It's not ours.

We don't know whose it is.

The village!

They went to the village!

The village.

If those foreigners own a bird made of gold, then they must be rich.

Extremely rich.

You, you and you two

stay here and make sure no one comes near the golden bird.

What is this, Zhi?

How do you eat it?

Well, it's a little bundle of rice cooked inside a leaf.

Here.

Um.

Thanks, Zhi.

- Love birds! - Huh?

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Love birds!

- Mm. - Mhm.

Huh?

What are they doing with those torches?

They are the dragon's flames

to stop evil spirits coming into our homes for the rest of the year.

- Evil spirits?! Oh! - Yes.

Everyone will gather at the entrance of the village

to wait for the flames to go out.

The dragon must not be disturbed

while it is chasing away the evil spirits.

Zia, come.

I want to show you something.

- Right now? - Yes, now.

We have just enough time before the procession starts.

Huh?

Mm?

Huh?

Hm.

Where are they off to now?

Mm.

Here, Mendoza.

Please join us.

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- Oh! - My secret hiding place.

No-one ever comes here except Yang Yang and me.

Come on. Don't be afraid.

Mm.

Mm.

Ah.

Wow!

- Look at this. - (GASPS)

That's why when I saw your medallion...

Incredible!

But what is it?

It's a very old Dong Son drum.

Hey! You should have told us you wanted to play hide and go seek.

Esteban, Tao, come and look at this drum.

It's amazing!

How about that?

It's the same symbol as on our medallions.

The procession is about to start.

We have to go back. Come on!

We'll come back afterwards.

Right. Well, see you later then.

Look.

More symbols.

This place is somehow linked to my ancestors.

What would you do without me?

Mm. How strange.

They don't mean anything.

The whole drum looks strange to me.

(SINGING)

(PLAYS FLUTE)

- (STOPS PLAYING) - Huh?

Huh? Argh!

The pirates!

No violence today.

- Everyone listen to me! - Huh?

You hand over the foreigners from the giant bird made of gold.

And immediately!

What foreigners?

A giant bird made of gold?

What are you talking about?

You can see there is no one but us here.

(GROWLS)

Foreigners like those two worthless pigs there.

Help us!

We're in the middle of the ceremony of the sacred fire of the dragon.

And you know very well it must never be interrupted.

I don't care about that.

Or you.

If you enter the village with your armed men,

you will make the dragon angry.

You will all be cursed!

Search everywhere. That's an order.

Zhi, where are they?

Safe from harm in my cave.

Your cave?

Look - on the circles.

It looks like symbols for the sun, the moon and also fire.

And here - the same symbols as the people of Mu.

Maybe we're supposed to align them.

Mm.

Oh!

Ow! Hey!

Argh!

Tao! Are you alright?

I'm okay.

Mm.

More Mu symbols.

I should be able to decipher it.

The drum only resonates

if the chosen ones listen to their heart.

- What does that mean? - Wait!

Maybe it means we should imitate the sound of our heartbeats

by playing the drum.

Ba-pum, ba-pum, ba-pum.

Ba-pum, ba-pum, ba-pum.

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(COUGHS)

Oh!

Ah!

Wow! Incredible.

We have to keep on playing.

Here. Take over. Don't stop playing.

Oh!

The dragon!

They found the entrance.

- (GASPS) - Watch out!

We've awakened the...the-the-the

DRAGON!

The dragon is angry.

Its curse is upon you!

Run for your life.

Now's our chance to escape.

Argh!

The dragon.

Help! Help! The dragon!

I don't know what kind of a spell this is,

but no-one is leaving your village unless I say so.

Do you hear me? No-one!

They profaned the village.

Will the dragon still protect us?

The dragon, he just chased the demons away.

"The eyes that see all look inside

"So that the fire of the yellow Dragon may show the way."

What's that supposed to mean?

No idea.

But you could still congratulate me for managing to translate it.

Ha-ha!

That's why the Condor landed so close to here.

- He knew! - My cave!

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Now that the pirates have seen that the dragon protects our village,

we won't be seeing them for a long time.

Now I know what a foreigner who came here several years ago

was looking for.

- A foreigner? - Yes.

He called himself the Travelling Prophet.

The Travelling Prophet? Are you sure?

Oh, please! Tell me what you know about him.

That man was my father.

Your father?

I'm really sorry, Esteban.

I don't know any more than that.

He didn't find anything and he left without a word.

Oh, please. Will someone please untie us?

Bow! One down!

And two pirates. Whoa!

Oh, but, hey, there are so many of them.

Yeah, th-th-that's for sure.

And what's more, th-th-they took us by surprise.

Liars! Liars!

Watch out!

Go ahead and run, foreigners.

But you'll never escape from me.

Never!

What was that?

Will our heroes manage to escape from the pirates surrounding the village?

- Let's go save them! - Zia

Zhi!

Will they be able to recover the Grand Condor?

You'll find out in the next episode of The Mysterious Cities of Gold.

Don't let anybody come near our treasure.

After their departure from Barcelona,

Esteban, Tao, Zia and their friends

arrive in southern China and land in Guilin.

As you can see, this region is scattered with little mountains

whose summits disappear in the fog.

They were formed 300 million years ago

and make for a magical setting.

Look here.

Is this where the Condor landed?

Maybe, Kokapetl.

But don't squawk too loud.

You might wake up the pirates.

Pirates! No!

I'm just kidding. Come back!

Tourists have long since replaced the pirates.

Uh, Kokapetl?

I'm over here!

I'm hiding.

- Hi, there. - Bravo!

You found the reed flute cave

that goes deep underground in one of the mountains of Guilin.

Look at these stalactites and these stalagmites.

They took millions of years to form

thanks to the water that streams on its walls.

Don't you think it resembles Zhi's cave?

Hello? Anybody here?

Esteban, Tao, Zia?

Yeah, but there's no drum here. Mm.

You remember what the Chinese call these mountains?

Yes. They call them dragon teeth.

Argh! He's going to eat me!

In China, the dragon is a very important mythical creature.

But we'll talk about that very soon.

Goodbye. See you soon.

Oh, okay.

Uh, good-bye!