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[theme music playing]

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[violin music playing]

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NAI NAI: Yi! Where are you?

-Nai Nai, uh, don't come up here.

[grunts]

Ugh, distractions!

I almost had it that time!

-Yeah. No, it was amazing.

-[gasps] Oh, no, no, no, no. Our fort!

I mean, no biggie.

I don't play Princess Warrior, Defender of the Fort anymore.

[yelps, laughs]

-Why was it so much easier with Everest?

I made magic then!

You both saw me make magic then, right?

-I miss him too, Yi. -Me too.

[gasps] Maybe to do magic, we have to think like Everest.

What would a yeti do?

[imitating yeti noises]

[Yi and Jin laughing]

NAI NAI: Yi!

You and your friends promised to help me.

Is this ringing any bells?

-We better go before she comes up here.

-NAI NAI: You have to make it tighter. -MEI: Yes, Ma.

-NAI NAI: Even tighter. -MEI: Yes, Ma. [grunts]

-Too tight! -Ah, sorry we're late!

-Up on that roof at all hours. Too much sun.

Where's that hat I got you?

I don't want your future husband to complain.

What's all this yellow stuff?

Are you eating those cheesy worms again?

Very bad for the skin.

-What? Oh, you mean cheese puffs? No, it's-- It's pollen.

I'm, uh, I'm starting a rooftop garden.

-Hey, Nai Nai, can we talk about Yi's skin issues another time?

I'm starting to sweat, and, uh, I don't do sweat.

[grunts]

-Hold on, Jin. Let me help.

-You take her. I'll take you.

-Guys? You still here?

[screams, grunts]

-Easy around the corner. Easy.

There we go. There we go. [screams]

- Xiao xin!

-Ow!

-[yowls] -Jin! Whoa! Are you okay?

-[gasps] Stove! Are you okay?

-I'm fine. They're just shoes.

Limited edition, one-of-a-kind shoes.

-Now they are even more one-of-a-kind, no?

[laughs]

JIN: Very funny.

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[door chime dings]

-Uh, what's wrong with thatstove?

-Ugh, don't get her started.

-Your mother's fancy new high-tech stove doesn't work.

-So let me call a repair person!

-You should call a monk! It's cursed.

-Don't worry, I'm here. Aah!

-See? Cursed.

Besides, I've always made my dumplings on this stove,

and I don't see why we should change things now.

-Because we want, and need, our new family business to be a success.

-Save me from your family.

-Okay, okay, I'll distract them.

Walk straight to the door. Take Peng.

Whatever you do, do not make eye contact with Nai Nai.

-Okay, Mom. -Well, we're all done.

I'll be up on the roof, in my garden...

with a hat, if you need me.

-Done? We're not done. This place is a disaster!

-Everything is laid out for maximum efficiency.

-Only if you want to efficiently block the flow.

The feng shui is all wrong!

-[door chime dings] -Where do you think you're going?

We need to move that cursed stove out and then the sink to over there.

-Oh, it's gonna be a very long day.

NAI NAI: Get me a live chicken and three candles.

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[laughing]

[grunting]

[groans]

[somber music playing]

PENG: And then I faked him out like I was gonna go left,

but then I pulled a wiggle, pivoted right, and banked a three.

-[squawking] -Ew, Peng!

-It's bad enough that you're not helping.

-It wasn't me, I swear!

-Well, it wasn't me.

[softly] I've never fang piin my life.

[squawking]

-It wasn't me! -Mine don't sound like birds.

-Shhh. It came from the stove.

-There's something in there. -[squawking, clucking]

-Nai Nai did say it was cursed.

-No, that's just a silly superstition.

What are you doing? What if it iscursed?

-[clucking] -There's a bird in here.

-A duck, I think. -I wanna see.

No way, it's a parrot. With peacock feathers? Hmm.

-That can't be right.

It's a pheasant. Nope. No, I see the feathers.

-[bird trilling] -This is no ordinary bird.

-It lured them in with empty promises and now it's trying to eat the children.

I told you that stove was cursed.

-Huh. Well, I called the appliance store to return it.

-They should pick it up soon. -[knocking on glass]

NAI NAI: Don't believe anything it says!

-I guess we know why the stove wasn't working.

-Can we keep it? Please!

-We need to get it out first.

-I'm not touching it.

What? I have unpredictable allergies.

-Jin, you move the stove into the alley.

Peng, get something to carry the creature in

and I'll be right back.

-Who made her the boss? Am I right?

-She kinda does have natural leadership qualities. No offense.

-I am a born leader.

-[bird chirping, clucking] -[Jin yelps]

-What are you doing? That's brand new!

-Uh... See, this flour is bad.

Yes, because it was stored facing south instead of west.

Nai Nai said so.

-Okay, well, when you're done with that,

just please tell Yi I need you all to hand out these fliers.

-Wait. What if it goes all--

[imitating explosion]

Boom!

-It won't. I just-- I know it won't.

The creature will see that we have magic

and will know we're friends.

-Uh, unless Peng is right

and you blow it up like you did with the flower.

-I'm not going to blow it up!

Probably.

[playing light melody]

[trilling]

It's... She's... beautiful.

-[trilling] -Whoa! Keep going!

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-I'm sorry, Birdie. This is for your own good.

[grunts]

[squawking]

Do you really think Birdie's like Everest?

She doesn't seem very magical.

I mean, she can't even fly.

-She is magical. I--I can sense it.

Birdie just needs our help.

If we can get her to the roof, maybe she can fly from there.

-[scoffs] Really? We're naming the bird Birdie?

Not-- Not too on the nose? No? Okay.

[Birdie squawking]

-[Birdie trilling] -Whoa, okay. Whoa! Hey. Hey.

We just want to take you someplace where other people can't see you.

Not that there's anything wrong with seeing you here.

You're beautiful. It's just...

sometimes people don't understand things that are different.

[Birdie trilling]

That's it! Come on out.

-You're free now.

Go on!

You can fly anywhere that you want from up here.

May I suggest the new rooftop club at Club Rooftop? Five stars. Yeah.

[Birdie clucking]

-Can you fly? Like this.

-Sorry! -JIN: Grab her!

-You're scaring her!

-PENG: Come on, Birdie. -No, come back, come back!

No, don't go over there.

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PENG: I'm trying!

This way! This way!

[both grunting]

-Stop playing! It's not-- It's not working!

-She's doing it. She's gonna fly!

[trilling]

No! No, no, no, no.

-Come back, light!

-Seriously?

[Everest grunts]

-Everest?

[all cheering]

[Everest laughing]

Everest!

I don't know how you knew we needed you,

but I'm so glad you're here.

Is that...

-Everest! Whoo-hoo!

-I should be mad.

After everything we did to get you home,

and you just come floating back on a cloud?

[Birdie clucking]

-Boy! Do we ever need your help now.

-We found this magical bird in a stove,

and I thought if we just got her out of the stove and up on the roof

that she would fly home, but Birdie just keeps getting more upset.

And I don't-- I don't know what to do.

[Everest grunts]

[Everest humming]

JIN: Yi, Look!

-Of course! You're both magical creatures.

Can you-- Can you talk to her?

Maybe we can figure out where her home is.

[Everest humming]

[Birdie clucks, squawks]

-What'd she say?

-She can't go home?

-Then we just have to find Birdie a new home.

[Birdie trills]

NAI NAI: Yi! Yi!

Where are you?

You're a terrible gardener.

-Oh, actually, we just got back from handing out the fliers Mom gave us.

-[Birdie squawks] -[Yi coughs]

-Eating cheesy worms is more like it.

Come on, I cooked you all real food.

YI: We'll be right down. We just have to clean up.

NAI NAI: Ai-ya-ya!

-What are we gonna do?

You'll look after Birdie?

-[Everest grunts] -[Birdie trills]

[trills]

We'll be back as soon as we can.

We're gonna help you, I promise.

-It's so beautiful, I could cry.

-[clears throat] Before we start,

Nai Nai and I just wanted to thank you for allof your help.

Tomorrow is opening night and we couldn't have done it without you.

Okay, that's all, dig in!

-With Nai Nai's dumplings, I bet you will be turning people away.

I'm really proud of you, Mom.

-I told myself, "Mei, this year is all about trying new things."

Oh, I just hope people show up tomorrow.

Which they will! Especially after youhanded out all those fliers!

-Oh! [chuckles nervously] About that...

[knocking on glass]

Mom, could you please pass the pork buns?

-Oh, sure.

-Thank you. [clears throat]

-Oh!

Oh, that's not good.

-What do you mean, not good?

-Oh, I-- I mean-- I meant not good like, "That's not good.

That is, mmm, so, so great."

Mmm. Mmm. Mm-hmm.

-I see you over here trying to hog all the xiao long bao,Mom.

-No! [laughs]

-Uh, yeah. I wish we could stay,

but we-- we promised to help Peng practice

for... basketball tryouts.

-Basketball smasketball.

Besides, school doesn't start for months.

-You'll never make the team with that attitude!

-Yeah, and your ball-handling skills

have gotten a little fuzzy

in the off season.

-I'll have you know that my ball handling is...

in need of work.

-Thanks for dinner! Don't wait up for me.

We'll probably have to practice late.

-Ah!

-His ball handling does need work.

-You were right to get us, Everest.

Jin, is-- is there anything you can do for her?

-I'm going to medical school,

not magical animal veterinary school.

-Please, Jin. You have to try!

[Birdie trilling weakly]

-Nothing feels broken.

Her pulse is fast, but I think that's normal for birds.

Yeah, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong.

PENG: Maybe she's just homesick.

Can you be homesick if you don't have a home?

-All we can do is make Birdie as comfortable as possible.

Here we go. [Everest groans]

[Birdie trills weakly]

-Aw! Now she just needs a bedtime story.

Hen jiu hen jiu yi qian...

-Bedtime stories! That's it!

[Everest gasps]

I know where Birdie's from!

-Spit it out! You know I can't handle suspense.

-The sun!

-Whoa. -How do you figure that?

A-- A kids' book, really? They're just stories.

-And we thought yetis were just make-believe.

Maybe all of these stories are true.

When the sun hit Birdie-- And actually her name is Fèng Huáng.

Anyway, when the bright light hit her, she got stronger.

You saw it.

Oh, and the stove! She was just looking for someplace warm.

-First, Fèng Huáng is a much better name than Birdie.

Second, I want to help her as much as you,

but even if you're right, we can't go to the sun.

-Maybe not, but we can get pretty close.

-Okay, how are we-- -[Everest grunts]

No, no, no, ab-- absolutely not!

Everest obviously hasn't mastered his cloud magic.

You saw how he landedbefore. No way!

[Everest laughing]

-We need to find a spot near the top of the skyscraper

for Fèng Huáng to make a nest.

-[Everest grunts] -[Jin screaming]

-What about up there?

-That's perfect! Everest, can you take us there?

[Everest humming]

-[Jin yelps] -[Peng laughing]

-The wind, it's-- It's too strong, hold on!

-Oh, please, no, no, no, no, no.

-Whoo-hoo!

[all grunting]

-That's very not good.

[all screaming]

[all grunting]

PENG: Is this a good time to say I need to go to the bathroom?

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[Everest humming]

-No, no, don't-- Don't you even think about it.

I am your older cousin and I ama natural-born leader.

I forbid you!

-It's okay! I trust Everest.

[gasps]

[Everest humming]

Woo! We're not dead!

-I shouldn't have doubted you, Everest.

What now? It's too far.

YI: There's gotta be another way up.

-We can wait until they finish construction

and take the elevator.

-I don't think Fèng Huáng has that long.

-Please hold on, girl.

-[Everest gasps] -JIN: Oh, no.

PENG: Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

YI: I think it's good.

JIN: But hold on, just in case.

-We did it! -Yes!

-No, no, no, stop! -JIN: Stop, stop, stop.

-We have to jump.

-My gut says no,

but the leader in me says maybe.

-Wait-- Wait, you go first?

Just you and Fèng Huáng?

[trills weakly]

Be careful, Everest. I just got you back.

[grunting]

-Whoo-hoo! -Yeah!

-[all screaming] -YI: Hold on.

-No one move.

-Not moving. Not--

Aah!

[all screaming]

[gasps]

-JIN: Yi! -PENG: Yi!

[Everest roars]

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-Go, Fèng Huáng! -Yeah!

[Yi screaming]

[trilling]

-Yi! -That was incredible!

[trilling]

-I guess you can fly. Thank you.

[trills happily]

JIN: Well, what do you think, Fèng Huáng?

Is this a good place to make your home?

[trills]

-So I don't exactly have the hang of this yet.

Maybe you could help me out?

[grunts]

[sighs deeply]

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[Everest humming]

[trills excitedly]

[clucks]

You can see our roof from here,

if you squint.

But we'll always be there if you need us.

-I like knowing you're up here, Fèng Huáng.

[Fèng Huáng clucks]

-Now that you've got a handle on your cloudmagic,

you think we can go for a little joy ride?

[all cheering]

-[camera shutter clicking] -[Peng laughing]

-I am flying on a cloud and I can't even post a picture!

If no one knows, did it even happen?

[yelps]

[all cheering]

[gasps]

[silence]

-One thing. I asked her to do one thing.Hand out--

-The fliers! Argh, I never passed them out.

[cheering]

-Looks good, Everest!

[door chime dings]

We're getting pretty good at this whole "helping magical creatures" thing.

-[Everest screams, thuds] -Everest!

[all laughing]

-Well, let's not get carried away.

I don't think we're going to be running into magical animals every day.

-I don't know about that.

I think there's more out there than we ever imagined.

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Fèng Huáng didn't just wander into the dumpling shop.

She-- She heard my playing. She was drawn to my magic.

-All those lights, they're all magical creatures?

-And some of them need our help.

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