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[thunderclap]

J‘ Out of the night When the full moon is bright

J‘ Comes a horseman known as Zorro

J‘ This bold renegade carves a "Z" With his blade

J‘ A "Z" that stands for Zorro

J‘ Zorro!

J‘ The Fox so cunning and free

J‘ Zorro!

J‘ Who makes the sign of the "Z"!

J‘ Zorro, Zorro, Zorro

J‘ Zorro, Zorro J‘

- [whistles] - [gun fires]

Don't shoot, it's Diego!

I did not think you had the nerve to show your face around here.

Joaquin, what is the meaning of this?

If you have any weapons, drop them to the ground,

and step over here with your hands raised.

We have no weapons, Joaquin.

We come as friends.

You're a fine friend, Diego.

You gave me your word I would be safe

if I rode into Monterey under a flag of truce.

Iwould have been killed had it not been for Zorro.

I'm sorry, Joaquin. l was betrayed.

You mean the governor did not keep his promise?

I'm sure he acted in good faith,

- but he, too, was betrayed. - Just the same, he is in charge.

He is responsible for what happens.

Give him time, will you? He's only been back a few days.

Can't hold him responsible for everything Rico did in his absence.

Then why did he place a man like Rico in charge?

To persecute my people? To drive us from our homes?

- To hunt us down like wild animals? - Si, he should know better.

Cannot hold the governor responsible.

When you find a rattlesnake in your bed, you kill it.

But do you not also blame the man who put it there?

Really, Joaquin. Do you think I would take part in a plot against you?

Had it not been for Zorro, I would have been shot down in cold blood,

carrying a white flag of truce.

But you, Diego. I did not see you there to keep me from being ambushed.

Take him to camp.

[guitar music playing]

[Joaquin] Suficiente. That is enough.

You know, I came out here to tell you how happy I was you escaped the ambush.

After a few more hours of this, I'm not sure I'll be happy about it at all.

Joaquin, it could be true, what he says about the governor.

Anyhow, why blame Don Diego?

If he did make a mistake, I'm sure he did not do it on purpose.

This, you could have said at my funeral, had it not been for Zorro.

Where did you get these accursed things, anyway?

You do not recognize them, Don Diego?

They belong to your friend, Adjutant Rico.

He uses them to confine my people.

Why do you call him my friend? You know I oppose him.

Pay no attention to him. When he is angry, he is stupid.

And all of the time, lately, he is angry.

She's right, Joaquin. You've let your anger blind you.

Even your friends, you treat as enemies.

lwill decide who my friends are.

Joaquin, you could be a man of reason. And so could the governor.

If only the two of you would get together,

talk this out as reasonable men. There'd be no more trouble.

These are the same arguments you gave me before, Don Diego.

- And they nearly cost me my life. - He meant no harm by it, Joaquin.

And, besides, you managed to get away safely.

With a little help from El Zorro.

Senor Rico, he will not be so lucky.

What do you mean by that?

Joaquin is very smart, even though he is just a vaquero.

He has worked out a plan to ambush Adjutant Rico.

Give him a taste of his own medicine.

He will find out what it is like.

What do you think will happen when you ambush the adjutant?

- You think this will be the end of it? - ltwill be, for him.

Do you not realize that soldiers will scour these hills, one end to the other?

You and 100 other peons will be driven from your hiding places,

shot if you run and hanged if you remain.

- Is this what you want for your people? - If my people must live like animals,

hiding in the hills, then, perhaps, it's just as well.

You do not understand, Don Diego. I know you are our friend.

But until you have had to live like this,

until you have been pursued like an animal,

you do not really know.

There are posters in the marketplace right now

offering a reward for my capture, dead or alive.

Yes, I know. Two thousand pesos.

Exactly the same reward that is offered for Zorro.

Dead or alive.

I've been all over this with Marcelo,

who has worked at the governor's house for many years.

Every year it is exactly the same thing.

Always on his patron saint's day, the governor goes first to early mass,

and then he goes to the shrine of San Jose,

accompanied by Senor Rico.

It is too bad that it has to happen to the governor on his saint's day.

But this is the important part of it.

We will know where they will be, and when they will be there.

What was that?

Why do l have to wear this thing around my ankle?

- Supposing I gave you my word? - Your word? Ha!

Oh, why don't you let him out?

Do you want something, Diego?

Do you want something to eat?

- Do want some water? - No, nothing like that.

Didn't I see a guitar?

You want to see Joaquin's guitar?

Well, | get so tired sitting here, I'd like to do something.

I'll get it for you.

Gracias.

[plays off-key chord]

Really, who could make music on a box like this?

You find fault with my guitar, Don Diego?

I don't think I've ever heard anything quite so sour in all my life.

Possibly, the fault is not with the guitar, but the way you are playing it.

Bring it here, Theresa.

[plays melodically]

How do you like it now, Diego?

I hardly believe it.

[all clapping in rhythm]

[all applauding]

All right. This is enough. We leave now.

Go take up your positions.

Simeon, get the horses ready.

Strong locks, eh, Diego?

It takes more than a rock to open them.

Then you were watching.

Well, why did you let me go on?

Because I wanted you to see what it is to try and try and get nowhere.

You can go now. Someone may have seen our campfire.

We have to keep on the move.

Besides, we have things to do.

- [dog growling] - [Garcia] What's the matter, doggie?

[dog barking]

But why are you mad at me? I'm not mad at you.

I'm never mad at anybody, especially little doggies.

Please, little doggie, go away. Go home!

Go anywhere! But go away.

It's all right, little doggie. I'm your friend. I would not hurt you.

No, please, little doggie, l...

[grunts, straining]

[growling]

Please...

Oh, please, little doggie.

[growling]

Sergeant, what are you doing up there?

What am I doing up here? Why...

l... | get a clearer view from up here. I can see in all directions.

Uh, what do you see, sergeant?

Nothing. Nothing at all.

But you could see it better from up there?

Yes, I can see it better from up here, if there was anything to see, I...

[grunts]

- What are you doing...? - Don't move, either one of you!

Now put your hands over your head.

[growling]

- [gun fires] - Hold him! We'll get the reward!

[grunts] lam holding him!

- [Garcia] I am! - [Theresa] Get your hands off of him!

[grunting, shouting]

Why were you hiding down the well?

Speak up, you peo’n!

All right, if you won't tell me, I'll tell you.

You knew the governor and I would walk by there on our way to mass, didn't you?

You planned to jump out and attack us, to kill us.

Oh, you'd like that, wouldn't you? You'd like to see us dead.

Let me bring in two of my guards.

We will make him talk!

He does not have to talk. All he has to do is listen.

You would like to kill the governor, eh, peo'n?

Well, maybe you will get your chance.

lwill get my chance. Or if! die, others will live.

- You cannot stop us. - Possibly, I would not even try.

You know that tomorrow is the governor's patron saint's day,

but did you know he will go alone to the shrine of San Jose?

But I thought you were going, and the honor guard?

For the first time in many years,

lwill be unable to accompany the governor. I will be busy.

And we will need every soldier we have

combing the hills to catch our escaped prisoner.

Our peon here is about to escape.

See that his knife is left where he can find it.

And, tomorrow, peo’n, you will get your chance to kill the governor,

when he comes, alone, to the shrine.

But you can't let a man like this loose with a knife.

How do you know he will not try to kill you or me?

Because we have his senorita in ourjail.

And if he fails to kill the governor, or if he tries anything else,

then a most unfortunate accident will befall her.

And when we have unfortunate accidents in ourjail,

they can be most unfortunate.

[hoofbeats approaching]

- [grunts] - Make no sound.

Senor, you have the advantage. Give me a fighting chance.

There's no time for that. Now, tell me, why did the soldiers leave?

- Looking for the prisoner. He escaped. - This, I do not believe.

It is true, senor, I swear it.

You will speak the truth to me, capitan, or you will never speak again...

...to anyone.

It was not my idea. I am merely a soldier, senor,

l merely follow orders. And when...

At least you allowed him to finish praying.

- [Joaquin] Zorro! - My apologies, Your Excellency,

but I must ask you to make a slight change in your plans.

And as for you, senor...

You know, I grow a little weary of saving your life,

since you seem so intent on throwing it away.

Drop the knife.

Now, if Your Excellency will be so kind...

Right now, you are both angry men, but you can be men of reason.

Oh, call each other a few names,

but then I want you to talk over your troubles.

l have nothing to say to an outlaw.

l have nothing to say to a tyrant.

[chuckles] It's going to be a long silence, then.

Here. Here are your keys.

You can unlock your leg irons and leave whenever you wish.

In that case, I'll leave right now.

Oh, incidentally, each of you has the key to the other one's lock.

Stay out of sight, but keep an eye on them.

I'm going to see if Theresa's all right.

All right, young man, throw me my key.

Oh, no. You toss me my key first.

And let you go free while I'm still in irons? Oh, no thank you.

You'd probably bash me over the head.

l have an idea. I will count to tres,

and we'll both toss our keys at the same time.

[clears throat]

Uno... Dos...

Tres.

lwill give you my word, young man, to release you if you'll toss me my key.

Like that time you gave me your word I would not be ambushed

when I carried the white flag into Monterey, huh?

[hoofbeats approaching]

[man] Open the gates! Open the gates!

Has the governor returned? Have you seen him?

- No, sir. No. - Any patrols returned?

Something has gone wrong. Come inside!

- Miguel, stand guard! - Si.

I can't understand what happened.

We went out and looked by the shrine.

Found the peo’n's knife, but no sign of a struggle, the governor's body.

But, uh, you don't know anything for sure.

No. All I know is we've gotta get out of here.

- What about the girl? - We'll take her with us.

And if the governor is still alive tonight, then she will not be.

How does our little tamale peddler feel now? Still full of fight?

You are a brave soldier, no? You are not afraid of Theresa...

So long as she is behind bars!

[chuckles] You be nice to me, I can be nice to you.

Here. Do you not think I am kind?

Si. I think you are very kind.

Kind of wet and kind of stupid.

- You little wildcat, l'll... - [laughs]

[Theresa laughs] Oh! Coward! Pig!

[Theresa continues laughing]

Water, eh? I'll show you.

I would not do that, senor, if I were you.

Good work, El Zorro. Hit him once for me.

The keys. Where are they?

Captain Briones. He had them with him when he went inside.

Zorro!

[grunting]

Get out of the way, capitan! Let me get a shot at him!

You make a better shield than a swordsman, capitan.

He can't get away if we do this right.

- [Briones] Miguel, get a musket! - [grunts]

l'll chase him around your way. You try to get a shot at him.

Zorro, look out! They're going to shoot you, don't let them!

[Garcia] Open the gates for the governor!

All right, Rico, Capitan Briones, stand where you are. Drop your weapon!

Halt, Rico!

Zorro! What was he doing here?

- Joaquin! - Theresa, where's the key?

Briones has it.

- Where are the keys to the cell? - None of your business, peo’n!

No, you unlock the cell.

It will be interesting to see what happens when she gets her hands on you.

It is the only key, peo’n. What are you going to do now?

You threw it. Now you go get it.

[scream echoes]

[water splashes]

What are you doing down there? Get him out of there.

Diego!

- What's going on? - |...

Will somebody let me out of here?

- Corporal. Get her out of there. - Where is the key?

That is the trouble, Your Excellency.

Captain Briones threw the key down the well.

He what?

Where is the key, capitan, have you got it?

It's at the bottom of the well!

Well, go back down there and get it.

[yells]

[water splashes]

Tamales!

Get your tamales!

J‘ Tamales, hot, hot, hot, hot

J‘ Tamales, hot, hot, hot, hot

J‘ Finest can be Try 'em and see

J‘ Get your hotter than hot tamales

J‘ For the hottest tamale in Monterey

J‘ Come to Theresa the folks all say

J‘ Your eyes will water and your tongue will burn

J‘ But they're so delicious you'll soon return

- J‘ Tamales! Hot, hot, hot, hot - J‘ Tamales!

- J‘ Tamales! Hot, hot, hot, hot - J‘ Tamales!

[both] J‘ Finest can be try them and see

J‘ Get your hotter than hot

- J‘ Tamales - J‘ Tamales

J‘ Tamales! J‘

[laughs]

[all laughing]