[Music] chapter one our story begins with a young girl in ancient china her name is hua mulan she lives with her parents her older sister and her younger brother in a little village one morning mulan is working in her room she is making cloth to sell at the market suddenly she hears a noise she goes to the window and looks out a lot of people are running down the street mulan sees her friend sun ying what's the matter asks mulan quick come and see says sun ying mulan follows sun ying through the village wait for
me shouts mulan they soon see a big crowd of people in front of them everybody is looking at a long list on a tree move i can't see says an old woman at the back stop that shouts a man at the front angrily what's on the list mulan asks sun ying the enemy are now here in our country says sun ying and we must fight them the emperor needs a very big army one man from every family must join the army tomorrow says sun ying the names of all the men in the village are on
the list mulan goes to the front of the crowd she quickly reads the list oh no cries mulan look my father's name is the first on the list my father can't fight says mulan he's old and ill and my brother shang is a young child he can't join the army what can i do cries mulan you must think of a plan says sun ying [Music] chapter 2 mulan runs home to her family mother father she cries i have some bad news the emperor wants a man from every house to fight in the army then i
must go says her father you can't go you're ill says her mother but when a man doesn't join the army the emperor always punishes his family says her father it's all right says mulan i'm young and strong i can go in father's place but how asks her mother you're a girl and everybody knows it i can be a man i can learn to walk with my head up and to shout when i talk she says and i can wear soldiers clothes mulan says her father you're a brave daughter you can join the army and save
our family name can i join the army with you asks shong mulan laughs you're a boy shang perhaps you can be a soldier when you're a man please be careful says her mother her father gives some money to her you must be ready to join the army he says mulan needs to buy a horse she runs to the market an old man calls to mulan look at this horse he shouts it's the best one in the village can i ride it asks mulan of course he says so mulan gets on the horse and rides it
it's wonderful she says how much is it [Music] later mulan walks through the market with her new horse she buys a beautiful saddle for it when mulan rides home from the market she meets sun ying mulan you have a new horse where are you going it's a secret whispers mulan my plan is to join the army in my father's place you're very brave and clever mulan but please be careful says sun ying and good luck [Music] the next day mulan is ready to leave don't forget us whispers strong he is crying please come home soon
says her mother mulan says goodbye to her family she rides away quickly chapter 3 mulan rides for two days over the black hills and across rivers she rides through the cold dark night and through the snow then suddenly she sees hundreds of little lights in front of her she finds thousands of soldiers with their tents near the yellow river the light comes from their fires she stops her horse and gets off hello there shouts one young man come and join us i'm yi ming he says would you like something hot to drink yes please my
name's hua mu sorry says mulan quickly come and sit by the fire shout yi ming this is hua who he says to the soldiers near them welcome brother say the soldiers that night mulan sleeps in one of the tents everything is all right she thinks i'm a woman but nobody knows my secret in the morning yi ming gets up early he whispers are you awake we must get ready the enemy is not far from us [Music] all of the soldiers get ready for the battle then the general of the chinese army talks to his men
are you ready to fight he shouts yes they cry later that morning the two armies meet the battle is long but mulan fights bravely [Applause] hours later many of the chinese soldiers are dead mulan looks at them oh no what can i do she thinks suddenly she starts to ride towards the enemy brave soldiers follow me she cries the soldiers ride quickly after mulan she fights at the front with yi ming next to her an enemy soldier wants to [Music] [Music] watch out cries mulan yi ming rides away fast thank you he shouts to mulan
after many hours the chinese army wins the battle the soldiers all come to mulan you're our hero they cry we can win every battle now [Music] chapter four mulan fights in many more battles yee ming always fights next to her [Music] who you're very brave and clever say the soldiers you must lead us into every battle after some years mulan becomes a general in the army she chases the enemy out of china people all over the country hear of this famous soldier but nobody knows her secret nobody knows her true name mulan one day a
soldier visits mulan i have a message from the emperor he says what is it asks mulan you must come to the emperor's palace says the soldier mulan rides across the country with yi ming [Music] soon they arrive at the emperor's palace your name is famous you are the bravest soldier in china says the emperor our country is safe now i must thank you for that mulan bows in front of the emperor a soldier must live and fight for his country she says what can i do for you the emperor asks do you want to become
a minister or would you like a big house no thank you says mulan but there is one thing what's that asks the emperor i want to go back to my family says mulan my father is an old man now and he needs my help then leave the army and go home to your family says the emperor and please take my finest horse with you oh thank you it's beautiful says mulan chapter five the next day mulan is ready to leave the emperor's palace yi ming comes to say goodbye who thank you for saving my life
he says please don't forget me how can i forget you says mulan you're my only true friend then mulan begins the long journey home when she rides through villages people come out of their houses and they cheer look that's the famous general they say excitedly he's a true hero soon her parents hear the news from a traveler mulan is coming home they make a big feast mulan's brother shang is a young man now and he puts firecrackers ready at the gate when is mulan coming home he asks every day [Music] the next morning mulan arrives
in the village shang runs out to see her mulan rides up to her house welcome home shout shong over the noise of the firecrackers look at our daughter cries her mother she is now an important general says her father and she's riding the finest horse in the country i'm a general now says mulan and she smiles but in an hour you can see your true daughter again mulan goes to her old room first she takes off her soldier's clothes next she puts on a fine dress and brushes her long dark hair when mulan comes out
of her room she is beautiful [Music] you're our daughter again cry her parents happily let's start the feast says her father you must sit next to your father says her mother for hours and hours they talk and eat mulan tells them all about her adventures in the army you're very brave says her friend sun ying [Music] mulan is happy to be at home again every day she helps her father one day she is making cloth in her room suddenly she hears a horse in the street [Music] hello there shouts a young man is there somebody
at home mulan comes to the gate the young man is yi ming i'm looking for a young soldier who is his name he says and then he stops but it's you cries yee ming you're who and you're a woman yes that's right says mulan and she laughs come in i can explain everything mulan and yi ming talk for a long time they remember all their adventures all their battles it's good to talk to my best friend again says yi ming and he smiles at mulan [Music] yi ming meets mulan's family i'm very happy to meet
you all he says you have a very brave daughter thank you says mulan's father yi ming stays at the house for a week everybody in the family likes him one day ye ming asks mulan to marry him i don't know answers mulan can i marry my best friend from the army we need to speak to my father y ming goes to mulan's father of course you can marry my daughter he says and he smiles ask mulan mulan talks with her father for many hours that night [Music] the next day ye ming asks mulan to marry
him again this time she says yes i'm truly happy she says to yi ming [Music] now you can be my best friend and my husband mulan marries yi ming everybody in the village comes to the wedding [Music] mulan and yi ming live happily in the village for many years and to this day people talk about hua mulan the bravest girl in china
