Script

SIDE 1

(Village Square. The VILLAGE WOMEN rush on. Nervous MAIDENS mill about. FA LI and GRANDMOTHER FA pace anxiously. MULAN runs into the middle of the commotion.)

Of all the days to be late.

I should have asked the ancestors for luck.

We've got about thirty seconds to get you ready for the Matchmaker.

Thirty seconds? But Mama, that seems impossible-

(whistles loudly)
Ladies! Stall seven! Emergency makeover!

Whoa? Who is that girl?

Wait! Here is an apple for serenity. A pendant for balance.

Oh, Grandmother. That's sweet, but I don't need a lucky cricket.

Take the cricket!

(GRANDMOTHER FA hands MULAN a small container which holds a cricket. The MAIDENS form a line and begin their march toward the MATCHMAKER.)

SIDE 2

(Fa Family Home. FA ZHOU stands alone, holding a cherry blossom. MULAN approaches and stands before him. She presents him with SHAN-YU's sword.)

Father, I have brought you the sword of Shan-Yu and the crest of the Emperor. They are gifts to honor the Fa family.

(FA ZHOU accepts them, then throws them aside and hugs MULAN.)

The greatest gift and honor is having you for a daughter.

(FA LI and GRANDMOTHER FA enter and watch.)

It seems a father and his daughter have finally learned to speak the same language. We must thank the Ancestors for Mulan's safe return.

Great. She brought home a sword. If you ask me, she should have brought home a man.

(SHANG enters and taps GRANDMOTHER FA on the shoulder.)

Excuse me. Does Fa Mulan live here?

(Dumbstruck, GRANDMOTHER FA points towards MULAN.)

Thank you.

Woo! Sign me up for the next war!

Honorable Fa Zhou, I...

(looks at MULAN and panics)

Mulan, uh, you forgot... I thought you might need your fan.

(SHANG hands MULAN the broken fan.)

And you might need your helmet.

(MULAN hands SHANG his helmet. They look at one another and smile.)

Would you like to stay for dinner?

Would you like to stay forever?

Dinner would be great.

(ALL exit.)