The Secret of the Magic Gourd
WO MAN ON RAD/O:
M/ss/on Control,phase one /s complete.
MAN ON RAD/O:
Aff/rmat/ve, AlphaStat/on. Prepar/ng for phase two.
Roger.
(BEEPING )
What in the...
Can you see this, Mission ControI?
We're hit! ControI, come in.
(ALARM BLARING )
Control, come /n.
We're tak/ng damage.
Repeat. We are taking damage.
All controls are down.
This is an emergency.
Requesting immediate evacuation.
MAN:
Hold t/ght, Alpha One.We have rescue support launch/ng
/n three, two, one.
AIpha Station, this is GeneraI Ray Bao.
Just hang on, pIease.
/ am here to save you.
Expand/ng the rescue shaft.
Once locked, /mmed/ately transfer
to my shuttle.
AUTO MA TED FEMALE VO/CE: Alert.
Alert. Term/nat/on /n 1 5 seconds.
N/ne, e/ght, seven, s/x,
f/ve, four, three, two, one.
RA YMOND:
M/ss/on accompl/shed.We are making our way home.
(ALL CHEERING )
(CROWD CHEERING )
GeneraI Bao, that was outstanding.
(CAMERAS CLICKING )
NANA:
Raymond.Raymond.
Raymond.
Can you describe what it was Iike?
Excuse me, is that you, Ray?
-What's with these cIothes?
-Nana, what eIse for an astronaut?
Raymond, hey!
NANA:
For goodness' sakes.(SOPHIE GIGGLES )
Raymond, wake up.
-Hey, you sIept in again.
-Raymond, get up!
-Get up!
-Huh?
Ray, don't you remember?
Mommy's going on her trip
and she's Ieaving now.
Oh, no!
NANA:
Let's go.SOPHIE:
Raymond, hurry,you're going to miss Mommy.
(PANTING )
Mom! Wait!
-Bye-bye.
-Bye!
-Have a good trip.
-I'II miss you, Mommy.
Hey, Mr. SIeepyhead, you haven't
cIipped your naiIs in two weeks.
I'II do it when I get home.
Mom!
SAND Y:
HoId on.-Mom.
-Hmm?
WeII, I'm just gIad you caught us.
RAYMOND:
Me, too.-You Iisten to Nana. Okay?
-Mmm-hmm.
Raymond, you're Iate.
Your schooI won't wait.
Okay, Dad.
-You be good, aII right?
-Mmm-hmm.
-See you.
-Bye, Mom.
-Hey!
-Hi, Dan. Hey, John. How's it going?
-Good.
-Hey, everyone.
-Hi, Sean.
-What did you guys do Iast night?
-I just watched TV.
-I didn't do nothing.
Yeah, me, too.
My dad and I went
to the game Iast night.
-Whoa!
-No way!
It was awesome. Yao Ming scored
in the third to win by...
-Hey, guys!
-Hi, Ray.
Hey, Raymond.
Hey, Dan, I had this
crazy dream Iast night.
-Oh, you're aIways dreaming, Ray.
-Again?
-Hey, were you fIying again?
-Yeah, I was in a spaceship...
Raymond, didn't you study your math?
Huh?
-For the test.
-What test?
-Oh, not again.
-You've got to be kidding.
You're gonna ruin it for aII of us.
Ray, what if she caIIs on you?
Miss Lee won't caII me.
She never caIIs me up. It'II be fine.
GIRL:
It's my turn.(GIRLS CHATTERING )
Raymond, it's your turn.
Let's see what the answer is.
(CHILDREN WHISPERING )
GIRL:
Oh, I know, he didn't study.BO Y:
I can't beIieve it.He's gonna faiI.
Come on, now.
Didn't you study Iast night?
Susie Fong.
Did your group study your math?
WeII, Raymond's mom was Ieaving,
so he said that he wouId
study on his own.
Miss Lee, Raymond aIways
hates doing his math.
-He says the numbers make him dizzy.
-Raymond reaIIy Iikes fishing.
But I don't think I've ever seen him
catch anything.
(LAUGHING )
Okay, cIass.
You are aII very smart,
Raymond incIuded.
And I think you can each see
what happens when you don't study
Iike you shouId.
Isn't that right, Raymond?
Mmm-hmm.
We can aII Iearn something here,
and that is that when you work hard,
better is your IeveI of satisfaction.
It's a fact. You sow, you reap.
Okay, now, when it comes to good
grades in schooI, you have to study.
-WiII you promise?
-ALL:
Yes.-BO Y 1 :
I wonder what I got.-BO Y 2:
Hey, I can't see.BO Y 3:
I got five stars!Not bad, I did better than I thought.
BO Y 4:
At Ieast I'm happywith my score, I guess.
BO Y 5:
Oh, weII, but what did you get?BO Y 3:
Raymond onIy has one star.-Four stars isn't bad.
-I did okay.
That stinks.
BIew it for our team grade again.
Man, you're right!
-What's up, guys?
-Take a Iook for yourseIf.
Thanks a Iot, Raymond.
Hmm?
Raymond, that's sad.
It's stiII something.
At Ieast I have one star.
SUSIE:
Why isn't Raymond here yet?DAN:
Yeah, what's with him IateIy?SEAN:
Oh, here he is.SUSIE:
Hi, Raymond.Hey, check out this spaceship
I designed.
You can pIay Ping-Pong here, and...
Oh, here you can put a teIescope.
And Iook, here is the main controI deck.
-You're crazy.
-Raymond...
-What?
-We can't get this thing to fIy.
DAN:
Yeah, what are you, kidding?It wouId be impossibIe
WeII, what do you know? I can finish it,
with or without any of your heIp.
Oh, yeah, we can aII go fIying off
in your spaceship.
(ALL LAUGHING )
Oh, thanks, John.
Teasing me, picking on aII my work.
JOHN:
Oh, come on. I was just joking.SUSIE:
Raymond,where are you going?
Hey, Iook out!
(CRASHING )
-Now, you've done it.
-Oh, no!
BO Y:
Way to go!(ALL GRUMBLING )
Now Iook what you've done.
Raymond,
what are we going to do now?
-It's ruined.
-You're messing everything up.
WeII... WeII, it's not Iike I meant to. Huh!
Raymond... Raymond!
Nice friends they are, making fun of me.
I'II turn things around.
SOPHIE:
So, can the Magic Gourdgive me anything I want?
NANA:
Of course he can.Can he give me one of those doIIies
that goes, ''Wah, wah!''
(LAUGHING ) AbsoIuteIy.
You can ask for 1 OO doIIies
and you wouId get every one of them.
There's no way!
NANA:
That's the story.Hey, Raymond, Nana's teIIing
the story about the Magic Gourd.
Oh, that ''aII wishes come true''
chiIdren's story again?
I've heard it a miIIion times.
What's the matter?
You aIways used to Iove that story.
It's aII just make-beIieve.
What's there to Iove?
Don't Iisten, Sophie, the Magic Gourd
has magicaI powers.
He can carry you high up to the sky,
right up to the cIouds,
where they feeI just Iike cotton candy.
Stick out your tongue
and they taste Iike cotton candy.
That's the power of the Magic Gourd.
If you become the Gourd's master,
he can grant you anything you wish for.
Say you can't finish your homework,
or maybe you want
to pIay better in sports,
whatever it is, the Magic Gourd
can come to your rescue.
(BIRDS CHIRPING )
(FROG CROAKING )
Is the Iake this way?
Huh?
(BIRDS CHIRPING )
Huh?
(CROAKING )
I'II get you.
(CROAKING )
Whoa!
Awesome.
Huh. I'II fish right here.
(GROANING )
(SIGHS )
This is it.
I've got to make some changes.
What I reaIIy want to do is
work out a way that's easier.
Yup.
Get the best grades in cIass
without having to Iift a finger!
Hmm?
(GRUNTING )
(EX CLAIMING )
(GASPING )
(GRUNTS )
(EX CLAIMS )
Ah!
Hey, that's a nice throw.
Huh? You're some kind of freak.
CaII me a freak?
AII I want to do is heIp you out.
Presenting BaiIey, the freakish,
Didn't your granny teII you about me?
BaiIey?
-Yep!
-So, you're him?
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