ANNIE, BEN & MANGO!!
You never know where they're gonna go!
ANNIE, BEN & MANGO!!
You never know where they're gonna go!
According to my book --
-- the Great Wall of China is 21,196.18 kilometers,
or 13,170 miles long.
Uh, we’re not going to visit the whole thing today, are we?
No, silly, that’s impossible.
Besides, not all of the wall is still standing.
This is Mutianyu.
It’s the best built part of the wall.
It has 22 watchtowers
like that one built into the wall.
Excuse me.
Yes, sir, can I help you?
You appear to be a very smart little girl.
Have you seen a pearl here?
It’s about this big.
I’m sorry, but no.
I would have remembered a pearl that big!
I’m Annie
and this is my dog, Ben,
and my monkey, Mango.
I am Wu Xing,
the Imperial Magician.
Servant to the first Emperor of China,
Qin Shi Huang.
I am pleased to meet you.
But Qin Shi Huang was emperor of China--
-- that was thousands of years ago!
How can you still be here?
I’m a magician!
A sorcerer!
A shaman!
I can do a lot of weird tricks.
If you’re such a powerful magician why don’t you magically find your pearl?
You dare question the powers of Wu Xing!
I, who makes the Earth shake,
the skies above serve my every wish!
You forgot the spell, didn’t you?
I did.
I have thousands of years of knowledge in my head --
some things get lost in all that mess.
All I know is that the pearl is somewhere near the Great Wall.
If I know what the pearl smells like I could find it.
What does your pearl smell like?
Dragon’s breath.
I’ve never smelled a dragon’s breath.
I don’t think I’ll EVER forget that.
Me neither.
But can you find my pearl?
Sure... but I can tell you, it’s nowhere near here.
Mango wants to know if you always have a dragon with you?
Yes, he is my pet.
The pearl is his.
I get it! It’s like my special tennis ball back home.
Oh,
then we really need to find it.
I know how much you love that tennis ball.
Then let us go!
Enter the darkness and we will find the light at the end!
We are here!
Wow -- that was more fun than a roller coaster!
We really ARE in Xi’an.
This is where Emperor Qin Shi Huang is buried!
Come! I may have left the pearl in the Emperor’s hidden chamber.
It’s a terra cotta warrior!
I read all about them.
They buried thousands of them with the Emperor!
Smells like a flower pot.
Because terra cotta is what they use to make flower pots, Ben.
These hold much more than flowers, Annie.
They are the true guards of the Emperor’s hidden chamber.
Greetings, Wu Xing.
How can I serve you?
None of my friends are going to believe this.
My friends and I are looking for my dragon’s pearl,
let us enter the chamber so we can continue our search.
As you wish, Wu Xing.
A hidden chamber!
This is so cool
Smell a dragon’s pearl, Ben?
I’m getting there, Mango.
Give me a second.
It was here, Annie.
But it’s gone now.
Think like a dragon, Ben.
If you were playing with it,
what would you do with it when you were done playing?
That’s easy.
I’d be thirsty,
so I’d get a drink and leave it next to my water dish.
Of course!
Why didn’t I think of that!!!?
Quickly!
We have a long way to travel!
We are in Laolongtou at the Bohai Sea.
My dragon’s favorite place to drink.
The people built this part of the wall and called it OLD DRAGON’S HEAD
because it looked like my dragon drinking.
The pearl must be here somewhere.
I’ll bet he buried it to keep it safe while he was drinking.
That’s what I’d do.
’m smelling something that smells like dragon breath.
I THINK I FOUND IT!!!
HEY! WATCH THE SAND!
FOUND IT!!!
This is it! My dragon’s pearl!
Look, dragon!
Our friends have found your pearl!
How do you thank them?
Thank you so much Annie, Ben and Mango.
What can this humble magician do to repay you?
Well, we are about a thousand miles away from where we started.
If we could go back...
It is done!
Wow, right where we started.
What's this?
It’s from Wu Xing.
It says,
“Dear Friends,
please accept this gift as a souvenir of your time with me.
Your friend, Wu Xing.”
It's a terra cotta warrior!
I don’t see how we could ever forget someone like Wu Xing.
Or the smell of his dragon’s breath. WHEW!