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THE ADVENTURES OF THE CHINESE KIDS

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Script: VS Levington

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Animation: MV Benderskaya
and SA Bendersky

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PART ONE

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It was in China, in years gone by,
in the old city of Shanghai.

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A poor coolie named Chi-hai,
carried heavy crates of chai.

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Two children had this tea supplier,
a son, Lipup, and daughter, Likaya.

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Nearby was a rich man's home,
where lived an Englishman named Tom.

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The rich man never paid much heed,
to what the children had to eat.

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The Chinese worked till they were blue,
while Tom's belly grew and grew.

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So at the stove they slaved and droned,
as their master's clothing groaned.

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They planted rice grain by grain,
and Tom's purse filled up again.

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Our two Chinese, on Tom's books,
developed into little cooks.

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There they learned in a trice,
that being a slave is not so nice.

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My legs ache, Likaya cried.
Her tears dripped down into the pie.

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Eating lunch and drinking wine,
the guests were waiting for sweet pie.

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Tom took one bite of the sweet,
then leapt in anger from his seat.

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The English brute yelled "Me oh my,
I CANNOT STAND TEARS IN MY PIE!"

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Do not cry, Likaya, please:
in the world there are countries

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where poor people can be free,
they don't beat kids like you and me.

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Deep amid the brush and trees,
the children hid from their enemies.

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The waves crashed and threw up spray,
carrying the children far away.

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From the jungle the girl and boy
brought and shared their jungle toys. 

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The little boat sailed out to sea.
Towards the coast of a new country.

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Through the misty turquoise haze,
a new city was unveiled.

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Likaya wondered curiously:
what kind of a woman is SHE?

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It's a monument of freedom, so
that all the other people know,

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that America's a free country,
where everything's fine and dandy.

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Why is your face so very yellow?
You might wash it, little fellow.

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Then Likaya softly whispered:
WE COME FROM SHANGHAI, MISTER!

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Mr. Smith turned and hollered:
THIS IS NO PLACE FOR COLOUREDS!

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Here is freedom, so you claim.
So why do you treat us with disdain?

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OUT, YOU NASTY BOLSHEVIK!
How did you even in here sneak?

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Our Lipup was a nimble lad,
the Chinese kids were gone like that.

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They found their way across the seas,
to where the air is free to breathe.

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Be prepared! Be on guard.
Protecting the USSR!

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To a new life, he will lead,
a Soviet pioneer indeed!