Baba quotes from Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat

Baba

Oh, no need dear. I've-I've already attended to my grooming.

[Pan on Baba's messy back, with Sheegwa laughing.]

Baba

[to Mama] DONGWA KNOWS HOW IMPORTANT THIS DAY IS! HE HAS BEEN TRAINING FOR WEEKS!

[Before the scribing week.]

[Mama Miao and Baba Miao look at each other. The Foolish Magistrate continues his rules.]

[Baba Miao angrily glares at the "no anything" rules from the Foolish Magistrate. Since it scribe season, the entire cat family is going to be scribes. So --for the whole scribe season-- there is no fishing on Fridays nor basket weaving on Tuesdays. All activities --including fishing on Fridays and basket weaving on Tuesdays-- are going to be in recess until scribe season is over. Scribe season is going to be on Tuesdays and Fridays. In the meantime, the scene goes back to Baba Miao. Baba Miao turns to Mama Miao and says...!]

Baba

[to Mama Miao] CAN YOU STALL?! I AM GOING THERE! AND I AM GOING TO SEE WHAT WAS SO SPECIAL THAT DONGWA WOULD MISS AN IMPORTANT RITUAL!

Baba

[to Dongwa] YOU ARE LETTING YOUR SISTER DO YOUR WORK!?

Dongwa

I ya...! I err...!

Baba

[turning to Sagwa] AND YOU! YOU ARE HELPING YOUR BROTHER TO DECEIVE ME! THAT IS NOT LIKE YOU!

[Baba turns back to both Dongwa and Sagwa and chews them out for Sagwa helping her brother to deceive him and Dongwa making his sister Sagwa do his work.]

Baba

[then to both the kittens --Dongwa and Sagwa] WHAT DO YOU TWO HAVE TO SAY TO YOURSELVES?

[Dongwa and Sagwa are shocked into silence. And they do not have an answer at the moment. Baba is not pleased.]

Baba

[to Dongwa] WELL DONGWA? UNLESS YOU CAN COME UP WITH AN EXPLANATION ABOUT THIS, YOU ARE BOTH CONFINED TO YOUR QUARTERS (FOR A WEEK)!

[Baba Miao asks Dongwa and Sagwa what they both say for themselves. And when they --Dongwa and Sagwa-- do not have an answer, he --Baba Miao-- tells both of them that they are confined to their quarters for a week until one of them comes up with an explanation for this. Dongwa tries to argue back.]

Dongwa

But Baba...! Tomorrow is the...!

Baba

AND THAT IS FINAL! (NOW BACK TO YOUR SCROLLS AND NO MORE MAKING SAGWA DO IT!)

[By the saying of Baba, Dongwa is confined to his quarters for a week. And when Baba says, "AND THAT IS FINAL!", he threatens to take away the outside privileges on both his and Sagwa's and confine them both to their quarters for a year, a decade, a century, or a millennium. In the spite of that, Dongwa complies and resumes back to his Chinese writing on his scrolls.]

Baba

[takes a piece of grass] It's a duck call. [quacks]

Dongwa

Oh, sure Baba. Like a duck is ever going to think that's real.

[A real duck shows up, with Dongwa getting startled and hanging onto Sagwa]