Thousands of years ago in ancient China,
there lived a beautiful young woman named
Mulan. She lived with her parents and a dog
named Little Brother. mulan's father had
once been a great warrior, but his leg had
been injured in battle. As an only child,
Mulan felt responsible for upholding the
family honor
One day, a man arrived with terrible news
from the Emperor. The Huns, china's
enemy, had invaded. The Emperor had
ordered that one man from every family
must join the Imperial Army. mulan's aging
father had to fight. again
Mulan knew her father was too old to fight
Late that night, she made a big decision
After saying a prayer to the Ancestors, she
used a sword to cut her hair short. Then she
put on her father's warrior clothes
As her parents slept, Mulan, now dressed
as a young man, jumped onto her fathers
horse, Khan. Then she raced off to join the
Imperial Army in her father's place
Somehow, she would find a way to bring
honor to her family
When Mulan arrived at the Imperial Army's
training camp, she met Captain Li Shang
"what's your name? "he asked Mulan. "My
name? it's, uh.. Ping! " Mulan said. To her
amazement, Shang and other soldiers
believed she was a man!
Shang worked hard to teach his soldiers
strength and discipline. Mulan struggled to
keep up. Frustrated, Shang told her to go
home. But to earn the soldiers respect
Mulan retrieved an arrow atop a tall pole
This was the hardest training task of all
and Mulan had done it!
Mulan was not alone on her journey. A
dragon named Mushu, sent from the
Ancestors to be her guardian, and a cricket
named cri-kee were always at her side
Working together, they wrote a fake letter
ordering Shang and his soldiers to go after
the Huns. Now Mulan would get her chance
to bring honor to her family
Heeding the letter's message, Shang led his
soldiers into the mountains. Suddenly, they
were surrounded by thousands of Huns
Mulan got an idea. She grabbed the very
last cannon and, using mushu's flame, lit
the fuse. The cannon caused a massive
avalanche of snow to fall on the Huns
But the danger wasn't over, Snow was now
racing toward Mulan and her friends
mulan's loyal horse, Khan, ran to her side
She jumped onto his back, and just as the
snow was about to bury Shang, Mulan
pulled him to safety
During the battle, Mulan had been injured
While caring for her wound, a medic
realized that"Ping"was a woman. Shang
had no choice but to leave Mulan behind
As she sat with Khan, Mushu, and cri-kee
Mulan felt she had failed her family and
herself. Then she heard the huns'voices
Mulan raced to the Imperial City to warn
Shang. " The Huns are alive! " she told him
they're in the city. But Shang felt betrayed
by Mulan and did not trust her. Mulan tried
warning the others, but no one would
believe her
The Hun leader, shan-yu, kidnapped the
Emperor, but Mulan and Shang rescued
him. Furious, shan-yu chased Mulan onto
the palace roof-exactly as she planned
Mulan grabbed shan-yu's sword and pinned
his coat to the roof. He couldn't move when
Mushu and cri-kee shot a rocket this way
The force of the explosion sent Mushu and
cri-kee flying through the air. Mulan and
Shang fell together to the ground as
fireworks began to fill the sky. The people
were celebrating. The Huns had been
banished, and the Imperial City was safe
The Emperor was very grateful to Mulan
You have saved us all. " he said. and then he
did something extraordinary: The Emperor
bowed to Mulan. Everyone in the plaza
bowed to Mulan, too. The Emperor asked
her to stay on as his adviser, but Mulan
knew it was time to return to her family
At home, Mulan presented her father with a
sword given to her by the Emperor. " The
greatest gift and honor is having you for a
daughter, her father said. "I've missed you
So. Excuse me said a voice behind them
Does Mulan live here? Shang had brought
Mulan her helmet. and she invited him to
stay for dinner