Chapter 4
Mushu's in Love!
"Hey May-Lin do you, I don't know wanna maybe go out tonight, ya know like on a…..a date", Mushu asked her the next day. "Sure Mushu, why not, pick me up tonight at six", May-Lin answered smiling. And with that May-Lin walked away leaving Mushu standing there dazed and happy. "Woooo-Hooooo, I got a date, go Mushu, go Mushu, it's ya birthday", he cheered happily. His cheering however was interrupted by the first ancestor who had just heard the conversation. Mushu tried to hide his smile by looking innocent and said, "Wow, aren't you lookin' great tonight." "Awww, you have a date, huh Mushu", the ancestor asked him smiling. "Yeah, with May-Lin, she's smart, and funny, and pretty, and I lo…." Mushu was about to say love her but when he saw the ancestor's face he stopped. The ancestor was about to tell him he had gong duty that night and Mushu knew it. So with a puppy dog pout Mushu looked at the ancestor with big innocent puppy dog eyes and said, "Pleeeeeeese." "Mushu, that's not going to work this time", the ancestor told him, turning away from Mushu's pleading look. Mushu stuck out his long tongue at the ancestor's back, but decided to try a different approach. "It's time for Plan B", Mushu thought. He started to walk away miserably. "Okay, I guess I can tell her I have gong duty tonight, this date just means the whole world to me, it's no big deal, I'll just go and cry my lonely eyes out", Mushu told the ancestor miserably, sniffling, while his friend Cri-kee, a cricket, played the violin with his legs, weeping. "Oh all right, you can go on the date tonight", the ancestor said, giving in to Mushu's act. "Yeah, all right", Mushu cheered leaping out of his gloomy stage and out the door to get ready. "Why do I have to put up with him", the ancestor thought as he watched Mushu get ready.
That night outside the town, in a garden of flowers Mushu and May-Lin were having the time of their life. They had a romantic walk through the moonlight garden while Cri-kee played a romantic song with his cricket legs. "Well, you wanna walk me back", May-Lin asked Mushu. "Sure, come on", he said taking her hand as they ran through the flowers happily. Once they were out where May-Lin lived she turned to Mushu and said, "I had a great time tonight, thanks Mushu." And with that she kissed him and walked inside. Mushu just stood there unable to move. Then he heard a voice behind him. "MUSHU, GET THIS DOG OUT OF THE TEMPLE NOW", the voice boomed, which could only be the great ancestor's voice. "Coming great ancestor", Mushu called, dazed and smiling brightly, without complaining or making a sarcastic remark. That surprised the ancestors, usually Mushu always complained about his duty. "What did you want me to do again", Mushu asked him, still dazed.
"That dog is in the temple again, get him out", the great ancestor ordered him. Mushu was still in a happy daze as he sort of floated out of the room. The ancestors wanted to know if Mushu was for real so one of the older ancestors called to him, "Hey Mushu, uh, don't forget to wash my clothes after you're done!" "Sure, I'll do it", Mushu said to the old ancestor, even though Mushu knew the ancestors had no other clothes except the ones they were wearing. "Whoa, what's wrong with him", the ancestors asked themselves as they went outside to see if Mushu was still getting the dog out of the temple. Instead they found him picking flowers dreamily humming a love song. "Oh, what'd ya say May-Lin", Mushu asked, pretending he was talking to her, "what's that, you can't live without me, why I don't know what to say!" The great ancestor sighed and said, "It looks as if our little gong ringer has a girlfriend." "You think so", one of the ancestors asked. Just then they saw Mushu dancing around with a picture of May-Lin. "Almost positive", the great ancestor said.