Chapter 7
The Great Stone Dragon
"Oh, mighty, great stone dragon, awaken", Mushu said mocking the great ancestor, ringing his gong. Suddenly the huge statue in front of Mushu started to shake, and then a dragon five times the size of Mushu came out. "Mushu, is that you", the stone dragon asked. "Yeah it's me stoney, now you gotta go and watch over this guy Fa Zhou and watch over him in the army", Mushu said. The Great Stone Dragon gasped and said teasingly to Mushu, "Say, I thought you were supposed to be a guardian too, why aren't you going?" "Well, uh, you know, I…..uh", Mushu stammered. "Oh that's right, you have gong duty now, so how's it goin' Mushu, huh", the stone dragon asked. Mushu hurled his gong at him but the stone dragon dodged it easily and instead of the gong hitting him, it hit another stone guardian and it crumbled to the ground. "Well, I can't wait to get back to see if your still in one piece, oh, wait for it, wait for it", the stone dragon said, waiting for the great ancestor. "MUSHU", the great ancestor cried through the temple window. "Well, my work here is done, I'm off to the army, chow Mushu", the stone dragon said disappearing. "Okay, okay, don't panic Mushu, you can fix it, and he'll never know", Mushu said to himself. "Uh, Mushu", a voice said from behind him. "I didn't do it great ancestor", Mushu said trembling. "Huh, Mushu it's me", May-Lin said. Mushu sighed relieved and said, "Oh May-Lin, man are you a sight for sore eyes, listen, I need your help." One hour later they had pasted the stone guardian back together with rice paste. "Gee, are you sure he won't notice, I mean we did overdo it", May-Lin said when they were finished, and the statue was covered in rice paste. "Absolutely, the great ancestor'll never know", Mushu said to May-Lin. "MUSHU, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE", the great ancestor cried. "Um, uh, well, it was weird, because what happened….uh", Mushu stammered thinking of what to say. May-Lin couldn't just stand there and watch her beau get punished for something he probably didn't do. So she stepped up to the great ancestor and said, "It's my fault, I was looking for Mushu and I accidentally bumped into it, it must have been very old and I am so sorry." The great ancestor looked shocked that it wasn't Mushu who had done this but his girlfriend. "Well, since this is a first offense, I guess it was all right, besides, that guardian hasn't been used for over 600 years", the ancestor said to May-Lin and with that he exited. "Oh man, why did you do that May-Lin", Mushu asked. "Oh, um, you're my beau, why shouldn't I try to defend you", she said.