[FA ZHOU] (singing)
ANCESTORS, HELP THIS GIRL,
HEART A MUDDLE AND HER HEAD A WHIRL.
PRAY THIS OYSTER WILL PRODUCE A PEARL
AND BRING HONOR TO US ALL.
(MULAN gets up.)
[MULAN] (spoken)
I won't let the family down. Don't worry, Father.
(MULAN runs off.)
[FA ZHOU]
(calling after MULAN)
I'm not worried.
(looking to ANCESTORS)
I'm petrified!
(FA ZHOU exits.)
[ANCESTORS] (singing)
WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO GUARANTEE
THE PERFECT MATCH IS STRUCK,
BUT YOU SHOULD KNOW BY NOW
SHE'LL NEED A LOT OF LUCK!
(Village Square. The VILLAGE WOMEN rush on. Nervous MAIDENS mill about. FA LI and GRANDMOTHER FA pace anxiously. MULAN runs into the middle of the commotion.)
[FA LI] (spoken)
Of all the days to be late.
[GRANDMOTHER FA]
I should have asked the ancestors for luck.
[FA LI]
We've got about thirty seconds to get you ready for the Matchmaker.
[MULAN]
Thirty seconds? But Mama, that seems impossible—