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me: ok so are you guys excited?

all: yea!

me: and also today is my birthday.

aang: oh Happy birthday!!!😁 😆😁 😆😁 😆

Katara: happy birthday!!😀😀

Sokka: happy birthday!😀😀

Suki: Happy Birthday!!😀😀

toph: happy Bithday!😀

zuko: happy birthday!😀

Me: thank you!!

(me in irl wishing that actually happened 😢😢😢)

Me: ok lets start!!

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BOOK 2: EARTH

CHAPTER 6: The Blind Bandit.

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Aang, Katara and sokka: oh

Toph: This is gonna be great.

suki: why.

Toph: you'll find out.

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(After the preview, the episode opens with a pan right shot of a village nestled on low hills. A few mountains rise in the distance. Cut to a street corner scene, then cut to a close up shot of a green bag with a shoulder strap.)

(voice over) It's pricey, but I really do like it.

(Camera zooms backward to reveal the three kids in an open air shop. Sokka is looking at the bag. Katara, with Momo on her shoulder, looks at him with some concern. Aang sits on the floor, looking somewhat bored and unhappy.)

Then you should get it. You deserve something nice.

(turns to her with a smile) I do, don't I?

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sokka: yes I do. hmmmm I'm thirsty.

katara: then get water.

sokka: nah I want to try something new.

katara: like what?

sokka(looks at me): do you have anything?

Me: uh here (hands him a Coke cola)

sokka: what's this?

Me: try it.

sokka drinks it.

sokka: ahhh. What is that feeling in my mouth its tingling me.

Me: that's fizz.

Sokka: a what now.

Me: that's soda and soda has fizz.

sokka: why does it hurt.

Me: it doesn't but just drink it more you'll get used to it.

Sokka: I do like the taste but it hurts my mouth.

me: just drink it.

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:(turns back with an exaggerated gesture) But no. It's too expensive, I shouldn't.

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toph: ugh just get it.

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(slightly annoyed) Alright, then don't.

(She turns and walks out of the frame. Aang gets up and follows her. Sokka goes last, looking wistfully back at the bag. The frame is empty for a moment before Sokka returns and stands behind the bag, his hands clasped in front of him. Sight Gag: Sokka's face goes slightly chibi as he smiles at the bag.)

You know what? I'm gonna get it.

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toph: well you got it anyway.

Suki: aw you look so happy.

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(Cut to a wide shot of Katara and Aang standing in the street. A man nears with a paper in his hand turns around and speaks to them.)

Psst, psst. Hey, you kids like earthbending? You like throwing rocks? Then check out Master Yu's Earthbending Academy.

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toph: oh master yu.....

Aang: I wonder what happened to him.🤔🤔

toph: (¬‿¬)¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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(He hands Aang a flyer with a smile and leaves. Cut to a close up of the flyer. Aang flips it over to reveal the other side.)

(voice over) Look, there's a coupon on the back. The first lesson is free.

(Cut to a wider shot of the two.)

Who knows? This Master Yu could be the earthbending teacher you've been looking for.

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suki: well Nope

Toph: no kidding.

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(Sokka enters the frame from the right, the green bag cradled in his arms.

Quick fade to the front gate of a dojo compound. The gate is a paifang with a large green sign with Chinese characters written across it.

Cut to a shot tilting up of Aang in a dark green earthbender training uniform and a round helmet. He looks confused.

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toph: hehe nice outfit.

aang: thank you.

toph: that's no- neverminded

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He picks his ear with his finger, then sniffs his finger. Cut to a zooming back shot of Aang from the p.o.v. of the end of the line of boys of which he is a member. The boys are younger and smaller than he is by a head. They stand resolute, looking forward. Aang stands up straight in imitation of them.

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Toph: hahha they are so much smaller than you.

Aang: well its beginner lessons.

toph: haahha.

aang: 😑😑😑

Shift to a wide shot of the compound. On the left is a line of four boys with a stone in front of them. On the right is a line of fours boys, including Aang without any stones. A man, Master Yu, enters the frame in the foreground, only his back visible to the camera.)\

Take your stances.

(The students except Aang assume earthbending stances. He walks between the two lines then cut to a closer shot of him.)

Now, strike as if you're punching through your opponents head!

(Master Yu strikes a pose as he says this, then cut to a wide shot of Yu and the two lines facing each other. The line on the lift their rocks and throws them at the line on the right.

Cut to a close up of Aang looking alarmed, then a split second close up of the boy across from Aang chucking the rock at him. The rock hits Aang square in the chest and knocks him backwards into a large ceramic pot behind him. The pot explodes in a cloud of dust and fragments.

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suki: ouch.

aang: yea.

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Cut to Aang's p.o.v. amidst the wreckage. Master Yu approaches him with a smile.)

So, are you ready to commit to more lessons? (Cut to a closer shot of Yu) If you pay for the whole year in advance, I'll bump you up to the next belt.

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suki: yea don't think thats gonna happen.

Toph: definitely.

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(Shift back to Aang, buried in the rubble. His face is covered as more debris slides down over him.

Cut to a wide shot of Aang excited the dojo through the paifang gate. Sokka and Katara sit just outside.)

(disappointed) He's not the one.

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topha: no kidding.

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(Aang leans over and pats one side of his head, ejecting bits of dirt from his ear. The last two boys exit the gate and their conversation is heard.)

I think The Boulder is gonna win back the belt at Earth Rumble 6.

He's gonna (cut to a close up of Aang's face) have to fight his way through the best earthbenders in the world to even get a shot at the champ.

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Toph: he sure has to. (¬‿¬)(¬‿¬)

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Excuse me, (runs over to the boys, cut to wider shot of the three) but where is this earthbending tournament exactly?

It's on the Island of Noneoya - none o' ya business!

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toph: haha good one but those guys are jerks.

katara: 🙄😑🙄

suki: ooh they gonna get it.

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(Both laugh and walk away. Cut back to Aang, Sokka and Katara visible behind him. Sokka begins to laugh as he and his sister walk up behind Aang. Katara looks peeved at the boys' treatment of Aang.)

Ha, ha! Oh, I got to remember that one.

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sokka: well I forgot that one.

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(Katara smiles and puts her hands on Aang's shoulder and left arm.)

(in a comforting tone) I'll take care of this.

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suki: yeah katara take. care. of. it.

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(Cut to a view down the street and the right turn into a side street where the two boys disappeared into. Katara runs into the frame, waving her right hand in the air.)

Hey strong guys, wait up!

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toph: strong guys?!!! hahahahahah those two are limper than a noodle.

suki: I see what you doing.

katara: (¬‿¬)(¬‿¬)

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(Katara disappears around the corner. Cut to Aang and Sokka, who holds out his new bag in disdain.)

What was I thinking? I don't need a new bag. Why'd you let me buy this?

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toph: oh my gosh. snoozles.

sokka: What!

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(Sokka drops the bag and folds his arms crossly. Momo, perched on Sokka's shoulder, looks down at the bag. He jumps down into the bag. Cut to a close shot of Momo settling in for some sleep, chittering happily. Cut back to a wider shot as Katara runs back into the frame.)

You ready to find an earthbending teacher? Because we're going to Earth Rumble 6!

How did you get them to tell you?

Oh, (looks over her shoulder coyly) a girl has her ways.

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suki: hahahhaha.

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(Cut to a shot of the two boys looking down at the camera. They are frozen from the neck down. Shift to a wider shot. Their feet are frozen to the walls of the buildings that line each side of the street. Their heads touch each other and together they form a gate or archway over the street.

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aang: oh.

katara: (¬‿¬)

suki and toph: Hahaha.

toph: nice one sugarqueen.

suki: yea nice one.

sokka: well too bad for them.

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Fade to a night scene in the mountains. In the distance at the bottom of the frame is the brightly lit entrance to a cave. People are lined up to enter.

Cut to an underground stadium with a wide shot of the rectangular earthbending arena. The center of the arena is dominated by a large stone circle with a square punched out of its center. In the background on the lift is a tower atop which the master of the games announces the matches. Around the rest of the arena are the stands. There is an empty space all around the arena between it and the stands.

Shift to a closer shot of the stands. They are empty in the immediate vicinity as the three kids enter the frame from the left.)

Hey, front row seats! I wonder why no one else is sitting here.

(They sit down. A moment later the camera zooms backward as a massive boulder slams into the seats to their right, showering them with dust and debris.)

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toph: thats why.

suki: that was close.

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I guess that's why.

(Cut to a shot from just behind the three kids looking at the arena. A man earthbends a mighty explosion of rock and dirt at its center. A huge column of earth begins to raise the man upwards. It stops rising. The man motions and the column collapses back to floor level. Cut to a close of the man's face. It is strong, cruel, and mostly obscured by long, luxurious black hair.)

Welcome to Earth Rumble 6! (cut to wide, panning right shot of the arena, Xin Fu continues in voice over) I am your host, Xin Fu!

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aang: oh yeah him I wonder what happened to him too?

toph: (¬‿¬)

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(Cut to a frontal shot of the kids. Aang, Sokka and Momo look at the arena, while Katara has turned sideways and adopted a bored pose.)

This is just gonna be a bunch of guys chuckin' rocks at each other, isn't it?

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toph: pretty much but all you have to do is wait for the end. Thats when things get good.

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(hopefully) That's what I paid for.

(Cut back to Xin Fu.)

The rules are simple. Just knock the other guy out of the ring and you win.

(He earthbends himself back to the announcer's tower and continues in voice over. Cut to a muscular earthbender with a tattoo on his back. He raises his arms in a salute to the crowd and grins confidently.)

Round one! The Boulder (cut to a long shot of The Boulder as a huge foot crashes onto the floor in the foreground. Cut to a frontal shot of a huge fat man) versus The Big Bad Hippo! (cut to a close up of the Hippo, who opens his mouth to reveal four hippo like teeth as he roars.)

(in exaggerated, WWF type voice) Listen up, Hippo. You may be big, but you ain't bad! (grinning insanely) The Boulder's gonna win this in a landslide.

(Cut to a frontal shot of the Hippo, who raises his arms high in the air.)

Hippo mad!

(The Boulder earthbends a boulder at the Hippo, who catches part of it in his mouth, crushes it and spits it out. )

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zuko: did he just chew that.

toph: yea

zuko: ew.

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(The Hippo then begins to jump up and down. His enormous bulk actually causes the arena to shake around. The Boulder wobbles backwards on the verge of losing his balance.)

Unbelievable, ladies and gentlemen! The Hippo is rocking The Boulder!

(As The Boulder reaches the edge of the arena, he earthbends a sheet of rock out of the side of the arena and throws it at his opponent. It hits the Hippo's back and he turns around to face the Boulder once more. )

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suki: nice save.

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(The Boulder, with a tremendous effort, then earthbends the Hippo off the floor and throws him over the side of the arena.)

The Boulder wins!

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sokka: WHOOOOO!

everyone looks at sokka.

sokka: what!

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(Cut to a wide shot from behind the three kids. The Boulder raises his arms in victory. Cut to an off angle shot of Aang and Katara. She turns to him questioningly.)

How about The Boulder? He's got some good moves.

(hesitantly) I don't know. Bumi said I need a teacher who listens to the earth. He's just listening to his big muscles.

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suki: he sure is.

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What do you think, Sokka?

(Shot widens to show Sokka in the foreground.)

(excitedly) Ha ha! Whoo!

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they all chuckle

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(Cut to a long shot from the arena looking up at Xin Fu atop the tower.)

Next, The Boulder versus (cut to a shot of Fire Nation Man waving the Fire Nation flag and smiling, Xin Fu continues in voice over) Fire Nation Man!

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Zuko: fire nation man??

sokka: BOOOOOO!

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(The crowd boos audibly as Fire Nation Man walks across a stone bridge to the arena floor waving his flag. The bridge crumbles behind him. Cut back to Sokka.)

(giving thumbs down) Boo! Boo!

(Cut back to wide shot of Fire Nation Man holding the flag upright and addressing the crowd.)

Please to rise for Fire Nation national anthem. (singing) Fire Lord, my flame (drops to his knees) burns for thee!

(Crowd boos and throws small stones at him. Cut to Sokka with a stone cocked back in his hand, ready to throw.)

Go back to the Fire Nation!

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zuko: i don't think he's from the fire nation.

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(He throws the stone, which hits Fire Nation Man on the head. His anger is cut short as he is twisted violently around and sinks into the earthen floor of the arena. In a flash he is buried up to shoulders in the arena floor. Cut to a shot from behind Fire Nation Man's buried figure. He stares ahead at The Boulder, who raises himself up on a huge column of earth.

Cut to a shot looking down at Fire Nation Man, who looks petrified.)

No. No please!

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sokka: well you asked for it.

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(Cut to the Boulder atop of the column, who grins and jumps off. He sails downward with his legs bent at the knees so he can hold his feet with his hands. He hits the ground in front of Fire Nation Man, who is hurled high into the air and out of the arena on impact. Cut to a shot of the kids and the rock that hit near them earlier. A second later Fire Nation Man flies into the picture and slams into the rock.)

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sokka: whooooo!!!

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