【正文】 good or evil can anydestiny ever make us undergo?Cle. I know of none.Ath. Then in a city which has good laws, or in future ages is tohave them, bearing in mind the instruction and amusement which aregiven by music, can we suppose that the poets are to be allowed toteach in the dance anything which they themselves like, in the wayof rhythm, or melody, or words, to the young children of anywellconditioned parents? Is the poet to train his choruses as hepleases, without reference to virtue or vice?Cle. That is surely quite unreasonable, and is not to be thought of.Ath. And yet he may do this in almost any state with the exceptionof Egypt.Cle. And what are the laws about music and dancing in Egypt?Ath. You will wonder when I tell you: Long ago they appear to haverecognized the very principle of which we are now speakingthattheir young citizens must be habituated to forms and strains ofvirtue. These they fixed, and exhibited the patterns of them intheir temples。 and no painter or artist is allowed to innovate uponthem, or to leave the traditional forms and invent new ones. se me,where do I sign in? Hah, I see you have a sword. I have one too. They39。revery manly and tough [Mulan bites her lip as she mishandles pulling the swordout of the scabbard and it falls to the ground. Khan rolls on his back inlaughter. Mulan throws her shoe and hits Khan in the head with it quietingKhan]. I39。m working on it. Who am I fooling? It39。s going to take a miracle toget me into the army. [Mushu appears as a giant shadow being cast on a rock with flames on eitherside. Mushu39。s real appearance remains out of sight]Mushu [in a Southern Baptist Preacher39。s voice]: Did I hear someone ask for amiracle!? Let me hear you say aye!Mulan [Running and hiding behind a rock]: Ahhhhhh.Mushu: That39。s close enough.Mulan [from behind a rock]: Ghost.Mushu: Get ready Mulan your serpentine salvation is at hand. For I havebeen sent by your ancestors [notices CriKee making a hand shadow of adragon on the rock and stamps him down with his foot] to guide you throughyour masquerade. [bending down to CriKee] C39。mon, you39。re gonna stay you39。regonna work. [returning to Mulan] Heed my word, 39。cause if the army finds outthat you are a girl, the penalty is death. [big flames shoot up from therocks]Mulan: Who are you?Mushu: Who am I? Who am I? I am the guardian of lost souls. [Mulan smilesbig in anticipation of seeing her guardian] I am the powerful, thepleasurable, the indestructible [ing out from the rocks to show his realsize] Mushu! Oh hah, hah, pretty hot, huh? [Khan stomps on Mushu. Mulanpushes Khan back]Mulan: Ah, my ancestors sent a little lizard to help me?Mushu: Hey, dragon, dragon, not lizard. I don39。t do that tongue thing [flipsout his tongue to show Mulan what he means].Mulan: You39。re uh...Mushu: Intimidating? Awe inspiring?Mulan [making a hand gesture to denote his smallness of size]: Tiny.Mushu [with a look of disappointment]: Of course. I39。m travel size for yourconvenience. If I was my real size, your cow here [patting Khan on the nose]would die of fright. [Khan tries to bite Mushu] [pointing to the groundspeaking to Khan] Down Bessy. My powers are beyond your mortal imagination. For instance, [leaning in and looking at Mulan39。s chest] my eyes can seestraight through your armor. [Mulan cover her bust with her left arm andslaps Mushu with the right] Ow. [angrily] All right, that39。s it! Dishonor! Dishonor on your whole family. [aside to CriKee] Make a note of this[CriKee grabs a leaf and a pen and starts writing]. [Loudly with gusto]Dishonor on you. Dishonor on your cow. DisMulan [pleadingly while covering Mushu39。s mouth]: Stop! I39。m sorry, I39。m sorry[kneeling down in front of Mushu]. I39。m just nervous. I39。ve never done thisbefore.Mushu: Then you39。re gonna have to trust me. And don39。t you slap me no more, weclear on that? [Mulan nods emphatically]. All right. Okey dokey, let39。s getthis show on the road. CriKee, get the bags [Mushu starts walking to thecamp]. [to Khan] Let39。s move it heifer.[Cut to Mulan at the camp39。s entrance]Mushu [hiding in Mulan39。s armor poking his head out from her back]: Okay thisis it, time to show 39。em your man walk. Shoulders back, chest high, feetapart, head up [Mushu pulls Mulan39。s head back] ...and strut 2, 3, break itdown, 2, 3 and work it, [Mulan walks into the camp drawing the attention themen who see her. Mulan walks into a tent and sees a man picking his nose PART ONEChapter 1Happy families are all alike。 every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Everything was in confusion in the Oblonsky39。s house. The wife had discovered that the husband was carrying on an intrigue with a French girl, who had been a governess in their family, and she had announced to her husband that she could not go on living in the same house with him. This position of affairs had now lasted two days, and not only the husband and wife themselves, but all the members of their family and the household, were painfully conscious of it. All the members of the family and the household felt that there was no sense in their living together, and that even stray people brought together by chance in any inn had more in mon with one another than they, the members of the family and the household of the Oblonskys. The wife did not leave her own apartments。 the husband had not been home for two days. The children ran wild all over the house。 the English governess quarreled with the housekeeper, and wrote to a friend asking her to look out for a new employ for her。 the man cook had walked off the day before just at dinnertime。 the kitchenmaid and the coachman had given warning. Two days after the quarrel, Prince Stepan Arkadyevich Oblonsky Stiva, as he was called in the fashionable world woke up at his usual hour, that is, at eight o39。clock in the morning, not in his wife39。s bedroom, but on the leathercov