Penn and Lincoln's Adventures of Kung Fu Panda

Chapter 8

Mantis tentatively pokes Po's face: his eyes twitches.] [In the Training Hall, Shifu is sitting in meditation, surrounded by candles. His inner turmoil causes him to fidget incessantly.

Shifu: "Inner peace... inner peace... i-in... in-in...inner peace."

A very faint flapping sound in the distance does not help matters. Eventually, he turns around.

Turtle: "Master Shifu"

Shifu: "Would whoever is making that flapping sound, quiet down!"

Silence. Satisfied, Shifu resumes his meditation.

Shifu: "Inner..."

WUMP. A goose drops in from the open ceiling. Scowling, Shifu gets up, but smiles when he sees who it is.

Shifu: "Oh, Zeng. Excellent. I could use some good news right now."

Zeng hesitates. He has anything but good news.

Zeng: "Uh..."

Minutes later, Shifu and Turtle is rushing up Peach Tree hill. Oogway stands under the tree, slowly performing Tai Chi movements, blossom petals floating elegantly from the branches.

Shifu: "Master! Master!"

Turtle: "Grandpa"

Oogway: "Hmmm?"

Shifu: "[out of breath] We have... it's... it's very bad news."

Oogway: "Ah, Shifu and Grandson. There is just news. There is no good or bad."

Turtle: "Grandpa, your vision...your vision was right! Tai Lung has broken out of prison! He's on his way! and He's Bought a Friends"

Pause

Oogway: "That is bad news... if you do not believe that the Dragon Warriors can stop him."

Shifu: "The Animals? Master, those animals are not the Dragon Warriors. They wasn't even meant to be here... it was an accident!"

Oogway: "There are no accidents."

Shifu: "[Sighs.] Yes, I know. You've said that already. Twice"

Oogway: "Well, that was no accident either."

Shifu: "[Holds up three fingers.] Thrice."

Oogway: "My old friend, the panda will never fulfill his destiny, nor you yours, until you let go of the illusion of control."

Shifu is incredulous and confused

Shifu and Turtle: "Illusion?"

Oogway: "Yes. Look at this tree, Shifu. [Oogway looks up at the tree's branches, where blossom petals continue to fall.] I cannot make it blossom when it suits me, nor make it bear fruit before its time."

Shifu: "But there are things we can control."

Shifu kicks the tree and a hundred peaches fall to the ground. Oogway gazes at him in silence.

Shifu: "I can control when the fruit will fall!"

A peach falls on his head: he growls and Oogway chuckles.

Shifu: "And I can control..."

Shifu tosses a peach in the air, leaps up, and splits it with a chop, freeing the seed.

Shifu: "... where to plant the seed... hi-yah!"

Shifu punches the ground, creating a small hole. The seed falls into his paw.