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Once Upon a time in Chinatown, there lived a 

girl named Mulan. Her parents had come to 

America from China, where they worked in a 

sweatshop until they could get green cards, 

but Mulan and her brother Mushu had been 

born in America. 

They both had big dreams. Mushu would be a 

basketball player, and Mulan would be a world 

class ballerina. Her parents worked extra shifts 

to pay for her lessons, while her brother 

learned to play basketball in the street. 

Mulan was very unhappy in dance class 

because she was so clumsy. Even her kitten, 

Mao mi, was a better dancer. She also did 

poorly in gymnastics and cheer leading. 

She used to wonder, "what am I going to do? 

I'll never be a real American girl!" 

Meanwhile, Mulan's brother was playing street 

basketball and getting very good, until he fell 

in with the wrong crowd. He met a older boy 

named Gangshu, who told him that basketball 

is for babies. If he wanted to be a real man, he 

would help the gang make money and keep 

undesirables out of the the neighborhood. For 

his initiation, he would go to the gang's secret 

meeting place that night. 

Mushu did not want to join the gang, but he 

was scared...

Mushu came home and told Mulan what was 

happening. Mulan knew that the gang would 

not stop until someone from her building 

agreed to join. She could not let it be her 

brother, and her parent were too busy working 

to help, so she decided to go to the meeting 

place herself in Mushu's place. 

Of course, the gang did not accept girls, so she 

dressed as a boy. She pretended to be Mushu's 

older brother, who had just immigrated from 

China. She brought a camera to take pictures, 

so that she could tell the police where the 

meeting place was and what the gang did 

there. Hopefully, that would get rid of them for 

good. 

This was a big risk, but Mulan was very brave 

and willing to protect her brother at all costs. 

The plan worked better than expected. Gangshu took her 

not only to the secret meeting place, but the head of the 

gang was there. Everyone knew the gang was headed by 

muscular teenager in a red hat with brass knuckles, but no 

one had ever seen his face. All over the block he was 

simply known as "The hand." She knew if she took his 

picture, the police would have the evidence they needed to 

put the gang away for good. So she pressed record on her 

cell phone camera, soon she had all the evidence she 

needed. 

However, the gang told her she must begin her iniation 

before she could go anywhere. 

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