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Subtitles for The Adventures of the Little Chinese (1928)

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November 10 2014 18:13:44
Created by martinimus69
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These rhyming English subs created by martinimus69 for KG in November 2014.

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1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,900 THE ADVENTURES OF THE CHINESE KIDS 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:06,900 Script: VS Levington 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:12,900 Animation: MV Benderskaya and SA Bendersky 4 00:00:15,250 --> 00:00:16,325 PART ONE 5 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:23,900 It was in China, in years gone by, in the old city of Shanghai. 6 00:00:47,500 --> 00:00:52,400 A poor coolie named Chi-hai, carried heavy crates of chai. 7 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:25,400 Two children had this tea supplier, a son, Lipup, and daughter, Likaya. 8 00:02:16,500 --> 00:02:22,150 Nearby was a rich man's home, where lived an Englishman named Tom. 9 00:02:22,250 --> 00:02:27,400 The rich man never paid much heed, to what the children had to eat. 10 00:02:27,500 --> 00:02:32,400 The Chinese worked till they were blue, while Tom's belly grew and grew. 11 00:02:47,750 --> 00:02:51,650 So at the stove they slaved and droned, as their master's clothing groaned. 12 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:56,400 They planted rice grain by grain, and Tom's purse filled up again. 13 00:05:15,750 --> 00:05:20,900 Our two Chinese, on Tom's books, developed into little cooks. 14 00:05:40,500 --> 00:05:46,150 There they learned in a trice, that being a slave is not so nice. 15 00:07:03,250 --> 00:07:08,650 My legs ache, Likaya cried. Her tears dripped down into the pie. 16 00:07:24,500 --> 00:07:29,400 Eating lunch and drinking wine, the guests were waiting for sweet pie. 17 00:07:56,500 --> 00:08:01,650 Tom took one bite of the sweet, then leapt in anger from his seat. 18 00:08:18,750 --> 00:08:24,150 The English brute yelled "Me oh my, I CANNOT STAND TEARS IN MY PIE!" 19 00:08:37,500 --> 00:08:41,400 Do not cry, Likaya, please: in the world there are countries 20 00:08:41,500 --> 00:08:45,900 where poor people can be free, they don't beat kids like you and me. 21 00:09:17,900 --> 00:09:23,300 Deep amid the brush and trees, the children hid from their enemies. 22 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:41,900 The waves crashed and threw up spray, carrying the children far away. 23 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:25,900 From the jungle the girl and boy brought and shared their jungle toys. 24 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:38,400 The little boat sailed out to sea. Towards the coast of a new country. 25 00:16:57,750 --> 00:17:02,650 Through the misty turquoise haze, a new city was unveiled. 26 00:18:06,250 --> 00:18:11,400 Likaya wondered curiously: what kind of a woman is SHE? 27 00:18:14,250 --> 00:18:19,900 It's a monument of freedom, so that all the other people know, 28 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:26,400 that America's a free country, where everything's fine and dandy. 29 00:18:31,250 --> 00:18:36,650 Why is your face so very yellow? You might wash it, little fellow. 30 00:18:41,900 --> 00:18:47,800 Then Likaya softly whispered: WE COME FROM SHANGHAI, MISTER! 31 00:18:52,750 --> 00:18:59,150 Mr. Smith turned and hollered: THIS IS NO PLACE FOR COLOUREDS! 32 00:19:03,250 --> 00:19:09,150 Here is freedom, so you claim. So why do you treat us with disdain? 33 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:17,650 OUT, YOU NASTY BOLSHEVIK! How did you even in here sneak? 34 00:19:20,500 --> 00:19:26,150 Our Lipup was a nimble lad, the Chinese kids were gone like that. 35 00:20:01,250 --> 00:20:07,150 They found their way across the seas, to where the air is free to breathe. 36 00:22:51,250 --> 00:22:57,900 Be prepared! Be on guard. Protecting the USSR! 37 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:05,400 To a new life, he will lead, a Soviet pioneer indeed!