Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat

Royal Cats/Acrobat Cats

Season 1, Episode 3 of 40

Royal Cats - Uncle Miao, a scribe for the Emperor's historian, comes to town for a visit. Dongwa claims to have no interest in Uncle Miao' s line of work and rudely announces that he hates history. After stumbling upon an amazing shrine in a hidden cave, Dongwa does some detective work to figure out the significance of this shrine, and realizes that his family's ancestors were the Emperor's cats royal cats! Even Dongwa figures out that history can actually be very interesting if you just give it a chance! Acrobat Cats - Sagwa returns from watching an acrobatic performance. She decides calligraphy is boring and that she wants to be an acrobat instead! She discovers how much practice and discipline it takes to master such skills as she tries a variety of them on for size. In the end, she manages a somersault, but also she learns to appreciate her craft as a calligrapher.

Previously Aired

Day
Time
Channel
1/13/2008
11 a.m.
1/13/2008
9 p.m.
1/19/2008
9 p.m.
10/26/2008
11 a.m.
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