3000 Leagues in Search of Mother

Far away above the pampas

A cloud is drifting

It's wondering aimlessly

Without any mountain or valley

There is nothing in sight

But, Marco

You are here

on the way to the Andes

Come, let's go. Get on your horse now

Hold on the light of hope

Take on your cape and face the wind Get on your horse and ride forward

Fly to the sky above mama

Head to the North

"Mama Don't Go"

Marco

Get up, or you'll be late

Get up

Ten more minutes

No. If you don't get up right now...

We'll go without you

Right

The earliest one can set up the carriage with my brother

Mama. Is Mr. Carlos down stairs...

Really going to lend us the carriage?

Today is a special day

I already explained that to him

Today is going to be great

Enjoy the day, Marco

I will!

Good morning

Good morning Good morning, Marco

Let's go wake up Mr. Carlos

He got up already

Can we set up the carriage now?

That is all set

Really?

I've called you several times You wouldn't get up

Hurry up. Finish your breakfast

I want to check out the carriage first

Papa, let Marco eat on the carriage

Save the precious time for mama

Anna

Yes, in a minute

I wanted to set up the carriage

Did they feed the horse?

Yes, Tonio has done that

After all he has working experiences on the train

He is just an assistant to many others

I can feed the horse, too

I can also give it this

You are eating my hand!

I heard that you are going to a hill

where Apennines is in sight

There is soft grass around the hill

This fellow will be happy to see that

When you get there

go for a crazy ride on the pampas

Can I ride on it?

Both you and Tonio can

Brother Marco, can you ride?

Yes

Poor kid

He doesn't know anything, does he?

The Genoa Harbor will be in sight all day

Papa, let me do it

All right. Here you are

Brother is so good

Come, join us

Yes. Let's go

Marco, do you remember the hill?

From the waist of the hill

you can see the village mama came from

There are a vineyard and a small farm

You got hit on the hip by a cow there

Not on the hip, on my face

Mama had lived there before I turned 14

I lived with my mama

I know that. And your mama got sick

Then you came to Genoa to make money

Is that right?

Yes, I felt very sad

Because I had to leave my sick mother

and came to Genoa. Today...

Let's not talk about the past

Right. What's wrong with me today?

Why? I think it's all right

Stop here, brother

It's a little fox

Com here

Brother, hurry up

There is another big fox

And one more. Look!

Really

They are its parents

What is it doing?

Look, it seems injured its front leg

Injured?

On the spot it's licking?

It looks all right

Let's save the papa fox

It's female. It's the mama fox

How do you know, brother?

It's obvious

Animal babies are always

taken care by their mothers

Tonio

Let's go, Marco

Well, aren't we going to save it?

Forget it Look! It's roaring

Even if we get close to it it will run away

But... what to do if it dies?

It won't die

Look, it's curing itself

That's right, Marco

No matter how difficult the situation is

animals would bear it and try to stand up by themselves

But...

Marco, it will be all right

Mothers will live for their children

Now I do not worry about it, mama

Let's go, brother

I'm ready to go

I'll do it again

Brother, you are so bad You got all the fun

I'll let you ride on it. Come here

Here

You can get off now This time, I'll do it myself

Ah, you want to do it yourself

You bet! We'll jump over you this time

You braggart

Show me your best

Okay, let's go

Come on

Come on

What's wrong with it?

How should I make it go?

You are doing very well, aren't you?

Teach me how to do this!

You need to loose the rope a little

Then kick the horse lightly

That's it!

It hurts! You lied to me!

I didn't lie to you

See, like this

Brother. You are so bad. Come down

All right. All right

Help me get on the horse

Here

Okay, this time I...

Teach me how to do it

But there is nothing else to teach you

You mean it's because the horse despises me?

Right

It hurts!

Are you all right?

Wait a minute... Come back!

It's my turn Come back here. Don't go away

Marco seems have a lot of fun

I think tonight...

You have to tell Marco everything

Wish he can be as understanding as Tonio

Hey!

What's wrong, Marco?

I fed it carrots this morning It already forgot

I think mama can ride better than you

Can mama ride?

Don't you think she can't!

Mama

All right. That's it. Say no more

I understand your job Who ever takes that job...

has to start from the beginning

You play an very important role

That is enough, isn't it?

Not just Tonio

And Marco as well

He'll understand when he grows up

No matter which one of us goes to work

Someday he will understand

Anna

Can you help me before that?

Of course. I am always ready for this