A scene from Princess Mononoke 1997
San

The ape tribe. All right, what do you want here?

Wolf

Apes! How *dare* you show such disrespect to the wolf clan!

Ape

This is our forest. The human give him to us. Give us the human and go.

Wolf

You go, before my fangs find you.

Ape 2

We will not go.

Ape 3

We will eat the human.

Ape 4

Yes, let's eat the man creature.

San

[to himself angrily]

Are you crazy? Just what happened to make the ape tribe change this way? Since when do apes eat the flesh of a man?

Ape 2

If we eat the human, we will steal his strength, and we will drive the other humans away.

Ape 4

Give us the man creature.

San

[yells]

Stop this. You know you can't possess the humans' strength by eating them. [calmly] All that'll do is make you into something else, something even worse than human.

Ape 3

We plant trees. Humans tear them up. The forest does not come back. If we kill the humans, we will save the forest.

San

[tearfully]

You mustn't give up. We'll find a way. The Forest Spirit is with us. [then upset] Go on planting your trees and someday we'll beat them.

Ape

The Forest Spirit will not fight. We will all die. Wolf Girl does not care. She is human.

Wolf

[furiously]

Enough! I'll bite your head off, you chattering ape. [growls then jumps back]

San

Stop! Wait! Come back! [howls] Leave them alone! [the wolves are coming back to walk past him] Don't worry about them. It's all right. [smiles] You two go on ahead. I'll stay here and deal with the human.

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