Complete story — includes the ending
The episode is a set of vignettes about each of the main characters' adventures in Ba Sing Se, providing a glimpse of their personalities and private lives: Katara and Toph have a girls' day out in the inner city. Iroh provides small gestures of kindness to various people in the outer city, before venturing into the country to find a place to celebrate the birthday of his son, Lu Ten, who was killed in the siege of Ba Sing Se many years previous. Kneeling before a portrait of his son, Iroh tearfully sings "Leaves from the Vine", a folk song about a young soldier returning home. Aang helps a zookeeper build a new zoo outside the wall. Sokka accidentally ends up in a girls-only poetry club. Zuko goes out on a date, resisting at first but winds up enjoying himself. Momo looks through Ba Sing Se for Appa, finding only one of his footprints. Note: Iroh's tale was dedicated to his voice actor Mako Iwamatsu, who had died just one week after episodes 30 and 31 initially aired.
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