Cut to a rooftop, where a young man, Saga rushes up to the edge, carrying a loaf of bread. He almost drops it over the edge.

Deathmask: Stop! Thief! I'll have your hands for a trophy, street rat!

Saga: (Looks back, then down, then at the bread.) All this for a loaf of bread? Whoooaa!

He jumps off, landing on two ropes strung between buildings, with drying clothes on them. He skies down them, collecting bits and pieces of clothing on him as he goes. Finally, he's nearing the end of the rope, at a window, when a woman reaches out and slams the shutters closed. Saga slams into the shutters and falls to the street, his fall being broken by numerous awnings and the pile of clothes around him. He pulls off the top layer of clothes and is about to enjoy his bread when...

Guard 1: There he is!

Guard 2: You won't get away so easy!

Saga: You think that was easy?

He looks at three women, laughing at him.

Deathmask: You two, over that way, and you, follow me. We'll find him.

Saga pulls a sheet over him and wraps himself as a disguise. He rushes over to the women.

Saga: Morning, ladies.

Woman 1: Getting into trouble a little early today, aren't we, Saga?

Saga: Trouble? No way. You're only in trouble if you get caught.

A hand grabs Saga's shoulder and yanks him back. It's Deathmask. Saga's disguise falls off.

Deathmask: Gotcha!

Saga: I'm in trouble.

Deathmask: And this time... (A screeching sound from Chimchar, then the guard's turban is pulled down over his eyes. Chimchar points on the guard's head, laughing.)

Saga: Perfect timing, Chimchar, as usual.

Chimchar: Hello.

Saga: Come on. Let's get outta here. Gotta keep...

A guard swings at Saga, but destroys a barrel of fish. Chimchar raspberries the guard, then dodges an attack. Then Saga pulls down the guard's pants.

One jump ahead of the breadline

One swing ahead of the sword

I steal only what I can't afford, and that's everything.

As Saga runs off, the guard pulls a fish over his lower body as a pair of pants.

One jump ahead of the lawmen

That's all and that's no joke

These guys don't appreciate I'm broke!

Saga and Chimchar scamper up a pile of barrels, then kick one down on top of the guards.

Guards: (One at a time) Riffraff!

Street rat!

Scoundrel!

(throw fruit at Saga) Take that!

Saga: Just a little snack, guys.

Guards: Rip him open, take it back, guys!

Saga scampers to the top of a platform. The guards shake the platform back and forth trying to knock him off.

Saga: I can take a hint

Gotta face the facts

Saga jumps off the platform to certain death, only to grab Chimchar's hands like an acrobat. The pair swing into a harem.

You're my only friend, Chimchar!

Harem Girls: Who?

Oh, it's sad Saga's hit the bottom

Chimchar finds a plate full of fruit and stuffs his mouth full like a Patrat.

He's become a one-man rise in crime

Woman 2: I'd blame parents, except he hasn't got 'em.

Saga: Gotta eat to live,

Gotta steal to eat

Tell you all about it when I got the time!

Saga and Chimchar exit and bounce off an awning. Cut to a muscle man flexing to a crowd. The guards rush past. Cut to Saga and Chimchar behind the muscleman, matching his moves, until they make a mistake and are discovered.

One jump ahead of the slowpokes.

One skip ahead of my doom.

Next time, gonna use a nom de plume.

Deathmask: There he is!

A chase sequence, in which Saga and Chimchar, pursued by the guards, race through a flock of Mareep, hurdle a performer sleeping on a bed of nails (of course one extremely large guard lands on him.)

Saga: One jump ahead of the hitmen

One hit ahead of the flock

I think I'll take a stroll around the block

Chimchar disguises himself with jewels until a shopkeeper discovers him.

Man 1: Stop, thief!

Shopkeeper 1: Vandal!

Saga: Chimchar!

Woman 3: Scandal!

Saga: Let's not be too hasty

Saga is surrounded by guards in front of a door. The door opens and a large, ugly lady comes out.

Lady: Still I think he's RATHER TASTY!

Saga tumbles away, then puts his arm around a guard, acting like they're all chums.

Saga: Gotta eat to live,

Gotta steal to eat

Otherwise, we'd get along!

Guards: WRONG!

The guards leap at Saga, but become tangled. Their targets are sneaking away in pots.

Main Guard: Get him!

Saga vaults over a performer walking harmlessly across hot coals. The guards storm through the coals, hopping up and down in pain as they burn the feet. Saga and Chimchar pass a sword swallower, then Chimchar goes back to pull the sword out of the swallower's mouth. Chimchar advances on the guards, who halt in fear.

Guard: He's got a sword!

Deathmask: You idiots. We've all got swords!

The guards pull out their swords. Chimchar sets down his sword and runs off. Saga and Chimchar are once again surrounded, with guards coming from left and right. He jumps up and climbs a robe trick being done on the street, as the guards all crash into each other.

Saga: One jump ahead of the hoofbeats

Guards: Vandal!

Saga: One hop ahead of the hump

Guards: Street rat!

Saga: One trick ahead of disaster

Guards: Scoundrel!

Saga: They're quick, but I'm much faster

Guards: Take that!

The guards chase Saga up a staircase into a room. He grabs a carpet...

Saga: Here goes,

Better throw my hand in

Wish me happy landin',

All I gotta do is jump!

..and jumps out the window as if the carpet was magic. The guards follow him out the window, but they fall straight down to the street, and land in a cart of fertilizer with the sign "Crazy Hakim's Discount Fertilizer."
Guards: Yuck! Oy!

Saga uses the carpet as a parachute to land safely and out of danger. Saga and Chimchar high-five each other.

Saga: And now, esteemed effendi, we feast. All right.

Saga breaks the bread in two and gives half to Chimchar, who begins to eat. But Saga looks over and sees two young children rummaging through the garbage for food. The girl sees him, then drops her find and tries to hide. Saga looks solemnly at them, then at the bread, then at Chimchar.

Chimchar: Yum, yum! Uh-oh.

Chimchar takes a big bite of his food, but Saga gets up and walks over to the children. The girl pulls her brother back.

Saga: [sighs] Here. Go on. Take it.

The children giggle with delight. Chimchar tries to swallow his bite, then looks guilty. He walks over to the children and offers

his bread to them. In delight, they pet him on the head.

Chimchar: Ah, don't. Huh?

Chimchar sees Saga walking into the daylight, where there is a parade going on. Saga peers over the shoulders of people. He sees Prince Misty riding on a Ponyta.

Bystander 1: On his way to the palace, I suppose.

Bystander 2: Another suitor for the princess.

Saga is startled as the two children come running out from the alley. The boy runs out in front of Misty's Ponyta, startling it.

Misty: Out of my way, you filthy brat!

Misty brings up his whip to attack the children, but Saga jumps in front of them and catches the whip.

Saga: Hey, if I were as rich as you, I could afford some manners!

Misty: Oh--I teach you some manners!

Misty kicks Saga into a mud puddle. The crowd laughs at him.

Saga: Look at that, Chimchar. It's not every day you see a Ponyta with two rear ends!

Misty stops and turns back to Saga.

Misty: Oh! You are a worthless street rat! You were born a street rat, you'll die a street rat, and only your fleas will mourn you.

Saga rushes Misty, but the doors to the castle slam shut in his face.

Saga: I'm not worthless. And I don't have fleas. Come on, Chimchar. Let's go home.

Saga makes the climb to his home with the view, then tucks in Chimchar for the night.

Saga: Riffraff, street rat. I don't buy that. If only they'd look closer Would they see a poor boy? No siree. They'd find out, there's so much more to me.

He pulls back a curtain to reveal the beautiful palace.

Saga: Someday, Chimchar, things are gonna change. We'll be rich, live in a palace, and never have any problems at all.