S1E9 · Book One: Water - Chapter Nine: The Waterbending Scroll

After Katara attempts to teach Aang waterbending, she is desperate to improve her abilities. When Katara inadvertently stumbles across a waterbending scroll that can help improve her ability while Aang is looking at a pirate's store, she decides to steal it after she realizes that she couldn't hope to afford it; but will she be capable of stealing from the pirates without causing herself and her friends trouble?

Plot summary and ending

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Aang grows frantic about the comet, getting Katara to teach him her limited knowledge of Waterbending, which comes naturally for Aang, much to Katara's frustration. Later, while in town to buy supplies, Katara finds a waterbending scroll on a pirate ship, which she then steals. Katara struggles to learn the techniques in the scroll, while Aang picks them up quickly, further frustrating Katara. Meanwhile, Zuko runs into the pirates and agrees to help them find the scroll and Aang. They find and capture Aang, Katara, and Sokka, but Sokka turns the pirates against Zuko, and the three escape in the ensuing chaos, with Aang and Katara using their new waterbending skills to defeat the pirates.

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