The Travels of the Young Marco Polo Episode 5 Buried in the Sand Episode Title:Buried in the Sand.Episode Description: Finally water! Traveling through the Syrian desert, Maro Polo and his friends finally come across a well. But a Saracen warrior accuses them of stealing water and buries Marco, Luigi and Shi La in the sand as punishment. Rescue comes from a fearsome lion of all people. But he can't really roar and belongs to a circus that lacks spectators. Marco has an idea how they could become a successful traveling circus. And as the first station they have to move to the Saracen camp of all places - this is where the lion "finds" his voice again.