Chapter Two Meeting with Timon and Search for A New Home

I ended up passing the meerkat colony close to the Pridelands. I see the hyenas trying to chase these poor little defenseless animals. It just makes me angry. So I play bowling for hyenas. I charge at Shenzie the matrraich and Ed the crazy one and knock them both down. They try to chase me but I decide to use my gas weapons. I let out a large fart and the three hyenas faint. I do not go back to the meerkat colony because my smell knocked out a few that were close to the hyenas. Luckily the meerkats carry off the ones that fainted and started to repair their tunnels. I notice one cute little meerkat leaving the colony. He is absolutely adorable with his dark eyes and red hair. I am concerned for his safety and I follow him.

It is night before we finally meet. He looks around because he hears me stalking we bump into each other and yell. We finally stop yelling. The cute little meerkat begs me to eat him quickly. "I have a low threshold for pain, " he says.

"Easy, easy little guy, " I say."I am not here to eat you."

"Then why were you stalking me?" the meerkat asks.

"I thought it might be dangerous for a little fellow like you to be wandering all alone" I tell him.

The meerkat then asks me if I am alone and I tell him that I am. He looks me over and examines my anatomy. Then he hires me as his bodyguard and acquaitnance to accompany him on a journey to find a new home. I gladly accept and find that we have one more thing in common. We both like to eat bugs. I tell him that I am an insectivore. I find out the Meerkat's name is Timon and I introduce myself as Pumbaa. The first few days of our journey we come to a large pointy rock. I try to tell Timon that there is a jungle oasis where we can make our home. Mom used to take us there for vacations during our childhood. But Timon brushes this off as fantasy. He wants me to be more realistic. As I get to know Timon, I find that he has a strong personality and he is wise in the way of the world that I am not. I let him take charge because I realize that I am naive in some ways. Timon is the one to decide our journey and I just happily follow along.

When we come to the pointy rock we see a whole flock of animals there. Rafiki is holding up a lion cub. I realize we are in the Pridelands and the cub is King Mufasa's son. I tell Timon about this but he is not interested in anything but finding our new home. He looks beyond the pointy rock. He sees a small den made of rocks with a tree and a small pond. He decides we should go there.

I hate it when he wants us to wander through the crowd of animals. I feel really intimidated by the buffalo and zebras. They really look irritated at seeing the two of us push through. Then I am about to have a gas attack. "Timon, I have something to tell you," I try to say as my stomach rumbles. I stop and sit on the ground and sweat. Timon pushes me along and pulls my tail. Then I spill my gas and the animals faint. I wait for Timon to tell me to go away but he doesn't."That is your special power?" he laughs. "That is awesome. It will keep away predators". I am heartened by this statement and realize we can be friends. We settle in together at the new rock den. At first Timon talks about the place as if he is living there alone but he wants me to stay. I make out two beds and Timon sleeps in the bigger one but I am able to squeeze into the smaller one. It seems we have found our home and I have found a new friend.

Unfortunatly a few months later we hear animals singing and Timon tries to stop them. They get on top of each other. When Timon tries to pull the elephant at the bottom of this pyramid the animals fall on top of our den and wreck it. Now we have to find a new is worse I had to pull Timon out of the way so he would not be crushed by the other animals. Boy, this little guy really needs me to protect him.

Let me just say we had a heck of a time trying to find a place to live. I tell Timon about the jungle oasis

but he is stubborn. He keeps insisting he has to look beyond what he sees. This is something that Rafiki has told him."If you have to look beyond what you see, how will know what you are seeing?" I ask Timon. He points to the creepy elephant graveyard. He wants to live there because who would go there. Unfortunately we are almost mowed down by a large golden lion followed by a hornbill. We watch as the large lion fights with some hyeans. OOh predators.! Timon is frightened but I am not. I know the lion is King Mufasa. He might not hurt us but it is better if we do not take any chances.

Then we go to the caverns where the steam vents are located. This happens about a day later. Timon loves this. He says we could bathe in the hot water. Maybe it will get rid of your gas, he tells me. I really do not want to live here but I have no where else to go. And I have to make sure Timon stays out of trouble. Once in a while I do wish Timon was not so dependent on me. I guess you have to sacrifice some of your desires for the sake of friendship. The steam vents were really a bad choice. We see flanks of hyeanas marching to the song of a dark lion with a black mane. The lion has a scar. He sings about them being prepared, being prepared for what? I hope they are not talking about what they will eat for dinner. We dance among their ranks and manage to sneak out of the caverns. I wish I could just drag Timon to the oasis. His tastes in real estate leave a lot to be desired.

The worst place that smart mouthed meerkat dragged me to was the gorge. How can something with sun and heat be a great piece of real estate? We almost get crushed by the wildebeest stampede. We run and then the wildebeest carry us. After that we fall down a waterfall and end up in a river. I am relieved when we leave the river. Maybe Timon will listen to me. I am sick of his bad choices and I am really irritated with him. When I get to the rocky shore, I try to persuade him to let me pick out a place to live but my resolve falters when I see him holding the lily. He thinks we should go our separate ways but I tell him I will stick with him. Then he tells me he really has no home either. He was kicked out of his birthplace like I was kicked out of mine. Then I see where we are . We are in the jungle oasis. We settle down, eat our bugs and live our lives according to Hakuna matata. Then we start the next greatest adventure of our lives. We become foster parents.