Chapter 4: First Day on the Job
It was the first day on the job for poor George who was now forced to be the protector of Juju for an entire month. Poor George was disappointed that his mantle as King of the Jungle was taken away by the ape elders temporary of course. He was being shown through a tour by Lok of the rest of the Pupununu village.
"Hey Lok, where the heck is Tak?" asked Jeera as she came into the scene.
"The Lok says that Tak is now King of the surrounding jungle" replied Lok.
"When will I be able to see him again?" asked Jeera.
"Oh, I can take you to him" said Ape whom came into the scene, "just follow me, you may need to swing through a few vines to get to him though. See you in a month, George!"
As the two left the scene while swinging on a vein, George fell quite disappointed that he would no longer be King of the Jungle.
"Oh, George misses going out to see his animal friends" sighed George.
"Don't worry, the Lok states you'll be able to fit just right in" replied Lok to which he then whispered something to himself, "after all, the Lok will finally be the smarter one."
"What was that?" asked George.
"Oh, nothing" replied Lok.
Meanwhile back at George's old place, poor Tak was already with George's old company, Tak was having difficulty trying to get Shep to obey the simplest commands. The latest included Shep preventing Tak from entering George's hut by sitting right on its large behind.
"Get the heck out of the way!" cried Tak as he was trying to find a way past Shep.
"What's the matter now?" asked Ursula as she came into the scene.
"George's pet elephant won't move out of the way, he just doesn't want me to get into his master's hut" replied Tak.
"Well duh, you didn't like Shep playing fetch with your old Juju staff" remarked Magnolia who entered the scene.
"How the heck are you going to expect me to get around such a large elephant like this then?" asked Tak.
"We're here!" cried Ape who swung right into the scene with Jeera.
"Jeera, you're staying here?" asked Tak.
"Yeah, I think the village would be no fun without you" replied Jeera.
"So what's the problem now?" asked Ape.
"Your pal's pet elephant won't move into letting me go into the tree hut" replied Tak.
"Shep, please move so that the temporary King of the Jungle can see his home for the time being?" asked Ape.
The elephant stood there silent, and quite defiant blocking poor Tak's path. This called for some attention by Dr. Scott and the Witch Doctor whom shortly arrived to find some commotion going on.
"What the heck is going on here?" asked the Witch Doctor.
"George's pet elephant Shep won't allow Tak to enter into the tree hut" replied Ape.
"That's it?" asked Dr. Scott.
"Yeah, it's a real stubborn elephant too!" cried Tak who was trying to move Shep himself.
"Well, since you're no longer a protector of the Juju, that leaves me to the duty of magically levitating the elephant away from the entrance of the tree hut" replied the Witch Doctor as he took out his very own staff.
"Ha, magic, you think magic's going to solve it, I say our new King the Jungle, Tak should learn how to hypnotize Shep into obeying his commands, temporary into believing that Tak is George" replied Dr. Scott.
"You're saying my way of solving this problem is stupid?" asked the Witch Doctor.
"Well, if you are able to move that big elephant, all it would do is just move back into that position while under hypnosis that elephant will think that Tak is George until the real George comes back" replied Dr. Scott.
Dr. Scott then approached Shep, with a watch in his hand.
"Now Shep, look at this watch, see the watch go back and forth?" asked Dr. Scott.
Yet while Dr. Scott was trying to do his job, he accidently had the watch turned to himself, thus hereby coming under a hypnotic trance.
"Bawahaha, look at yourself!" laughed the Witch Doctor, "You've just hypnotized yourself! When I remove the elephant with my powers, you'll have to promise me to be my servant for an entire month! Along with also making complementary statements too!"
"Yes master" replied Dr. Scott in a hypnotic trance.
The Witch Doctor then immediately used the magic of his staff, lifting up the elephant from its position and landing it right back at its large doghouse. Which Shep then developed a quite unhappy face.
"I wonder how the heck George is doing in mine position" sighed Tak as he was climbing up the ladder with Jeera and Ape.
Back in the Pupununu village, poor George wasn't doing so well as the protector of the Juju. He thought Tak's old Juju staff was just a simple magical tool where he would become some sort of a magician.
"Is George some sort of a magician?" asked George to Jibolba who shook his head in disbelief.
"No, you're the protector of the Juju realm, it's your duty to use these powers for good" replied Jibolba.
"Oh, but George just wanted to have a little fun with it" sighed George.
"Ah, Jibolba, there you are" said the Chief whom came into his library of remaining Juju books, "I have recently received some messages of Chief Zogsnob of the Swollen River People, he has heard rumors of you George that you were the King of the Jungle."
"Oh, you mean George is going to have to perform some tricks for him?" asked George.
"Unfortunately yes, and it seems like you haven't mastered your Juju powers on day one" added the Chief, "you'll be given at least three days before you can master at least the basics."
"Take up on some reading George" said Jibolba as he threw some Juju books on the table
"Oh, George didn't know he would have to read such long words" sighed George as he dove his head right into the textbooks with a sigh.
Meanwhile, Tak was well prepared to take on the role of being King of the Jungle, yet he would soon find out that there would be one misfit marmoset who'll give poor Tak a run for his money.