I decided the tale of Marzipan's Home Planet Mizzer needed an entire chapter dedicated to it. To anyone who might be reading this who was a Kid during the 90s or earlier to you remember ever watching the Busy World of Richard Scary on TV? A lot of Richard Scary's Books are still available in Librarys and Bookstores the Humanimals of Mizzer lived a lot like the Animals or Richard Scary's Works except with more 90s Culture..Imagine the 1990s lasting for five thousand years, for some that would be Heaven but for a lot of people I imagine it would be Hell!
As the flight to Fabuland began Burma asked if anyone needed anything, as she was the Stewardess and just because she was reunited with an old friend didn't mean she could stop doing her job.
Everyone agreed they were fine for the moment and they were more interested in the Tale of Burma's Life.
"During my time in Fabuland..." She said "I learned much aout the History of my Home Planet of Mizzer, believe me...What I learned was shocking and saddening...Marzipan seeing as you've learned about the true history of the Humanimals, I learned that long ago...And learning the History of the Mizzer Humanimals caused me to realize how shockingly fragile we Humanimals can be, when we're not given direct guidence."
Marzipan and Ichabod looked at each other.
"What does that even mean?" Ichabod asked
"I think I better start at the beginning..." Burma said "...At the Fabuland Library I watched a Historical Film Reel about the Mizzer Humanimals...This Film Reel isn't from Panet Mizzer it's a Film Reel from Fabuland ABOUT Planet Mizzer.
Flashback
A much younger Burma is by herself watching the Film Reel.
"Mizzer!" Said the Narrator "Founded by Neo-Hippie Humans who didn't agree to the Empire's Plan of enslaving all Humanimals to work for Humanity...The Neo-Hippies wanted to live in harmony with Humanimals...The Empire basacally said 'As long as you keep it confined to your planet, don't interfere with our planets and we won't interfere with your's..."
The Screen showed the Humans aboard the Spaceship keeping watch over tubes containing incubating Humanimals.
"The Neo-Hippies had several breeding pairs of every Earth Animal known to Man in Humanimal form." Said the Narrator
"Upon arrival...The Neo-Hippies decided they would NOT extermenate the Native Wildlife but would instead try to live in Harmony with this Planet's Ecosystem...Weather they succedded or not is anyone's guess."
The next scene showed the Humanimals being awoken and released from the tubes.
"First thing the Neo-Hippies did after awkening the Humanimals was to educate them about Humanity! The Humanimals were gathered and shown an Educational Film Reel about Humanity similar to this one!"
Clips from that Film that were shown was Humanity discovering how to create fire, Martin Luthur nailing his list of complaints to the door of the Catholic Church, and scenes of Modern Domestic Family Life.
As scenes of Nuclear Families flickered the orginal Narrator of this Film Strip said
"You Humanimals are just like us Humans in every way!"
"And this..." Said the Modern Narrator "Is where all the confustion started. The Humanimals were so innocent, so new having only been hatched from the incubation tubes like an hour ago at most by this time, didn't understand the Humans were being metaphorical...Or at the very least meant the Humanimals were like Humans in mental and emotional facilities not the physical ones. But instantly the Humanimals were confused as to way they didn't look exactly like the Glorious Creators. During that first night the Humanimals gathered without the Humans..."
The Film Reel showed that first night. with the Humanimals gathered around a fire.
"What do the Humans mean by...We are just like them?" Asked Dusky Brown Songbird-Woman "We do things they can't do...I can fly Humans can't fly!" She demonstrated by flapping her wings and hovering in midair for a few moments
Amid the Wrangle and Chatter a Black Cat-Man sat with his brow furrowed as he struggled to think, when a Great Dane-Man barked loudly to get everyone to settle down.
"The Humans are not foolish!" Said the Great Dane "They know what they said when they said it! When they say we are just like them...They mean..." The Great Dane hesitated not sure what it was he wanted to say next.
The Black Cat opened his eyes in a burst of inspiration.
"What they meant..." The Black Cat-Man said standing beside the Great Dane "...Is that we are supposed to be act exactly like them and we we will become exactly like them! Which means...You..." He gestured to the Dusky Brown Songbird-Woman "...You can't fly! Humans don't fly so you will never become Human if you fly! We must all be exactly like Humans if we are you become like them! Which means no flying, no quadrupedal movement, no grazing, no clawing, no headbutting no ANYTHING that is like the Animals we came from!"
The Black Cat-Man raised his hand to the stars and his eyes seemed to glaze over with inspiration.
"The Humans raised us from Mere Beasts to become exactly like them! That is what they wish of us! And it is our duty to our creators to do exactly as they wish!"
End Flashback
Burma sighed deeply "So for many generations the Humanimals of Mizzer thought they would turn into Humans if they simply acted exactly like Humans and never did anything remotely Animal-Life, of course that was impossible as some species can't stay bipedal for too long without extreme back pain. The Humanimals would begin the maliciously attack each other for not being 'Human Enough' eventually it got so bad that the Humanimals decided they needed to segrigate themselves to keep from tearing each other apart, both figurativly and litterally, the Cats and Dogs had decided sinxce they were closest to Man they should decide where the communities would be placed, of course the Cat and Dog Communities always got what they felt was the best land for themselves, and they placed the wild relatives closest to themselves, with the woodland mammals and the Tropical Mammals always closest to the Domestic Cat and Dog territories, farther back and the Birds would be lumped together and the same would be done with the Reptiles and Amphibians. The Fish and Cetacians retreated to the Rivers and Oceans as most of them couldn't be away from the water for very long and most of the Insects and other Invertabrates were banished deep underground where no one else would have to see them."
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