Ok I'm trying something new here. I was originally going to have Taka give
a difference speech to Tiku, but I think I'm going to have him sing
instead. I'm not very good at songs or poetry so please don't make fun of
it to bad ok? Thanks!
Chapter 7: Difference is the key
It had been a few months since Kita, Tiaru, Taka, and Tiku had returned to the lone lands. Tiku had grown considerably. However for some unknown reason he had yet to lose his baby spots. For some reason he still had them. No one could quite figure it out.
Taka sighed as he watched Tiku chase a butterfly. He had been put on baby-sitting duty. It didn't bother him though. He loved watching little Tiku. He had also loved watching Kasoni and Matosa, even if they did bicker a lot.
Tiku chased the butterfly until he landed in a small puddle left by the previous night's rain. He looked down at his reflection and sighed. He turned and walked out of the water, not wanting to see his reflection. "Taka?" he said, sitting down beside him. "Yeah little man?" Tiku sighed. "Why am I so different?" Taka sat up and looked down at Tiku. "What do you mean?" he asked. "I don't look anything like my mom and dad. I mean, I still have my spots, why?"
Taka sighed. "We don't know why you have your spots. Normally cubs lose them by now. Just because you don't look like your mom and dad doesn't mean anything though. Sometimes it's a good thing. It means you're different. Different is good." Taka explained. Tiku looked up at him, "How?" Taka: Everywhere you look, (Gestures around the Lone lands) Animals all around you (Tiku looks at the animals in the land) You'll see (Taka gets up) Everyone is different (Walks off, Tiku following.) No one is the same Difference is the key (jumps up on a rock as he says it) That unlocks spec-ee-al-ity! We all wonder why Why does one have blue eyes? (Points to his own eyes, which aren't blue..) And another green? (Points to Tiku's eyes, who smiles and laughs) Why do you look? The way you do? (Ruffles the hair on Tiku's head) Why do I? Look the way I do? (Points to himself) Why are we so different? (Jumps down and nuzzles Tiku) Why aren't we the same? If we were all the same The world would be so Boring! (Drops his head and pretends to be bored.) Tiku: If we were all the same (walking boldly) Then what would happen? How would we know? (Steps into a puddle) One from another? (Looks down at his reflection.) Taka: Difference is the key (pretends to be holding a key) That unlocks the door (turns the key) To spec-ee-al-ity! (Picks up Tiku, throws him into the air, then catches him again) Why look the same? (Draws two lines in the sand) When we can be different? (Draws a line through one of the lines) Why be someone we're not? (Sprinkles sand over the spots on Tiku's head,) When we can be ourselves? (Wipes off the sand) We have only so much time (uses his paw as a clock) Before our time is gone. (Slams his paws together) So why not be diff-errr-ent? (Jumps over a log.) Why not try something new? (Helps Tiku onto the log.) You never know? What could happen? (Tiku falls off.) Difference is the key (Helps him up and then leads into a parade.) That unlocks spec-ee-al-ity! (Both picking their feet up real high as they prance about) Spec-ee-al-ity! It's the key! (Falls down and lays on his back, Tiku on top of him.)
"That was fun!" Tiku exclaimed. "Do you understand a bit better now?" Taka asked. Tiku sighed and nodded. "Yeah, I guess so." He lied. Taka smiled. "Let's get some sleep kiddo." Tiku yawned. Taka rolled over onto his stomach. Tiku rested under one of Taka's paws. It took only a few minutes before Taka was asleep. Tiku sighed as he got out from underneath Taka's paw. "I'm sorry, but I have to find out why I'm so different from everyone else!" Tiku turned and ran off, leaving the unsuspecting Taka alone and responsible.
Chapter 7: Difference is the key
It had been a few months since Kita, Tiaru, Taka, and Tiku had returned to the lone lands. Tiku had grown considerably. However for some unknown reason he had yet to lose his baby spots. For some reason he still had them. No one could quite figure it out.
Taka sighed as he watched Tiku chase a butterfly. He had been put on baby-sitting duty. It didn't bother him though. He loved watching little Tiku. He had also loved watching Kasoni and Matosa, even if they did bicker a lot.
Tiku chased the butterfly until he landed in a small puddle left by the previous night's rain. He looked down at his reflection and sighed. He turned and walked out of the water, not wanting to see his reflection. "Taka?" he said, sitting down beside him. "Yeah little man?" Tiku sighed. "Why am I so different?" Taka sat up and looked down at Tiku. "What do you mean?" he asked. "I don't look anything like my mom and dad. I mean, I still have my spots, why?"
Taka sighed. "We don't know why you have your spots. Normally cubs lose them by now. Just because you don't look like your mom and dad doesn't mean anything though. Sometimes it's a good thing. It means you're different. Different is good." Taka explained. Tiku looked up at him, "How?" Taka: Everywhere you look, (Gestures around the Lone lands) Animals all around you (Tiku looks at the animals in the land) You'll see (Taka gets up) Everyone is different (Walks off, Tiku following.) No one is the same Difference is the key (jumps up on a rock as he says it) That unlocks spec-ee-al-ity! We all wonder why Why does one have blue eyes? (Points to his own eyes, which aren't blue..) And another green? (Points to Tiku's eyes, who smiles and laughs) Why do you look? The way you do? (Ruffles the hair on Tiku's head) Why do I? Look the way I do? (Points to himself) Why are we so different? (Jumps down and nuzzles Tiku) Why aren't we the same? If we were all the same The world would be so Boring! (Drops his head and pretends to be bored.) Tiku: If we were all the same (walking boldly) Then what would happen? How would we know? (Steps into a puddle) One from another? (Looks down at his reflection.) Taka: Difference is the key (pretends to be holding a key) That unlocks the door (turns the key) To spec-ee-al-ity! (Picks up Tiku, throws him into the air, then catches him again) Why look the same? (Draws two lines in the sand) When we can be different? (Draws a line through one of the lines) Why be someone we're not? (Sprinkles sand over the spots on Tiku's head,) When we can be ourselves? (Wipes off the sand) We have only so much time (uses his paw as a clock) Before our time is gone. (Slams his paws together) So why not be diff-errr-ent? (Jumps over a log.) Why not try something new? (Helps Tiku onto the log.) You never know? What could happen? (Tiku falls off.) Difference is the key (Helps him up and then leads into a parade.) That unlocks spec-ee-al-ity! (Both picking their feet up real high as they prance about) Spec-ee-al-ity! It's the key! (Falls down and lays on his back, Tiku on top of him.)
"That was fun!" Tiku exclaimed. "Do you understand a bit better now?" Taka asked. Tiku sighed and nodded. "Yeah, I guess so." He lied. Taka smiled. "Let's get some sleep kiddo." Tiku yawned. Taka rolled over onto his stomach. Tiku rested under one of Taka's paws. It took only a few minutes before Taka was asleep. Tiku sighed as he got out from underneath Taka's paw. "I'm sorry, but I have to find out why I'm so different from everyone else!" Tiku turned and ran off, leaving the unsuspecting Taka alone and responsible.