Chapter 4: Act I Scene II Father to son

The lights were dim but they were still on. A young, golden cub was raced on stage and he ran over to the sleeping lionesses.

"Dad!" the cub called. He jumped over them and landed on one of their backs. "Sorry! Dad! Dad come on we've got to get going!" He finally managed to get to the back of the cave and to his parents. "Come on Dad!" He teeth-pulled on Mufasa's "fur".

"Your son's awake," the female said softly. She had short blonde hair; a grayish, thick coat and her eyes were still shut.

"Before sunrise he's your son," Mufasa groaned. He slowly opened his eyes and then shut them.

"You promised," the cub complained. Mufasa then opened his eyes completely.

"Alright," Mufasa sighed.

"Yeah!" the cub exclaimed. He jumped up and down as Mufasa got up and walked toward stage right with his jumpy son. The boy's mother got up to and she headed toward stage left along with the other lioness and left the stage.

Mufasa and his son went up something and they reached the top of it. The light then shined from behind them and shined on the rest of the stage. The rest of the stage was covered with fake grass and there was one dark spot though.

"Look, Simba," Mufasa said to the cub. "Every thing the light touches is our kingdom. A king's reign is like the sun. One day the sun will set on my time and you shall take my place." Simba (unknown) shifted toward the black spot.

"What's that black spot over there?" Simba (unknown) asked.

"That is the end of our border," Mufasa told him. "You must never go there."

The lights then dimmed for a moment and then shined again. The thing that they had climbed was gone and the whole stage was covered with grass. Mufasa and Simba were walking around in the grass.

"Everything you see exists in a balance, when you are king and even now you must learn to understand that balance. And you must respect all creatures," Mufasa told him. "From the tiny ants to the leaping antelope."

"Umm, don't we eat the antelope?" Simba questioned.

"Yes, but let me explain. When we die our bodies become grass and the antelope eat the grass," Mufasa informed him. "So we're all connected in the circle of life." Zazu then flew onto a rock in front of the lions.

"Good morning sir!" Zazu exclaimed.

"Good morning Zazu," Mufasa replied. "What is the morning report?"

"Well, the…" Zazu was talking but the attention was on Simba. After Zazu had started giving the report Simba had spotted a cricket. He was trying to pounce it and eat it but he had no success. Mufasa then noticed what his son was doing.

"Son, what are you doing?" Mufasa asked softly.

"Pouncing," Simba responded.

"Let an old pro show you how it's done. Zazu, could you turn around?" Mufasa asked.

"Of course," Zazu then turned around. "So I told the…"

"Crouch down in the grass and try not to make a sound," Mufasa instructed Simba.

"Sir, what's going on?" Zazu asked. He had turned his neck to look behind him to see Mufasa.

"Just a pouncing lesson," Mufasa said.

"O, pouncing, very good," Zazu said as he turned away from them. His eyes then lit-up as he realized what was happening. "Pouncing!" He turned completely toward Mufasa. "Oh, no! Sir please you can't be serious!" Mufasa kept doing the turn around signal with his finger as Zazu begged. He then turned around. "This is so humiliating. Wait, what are you telling him?!" Then there was silence. He turned to his right side. "Mufasa? Simba?" Then Simba pounced Zazu off the rock and onto the ground behind it. Mufasa chuckled and Flash laughed.

"Just like the movie!" he exclaimed. "Just like the movie."

"Yeah!" Simba exclaimed. Zazu was still lying on the ground even after Simba had gotten off of him. Then a mole appeared to his left.

"Sir, I have some dreadful news to report," the mole told Zazu.

"Very good, Simba," Mufasa said. He rubbed Simba's head with his hand/paw.

"Sir!" Zazu exclaimed in fear. "Hyenas!In the Pride Land!"

"Zazu, take Simba home," Mufasa instructed.

"Dad, can't I…" Simba never got a chance to finish. Mufasa ran off of stage right and to the backstage. Simba was left with Zazu. "Why can't I help?"

"Don't worry, Simba," Zazu said. "When you grow-up and become king you can chase those slobbering, managing, stupid pouches from dusk until dawn." Diana giggled at that.

"This is pretty good," Diana whispered.

"Wait till you see the movie," Batman whispered back. "It's just as good."

"Yeah, but it won't be the same," Diana admitted. The light quickly dimmed for the next scene.