Rafiki's Pick:

(Setting = his tree)

Reader: Hi Rafiki. Hope you don't mind me coming up here.

Rafiki: Not at all. Now what is it dat you need?

Reader: Oh, I just wanted to see how your Christmas gift thing for that game was going.

Rafiki: I never even had to search. Dis is something that I've had a long time.

Reader: And yet you're willing to give it away?

Rafiki: It never meant anything to me. I found and made it by the waterhole once, and just knew dat one day it would be safe to give it away.

Reader: So what do you want? You know, it's just easier for me to work out who has you as their choice if I knew what kind of thing you wanted.

Rafiki: Look around, what do you see?

Reader: Um . . . fruits, tortoise shells, and herbs.

Rafiki: Let me rephrase dat . . . look beyond what you see.

Reader: Um . . . leaves, a painting of Simba, Kiara, Kovu, more leaves, and wood.

Rafiki: And so . . .

Reader: You don't need leaves.

Rafiki: And . . .

Reader: Or wood.

Rafiki: And . . .

Reader: Or another tortoise shell.

Rafiki: And . . .

Reader: Well, quite honestly, I don't know. I don't know how any of this stuff in here works.

Rafiki: Ah, not a lot do. Unfortunately I sometimes have to travel very far to find what I need, but de trip is always worth it.

Reader: You seem to be very specific on what you want.

Rafiki: Which is why it should make it harder on you to guess, because it is harder for the giver to find. How reliable are dey? We will have to wait and see. But maybe you looked beyond what you saw, and found something else dat I need. Or . . . maybe not.

Reader: Okay . . . well, I'm gonna get out of here now.

Rafiki: Very good. I'll see you later then. Bye now!

Reader: Bye.