The Dinosaur King: Chapter 10 - Hakuna Matata Part 1
Two days later, Tristan is now facing death as he lies down on a desert floor. He has traveled far away from Dinosauria. Not even want to sleep or stop at all. Not being able to eat or drink. But worse of all, he is dying from the extreme heat of the sun. For a Rexling like him, he will not live for long. He finally collapsed to the ground and the clock of death is now clicking for him. The pterosaurs called Quetzalcoatlus, the scavengers of the dead, were flying and circling above him like hungry vultures.
They all waited for a while for the young dinosaur to die. Then they all swooped down to Tristan's body and started to approach the Tyrannosaur. By the time they started pecking at him, there was a sudden yelling from somewhere. One of the Quetzalcoatlus sniffs at Tristan to let it know that he's still alive. Suddenly, they feel the ground rumble. That's not an earthquake. But something from the horizon. The Quetzalcoatlus saw an Ankylosaurus with an Ornitohmimus behind him charging towards the midst of the giant pterosaurs.
"HUUUUUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGHHH!" the Dinosaurs yelled.
The two strangers dive into the midst of the scavengers. They started shooing the pterosaurs away. The Ornithomimus started kicking the pterosaurs away. The Ankylosaurus slapped the pterosaurs with his club tail, then he roared and stomped his feet at the scavengers, sending all of them flying away in a sudden fury.
"Get out! Get out! Get outta here! Whoo!" yelled the Ornithomimus shooing them away.
"I love it! Bowling for pterosaurs!" said the Ankylosaurus.
" Gets 'em every time," said the Ornithomimus laughing and dusting himself off.
"But I'm gonna get one of them one day," said the Ankylosaur as he was not done with them.
"I don't know why it's so important to you Cope," the Ornithomimus wondered.
"I just feel like it would make me feel better," the Ankylosaur replied then he noticed Tristan lying on the ground near them.
"Uh-oh. Hey Marsh. You better come look. I think it's still alive" said the Ankylosaur as Marsh then saw the tyrannosaurus.
"Ewww..." said Marsh, feeling disgusted by the body. He thinks that it might be halfway dead and is starting to rot while being alive. But working up the courage, he walks up to the body.
"All righty, what have we got here?" said Marsh as he took a look at Tristan while looking closer to see what it was.
"Oh, no. It's a little T. rex," Cope said with worry.
"That is not a Tyrannosaurus rex," said Marsh.
"Well, then, go check it out. What is it?" Cope asked.
"That is not a T. rex. It's a big furry bird." Marsh replied.
"I say it looks like a T. rex," said Cope.
"That's not a T. rex, Let me get a closer look," said Marsh. as he walked around to Tristan's head. "Excuse me. All right, let me see what we're dealing with here."
"It's got two small arms, and a mouth with small, yet sharp teeth," commented the Ornithomimus as he touched him, he checked his body, looked at him, he even smelled him, and opened his mouth causing him to freak.
"JEEZ! IT'S A TYRANNOSAURUS! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE, MARSH! RUN MARSH MOVE IT!" shrieked Marsh as he jumped over the rock and hid, as Marsh ran after him.
"Hey, Marsh! Wait! It's okay, it's okay! It's just a little T. rex! Look at him. He's so cute and all alone! Can we keep him?" asked Cope.
"Cope, are you nuts? We're talking about a Tyrannosaurus rex here. T. rexes eat guys like us." Marsh exclaimed to Cope.
"But he's so little," Cope replied.
"But he's gonna get Bigger!" Marsh yelled.
"Can we keep him? Can we please keep him? Oh, oh, okay. I promise I'll walk him every day! If he makes a little mess, I'll clean it up," Cope begged.
"You'll be his little mess. He's gonna eat you and then use my body as a toothpick." Marsh snarked.
"But one day, when he's big and strong, he'll be on our side!" said Cope.
"A-huh! That's the stupidest thing I ever heard. Maybe he'll b- ...Hey, I got it! What if he's on our side? You know, having ferocious T. rex around might not be such a bad idea" said Marsh, now realizing.
"Well, then we keeping 'im?" asked Cope.
"Yes, Of course. Jeez, Who's the brains in this outfit?" asked Marsh as he scooped Tristan up in his arms and placed him on Cope's back. Then Cope becomes curious about Marsh's question about the ''brains in this outfit''.
"Uhhh..." said Cope.
"My point exactly, Jeez, I'm fried. Let's get out of here and find some shade" said Marsh.
"We're Gonna name him Fred!" Cope said in a sing-song tone as they walked off.
. . . . .
A while later, Marsh and Cope are at the outside of a scrub plain with the body of Tristan lying near a pool of water. Marsh then splashes water on Tristan's face. Then Tristan stirs and starts to wake up. He opens his eyes and sees the strangers in front of him.
"You okay, kid?" asked Marsh.
"I guess so," said Tristan, but not in a glad or normal mood. He was still upset about what he had done a couple of days ago.
"You nearly died," said Cope.
"I saved you," said Marsh. Cope then snorts angrily at Marsh. "Well, uh, Cope helped. A little"
Cope then smiled feeling satisfied as Tristan asked, "Who are you guys?"
"We're the ones who have saved your life little Rexling, " Marsh said.
"Yeah!" added Cope.
"We risked everything, you almost got eaten by those stinky angry flying reptiles, Quetzalcoatlus. "But we fought them off," Marsh said.
"Hordes of them. Flocks." Cope added before introducing himself and Marsh. "I am Cope, and this is Marsh."
"And Did I mention that we saved your life from those pterosaurs' beaks? So you're welcome." Marsh said before asking Tristan. "Now, what's your name?"
"I'm Tristan and Thanks for your help," said Tristan dully and heads off quietly back out towards the desert.
"Hey, where you are going?" asked Marsh.
"Nowhere," said Tristan as he continued walking off.
"What do you mean kid?" Marsh asked the Rexling.
"It doesn't matter," Tristan said sadly.
"Whoa. How bleak is that?" asked Cope as Marsh sighed. "It doesn't even matter?"
"Like I don't have enough that I'm dealing with, right? Now, his problems are my problems?" sighed Marsh.
"But we can help him. We're in a position to help him." Cope told him.
"Ugh. Gee. He looks blue" said Marsh to Cope while watching Aladar go.
"I say tannish brown with black stripes," said Cope.
"No, no, no, no. He means he's depressed" said Marsh.
"Oh," said Cope. Then the two walked up to Tristan as the ankylosaur asked. "Hey kid, what's eatin' ya?" asked Eema.
"Nothing! He's at the top of the food chain! Ahhhhhhha ha haaa! The food chain!" laughed Marsh. Cope and Tristan only stared at him silently. Marsh then realizes that his joke has flopped and changed his subject. " So, how are you, in as few words as possible, and where you from...?"
"Who cares? I can't go back" said Tristan.
"Ahh. You're an outcast! That's great, so are we" said Marsh who now feels glad.
"What'cha do, kid?" asked Cope.
"Something terrible. But I don't wanna talk about it" said Tristan.
"Good. We don't wanna hear about it" said Marsh.
"Come on, Marsh!" Cope said to Cope as he turned to Tristan and asked "Look, kid. We've all made mistakes. Uh, there must be something we can do, right?
"Not unless you can change the past," said Tristan.
"Well, you know, that's a lot to ask…" said Marsh
"That's pretty hard. That's a biggie," added Cope.
"...if I'm being honest. I mean, change the past? It already happened," Marsh continued.
"Yeah, so you can't change that," Cope continued.
"But you know what you can change? The future. That's our specialty," Marsh said in front of Tristan.
"Kind of our thing," Cope said.
"How can you change something that hasn't happened?" asked Tristan
"You know, kid, in times like this my buddy Marsh here says, "You got to put your behind in your past..."" said Cope.
"No. No. No" said Marsh, waving his arms.
"I mean..." said Cope, trying to correct himself.
"Amateur. Lie down before you hurt yourself" said Marsh to Cope as the Ankylosaur lay down on the ground. Then he turned to Tristan and asked "It's "To change the future, You got to put your past behind you."
"Way behind," Cope added. "Well, I knew that!"
" Look, kid. Bad things happen, and you can't do anything about it, right?" Marsh asked Tristan.
"Right," said Tristan.
"Wrong! When the world turns its back on you, you turn your back on the world," said Marsh when he poked Tristan's snout.
And only embrace what's next!" Cope added.
"And turn the "what" into "so what?" Marsh continued.
"Well, that's not what I was taught," said Tristan feeling lethargic.
"Then maybe you need a new lesson. Repeat after me" said Marsh. Then he cleared his throat and said "Hakuna Matata".
"What?" said Tristan, still lethargic.
"Ha-ku-na Ma-ta-ta. It means "No worries." said Cope.
"Hakuna matata," said Marsh.
"Hakuna... Most people get a bigger reaction when we say it the first... Okay. Well, anyway…" Cope said indignantly.
"Some people start clapping immediately," said Marsh.
"One and a…" Cope is about to sing, but Marsh cuts him off.
"I... I do the counting here," Marsh said.
"I wanna count," Cope replied.
"Why don't we count together?" Marsh suggested.
"Okay, that's a good idea," Cope said, agreeing with him.
"All right!" Marsh exclaimed.
"One and a two and a…" Marsh and Cope counted and that's when Marsh started to sing...
Marsh: Hakuna Matata!
What a wonderful phrase
Cope: Hakuna Matata!
Ain't no passing craze
Marsh: It means no worries
For the rest of your days
Marsh and Cope: It's our problem-free
Philosophy
As the Dinosaur Trio leaves the fern prairies for the Floodplain swamps.
Marsh: Hakuna Matata!
"Hakuna Matata?" asked Tristan, feeling confused.
"Yes, it's our motto," said Cope.
"What's a motto?" asked Tristan.
"Nothing! What's a ''motto'' with you? Ahh ha ha ha..." laughed Marsh as Cope also laughed as well.
"You know, These two words will solve all your problems," laughed Cope.
"That's right! Take Cope for example" said Marsh. Then he jumps back into the song...
Marsh: Why, when he was a young Clubtail…
Cope: {Italian countertenor range} When I was a young clubtaaaail!
Marsh: {Speaking, while cleaning his ear} Very nice
Cope: {Speaking} Thanks!
"How are you feeling?" asked Marsh.
"It's an emotional story," Cope sighed.
. . . . .
A Flashback shows Cope as a Baby Ankylosaurus walking to a watering hole as groups of Stegosaurus, Kentrosaurus, Triceratops, Sinoceratops, Nasutoceratops, Brontosaurus, Apatosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Nemegtosaurus, Diplodocus, Dreadnoughtus, Parasaurolophus, Edmontosaurus, Corythosaurus, Barsboldia, Saurolophus, Iguanodon, Ouranosaurus, Therizinosaurus, Gryposaurus, Struthiomimus, Compsognathus, a Ceratosaurus, a Tarbosaurus, Mononykus, Pachycephalosaurus, Pteranodons, Quetzalcoatlus, and Velociraptors drinking at the water's edge.
Marsh: He found his aroma lacked a certain appeal
He could clear the forest after every meal
Cope: I'm a sensitive soul, though I seem thick-skinned
The young Ankylosaur drinks as it pauses to admire a butterfly as he sits down in the shallows. The hatchling passed gas in the water creating bubbles as the butterfly dropped dead to the water as an Edmontosaurus sniffed Cope. Then all the Dinosaurs and Pterosaurs had their heads up sniffing the air causing them to cringe and run away.
Cope: And it hurt that my friends never stood downwind
The young ankylosaur looks down in shame as a Callobatrachus hops away as the Flashback ends with the heroes back in the present.
. . . . .
Marsh: {Speaking} I was always here for you, and I resent that.
Cope: And oh, the shame
Marsh: Yes, he was ashamed!
Cope: I thought changin' my name
Marsh: Oh, what's in a name? Like to who John?
Cope: And I got downhearted
Marsh: How did you feel?
Cope: Every time that I farted!
"Aren't you gonna stop me?!" Cope asked Marsh.
"No, I'm not, you disgust me!" Marsh exclaimed as Cope passed gas.
Tristan then looks surprised at the audience. Then he watches the two dinosaurs with growing interest.
Marsh and Cope: Hakuna Matata!
What a wonderful phrase
Hakuna Matata!
Ain't no passing craze
After becoming more and more enthusiastic, Tristan finally joins in singing, a spotlight falling on him.
Tristan: It means no worries
For the rest of your days
Cope: {Speaking} Yeah, sing it, kid!
Tristan, Marsh, and Cope: It's our problem-free
Philosophy
Hakuna Matata!
Marsh then pulls back a fern leaf, revealing a beautiful view of a swamp Forest. Waterfalls and rugged terrain make a beautiful view. Tristan was in awe of the wonderful look of the place.
"Welcome... to our humble home," said Marsh.
"You live here?" asked Tristan.
"We live wherever we want," said Marsh.
"Yep. We do as we please because Home is where your rump rests. Heh!" said Cope.
"It's beautiful," said Tristan.