Prologue

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Nants ingonyama bagithi baba.
Sithi uhm.
Ingonyama.

The sun rises, turning the sky from black to red.

Nants ingonyama bagithi baba.

Various animals travel across the Great Plains from towering Giraffes to galloping Zebras, from the biggest Elephant to the smallest Tapi

Sithi uhm ingonyama.

The animals migrate right passed a mighty baobab tree as we zoom in inside and see the painting of a lion with a red mane

Ingonyama. Siyo nqoba.

The camera zooms out as we see a trio of animals right behind a large painting, a Meerkat, a Warthog, and a Mandrill

The camera zooms out as we see a trio of animals right behind a large painting, a Meerkat, a Warthog, and a Mandrill

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Pumbaa: (sniffles) I gotta tell ya Timon, that song always gets me right here!

Timon: (sighs) really brings back the memories, doesn't it Pumbaa?

Pumbaa: (sniffs) yeah...

Rafiki: ohoho! Not even Rafiki can forget a day like this

He then uses his staff to gesture to the painting seeing a picture of him holding up a lion cub

Rafiki: everybody in the pride lands came to celebrate the birth of Simba! Mufasa's boy!

Pumbaa then looks to the fourth wall and then back to Rafiki

Rafiki: haha. Such a glorious sight. All part of the (sings) Circle of Life!

Pumbaa: psst! Hey Rafiki, I kinda think they heard this already

Timon; sure they have! But what about the part they haven't heard?

Rafiki; ohoho! Yes yes, you think you know this story don't you fine readers? Well you don't know, the half of it!

Timon: or the third of it! Why don't we tell them the whole story! Including our otherworldly friends? And our story while we're at it?

Pumbaa: oh! I like the sound of that!

Rafiki; ohohoho! Sorry but I think we're getting ahead of ourselves. We always do that. Come, come

They then walk through the tree and gesture to key drawings from the first story

Rafiki: you see, this story isn't just ours. It is about a group of friends of ours. The imps, Moxxie, his wife Millie, their boss Blitzo, her adopted hellhound daughter Loona, her husband, the Goetia prince Stolas, and his daughter Octavia

Timon; can we help out?

Rafiki; of course! We all have much to contribute

Pumbaa: ya see folks, they weren't always the happy family ya know

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