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The Elephant Graveyard

(Simba and Nala wander in too deep to get out of trouble.)

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Banzai Ed Mufasa Nala Scar Shenzi Simba
Zazu

(Simba and Nala have escaped Zazu and are laughing at their success.)

All right, it worked!

We lost 'im.

I...am a genius.

Hey, genius! It was my idea.

Yeah, but I pulled it off.

With me!

Oh, yeah? (Roars and jumps at Nala. They wrestle briefly before Nala ends up on top and pins Simba with her forepaws.)

Ha! Pinned ya.

(Grudgingly) Hey, lemme up!

(Nala gets up and walks away with a smirk. Simba jumps Nala once more. Both cubs roll down a hill, and at the bottom, Nala pins him once more.)

Pinned ya again.

(A nearby geyser erupts, making a loud noise. The cubs notice elephant skeletons all around.)

This is it... We made it!

(The cubs look down a ledge and observe the elephant skeletons below.)

Whoa!

It's really creepy.

Yeah...isn't it great?

(Mischievously) We could get in big trouble.

(Mischievously) I know. Heh.

(Looking at the elephant skull in front of them.) I wonder if its brains are still there.

(Walking towards the skull.) There's only one way to know. Come on. Let's go check it out. (Walks towards the mouth of the skull.)

(Appears suddenly, blocking Simba's way.) Wrong! The only checking out you will do will be to check out of here!

Aw, man.

(Nervously) We're way beyond the boundary of the Pridelands.

Heh. Look, banana beak is scared. Heh.

(Pokes Simba in the nose.) That's Mister Banana Beak to you, fuzzy. And right now, we are all in very real danger.

(Moves nearer to the skull's entrance.) Danger? Hah! I walk on the wild side. I laugh in the face of danger. (Bravely) Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!

(Laughing is heard inside the skull, and three hyenas exit from its eyes and mouth.)

Well, well, well, Banzai. What have we got here?

Hmm. I don't know, Shenzi. Uh...what do you think, Ed?

(Wild laughter)

(The hyenas circle around the cubs.)

Yeah, just what I was thinking. A trio of trespassers!

(Nervously) And quite by accident, let me assure you. A simple navigational error. Eh, heh, heh...

Whoa, whoa! Wait, wait, wait...I know you. You're Mufasa's little stooge.

(With dignity) I, madam, am the king's majordomo.

(Looks at Simba.) And that would make you...?

(Bravely) The future king.

Do you know what we do to kings who step out of their kingdom?

Puh! You can't do anything to me.

(Worried) Uh...techincally, they can. We are on their land.

But Zazu, you told me that they're nothing but slobbering, mangy, stupid poachers.

Ix-nay on the oopid-stay...

(Angrily) Who you callin' "oopid-stay?!"

(Hurriedly) My, my, my, look at the sun! It's time to go!

What's the hurry? We'd love you to stick around for dinner.

Yeah! We could have whatever's...lion around! Get it?! Lion around?! (Laughs.)

Oh, wait, wait, wait. I got one, I got one. Make mine a cub sandwitch. Whatcha think?!

(Hops up and down, pointing to something. Ed jabbers nonsensically.)

(Somewhat annoyed) What, Ed?! What is it?

(Looks where Ed is pointing.) Hey, did we order this dinner to go?

No. Why?

'Cause there it goes!

(Shows the cubs from afar, running away. The cubs stop after a bit. Zazu is shown, caught by a hyena in mid-flight.)

(Breathlessly) Did we lose 'em?

(Also out of breath) I think so. Where's Zazu?

(The scene shows the hyenas with Zazu near a steaming geyser.)

(Holding Zazu by the wings) The little majordomo bird hippity-hopped all the way to the birdie-boiler. (Walks Zazu to the geyser and plants him in it. Pressure builds up underneath Zazu.)

Oh, no! Not the birdie boiler! (The geyser erupts, shooting him away into the sky.) Ahhh!

(The hyenas laugh hysterically.)

(Ontop an elephant ribcage with Nala.) Hey! Why don't you pick on somebody your own size?

Like...you?

Oops.

(The hyenas chase Simba and Nala.)

(Appear in front of them, poking their faces through the steam of a geyser.) Boo!

(The hyenas chase the cubs up a skull. Simba and Nala slide down the skeleton's spine and shoot off the end, landing on a hillside of bones. They climb upwards.)

Simba!

(Turns around, seeing Nala slipping down the pile with the hyenas closeby. Runs down and, just as Shenzi approaches Nala, swipes her across the cheek.)

(Low, angry growl.)

(The hyenas continue chasing Simba and Nala, cornering them in a cave-like area with high stone walls.)

Here, kitty, kitty, kitty.

(Attempts to roar. He lets out a yowl.)

(Amuzed) Oo-hoo! That was it?! Hah! Do it again. Come on.

(Opens his mouth. A loud, mature roar is emitted.)

Huh?!

(Charges the hyenas from the left. He fights them, soon pinning them all down on the floor.)

Oh, please! Please! Uncle, uncle!

Ow! Ow! Ow!

(Furious) Silence!

Oh, we're gonna shut up right now.

Calm down. (Nervously chuckling) We're really sorry.

(Bursting with anger) If you ever come near my son again...!

(Nervous) Oh this is...this is your son?!

(Equally nervous) Oh, your son?

Did you know that?

No... Me? I-I-I didn't know it, no. Did you?

No! Of course not.

No.

Ed?

(Nods stupidly.)

(Roars mightily.)

Toodles!

(They speedily disappear. Zazu lands next to Mufasa, nodding at him with a grin. Mufasa glares at him angrily, and Zazu withers.)

(Approaching his father.) Dad, I...

(Stern) You deliberately disobeyed me.

Dad, I'm...I'm sorry.

(Just as stern as before) Let's go home.

(Everyone starts walking out. The cubs bend their heads in shame.)

(Softly) I thought you were very brave.

(Shows Scar ontop a ledge, looking down at them.)