Cards 33-48

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	Card 33 Simba runs away Rushing to his father's side, Simba nuzzles him. Mufasa does not respond. His powerful form lies still and silent. "Dad, you gotta get up!" Simba shouts, panic stricken. Huddling next to Mufasa, Simba sobs in his mane. Taking advantage of the moment, treacherous Scar blames Simba for his father's death. Devastated and guilt-ridden, Simba runs away.
	Card 34 Escape from the hyenas To finish his devious plan, Scar instructs the hyenas to follow Simba — and kill him! In no time, the vicious trio catch up with the young cub. As he runs along an upper plateau, Simba reaches the edge and leaps —landing in a thorny bush.
	Card 35 Pin cushions and cactus butts At the edge of the plateau, the hyenas pause, then leap after Simba and land in a thorny situation. Simba pulls himself out and runs off. The hyenas — looking like pin cushions and cactus butts — decide Simba can't last a day on his own anyway, and give up the chase.
	Card 36 Scar assumes the throne As the sun sets at Pride Rock, Scar lies to the other lions about Mufasa's and Simba's death, and assumes the throne. Scar speaks of "a new order of peace and prosperity in which lion and hyena come together." Then, hyenas slink from all corners of the Pride Lands. Silence falls. Perched on a nearby rock, Rafiki looks on, concerned.
	Card 37 Buzzards fly overhead As Scar takes over the Pride Lands, Simba trudges across the hot, dry desert fighting heat and sandstorms. Shadows pass over him, and Simba looks up to see buzzards circling above — waiting, exhausted, thirsty and grief-stricken, Simba faints. The buzzards circle closer.
	Card 38 "Jeez, it's a lion!" Arriving in time to save Simba's life, Pumbaa, a warm-hearted warthog, and Timon, a hyperactive meerkat, force the buzzards circling overhead to scatter. Lifting up Simba's paw, Timon shrieks, "Jeez, it's a lion! Lions eat guys like us." "Maybe he'll be on our side," replies Pumbaa, scooping up Simba and carrying him to the jungle.
	Card 39 Hakuna Matata At the edge of the jungle, Pumbaa and Timonlook over Simba as his eyelids flutter open. "You nearly died," Pumbaa tells him. They ask Simba where he's from, but he feels too guilty and embarrassed to tell them why he ran away. "You're an outcast! That's great!" Timon exclaims. Noticing something's "eatin' at the kid," Pumbaa tells Simba to put his past behind him. They introduce him to the concept of "Hakuna Matata" — a life with no responsibilities and no worries.
	Card 40 A jungle paradise To make the young lion feel better, Pumbaa and Timon launch into song — each telling their tale of how they became outcasts — and how it led them to a life with no worries. Hakuna Matata! "Well, kid are you with us?" Timon asks Simba. "I guess so," he says, as Timon pulls back a huge leaf revealing their home — a jungle paradise.
	Card 41 Fresh out of zebra As Pumbaa and Timon show Simba around his new home, the trio suddenly realize they're starving. "I'm so hungry, I could eat a whole zebra!" Simba tells his new friends. "Uh... we're fresh out of zebra," Timon tells him adding, "Liasten kids, if you're gonna live with us, you're gonna have ta eat like us." Lifting up a log, Timon scoops up a pawful of insects. "What's that?" Simba asks. "Grub," says Timon.
	Card 42 The fine art of eating bugs Recoiling in disgust, Simba watches Timon pop several bugs in his mouth. "Mmmm! Tastes like chicken." Timon says. Pumbaa slurps up a slug, "Slimy, yet satisfyin'," he chimes in. "Oooo...the little cream-filled kind," Timon says delightedly as he munches away. "Well, kid?" he asks Simba, offering him a taste. Simba reluctantly helps himself. "Not bad," he thinks.
	Card 43 The great kings of the past Time passes...and Simba grows. Carefree days give way to starlit nights. "Ever wonder what those sparkly dots up there are?" Pumbaa asks his stargazing pals. "Fireflies," Timon answers. But Simba responds, "Somebody once told me the great kings of the past are up there watching over us." Timon thinks that's the craziest thing he's ever heard and Simba wonders if he may be right.
	Card 44 It is time Elsewhere in a secret cave, Rafiki is thinking and planning. He places milkweed in a hollow tortoise shell, splits open a gourd and carefully studies the contents. He takes a bite of the gourd, then mumbles, "Simba!" On the cave wall is a painting of a lion cub — Simba. Rafiki smears a substance from the gourd on the painting. Now, the cub has a mane. Laughing joyfully, Rafiki grabs his walking stick and runs out. It is time.
	Card 45 Run for your life Back at the jungle's edge, another bright, carefree day has dawned. Pumbaa and Timon sing happily as they hunt for bugs. Pumbaa stalks a fat, juicy bug. Eyeing the crispy critter, he hears a crackling in the grass. Looking up, Pumbaa sees a lioness staring him in the face. Squealing, he runs for his life. "Pumbaa?" Timon calls running over to his friend. Timon sees the lioness, too. "Aaaaa," he screams.
	Card 46 It's Nala! Just as the lioness is about to pounce on Pumbaa and Timon, Simba leaps in and knocks her down. Wrestling, the lioness gets the upper hand — flipping Simba and pinning him to the ground. Simba recognises the move — it's Nala! They both can't believe it. It's so great to see each other again.
	Card 47 "You wouldn't understand." Simba and Nala's childhood friendship has blossomed into love. But their joy is tarnished by the knowledge that Scar and the hyenas are destroying the Pride Lands. Nala urges Simba to return and claim his place as king. "Can't go bak," he replies. "You wouldn't understand." But Nala can't believe Mufasa's son would turn his back on the pride.
	Card 48 "You said you's always be there..." Late into the night, Simba lies awake and troubled while Nala sleeps. "I can't go back," he argues with himself. "It won't change anything, you can't change the past." Simba looks up at the stars, remembering is father. "You said you's always be there for me — but you're not." Filled with despair, he continues. "It's because of me. And it's my fault. It's all my fault."