Act 1; Scene 1: The Circle of Life

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(We open up a quiet village. There's a wife and a husband standing on a balcony from their tower, with a baby in their arms)

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Town folk: La reine s'est réveillée
Il y a un nouveau bébé, bébé fille
Le roi s'est réveillé
La princesse est ici
La princesse va nous sauver
De la ville sombre
La princesse s'est réveillée
La princesse s'est réveillée
La princesse s'est réveillée
La princesse s'est réveillée
La princesse s'est réveillée
La princesse s'est réveillée
La princesse s'est réveillée
La princesse s'est réveillée
La princesse s'est réveillée

(Future Thomas walks onstage and starts describing what the circle of life is and why it's important to the kingdom. The towns folk talk among themselves and looking up at the tower.)

Future Thomas: From the day we arrive on the planet
And blinking, step into the sun
There's more to see than can ever be seen
More to do than can ever be done
There's far too much to take in here
More to find than can ever be found
But the sun rolling high
Through the sapphire sky
Keeps great and small on the endless round
It's the circle of life
And it moves us all
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the circle
The circle of life

Towns Folk: La princesse s'est réveillée
La princesse s'est réveillée
La princesse s'est réveillée
La princesse s'est réveillée
La princesse s'est réveillée
La princesse s'est réveillée
La princesse s'est réveillée
La princesse s'est réveillée
La princesse s'est réveillée

(The queen holds up baby Rose, while the king places a necklace with a rainbow crystal around her neck. Baby Rose starts to float in the air, glowing a bright white. She falls back to her mothers arms and is placed in a white dress.)

Future Thomas: It's the circle of life
And it moves us all
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the circle
The circle of life

(Everyone freezes in their pose. The towns folk bowing down to the royal family, the queen holding her husbands arm, and the king holding up baby Rose in the air)

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