Simba and Buffy

The Morning Reports

When Simba and Mufasa were in their exhibit, a white male lion with a white mane came from the east.

The white lion said, "Your highness everything is clear and secure in the east."

Mufasa said, "Thank you for the report, Leo."

Leo went in the den to be with his mate and cubs.

Another tan and gold male lion with a fawn mane came from the west.

The lion said, "Your highness everything is clear and secure in the west."

Mufasa said, "Thank you for the report, Bailyo."

Bailyo went into the den to be with his mate and cubs.

Another tan and gold male lion with a khaki mane came from the north.

The lion said, "Your highness I heard rumors of strange-looking creatures wreaking havoc in the northern part of the zoo."

Mufasa said, "Thank you for the report, Sorak and keep an eye out for these creatures the next time you are on patrol."

Sorak went into the den to be with his mate and cubs.

Another tan and gold male lion with a tawny brown mane came from the south.

The lion said, "Your highness I heard rumors of graves of the deceased animals being disturbed in the southern part of the zoo."

Mufasa said, "Thank you for the report, Ahadi and keep an eye on those graves and see that none are disturbed the next time you are on patrol."

Ahadi went into the den to be with his mate and cubs.

Another tan and gold male lion with a reddish-brown mane came from the center of the zoo.

The lion said, "I heard rumors of humans that have disfigured faces and killing humans by sucking their blood at nighttime."

Mufasa said, "Thank you for the report Ni and see if you can find out where these disfigured humans are hiding."

Ni went into the den to be with his mate and cubs.

A hornbill flew into the lion exhibit.

The hornbill said, "Good morning, sire!

Mufasa said, "Morning Zazu!"

Zazu said, "Checking in with the morning report."

Mufasa said, "Fire away."

Zazu said, "Ten flamingos are taking a stand. Flamingos in pink are chasing the secretary birds. Two giraffes are caught necking. Giraffes remain above it all. The tick birds have been tweeting again in the middle of the night but they just can't stop. The tick birds were picking on the elephants. I told the elephants to forget it but they can't because elephants remember."

Simba got distracted by a butterfly. He pounced and misses the butterfly. Mufasa saw what Simba was doing.

Mufasa whispers, "What are you doing son?"

Simba said, "Pouncing."

Mufasa said, "Let an old pro show you how it's done."

Zazu said, "The buzz from the bees is that the leopards are in a bit of a spot. The cheetah stole the baboon's dinner and now the baboons are going crazy. The chimps are going ape."

Mufasa whispers, "Stay low to the ground."

Simba lower himself to the ground.

Simba thought to himself, "Okay stay low to the ground. Right, yeah I got this."

Mufasa said, "Check the wind."

Simba checks the wind so it wouldn't give his scent away and check his shadow to make sure it didn't give him away.

Zazu said, "We haven't paid the hornbills and the vultures have a hunch not everybody is invited will be coming back to lunch. The crocodiles are snapping up fresh offers from the banks. Crocodiles show interest in my nest egg but I quickly said, No thanks!"

Mufasa whispers, "Try not to make a sound."

Simba inches closer to his quarry as quietly and stealthily, all the while he was not moving a muscle as he readied himself to pounce. His tail swished slightly and his nose twitches. The wind was on his side. He let Zazu finish his morning report.

Zazu said, "The buffalo have got a beef about this season's grass. Warthogs have been thwarted in attempts to save their gas. Saffron is this season's color seen in all the herds. Moving down rank and file to near the bottom of the rung. Far too many beetles are quite frankly in the dung."

Then Simba pounced on Zazu. Mufasa laughs. Zazu flew off in a huff. Zazu flew back with an urgent look.

Zazu said, "The humans are coming!"

He flew back to where he was supposed to be.

Mufasa said, "Simba go back and be with the other cubs."

Simba said, "Okay dad bye."

Mufasa said, "Bye Simba."

They went their own separate ways.