Chapters: 1-kube and the four panthers
It was a cold night in the middle of the savannah.
“Simba had been marching from night to day and from day to night” said mufasas ghost as he watched over simbas path. “What did scar do to you?” “Soon, this kingdom will be just the parched lands, earth and sky…”
“I have walked all day and now at night…”
“FATHER! MOTHER! NALA! WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE ARE YOU WHEN I NEED YOU MOST?!” said simba. He looked at his kingdom.
“So far of me, I can’t return now”
He looked at the lands in front of him.
“This is not what I have been looking for”
He looked at the sky
“And now it seems like the stars have never looked after me”
He walked some more metres and then ran along the ground using all his strength and courage. He was crying. Suddenly he stopped at a cliff and calmed down. While he was sitting there he saw a river.
“Water!” “IT IS WATER”
Simba climbed down from the cliff and started to drink but when he stopped drinking he saw, so far, a waterfall and beautiful green lands.
“That should be a paradise for grass-eaters” Simba called herbivores GRASS-EATERS.
“And if that is true, it means food for me!” “But the river” He thought for a while.
“I will never cross this” “wait, I know this river…isn’t it?” “Kube!”
Simba ran nearer kube, the river and started to sing.
“There’s a river, standing between me and my home”
“There’s a river…WAIT!” shouted simba as he saw cubs of panther near him.
Simba was ready to attack but suddenly one of the cubs pounced at him from a bush. Simba and the cub were quarrelling when another cub appeared.Then, simba realized that the panthers (the four panthers) loved singing and when they heard simba they were just ready to sing with him.
“Well” said simba “if that is the case I suppose I was wrong to fight you”
“Don’t worry, it wasn’t your fault…”said a cub
“Let’s sing along togheter!”Shouted a panther
“But we don’t know any song” added the most little cub.
“All right” finally said the bravest panther, a female. “Let’s sing what simba was singing before”
“There’s a river” started simba
“Standing between me and my home”
“There’s a river”
“Standing between me and my home” he repeated.
“The name of the river”
“Kube is the name “continued simba.
“The name of the river”
“Kube is the name”
“Kube”Said one cub
“KUBE-TU”continued another.
“I’ve got to cross over” said a male cub
“KUBE-TU” finished the female.
And they sang along all night.
“It is morning” said simba
“I must continue looking for the great green place”
“Well…goodbye” said a panther.
They were all ready to go when simba said:
“Wait!” “I can’t cross kube”
“Oh, it’s easy” “you must jump from crocodile to crocodile” added a cub
“That is not easy” said simba “but I am going to try” “TO THE GREEN PLACE!” “Shouted Simba as he ran to kube, then he landed on a crocodile.
“Oh no” said simba and after that he started jumping. But suddenly he got trapped with 5 crocodiles. Fortunately a panther took a vine with its fangs and saved simba.
“Thanks you four a lot” “you saved my life and now I have crossed kube!”
“It was nothing “said the female and a cub added:
“I hope you can find the green place, good bye and moshanyana weso bo itmuele”
“what?” said simba.
“It means:brother,be happy”
and then the four panthers left.
2-its time
“well now i am on the other side”
“and its time...time to find my new home”Simba walked all morning through the dessert.Then he stopped to look for some food but he only found a buzzard and some birds so he ate what he could.
“i am so tired”said dimba as he yawned.
“but its time...”
“the sun is shining”
“the children laughing,playing full of dreams to find”
“they all remind me when i was a little boy full of life and pride”
“they look so peacefull”
“moshana weso bo itmuele” simba repeted the exact shwaili words than the panther mentioned.
“So sweet and gracefull”
“Ngwana weso bo ithabise” and talked again in shwaili (he knew a little bit)
“They are all so hopefull”
“moshana weso bo itmuele”
“and there is no need for crying”
“no need for fighting”
“oh,isnt it?”heard simba.It was a wolf.
“My name is taran”said the wolf.
Simba was still surprised but in short his courage came out and he said:
“what do you want?”
“so” “you think there is no need for crying” “well...you dont know how cruel is the world”
“oh,yes i know!” “my father died 2 days ago and i am looking for a new home!”simba started to cry.
“thank you!”
“for what?”said simba.
“thats just what i needed,now the rain will come to us,because your father is on the sky.Did you know that when an animal cries because one of his parents is dead it rains?”
“no i didnt”answered simba
“RAIN,WATER!”He said and then taran and simba drank precious water.
Lea halalela
“I have to go home, bye for now”
“Do you have a home?”
“No I am a free…wait”
“Mother?…mother!”
Taran found his mother and so he sang to Simba …
Taran: “keep this on your head, king”
Ithabise Fatshe leso Lea halalela Uli-buse le lizwe Izwe lethu Mhlaba wethu Uli phathe Kahle Izwe lethu Izwe lehtu Uzo libusa Le lizwe Uli buse kahle Uzo libusa Le lizwe Le lizwe Fatshe leso Lea halalela Uli-buse le lizwe lzwe lethu Mhlaba wethu U'zuli qondise Izwe lethu Izwe lethu Fatshe leso
Lea halalela
Simba knew what that words meant, Swahili again! He didn’t stop any more. He kept his way always looking ahead to his destinaty.
One by one
“I don’t know how long I have been marching, I think 2 days. I found water but now I am getting like a stick.” Then he fell and roared “I need some food!”
With those words he closed his eyes but suddenly he heard a roar and opened the eyes. He saw the most wondering thing of the world on that moment: an animal was coming to save him! He had big ears and big eyes too. The eyes were dark blue like sky at night and he had black markings on the years. He was all white as snow with a long tail and thin legs that ended on big paws. The tail brush was also black. The lion was big but he was a cub and it came running right to him.
“Thanks...what’s your name?”
“My name is kimba but who are you?”
“No, no…you are the hero here so the question is: whoooo are you?”Simba spoke like rafiki in the lion king 1 when he said that…
“Hero! No, I was just going to the…”
“The elephant graveyard?”
“No” said kimba
“The outlands?”
“No”
“THE NORTH POLE?!”
“No!”
“Now, if you weren’t going there then, tell me where were you going! I don’t think it was my kingdom or something like that and…”
“Wait!” shouted kimba. Simba stood up and quietly said:
“What’s the matter?”
“Did you say YOUR KINGDOM?”
“Yes, and?”
“But that means you are king Simba and that’s impossible…”said kimba.
“Now, you are getting me confused so please: COULD YOU EXPLAIN ME WHAT DID YOU MEAN WITH THAT!!”
Kimba didn’t move, he was too surprised to do it but after a minute, he managed to say:
“I meant that you are dead”
Now Simba didn’t move but then said quietly: “what?”
“YES” Answered kimba quickly. “Urgent news arrived to my kingdom when the sun raised, animals told me you and your father were dead and I was going directly to your pride to find out who is king now!”
“Kimba, you are…CRAZY!”
“Well let’s talk about it in my cave; it seems you haven’t eaten in days”
“Two days, to be exact…”
“Well come here we have got lots of food…”then kimba spoke very quietly so Simba didn’t hear him…
“I hope you like grass, Simba…”
When the arrived to the cave kimba left Simba and ran looking for food. Something caught sambas attention…it was panjas fur…
“Wow! Now, this isn’t a coat!”
Simba thought for a minute and remembered what his father told him about the circle of life and said: “well, this lion died so it’s ok to use him like a bed…”Simba went on. He was so bored to stay in the cave so he went out. “I have never seen this before!” said Simba “this isn’t a savannah…I am very far from my kingdom…”
On that moment a lioness pounced at Simba. Simba fell down and shouted:
“What a hell are you doing?!”
“Go away, outlander!” It was kitty.
“Wait! I know you! Aren’t you Simba?
“Kitty?” asked Simba.
“Yes it’s me!!”
The two cubs were surprised and happy. Kitty had been in sambas kingdom before arriving to kimbas one. Kitty licked Simba happy of seeing him again and Simba stayed quietly next to kitty but very close to her. On that moment kimba arrived. When he saw that he was really angry with Simba. He ran faster than ever and pounced at Simba
“Hey beware boy!” said Daniel
Simba just answered “is he gone?”
“Who?”
“The white lion, kimba”
“Why should he be gone?”
“He was chasing me just because I was with kitty!”
“Oh, young love…”
“Look, I am already in love with someone else and I won’t die because of a lioness that is just a friend to me!”
“Wait…how is your girlfriend called?”
“Well she isn’t my girlfriend but her name is nala…”
“But that means you are Simba!!”
“Not again!” said Simba.
“Now hear I wont accept you if you come to beat kimba and be king!!”Spoke Daniel.
“Common lions can’t be kings!!”
“Hey! Just because my skin is darker than kimbas I can’t be king! I didn’t come to be king!”Simba was angry but instead of attacking he told Daniel: “tell all the jungle to go to mount moon”simba left but Daniel did what Simba wanted…
“Why are we here??!!”Shouted the animals
“Don’t worry” said a voice. It came from the top of the mount. It was Simba. From behind him came out a cub of wolf, his mother and four panthers.
For a moment everyone was silent but then every animal heard the chorus that made Simba, the four panthers, taran (the wolf) and his mother. They all sang a Swahili song:
Ibambeni njalo bakithi [Hold on tight my people]
Ninga dinwa [Don't get weary]
Ninga phelelwa nga mandla [Don't lose your strength]
Siya ba bona [We can see]
Bebe fun' ukusi qeda [They wanted to hold us back]
One by oneNgeke ba lunge [They will not succeed]
One by oneSizo nqoba [We will win]
One by oneNgeke ba lunge [They will not succeed]
One by oneIbambeni njalo bakithi [Hold on tight my people]
Ninga dinwa [Don't get weary]
Ninga phelelwa nga mandla [Don't lose your strength]
Siya ba bona [We can see]
Babe fun' ukusi qeda [They wanted to hold us back]
One by oneNgeke ba lunge [They will not succeed]
One by oneSizo nqoba [We will win]
Ngoba thina [Because]
Siya zazi [We know who we are]
Ibala lami [The colour of my skin]
Elimnyama [That is dark]
Ndiya zidla [I'm proud]
Ngalo [Of it]
Ibala lami [The colour of my skin]
Elimnyama [That is dark]
Ndiza kufa [I will die]
Nalo [With it]
The animals rejoiced, kitty ran to Simba and licked him, kimba was surprised, Daniel was shamed of being so bad with Simba, the four panthers were happy about singing, taran and Simba were playing together with kitty. Tarans mother was with an adult male wolf. They were in love.
Endless night
Simba couldn’t stay any longer. Kitty tried to stop him. She said:
“You can be happy here, Simba, don’t leave me!”
But Simba knew his home wasn’t there. He knew kimba and kitty were destinated to be together too. He knew that he could meet nala again. He knew many things, he learnt many things. And so did kimba and his jungle. Simba stayed with them for a month. The four panthers had gone away looking for more singers. Tarans mother had gone with his son and the male wolf: kaalo. Kimbas jungle and even “his highness”: kimba had learnt Swahili and many more things about the circle of life…
“Are you sure of what you are doing, Simba?” asked kimba before Simba went away.
“Don’t worry kimba, the spirits will guide me”
After one day, Simba was near his home: hakuna matata.
It was night and Simba sang as he remembered kimba, kitty, nala, taran, the four panthers and the others:
Where has the starlight gone?
Dark is the day
How can I find my way home?
Home is an empty dream
Lost to the night
Father, I feel so alone
You promised you'd be there
Whenever I needed you
Whenever I call your name
You're not anywhere
I'm trying to hold on
Just waiting to hear your voice
One word, just a word will do
To end this nightmare
When will the dawning break
Oh endless night
Sleepless I dream of the day
When you were by my side
Guiding my path
Father, I can't find the way
You promised you'd be there
Whenever I needed you
Whenever I call your name
You're not anywhere
I'm trying to hold on
Just waiting to hear your voice
One word, just a word will do
To end this nightmare
I know that the night must end
And that the sun will rise
And that the sun will rise
I know that the clouds must clear
And that the sun will shine
And that the sun will shine
I know that the night must end
And that the sun will rise
And that the sun will rise
I know that the clouds must clear
And that the sun will shine
And that the sun will shine
I know
Yes, I know
The sun will rise
Yes, I know
I know
The clouds must clear
I know that the night must end
I know that the sun will rise
And I'll hear your voice deep inside
I know that the night must end
And that the clouds must clear
The sun
The sun will rise
The sun
The sun will rise
The end