[SpaceGodzilla Tricks Godzilla Scene]

{Camera change to SpaceGodzilla on his overhanging rock ledge. SpaceGodzilla pace once and kick an old bone off the edge.}

{Godzilla Enters}

Godzilla: Hey Uncle SpaceGodzilla! Guess what!

SpaceGodzilla: I despise guessing games.

Godzilla: I'm going to be king of Pride Mountain.

SpaceGodzilla: {Sarcastically} Oh goody.

Godzilla: {Looking out over the edge of the rock} My dad just showed me the whole kingdom; {greedily} and I'm going to rule it all. Heh heh.

SpaceGodzilla: Yes. Well... forgive me for not leaping for joy. Bad back, you know.

{SpaceGodzilla flops down on his side.}

Godzilla: Hey, Uncle SpaceGodzilla? When I'm king, what'll that make you?

SpaceGodzilla: A monkey's uncle.

Godzilla: Heh heh. You're so weird.

SpaceGodzilla: You have NO idea. ...So, your father showed you the whole kingdom, did he?

Godzilla: Everything.

SpaceGodzilla: He didn't show you what's beyond that rise at the northern border...?

Godzilla: {Disappointed} Well, no... he said I can't go there.

SpaceGodzilla: And he's absolutely right. It's far too dangerous. Only the bravest hunters go there.

Godzilla: Well, I'm brave! What's out th--

SpaceGodzilla: {Interrupting} No, I'm sorry, Godzilla, I just can't tell you.

Godzilla: Why not?

SpaceGodzlla: Godzilla, Godzilla, I'm only looking out for the well- being of my favorite nephew.

{SpaceGodzilla rubs and pats Godzilla's head}

Godzilla: {Snorts sarcastically} Yeah, right, I'm your only nephew.

SpaceGodzilla: All the more reason for me to be protective... A Behemoth graveyard is no place for a young prince... {faking surprise} Oops!

Godzilla: {Enthusiastic} An Behemoth what? Whoa.

SpaceGodzilla: {Faking dismay} Oh dear, I've said too much... Well, I suppose you'd have found sooner or later, you being SO clever and all... {pulling Godzilla near} Oh, just do me one favor - promise me you'll never visit that dreadful place.

Godzilla: {Thinks} No problem.

SpaceGodzilla: There's a good lad. You run along now and have fun. And remember... it's our little secret.

{Godzilla leaves the rock, SpaceGodzilla walks away with an evil smile. Menacing music.}

SpaceGodzilla: Your majesty.

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[Bath Scene - Intro to Water Hole Scene]

{Godzilla is running down the slope of the bottom part of Pride Mountion. He runs down towards two human huntresses (Miki and Grace). Grace is giving Serena a bath. Music is light, almost jazzy. Pan flute lead.}

Godzilla: Hey, Serena.

Serena: Hi, Godzilla.

Godzilla: Come on. I just heard about this great place.

Serena: {Through clenched teeth} Godzilla! I'm kind of in the middle of a bathing.

Miki: And it's time for yours.

{Godzilla tries (too late) to escape; Miki bends down and grabs him. She proceeds to give the struggling child a bath in a hot spring pool.}

Godzilla: Mom! {bubbles} Mom. You're messing up my style.

{Miki smiles.}

Godzilla: Okay, okay, I'm clean. {drys himself} Can we go now?

Serena: So where are we going? It better not be anyplace dumb. {puts on her clothes on very quick}

Godzilla: No. It's really cool.

Miki: So where is this "really cool" place?

Godzilla: Oh. {thinks} Uh... around the water hole.

Serena: The water hole? What's so great about the water hole?

Godzilla: {Whisper} I'll SHOW you when we GET there.

Serena: {Whisper} Oh. {Normal} Uh... Mom, can I go with Godzilla?

Grace: Hmm... What do you think, Miki?

Miki: Well...

Serena and Godzilla: {through broad, forced grins} Pleeeease?

Miki: It's all right with me...

{Serena and Godzilla are overjoyed}

Serena: All right!

Godzilla: Yeah!

Miki: ...As long as Condor goes with you.

{Godzilla and Serena stop dead in their celebration}

Godzilla: No. Not Condor.

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[Water Hole Scene]

{Camera is at a ground angle slightly behind the two kids walking towards the water hole. Condor is visible in the sky overhead.}

Condor: Step lively. The sooner we get to the water hole, the sooner we can leave.

{Camera angle changes to the kids from an immediate real view}

Serena: {Whisper} So where we really going?

Godzilla: {Whisper} An Behemoth graveyard.

Serena: Wow!

Godzilla: {Whisper} Shhh! Condor.

Serena: {Whisper} Right. So how are we gonna ditch the dodo?

{Camera switch to just above Condor. We hear the kids whispering back and forth below}

Godzilla: {Whispering} Oh, I know how we can -

Condor: {Flying down} Oh, just look at you two. Little seeds of romance blossoming in the savannah. Your parents will be thrilled... {He lands in front of them} ...what with your being betrothed and all.

Godzilla: Be-what?

Condor: Betrothed. Intended. Affianced.

Serena: Meaning...?

Condor: {As though holding on to his coat lapels} One day, you two are going to be married!

Godzilla: What?! Yuck!

Serena: What?! {Blushes}.

Godzilla: I can't marry her. She's my friend.

Serena: Yeah. It'd be too weird. I think.{Blushes a little}

Condor: Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but you two turtle-doves have no choice. It's a tradition...

{Godzilla mimics Condor during these last words}

Condor: ...going back generations.

Godzilla: Well, when I'm king, that'll be the first thing to go.

Condor: Not so long as I'm around.

{Start fading in intro to "I Just Can't Wait to Be King"}

Godzilla: Well, in that case, you're fired.

Condor: Hmmm... Nice try, but only the king can do that. {Pokes Godzilla's nose}

Serena: Well, he's the future king.

Godzilla: Yeah. {Thumping Condor's chest} So you have to do what I tell you.

Condor: Not yet I don't. And with an attitude like that, I'm afraid you're shaping up to be a pretty pathetic king indeed.

Godzilla: Humph. Not the way I see it.

{Full song, colors change to wild pop-African. Background abruptly becomes surreal, brightly-colored cartoon style.}

Godzilla: I'm gonna be a mighty king

So enemies beware!

Condor: Well, I've never seen a king of hunters

With quite so little scale

{Pokes Godzilla's scale}

{Godzilla does a shadow of the adult Kajiu hunter}

Godzilla: I'm gonna be the main event

Like no king was before

{Climbs a log}

Godzilla: I'm brushing up on looking down

I'm working on my ROAR

{On "ROAR" he shouts at Condor, startling him backwards into a puddle}

Condor: {Drying on what appears to be a hanging towel} Thus far, a rather uninspiring thing

{Camera pulls back; reveals the "towel" as the ear of a red elephant which hits Condor with its trunk as with a golf club, sending him skipping like a stone across a shallow pool of water; the kids follow immediately.}

Godzilla: Oh, I just can't wait to be king!

Condor: {Speaking} You've rather a long way to go, young master, if you think...

{For this verse Condor is making quick spoken-part replies to each line. Godzilla and Serena are on each side of Condor; as he turns to talk to one, the other makes faces at him.}

Godzilla: No one saying do this

Condor: [Now when I said that, I -]

Serena: No one saying be there

Condor: [What I meant was...]

Godzilla: No one saying stop that

Condor: [Look, what you don't realize...]

Godzilla and Serena: No one saying see here

Condor: [Now see here!]

Godzilla: Free to run around all day

{Godzilla and Serena are now riding Ponytas}

Condor: [Well, that's definitely out...]

Godzilla: Free to do it all my way!

Condor: {Flying ahead of the kids, looking back to speak to them and so not paying attention ahead}

I think it's time that you and I

Arranged a heart to heart

{Flies into a Rhyhorn}

Godzilla: Kings don't need advice

From little hornbills for a start

{Condor lands on a branch}

Condor: If this is where the monarchy is headed

Count me out!

Out of service, out of Africa

I wouldn't hang about... Aagh!

{The camera pulls back to reveal Condor has lighted on a log being washed towards a waterfall. It disappears over the edge. Condor yells in surprise, but quickly reappears flying towards and through the camera.}

Condor: This child is getting wildly out of wing

Godzilla: Oh, I just can't wait to be king!

{The kids trot up a corridor of zebras standing at attention; when Condor follows, they all turn and raise their tails; Condor covers himself with a wing.}

{Serena and Godzilla dance about under a moving herd of elephants while the African flute leads a short instrumental sequence. Condor flies overhead, looking for them. Godzilla ends up standing on a giraffe's head.}

Godzilla: Everybody look left

Everybody look right

{Condor squawks as the herd tramples him}

{Godzilla hops up a ladder of giraffe heads}

Godzilla: Everywhere you look I'm

Standing in the spotlight!

{Sliding down a giraffe's neck into theatrical pose}

Condor: {Speaking, but in strict time} Not yet!

Chorus: Let every creature go for broke and sing

Let's hear it in the herd and on the wing

It's gonna be King Godzilla's finest fling

{The Chorus of hippos, anteaters, antelopes, giraffes, etc. forms a pyramid with the kids on top}

Godzilla & Chorus: Oh I just can't wait to be king!

Oh I just can't wait to be king!

Oh I just can't waaaaaait ... to be king!

{The pyramid topples leaving Rhyhorn sitting on Condor}

Condor: {Muffled} I beg your pardon, madam, but... GET OFF! ... Godzilla? Serena?