Animals United Page #4

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Maya, Daddy has no time

for this right now.

Set the lion free right now!

There is nothing l can possibly do.

The lion is dangerous

and we can't just let it loose

to run around all over the place.

And besides, l've already sold

the lion to a casino in Las Vegas.

Humph!

You have successfully

penetrated the security zone,

while your friends have disappeared

in the drink.

You! Looks like you're the lucky one.

- Smith sold you to a casino in Las Vegas.

- Las WHAT?

You hit the jackpot.

Top of the mountain!

I've always dreamed of doing

an appearance in Las Vegas, just once.

Huh? (SlGHS)

I'm not hungry.

Drink.

It'll taste a lot better.

Oh, Mum, did you have

something to drink?

Of course I did!

You're a really bad liar, you know.

Junior?

(PANTING)

This is my water hole, crocodile bait!

- So?

- You go find your own puddle, si?

Or you can find my horn!

Instead l'll use your horn

as a toenail clipper, OK?

- You're asking for it.

- (GRUNTS)

(BELLOWS ANGRlLY)

in their fat heads.

On three.

One... Two...

Three...go!

(JUNlOR) No!

Hey, look!

Aw...

Mum!

Hold on, sweetheart.

STOP!

Haven't you idiots

got anything better to do?

- Erm, nope.

- Eh, no.

Have you ever thought why you two

are fighting in the first place?

Naturally. Because...

- Eh...'cause...

- Mm-hmm...?

- What do you think, Biggie?

- Hey, l don't know.

Just as I thought.

From now on, go and play

your juvenile games somewhere else!

Got it? Hmm?!

Let's go talk to Angie. She is

actually the president of Okavango.

A female president!

Hmm, why not?

I will attempt a bit of diplomacy with 'er,

the way l know 'ow.

My skin is utterly

and completely dried out.

My nails are all cracked,

my complexion - ruined!

My lashes are like barbed wire.

The end is near!

Giselle...

- We've got other things to worry about.

- Oh, well, that's charming.

I'm falling apart and you say,

"We've got other things to worry about!"

Oh, do not despair, mesdames!

Oh, no! l hear voices!

Aah, l know this is the end.

(SOBBlNG) And l look like such a mess.

(CHARLES) Ahem!

'Ello, the name is...Charles.

Charles! My, my, what a lovely name!

By the way, the oppressive 'eat

can do nothing to 'ide

your noble and sublime beauty.

Ooh! Mmm!

If l may be so bold, you seem to 'ave

been blessed with a delightful nose.

- (LIPS SMACK)

- Mmm... (GlGGLES)

So soft! And the most silky trunk!

Pooh! Go marry her, then.

We must call a conference.

Tout de suite!

- A conference?

- A gathering of all the animals.

There we must figure out

'ow this hero of yours

was able to discover the water.

I have a hero? Erm, who is it?

- Yoo-hoo!

- Billy?

- (GlSELLE GASPS)

- Hmm...

Then someone's got to blow

the great horn!

(HORN BLOWS)

(HORN CONTlNUES)

Dad?!

(GASPS FOR AlR)

Mm.

(SNORES)

There is a great gathering of the animals

in two hours, called a conference.

You don't want to be late!

I'm on my way!

Ugh! Let's see, two hours.

I know l can do it.

Thank heaven for shortcuts.

(OVERLAPPlNG ANIMAL NOlSES)

(BlGGIE) Well, look who's here.

It's the lightweight!

- (LAUGHTER)

- (CHlNO) Hey, Biggie.

What's so funny, carrot top, eh?

(ANIMALS CHATTERlNG)

(TRUMPETS)

(CHATTERING STOPS)

We are all gathered together

to discuss our precarious situation.

As you all may know, this is our first

great historical animal gathering.

For the duration of the proceedings,

no-one will inflict harm upon another!

- Fine by me!

- Meerkats only really count as snacks!

No one is allowed to touch anyone!

Eh? (HUMS)

Billy? Your report.

Yeah. So, here's the scoop.

Uh, I found the water, cool.

Who cares what that worm has to say?

He's nothing but

a squashed fly on my hoof, s?

(LAUGHTER)

Problem is, the water's trapped

way up in Leopard Canyon,

by these massive stones.

It was the leopard?!

No it was because of a bunch of strange,

ugly creatures, naked, without any fur!

Oh, that's gross!

We're talking bloodthirsty, awful beasts.

They call themselves humans!

What a pile of garbage!

And since when did we ever listen

to the drivel from a meerkat?

Chino is a dumb buffalo,

but for once he's got a point.

Mon ami. This, well, meerkat

has shown more courage

than all of you combined.

Oh, such big words

coming from you, you...

..you little half-pint.

Do you 'ave any idea what

this little 'alf-pint has been through?

Do you just know 'ow many

of my comrades l 'ave lost?

The things l 'ave seen

from a dark dungeon,

where my kind and l were locked up

only to languish in the smallest of cells,

while wondering if we were

to end up on a skewer?

Or perhaps a burgundy sauce?

Mankind treats us like...animals!

Well, that certainly was clear as mud.

And that's why we have to do something!

We have to free up the water now!

Er, correct me if I'm wrong,

but doesn't that mean

we have to go through the...

Valley of Death?!

(GASPS OF HORROR)

The water has always come,

and it will come this time.

We just have to wait.

The water is not simply water.

It is the blood of our forefathers.

(AMERlCAN ACCENT) Come on,

what's with these two old-timers!

These two tortoises know mankind

better than any other alive!

And, of course, much, much longer.

- Good...

- ... evening.

My name is Winston and...

..l am called Winifred.

We were born more than 700 years ago...

..on an island located deep

within the Pacific Ocean.

In all that time, we have come across

many human beings.

They have stolen and have murdered

and destroyed everything

many, many times.

And we let it happen.

And because of this,

we have lost everything.

Our beloved home is sadly no more.

Where once were blooming flowers

of all colours is now dry and arid.

Where once the very air vibrated

with the twittering

of thousands of kinds of birds

is now only silence.

Where once seals and the beasts

of the ocean bobbed in the waves,

all life is now at an end.

Galpagos, our wondrous home,

is now little more than a wretched,

black, dark and oily mass.

The entire world is nothing more

than a black, dark and oily mass.

Except for this place here.

But if you do nothing to stop it,

this place too will become

no more than a blackened stain.

For Man is a thief

who comes in the night

and takes what he wants from the land.

He is like a snake

who eats his own tail to survive.

But the Earth does not belong to Man.

He's only a tiny part of it.

Man did not weave the fabric of life.

He's but a thread within it,

for we all share the same breath.

The rising mists

of the lush green forests,

the refreshment

of the rocky mountain breezes,

the perfumed scent of the wind

after a cooling shower of rain,

the plants, Man and we, the animals.

What Man doesn't realise is

what he does to the land

he ultimately does to himself,

and when the land is finally destroyed

and the animals are

either driven out or killed,

Man will rule over the Earth alone.

Then, lost and forlorn, he too

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