Monday, June 11, 2007
Installment Two
Posted by Zach in News Stories

This is the second installment or what I like to call “installment number two.”

NARRATOR:

Lion hadn’t eaten in days. Despite his noble bearing, one could see the ridges of his ribs poking through his golden coat.

LION: Monkeys, this is Lion your king, and I need to eat. Which one of you will submit to the appetite of your King?

MONKEY: You ain’t our King.

LION: (low growl) Monkey, I am the jungle King and therefore, I am your King.

MONKEY2: If he’s really the King, we’d be kneeling, but look.  We aren’t.

MONKEY: If you’re the king, Lion, you should be able to come up here and get us yourself. If you did that, I’d say you were king alright.

SFX: Lion growls, but says nothing.

MONKEY2: If you were the king, you wouldn’t be so scrawny.

MONKEY: (Laughter) If you were really king you wouldn’t let us throw poo at you. Oh no. We’d quake in fear, but hear we are throwin’ poo.

MONKEY2: Right between the eyes!

MONKEY: If you were really king, we wouldn’t feel pity for you and give you a snack. But look at us.

MONKEY2:
For you! A snack Lion!

SFX: Sound of a golf ball wrapped in many wet paper towls hitting the ground combined with the “umph” sound of Bird.

NARRATOR: After their enormous display of defiance they began to sing their awful monkey song.

(Sounds like some of the rowdier Louis Prima songs)

MONKEYS: La la la
Dee Dee Dee
Monkey monkey Monkeee

La la la
(echo)
Dee Dee Dee
(echo)
Monkey monkey MONKEEE
(echo)

BIRD: Why did you announce yourself? You are king.  You could have surprised them and sprung.
LION: If I don’t keep the law, I shall have nothing with which to rule.

BIRD: Your majesty. I know that I am not a fit meal for one such as yourself, but if you consume me, you may have strength to overtake one of them.

LION: Tell me. Do the monkey’s like music?

BIRD: Your majesty?

LION: The monkeys, do they like music?

BIRD: Yes.

LION: What kind of music?

BIRD: Any kind.

LION: I will go another day without food. I will not eat you little bird, for you will teach me how to sing. Come sit on my back. Let us go for now.

MONKEY:
He ain’t no jungle king.

SFX: Monkeys Laugh

NARRATOR: And so, Lion and Bird left, while the monkeys licked their lips with glee.

As they walked until the monkeys’ cries of self congratulations faded into the distance. Gently, Lion placed bird on the ground.

LION: Teach me.

BIRD: Okay, Do what I do.
(they both sing the following)
The Li-li-li-yon…

LION: The Li-li-li-yon…

BIRD: is go’n a be your die-die-yon
LION: is go’n a be your die-die-yon

BIRD: I said the Li-li-li-on,

LION: The Li-li-li-yon

BIRD: is go’n a be your die-die-yon

LION: is go’n a be your die-die-yon

END OF INSTALLMENT 2

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