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[hissing]

[growling]

Phefo'’s cubs sharpen their survival skills...

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...relishing freedom

while their mother hunts away from home.

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But freedom has its risks.

[barking]

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Baboons.

Merciless killers.

[barking]

[barking]

The boy races for cover.

His sister takes a different route.

[barking]

Not a good move.

[barking]

Baboons climb trees, too.

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[screeching]

You'’re on your own.

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Phefo is well beyond earshot.

[grunting]

[grunting]

Forced by the drought

to travel further and further in search of food for her cubs.

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[bird screeching]

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Another hunter has eaten well.

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[bird screeching]

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It'’s only skin and bone.

Anxious not to be away too long,

Phefo begins the long journey home.

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She senses danger.

[cub screeching]

Her daughter.

[cub screeching]

[cub screeching]

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Trapped, the cub can only climb higher.

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[barks]

[screeching]

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[growling]

Phefo'’s mind races.

Outnumbered, outmaneuvered, out of luck.

[barking]

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[screeching]

[baboons barking]

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[baboon barking]

The baboons are finally done with the cub.

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Is she injured?

Is she even alive?

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[grunt]

The Savage Kingdom deserves its name.

[grunt]

But today is an exception.

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Scared, but unscathed.

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Nothing a mother'’s love cannot soothe.

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But there'’s still no sign of her son.

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[growl]

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[growl]

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Silence.

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[cub growling]

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It'’s him.

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[hissing]

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Until the rains come and bring prey closer,

your cubs will never be safe Phefo.

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[low growl]

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[elephant grumbles]

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Time heals all wounds.

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As the land turns to dust,

Thata and her sister teach the teenagers to hunt...

with a special respect for what a warthog can do.

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Rebels no more, the boys study the sister'’s every move.

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Stealth.

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Patience.

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The attack.

[warthog squealing]

[squealing]

[squealing]

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A masterclass in the art of hunting.

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The kill quells their pangs of hunger.

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But one little pig won'’t feed a hungry pride...

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especially if it'’s stolen.

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Hyena.

[yipping]

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[growling]

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Thata used to face these thieves alone.

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[snarling]

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But not this time.

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[growling]

[yipping]

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Whatever the boys lack in hunting skills...

[yipping]

...they make up for in raw power.

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[growling]

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The teens show their loyalty to Thata and the pride.

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Now, boys, prove you can hunt.

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[squeaking]

Wame leads her pack north,

away from the hyena and the endless drought

and into the water-filled flood plains.

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Here, the pack bathes in success.

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Wame knows her pups are hungry.

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And this is unfamiliar territory.

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Time to test the waters.

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[snorting]

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Wame leads the charge.

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[antelopes snorting]

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[yipping]

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[barking]

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The water, it'’s too deep.

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Marshes are exactly where

these swamp antelope evolved to survive.

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Poor Wame, out of your depth, and now you have company.

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[barks]

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Lions punish trespassers.

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[growling]

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Wame has led her pack straight into lion country.

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[barking]

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The party is over.

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Better by far to face the drought

than live in a den of lions.

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But Tsebe has no interest in chasing pesky dogs.

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She only wants to be with her sister...

and their five cubs.

[cubs growling]

After escaping the three brothers,

they, too, are refugees.

[cubs mewing]

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[growling]

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[growling]

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Tsebe can'’t afford to relax for long.

[cubs growling]

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She has land to conquer.

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[cub mewing]

And her sister to help her.

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The huntresses are new to this flooded fortress.

[elephant grumbling]

[trumpeting]

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But together, they lay claim to Mombo'’s jewel in the crown.

[grumbling]

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It'’s hard to be silent in a world of water.

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But Tsebe and her sister are in perfect sync.

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Watch those tusks, Tsebe.

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[warthog squealing]

[squealing]

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Even the greatest empires begin with a single step.

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[growling]

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[mewing]

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[growling]

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The cubs can'’t wait to fill their bellies,

and this meal is special.

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It'’s their first taste of meat.

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And it couldn'’t be more delicious.

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For Tsebe, it'’s proof that joining her sister

was the right thing to do.

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And nothing can stop them from ruling this land.

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[chattering]

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In the infernal heat of the south,

Thata also makes a kill.

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But she has much bigger mouths to feed and many more of them.

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[growling]

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The teenagers now share,

but there'’s still not enough to go round.

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[squawking]

[growling]

Thata spurs the boys into action.

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Can they turn what they learned into lunch?

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As Thata leads, the boys take their positions.

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[warthog squealing]

It'’s crucial they stay hidden.

And do exactly as Thata taught.

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Timing is everything.

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[warthogs squealing]

[squealing]

They'’re too hasty.

[grunting]

The boys must curb their enthusiasm.

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But they are starting to show promise.

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Thata'’s heart soars...

her pride pulling together at last.

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[elephant roars]

[trumpets]

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[barking]

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Phefo is in luck.

A vervet monkey.

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In the drought-ridden south, it'’s not half bad.

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Once again, the search for prey takes her far from home.

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And she longs to get back to her cubs.

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Having stashed her kill,

Phefo is anxious to check they are well.

[grunting]

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[grunt]

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The cubs are slow to appear.

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[cub growls]

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But better safe than sorry.

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Phefo can breathe easy.

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[purring]

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Her cubs can'’t live on love alone; they need food.

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The feisty little girl is first to eat...

[hissing]

and boldly refuses to share with her mother.

[hissing]

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Once she'’s had her fill, it'’s her brother'’s turn.

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Phefo settles for the scraps.

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And even these, she lets her son steal back.

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Phefo is willing to sacrifice anything

for the good of her precious cubs.

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But will the rains come and bring her a proper meal

before she gets too weak to hunt?

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[elephants trumpeting]

[splashing]

In the flooded north,

Tsebe and her sister stake their claim.

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[squealing]

[growling]

[squealing]

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The perfect team.

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[growling]

The abundance of food means their cubs are growing fast.

[cooing]

For Tsebe, forced to give up her family once before,

it'’s a second chance at happiness.

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[growling]

Suddenly that chance looks fragile.

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Tsebe'’s heart pounds.

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Terrified. He could kill her cubs

or force her to give up her family once more.

[growls]

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Over my dead body.

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A lone male, capable of anything.

But as he draws near, Tsebe recognizes him.

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It'’s the father of her cubs.

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Tsebe remains wary.

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He'’s hardly been the model of reliability.

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She leaves her sister to babysit.

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And greets the weary traveler.

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Perhaps he'’s changed.

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He seems calmer now.

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More mature.

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[low growling]

More regal.

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She'’ll let him stay,

but she doesn'’t have time to flirt all day.

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She has an empire to build.

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[bird shrieks]

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[zebra braying]

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[squeaking]

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Wame leads the pack away from Tsebe'’s water-soaked land...

and back to the infernal drought.

A land of famine and scavengers.

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But at least a land Wame understands.

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With her pups hungry and the hyena nowhere to be seen,

she leads a hunt.

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Through the searing heat.

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The dogs run mile after mile.

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Finally, they can run no more.

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But a true leader never sleeps.

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The time for rest is over.

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[snorts]

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It'’s time now for dinner.

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Back on firm ground, Wame'’s dogs run freely once more.

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[bleating]

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A feast at last.

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[hyena whooping]

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It was only a matter of time

before their nemesis turned up.

Hyena--

never knowingly late to a party.

[yipping]

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Body snatchers...

and pup killers.

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Hyena, robbers from hell.

Wame and the pack fled north to escape them.

[growling]

[snarling]

This time, Wame'’s not going anywhere.

[growling]

The pack rallies behind her.

[growling]

[yipping]

[dogs squeaking]

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[squeaking]

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The dogs give everything they have.

Even Wame'’s pups join the fray.

Big enough to hold their own at last.

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A credit to their incredible mother.

[squeaking]

After everything,

Wame'’s leadership is finally set in stone.

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Never to be challenged again.

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[squeaking]

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[thunder]

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Rain.

Finally, here to quench the land'’s bitter thirst.

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[grumbling]

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Bringing solace to all.

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[squeaking]

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No one welcomes the change of season more than Phefo.

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All she wants is to feed her tiny cubs.

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Thankfully, her forest now teems with prey

of the easiest kind.

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No time for mercy, Phefo.

You have your cubs to feed.

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[antelope barks]

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[squawking]

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That proper meal at last.

Enough for all the family.

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You just have to get it to them Phefo, that'’s all.

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[yipping]

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Phefo boldly goes where no hyena can follow.

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But what goes up will eventually come down...

where hell'’s teeth are waiting.

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Phefo clings to her cubs'’ meal.

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She knows hyena have little patience.

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Just hold out, Phefo.

[yipping]

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Free at last.

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[mew]

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This time, there'’s more than enough to go round.

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So even you, Phefo, get a share of the feast.

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[mew]

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Having brought her family

through the toughest of droughts

and the most dangerous period of their lives,

Phefo can now enjoy a time of plenty

with her two precious cubs.

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Thata is ready.

Lured by the promise of water, the heavyweights arrive.

[groaning]

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Enormous beasts with enormous thirst

and enormous horns.

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Thata can'’t take them on alone.

She won'’t have to.

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The teens are primed and ready.

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Time to see what the boys can do.

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[bellowing]

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Under Thata'’s guidance,

the teens isolate a pair of buffalo...

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female and calf.

Perfect.

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The teacher creates a distraction.

[bellowing]

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[bellowing]

While her students go in for the mother of all prizes.

[growling]

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A banquet for a hungry pride.

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The teens finally show their true worth.

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All thanks to Thata.

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She transformed a broken pride into a mighty dynasty.

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A dynasty to match that of the awe-inspiring Tsebe.

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Each now reigns over their own promised land.

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Thata, queen of the south. Tsebe, queen of the north.

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Together, they rule the mighty Savage Kingdom.

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