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1. Walt Disney Series XII
The Lion King

2. The Lion King
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4. Walt Disney Series XI
In this series I will tell you some stories
Selected from world classics.
It’s to improve your
• Language skills,
• Listening skills,
• Narrative skills,
• Vocabulary, and
• Comprehensive abilities
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5. Please Read on:
It was an important day in the animal
kingdom.

6. All the animals had
gathered at Pride Rock to
catch the first glimpse of
the newborn prince Simba
– the cub of King Mufasa
and Queen Sarabi.

7. The wise baboon, Rafiki stood
on Pride Rock and held him
up for all to see.

8. Later, King Mufasa,
confronted his brother Scar
for not attending the
celebration. “ Oh, I feel
awful.” lied Scar.

9. “I was next in line for the
throne till Simba was born,”
he mumbled bitterly.

10. “What am I going to do with
him?” said Mufasa under his
breath.
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11. One morning King Mufasa
pointed the Pride Lands and
said, look at the rays of the
sun, Simba. Everything the
light touches is my Kingdom.
One day it will be yours.”

12. But far to Simba’s left, the
land was hazy and dark.

13. “What about that shadowy
place?” he asked.

14. That’s beyond our borders.
You must never go there, my
son,” replied Mufasa.

15. Simba tried not to be
disappointed. “I thought a
king could go anywhere he
wants,” he said.
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16. Near pride Rock, he came
across Scar. “Uncle Scar!
Guess What?” he cried.

17. “I am going to be the King of
Pride Rock. My dad showed
me the whole kingdom!”

18. “Oh? Did he show you what’s
beyond the northern border?”
demanded Scar. “He said I
can’t go there,” said Simba.

19. “of course. Only the bravest
lions can go there,” said Scar.
“I’m brave. Tell me what’s out
there,” pleaded Simba.

20. “An elephant graveyard,” said
Scar, Scar grinned slyly as
Simba and his friend, Nala the
lioness ran to the forbidden
place with Zazu the hornbill.

21. They had walked a long way
into a territory where there
were no trees.
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22. Suddenly Simba saw an
enormous elephant skull. He
was delighted.

23. “This is the elephant
graveyard!” he cried. He was
about to climb inside when
three hyenas jumped out of
the skull.

24. They were foul-smelling and
filthy. They circled their
victims slowly, ready to
attack.

25. Simba felt his heart beating
wildly as he and Nala ran from
the hyenas.

26. Any minute now they would
catch up with them! He took a
deep breath and kept running,
when suddenly…

27. “ROAAARRRR!”

28. The hyenas spun around and
looked into the furious eyes
of a huge lion.

29. “It’s King Musafa! Quick, let’s
get out of here!” gasped one
of them.

30. Musafa roared again, and the
hyenas fled howling into the
mist.
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31. “I was just trying to be brave
like you,” Simba tried to
explain. “I’m only brave when
I have to be,”Mufasa said
gently.

32. Then he looked up the sky.
He said, “The great kings of
the past look down on us
from these stars.

33. They’ll always be there to
guide you – and so will I.”

34. The next morning, Scar met
Simba. “Wait here in the
gorge,” Scar said.

35. Then Scar started a stampede
of wildebeests to get rid of
Simba.

36. But in his hurry to escape,
Simba fell. Just then Mufasa
grabbed his son in his mouth
and rushed him towards
safety.

37. But a wildebeest knocked
Mufasa from the ledge.
Injured, he managed to cling
to a rock.

38. He looked up and saw Scar
above him. Scar dug his
claws into Mufasa’s front
legs.

39. Then, with a deadly push, he
sent Mufasa down to his
death. Mufasa slid down and
was still.

40. Simba ran down to his father
and sobbing loudly, buried
his face in his father’s mane.

41. “Simba, what have you
done?” demanded Scar.

42. “It was an accident,” wailed
Simba, “He came to save
me,”

43. Scar shook his head, “If it
weren’t for you, the king
would be alive, Run away and
don’t ever return here,” he
said.

44. With sadness in his heart,
Simba ran down the length of
the gorge.

45. Meanwhile Scar readied
himself to assume the title of
the king.

46. Simba ran till his legs
couldn’t carry him anymore.
Exhausted he fainted.

47. Just then, a fat warthog
Pumbaa and a skinny meerkat
Timon saw Simba and helped
him.

48. Pumba asked Simba to stay
with them for a while and he
willingly accepted.

49. Years passed, Simba now had
a great mane around his head
and shoulders.

50. One day, Simba met a lioness
who jumped on him just like
Nala used to.

51. She looked very familiar.
“Nala?” he asked.

52. “Simba” Nala replied. Why
did Scar tell us that you were
dead?”
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53. Nala said that Scar was king
and he let the hyenas do what
they wanted.

54. “Simba, with you alive, Scar
has no right to the throne,”
said Nala.

55. But Simba refused. Nala
looked away. She couldn’t
believe Mufasa’s son would
turn back on the pride.

56. That night he met Rafiki the
baboon. “Look up there,”
Rafiki murmered.

57. In the sky Simba could see a
shadow of a lion with a mane.

58. “Dad?” asked Simba.

59. “You see, he is watching over
you,” whispered Rafiki as he
disappeared into the dark
night.

60. The next day, Simba returned
to Pride Rock which had been
struck by draught.

61. He saw his mother, Queen
Sarabi being ordered by Scar.

62. “Step down or fight, Scar he
yelled. Why don’t you tell
everyone here who killed
Mufasa,”

63. Scar roared, Sorrow flooded
Simba’s heart.

64. Simba backed away in horror
and his hind legs slipped off
the cliff.

65. “Scar went to the edge and
said”

66. “This is how Mufasa looked
before I killed him.”

67. “Murderer!” cried Simba as
he lunged at Scar’s throat.
“Tell everyone what you just
said,”

68. “I killed Mufasa,” Scar yelled.

69. With ear piercing battle cries,
the lioness chased the
hyenas away.

70. “Please don’t hurt me,”
pleaded Scar.

71. “I am your family.”

72. Simba paused to consider his
uncle’s plea. “Run away then,
and never show your face
again,” said Simba.

73. Scar pretended to leave, “Y-
yes your Majesty.” Then,
snarling, he spun around and
struck Simba.

74. Simba moved quickly.
“You’ve lost your chance!” he
roared as he heaved Scar
over the edge.

75. The Pride Lands came back to
life. One bright dawn, all the
animals once again journeyed
to the foot of the Pride Rock.

76. On top of Pride Rock, Rafiki
raised a cub – the daughter of
the King Simba and Queen Nala
– high in the air.

77. She would be the future
Queen of the Pride Lands.

78. The Lion King is a 1994 American animated epic musical drama
film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt
Disney Pictures. It is the 32nd animated feature in the Walt Disney
Animated Classics series. The story takes place in a kingdom
of anthropomorphic lions in Africa, and was influenced by
the biblical tales of Joseph and Moses, and the William
Shakespeare plays Hamlet and Macbeth. The film was produced
during a period known as the Disney Renaissance. The Lion King was
directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, produced by Don Hahn, and
has a screenplay credited to Irene Mecchi, Jonathan
Roberts and Linda Woolverton
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79. Some Questions:
1. Who is Mufasa?
2. Who is Scar?
3. List out all the characters in this story.

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