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[low growling]

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NARRATOR: The kingdom
of Mombo is on fire.

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A drought from hell.

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But Thata and her
family are in luck.

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A victim of famine
becomes family feast.

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There'’s plenty for all.

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But as ever, the selfish
teens hog the carcass.

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Thata is not impressed.

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The boys have competition.

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Hyena come to steal the feast.

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[yipping, laughing]

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The teenagers
carry on regardless...

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knowing that Queen
Thata will protect them.

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[laughing, whooping]

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[growling]

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But the thieves
are not giving up.

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[roaring]

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Thata does what she can but
the hyena refuse to retreat.

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Unlike the cowardly teens.

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Their bellies full, the
boys abandon the meal

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[growling]

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with no thought
for their leader.

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Let her take care of it.

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[laughing]

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Thata takes what she can.

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They could turn on
her at any moment.

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[growling]

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It'’s all too much.

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[whooping]

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How Thata'’s heart bleeds.

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The young
gluttons gorge and go,

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leaving the rest of
the pride hungry.

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Starvation knows
nothing of fairness.

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The hyena army now dominates
the lion'’s lost heartland.

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Feasting on the
victims of the drought.

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Praying on the
misfortune of others.

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Nothing is sacred,
nothing is spared.

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To Phefo'’s young cubs,
their new home is paradise.

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But Phefo knows
there is no such place.

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Danger lurks at every corner.

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Her beloved cubs
require constant protection.

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And yet, at four months old,
the hungry cubs need meat.

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And only she can
get it for them.

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To hunt, she must
leave them to fate.

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A decision no mother
should have to make.

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As for the little
brother and sister,

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they couldn'’t be happier.

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Utterly carefree, they
use the time to branch out.

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For them, life is a game.

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And trees are for climbing.

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Though it'’s not quite
as easy as it seems.

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[rumbling]

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They have company.

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Big company.

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The young siblings have
never seen such a giant.

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The sister is fearless,
like her mother.

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Like all cats,
she'’s born curious.

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It'’s all a great adventure.

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But danger is never far away.

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[trumpeting]

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The pride escaped the flames,

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but Thata is still
feeling the heat.

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Her growing cubs need food.

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But the greedy
teens take everything.

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She must think big.

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[rumbling]

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Even a calf could
feed the whole pride.

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But Thata knows, like her,
the calf'’s powerful mother

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will do anything to
protect her family.

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She needs the teens to help.

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But their bellies
are still full.

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There is no other choice.

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Thata and her
sisters must do it alone.

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Let the hunt begin.

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[quiet trumpeting]

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NARRATOR: Thata lies in wait.

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[rumbling]

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She'’s spotted.

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[roaring]

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Her plan is working,

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and her sister moves
in for the prize.

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[trumpeting]

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[growling]

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Success is fleeting.

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Thata and her sister
can'’t take on a mother
elephant alone.

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All they can do is watch

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as their meal
slowly wanders away.

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Thata knows that if the
lazy teens don'’t help soon,

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the pride will starve.

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♪

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Mogolo, once great
leader of the dogs

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enjoys her retirement.

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Now she'’s not
just a proud mother.

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She'’s a proud grandmother.

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Her daughter Wame,
the new leader, has pups.

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Six of them.

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[squeaking]

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The whole pack
unites in celebration.

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[squeaking]

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For the youngsters, it'’s
a little overwhelming.

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All long legs and wet noses.

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[squeaking]

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And lots of love.

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But new mother
Wame is anxious.

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Motherhood is tough but she'’s
also the leader of the pack.

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Fortunately, wise old
Mogolo is here to help.

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And just as well.

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The tiny pups
constantly wander off,

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unaware of the dangers
beyond the sanctuary of

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their secret den.

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Together, Wame and
Mogolo keep them safe,

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hidden from the outside world.

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But Wame knows that the future
of the pack depends on her.

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Mother and leader as one.

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Phefo, a refugee
and born survivor.

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She dreads leaving her
cubs alone at the den.

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Yet, they need food too.

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She'’s desperate to
get back to them.

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But hunting
requires concentration.

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♪

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Slowly, Phefo.

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Every second is
another away from her cubs.

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[bleat]

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♪

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Act in haste,
repent at leisure.

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Homeward bound, at last.

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But with nothing to eat.

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Back at the den, the siblings
are in a world of their own.

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Practicing their climbing,
and trying to hunt.

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The small prey is quick
and far more confident

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than the timid brother.

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His brave sister
goes in hot pursuit.

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But this is not at all
what she was hoping for.

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A full grown male leopard.

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If he hears the cubs,
he will kill them.

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Phefo... come home.

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NARRATOR: The brute is awake.

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Only silence will
save Phefo'’s cubs.

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♪

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Hurry, little one.

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[snarling]

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Only when their mother
returns are they finally safe.

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But the cupboard is bare.

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The cubs continue
their merry ways.

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Instinct tells Phefo
the peace won'’t last.

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Tonight, they are together

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but tomorrow
she must hunt again

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or her precious
cubs won'’t survive.

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Like Phefo, like Wame.

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Each mother must ensure
their young have food.

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That means hunting.

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But Wame doesn'’t hunt alone.

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♪

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A feast.

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With plenty of meat
for the hunters,

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and for the pups
back at the den.

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Deep in the forest,
grandmother Mogolo

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patiently stands guard.

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Her new role as baby sitter
suits her perfectly and the

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pups who blossom
under her watchful eye.

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Finally, the moment
they'’ve been waiting for.

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Wame'’s return.

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And their first taste
of regurgitated meat.

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[snarling]

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Thanks to their
mother'’s leadership,

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there is plenty for all.

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Wame can relax, secure in
the knowledge her pups have

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everything they need

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and are safely hidden
from the outside world.

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In the unrelenting drought,

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a stroke of luck
for Thata'’s pride.

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Or at least some of them.

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The boys stumbled
across a pig den.

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And they have no plans
for sharing with anyone.

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Even with Thata, who
gives them everything.

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They are now too big
to discipline

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and she too weak from hunger.

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But the rest of the
pride needs food too.

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Again, all eyes
turn to mother.

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Thata hones in on a victim

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big enough
to feed the whole family.

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But to kill it alone will
take everything she'’s got.

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NARRATOR: Thata
can'’t afford to fail.

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Her family'’s survival
depends on this kill.

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Patience,

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stealth,

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power.

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[squealing]

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Victory for Thata.

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Savior of the pride.

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But at what cost?

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Gored by the warthog'’s tusk.

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In agony, she stops to rest.

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But there'’s no
rest in this kingdom.

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[whooping]

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Stand your ground, Thata.

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[chattering]

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But she'’s too weak.

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Unchallenged, they steal
the pride'’s last hope.

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Thata has paid in
blood for nothing.

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Death is sharpening its claws.

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In the forest,
Phefo grows desperate.

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Once more, she'’s had to
leave her cubs alone.

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Seizing her last chance
to hunt before nightfall,

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time is running out.

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Back at the den, hunger
tempers the cubs'’ play.

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As dusk falls,

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killers are on the prowl.

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[growling]

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Stay hidden, little ones.

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[whooping]

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Then, the relentless hyena
recognize what they'’re after.

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The scent of meat.

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♪

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NARRATOR: The hyena knows
there'’s food here somewhere.

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[hyena laughing, shrieking]

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But it'’s not the
cubs they smell.

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[mooing]

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Escaped by a cat'’s whisker.

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[barking, mooing]

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The notorious scavengers
ruthlessly hunt
their next meal.

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The stuff of nightmares.

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The hyena lose
themselves in their kill.

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While the cubs
look on in terror.

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On the other
side of the forest,

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Phefo has less
luck than the hyena.

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She longs to get
back to her cubs.

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But not without food.

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Not this time.

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Dinner...at last.

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Phefo can finally go home.

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It'’s the cubs'’
turn to smell food.

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A family meal.

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With the meat they
so desperately need.

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But their mother'’s love is the
greatest nourishment of all.

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The gift that keeps giving.

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[meowing, snarling]

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For now.

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Dry, oppressive heat
torments the kingdom.

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Large water holes
reduced to mud baths.

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Everyone forced to share.

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Thata needs to hunt.

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But she'’s in terrible pain.

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Suffering that even
the boys can'’t ignore.

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Finally, they step up.

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And try to help.

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♪

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All they do is
scare away the prey,

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much to Thata'’s despair.

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But one target'’s
not going anywhere.

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The teens think
they have a chance.

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[growling]

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[snorting]

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But they'’re no
match for this monster.

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Despondent, the boys give up.

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Thata knows there'’s only one
way to save the hungry cubs,

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despite her pain.

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She recruits her sister.

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One final hunt.

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Even if it kills her.

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NARRATOR: Time to kill...

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and face those deadly
tusks once more.

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She has no choice but to
fight through the agony.

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[squealing]

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00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:12,000
Thata can'’t go on.

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00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:23,960
Pain and failure combine,

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as she returns with nothing.

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00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:46,960
Thata'’s wound could be
the downfall of the pride.

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But she'’s not dead yet.

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[squeaking]

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At the dogs'’ secret den,
the pups are growing fast.

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There'’s no danger of
them catching anything,

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so leftovers will have to do.

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Until Wame and the pack return
from another successful hunt,

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bringing fresh food
and plenty of attention.

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00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:55,840
[squeaking]

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But they'’re being watched.

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Hyena, attracted by the noise.

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Mogolo hurries
the pups to safety...

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[squeaking]

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...while Wame leads the charge.

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00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:42,520
The hyena take what they can.

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And that includes pups.

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00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:58,120
The pack
redoubles its efforts,

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00:42:58,120 --> 00:43:01,280
turning the tables on
the skulking thieves.

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00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:08,320
[laughing]

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00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:22,080
But Wame must face the truth.

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00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:28,600
Paradise is lost.

291
00:43:37,880 --> 00:43:41,080
The hyena army now
knows their hiding place.

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00:43:43,480 --> 00:43:47,200
Her pups will never
be safe here again.

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Wame, leader and mother,

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now faces the greatest
challenge of her life.

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