African Cats Page #5

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The gazelles that Sita hunts

have crossed the river to the south.

She must follow them

or her family will starve.

For the cubs, this may be

their most dangerous lesson yet.

Sita rarely crosses the river.

She knows it's deadly.

They've just entered Kali's new realm.

The River Pride lionesses

once again proclaim

their ownership of the pride lands.

They have made peace with Kali.

Their new ruler has become

a committed protector.

Mara is still an outcast.

With food scarce, the lionesses

don't want Mara taking a share.

She must fend for herself.

It seems harsh,

but the other lionesses

have new priorities.

Cubs.

Kali's cubs.

Kali has achieved his goal.

The lionesses

are now raising his cubs, not Fang's.

Sita and her family confidently

stride across Kali's land.

The young cheetahs

now have the confidence

to challenge everything in their path.

Even lions.

But wait.

The young cheetahs have yet to learn

that lions live in prides.

The hunters are being hunted.

This lesson is not hunting lions,

it's escaping them!

Kali.

The game is over.

The most important lesson,

never mess with lions.

The sight that Mara

and all the lions have been longing for.

At last the great herds

are returning to the pride lands.

For the lions, the good times are back.

With the pride lands rich again,

it's also a chance for Mara

to end her hunger.

No longer hungry,

Mara has one last goal,

to be accepted back

into the River Pride.

Sita's work is done.

She has taught her cubs

everything they need to know

about this wilderness.

The cubs have survived

the toughest of upbringings,

but now they know what's safe,

what's dangerous

and, above all, how to hunt.

Sita knows her cubs are ready

to fend for themselves.

She must return to the solitary life

of a cheetah.

Against all odds, with the courage

that only a mother can bring,

Sita has raised

three magnificent cheetahs.

Mara is desperate

to rejoin her mother's pride

into which she was born,

but will Malaika and the lionesses

welcome her back?

The lionesses have finally accepted

Mara back into their family.

Layla's brave fight for her cub to live on

was not in vain.

The River Pride is reborn.

Sita's cubs and Mara

are living proof

of the power of a mother's love.

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