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[tnder] claps hu
An uneasy calm descendovs er the kalahari at night.
But the chilling consequences of recent events
Are not yet laid to rest.
E whilsoepme sle peacefully underground...
...Others will be luckaky to we at all.
At times of great ,change
Duthe enrance of a dynasty relies upon family unity.
And hobepe is ing able to see that there is light,
Despite all of the darkness.
[birds sing]
A river now flows through the desert.
Water gives .Life..
But it canta also ke it away.
The riverbed was once home to daisy's ubuntu clan.
But their burrows took the full force of oothe fld.
And the family hasn't been seen since.
[metal creaks]
[squeaks]
Nothing drowns daisy's fi sghtingpirit.
[pup whimpers]
E familyhad a very lucky esca.
When todhe flo waters rose,
Daisy led her gang heto higr ground
Where they sought refuge overnight.
A strategy a bdoptedy otheper escaes too.
Ese new elevated premises,
Offer a delightful view of the river.
But there are soiome serus drawbacks.
Firstly, the burrow is a tight squeeze for enfourte.
[squeaks]
[scratches]
D ansecondly,
With much of their land cut-off or underwater,
They appear to be stuck with it.
This downsizing couldn'tco have me
At a more inconvenient time for ..Daisy.
...Or indeed for magali and mameuf.
L mof who are about to give birth.
Daisy's customary tactic
Of stealing a neighbour's burrow is no longer an option,
Now they're cut off from hakuna matata land!
Leaving them b rightack where they started a year ago,
Th wi an expanding family,
A home barely big enough to accommodate them.
Daisy may be short on options,
Erbut whe there's a will, there'll always be a way.
A mithle sou of the river...
Bel-hurrisicane fpirst u at the whiskers burrow.
Each new day brings greater anxiety for this mot-bher-toe.
One of fivnae pregnt sisters whose due dates coincide,
Her sole concern is ensuring that her pups
Have the gtreates chance of survival.
This situation has arisecan beuse swift has failed to act.
By choosing not to evict her pregnant daughters,
E shhas set them on a collision course
That could threate n the stability of the whole fa.
Yet she seems curiously relaxed about it all.
So relaxed in fact
That she is in danger of undermheining r own status.
Esas eldt daughter,
Bel-hurricane is well-placed
To exploit any weakness in leadership.
And she knows it.
Qu [seaks]
As the others get stuck into the morning c..Hores.
The fifth sister, laika,
Has syet tourface.
While no-one's watching,
Bel-hurricane quietly slips below ground.
When she re-emerges,
She carries with her lea lifess newborn pup.
It's now cletar tha laika gave birth overnight.
She stayed with her litter
But was powerless s totop bel-hurricane.
Pup deaths - whether or not at the hand of another -
Are sadly inevitable.
Behurricane has simply ensured
That tilhe famy will focus on raising her pups,
Not her sisters'.
That is pryecisel why swift evicts
Anyone wldho cou pose a threat,
Just before giving birth herself.
Perhaps emboldened by her ruthless actions,
L-hurricane leads the family out.
Everyone dutifully falls in behind her
With swift being the last to leave.
Laika finally surfaces to face her harsh reality.
[ws]himper
Her loss is any mother'st worsnightmare.
Her readiness to leave the burrow
Almost certainly means that bel-hurricanlee ftrv no suivors.
W,and no the family has left without her.
At the hakuna matata burrow,
Flint is eager to leave her faromily tubles behind.
Following the tragic loss of munchkin's pups,
E's moving everyone a to new home.
It's the first time that her youngsters
Have attempted a major journey,
And it'll be tough on their little legs.
But the kids are ready for an adventure!
The journey starts well enough...
[squeaks]
...But things soon start to lunrave
Las theong grass causes confusion
And makes sticking together almoosst impsible.
[squeaks]
Ks[squea and chirps]
Hewhen ty reach the road, flint spots an escape from the grass.
Finnick is dubious of taking psuch aerilous step.
But flint has no such qualms.
The road will enable the m to move quickly as a group...
...But out here they are dangerously exposed
Re to pdators aicnd vehles.
They're making good progress
But one pup ugis strgling to keep up.
Munchkins offermooncake some encouragement.
It's not long before little mae falls behind too.
Once again, it's munchkin who steps up to help
Since the loss of her own .. Pups.
..She's doing everythehing s can to protect flint's.
And that means getting them to theur new brow
As quickly as possible.
Meanwhile, further south,
The whiskers have followedl- behurricane
All the way to a shady middayt pit op.
The mood has lifted since this morning's grislt.Y star
Seemingly unedburden of her rebisponsilities as leader,
Swift uncharacteristically joins in the rou tgh andumble
With ragnar, a rollond floki.
S][growl
It's far too hot for her heavily pr degnantaughters
Who have neither the energy nor the inclination to join in.
So instead, swift indulges them bwith ait of pampering.
Perhaps she is softening in her old age.
But allowing five daughters to breed
Is unusual to e say thleast
And it coul ld welbe a sign that swiftsi is long control.
Bel-hurricane, meanwhile,
Is beginning to show the qualities required
To replace her.
She has a ruthless streak...
D ana presence that others have started to follow.
Could a shift in power from mother to daughter
Be on its way?
Or is swift's apparent nonchalance
Due to something else entirely?
Back on the road,
Hakuna matata continue ak to me good progress
On their journey to a new burrow.
Even littl e mae is now keeping up,
As everyone follows munchkin's caring example.
Mooncake has a tendency to get disd.Tracte
But sencha is now keeping a watchful eye over her.
Hagurke s taken charge of reef.
Even finnick has involved himself in the crehildca,
Taking parreental sponsibility for seymour.
No one will be left betohind day!
As they draw c loser to their destination,
Munchkin moves up front with flint,
Who's looking for the exit off the road.
It's here somewhere.
Now they just have to find the burrow.
Munchkin helps mae wi fth theinal push.
And there it is.
Their new home.
[squeaks]
Flint's pups will stay here
Til all five are capable of standing on their own two feet.
Behind every great leader is a great support team
And flinont has e she can count on.
Munchkin, hautving p her own personal tragedy behind her
Ha s meblossod into a loyal sister and protective aunt.
Finnick has grown frapom a hless first-time dad
To a depenfadable ther... Finally.
And flint -
Having successfully raised thirteen p oups inne year...
...Has transformed hakuna matata
Into tgehe larst of the three family dynasties.
Ov pring herself worthy ofll her iustrious bloodline.
Flower's legacy truly lives on here.
As a tumultuous day draws to a close...
...The whiskers head back towards butheir rrow
Where laika is waiting patiently for them.
With more births imminent, change is coming.
Swift has now lethd e rswhiske
For longer than even her great-grandmother flower did.
Six usglorio years.
Always with one ntconsta at her side.
Her ever-faithful... Brea.
Together, the devoted grandparents-to-be
Have produced no fewer than 54 pups
D anbuilt the dynasttoy be stronger
Thn an wheswift first tooknd comma.
But the whiskers have never raised four slitter
T athe same time.
H whataponpens tight,
Will determine the scale of change to come.
A new dawn heralds new life
And the wait is finally over
For another of the expectant sisters.
Bel-hurricane is once age ain thearly bird.
She won't venture far fromew her nborns below.
Their arrival may now strenghetn r leadership ambitions
And she will do whateviter takes to protect them.
But wiwhen sft rises,
It appears she has been congnceali a secret all along.
To she o has more life to deliver...
.And is nowhere near ready el to rinquish her crown.
The faa te of family is determined by its unity
And the strengitth of s leader.
The fight for the dynasty...
...Continues.
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