Zazu's Parts - The Lion King Jr

SCENE 1: PRIDE ROCK

• Zazu will be onstage to present Simba.

• ...

SCENE 2: SCAR'S CAVE

SCAR: (holding the mouse by the tail)

Life's not fair is it? You see, I shall never be king. And you...

(laughs)

You shall never see another day. Adieu.

(SCAR is about to dine when ZAZU enters.)

ZAZU:

• Didn't your mother ever tell you not to play with your food?

• ...

SCAR: (mock sad)

Now look, Zazu - you've made me lose my lunch.

ZAZU:

• ...

• You'll lose more than that when the king gets through with you!

MUFASA: Scar!

ZAZU:

• ...

• Impeccable timing, Your Majesty.

SCAR:

(insincere)

That was today? Oh, I feel simply awful. Must have slipped my mind.

ZAZU:

• ...

• As the king's brother, you should have been first in line.

SCAR:

(backing off)

Temper, temper. I wouldn't dream of challenging you.

ZAZU:

• Pity. Why not?

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MUFASA: What am I going to do with him?

ZAZU:

• Well, sire...

  (gestures to the ground)

  ...he'd make a very handsome throw rug.

• ...

MUFASA: Zazu!

ZAZU:

• ...

• And just think. Whenever he gets dirty, you can take him out and beat him!

  (exit with MUFASA)

IN SCENE 3: THE PRIDELANDS

MUFASA: Yes, but when we die, our bodies become the grass, and the antelope eat the grass. Everything is connected in the great circle of life.

• (ZAZU flaps in)

  Siiiire! Where are you? Siiiire!

• ...

MUFASA: Good morning, Zazu.

ZAZU:

• ...

• Sire, there you are. Urgent news!! Hyenas! In the Pridelands!