بخش 06

There is a great gathering of the animals in two hours, called a conference

You don’t want to be late

I’m on my way

Ugh Let’s see, two hours I know l can do it

Thank heaven for shortcuts

Well, look who’s here

It’s the lightweight

Hey, Biggie

What’s so funny, carrot top, eh

We are all gathered together to discuss our precarious situation

and as you all may know, this is our first great historical animal gathering

For the duration of the proceedings, none will inflict harm upon another

Fine by me

the meerkats only really count as snacks, correct

No one is allowed to touch anyone

Eh

Billy Your report

Yeah So, here’s the scoop

Uh, I found the water, cool

Who cares what that worm has to say

He’s nothing but a squashed fly on my hoof, sí

Problem is, the water’s trapped way up in Leopard Canyon, by these massive stones

It was the leopard

No it was because of a bunch of strange, ugly creatures, naked, without any fur

Oh, that’s gross

We’re talking bloodthirsty, awful beasts

They call themselves humans

What a pile of garbage

And since when did we ever listen to the drivel from a meerkat

Chino is a dumb buffalo, but for once he’s got a point

Mon ami This, well, meerkat has shown more courage than all of you combined

Oh, such big words coming from you, you

you little halfpint

Do you ‘ave any idea what this little ‘alfpint has been through

Do you just know how many of my comrades l’ve lost

The things l ‘ave seen from a dark dungeon, where my kind and l were locked up only to languish in the smallest of cells,

while wondering if we were to end up on a skewer or perhaps a burgundy sauce

Mankind treats us like animals

Well, that certainly was clear as mud

And that’s why we have to do something

We have to free up the water now

Er, correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t that mean we have to go through the Valley of Death

The water has always come, and it will come this time

We just have to wait

The water is not simply water

It is the blood of our forefathers

Come on, what’s with these two oldtimers

These two tortoises know mankind better than any other alive

And, of course, much, much longer

Good

evening

My name is Winston and

l am called Winifred

We were born more than 700 years ago

on an island located deep within the Pacific Ocean

In all that time, we have come across many human beings

They have stolen and have murdered and destroyed everything many, many times

And we let it happen

And because of this, we have lost everything

Our beloved home is sadly no more

Where once were blooming flowers of all colours is now dry and arid

Where once the very air vibrated with the twittering of thousands of kinds of birds is now only silence

Where once seals and the beasts of the ocean bobbed in the waves, all life is now at an end

Galápagos, our wondrous home, is now little more than a wretched, black, dark and oily mass

The entire world is nothing more than a black, dark and oily mass

Except for this place here

But if you do nothing to stop it, this place too will become no more than a blackened stain

For Man is a thief who comes in the night and takes what he wants from the land

He is like a snake who eats his own tail to survive

But the Earth does not belong to Man

He’s only a tiny part of it

Man did not weave the fabric of life

He’s but a thread within it, for we all share the same breath

The rising mists of the lush green forests, the refreshment of the rocky mountain breezes, the perfumed scent of the wind after a cooling shower of rain, the plants, Man and we, the animals

What Man doesn’t realise is what he does to the land he ultimately does to himself,

and when the land is finally destroyed and the animals are either driven out or killed,

Man will rule over the Earth alone

Then, lost and forlorn, he too will be wiped from the face of the Earth

But that is a cold comfort to us now, for every one of you will perish if you don’t defend yourselves against humanity

My dear, you spoke wisely and with great care

Well, that’s because they were your thoughts that l spoke

What you spoke was greater than every thought

And still all meaningless, compared to my many years with you,

our years together

It’s been wonderful

Good So good

Winnie

Winnie

Winston and Winifred have gone to sleep for the last time

But they live on in all of our dreams and in our hearts

The day has come

Madame, we are waiting on your command

But shouldn’t we consult the oracle first

I don’t think so, dear

Been there, done that

So, to battle

And down with the beast

And down with the beast

Allons Et vive la liberté

Well The least they could have done is consult the oracle

I get no respect

What happened to tradition

It’s a disgrace

Did you hear what l heard

We’ve all been asking for advice from that guy

A hairdresser who talks from both sides of his mouth at the same time

A proud army, to be sure, Madame

It is a true honneur to be allowed to march with you

Yes, we’re proud, but are we strong enough

Remember, the buffalo and the rhino didn’t come along

The ‘eroic courage of our brave soldiers will make up for them

Socrates, hang in there We’re coming