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Morton: Gathering, gathering! Nigel, that includes you.
[Nigel looks up, disturbed]
Morton: Beaks closed, ears open!
Cecil: Friends, wanderers, marabous! When those Zambezians flocked together, they created an inside!
Morton: [Supporting every word] Inside!
Cecil: And an outside!
Morton: Outside!
Cecil: And if you hadn't noticed, we are on the outside.
Morton: Here we are!
Cecil: The Cold, lonely, Desolate, outside.
Morton: Hooo Hooo Hooo Hooo Hooo Hooo,
[Pretends to be chilly]
Morton: Frigid Africa.
Cecil: And why?
Morton: Don't know, it's a mystery!
[Gets slapped by Cecil]
Cecil: Because, they didn't like the look of us.
Marabous: And what is wrong with what we look like?
Cecil: They just want their little tree-house all to themselves! How sporty is that!
Morton: Very sporty!
[Gets slapped again]
Cecil: Not very!
Morton: No! terrible!
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Cecil: Not very in my book. Which is precisely, why we should accept Budzo's proposal.
Marabous: Since when a Marabou servants to a lizard?
Morton: He's got a point!
Cecil: We will be working with Budzo, thickhead, not FOR Budzo! We are partners in this great endeavour!
Morton: Teamwork!
Cecil: We help Budzo get on the island, we share all the goodies!
[Cecil Laughs, so does Morton]
Morton: I am getting hungry just thinking about it.
[Gets slapped by Cecil]
Marabous: Ummm, question! Could those hurricanes be a problem?
Cecil: Hurricanes, huh!
[Making a trifling gesture]
Morton: Don't make him laugh!
Cecil: Budzo possesses unrivaled brut strength. With his help a new wind will blow across this valley.
[Morton pretends that there is a heavy wind]
Cecil: A wind of change-uh!
[Slaps Morton]
Marabous: I say, good shot! Give us another!
[Gets slapped by the Marabou next to him]
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