AUDITION MATERIALS

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**Girls will be asked to read Young Nala. Boys will be asked to read Young Simba.

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ZAZU

Step lively! The sooner we get to the waterhole, the sooner we can leave!

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(SIMBA and NALA whisper conspiratorially.)

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YOUNG NALA

So where're we really goin'?

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YOUNG SIMBA

An elephant graveyard.

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YOUNG NALA

(loudly)

Wow!

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YOUNG SIMBA

Shhhh! Zazu...

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YOUNG NALA

Right. So how're we gonna ditch the dodo?

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(YOUNG SIMBA and YOUNG NALA huddle. ZAZU, thrilled, flies to them.)

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ZAZU

Oh, just look! Little seeds of romance blossoming in the savanna! And one day you two will be married!

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YOUNG SIMBA, YOUNG NALA

Yuck! Eewwww!

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YOUNG SIMBA

I can't marry her. She's my friend.

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YOUNG NALA

Yeah. It'd be too weird.

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ZAZU

Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but you two turtle doves have no choice. It's a tradition going back generations.

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YOUNG SIMBA

Well, when I'm king, that'll be the first thing to go.

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ZAZU

Not as long as I'm around.

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YOUNG SIMBA

In that case, you're fired.

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ZAZU

Nice try. But only the king can do that.

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YOUNG NALA

Well, he is the future king.

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YOUNG SIMBA

Yeah! So you have to do what I tell you!

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ZAZU

Not yet , I don't! And with an attitude like that, I'm afraid you will be a pretty pathetic king, indeed!

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YOUNG SIMBA

Not the way I see it!