Scar lures Simba first and then, notifies Mufasa of Simba’s danger. Though Mufasa is angry with Simba, he forgives him, taking him to a field and explaining that the kings of the past watch from the stars, just as he will one day watch over the prides of Africa.Īfter his failed attempt to kill Simba, Scar lures him and Mufasa into a ravine where his hyenas cause a stampede of wildebeest, hoping to have them trampled. Mufasa, learning about the ambush from his messenger hornbill Zazu, rushes to rescue the cubs. There, a trio of spotted hyenas loyal to Scar ambushes them. He lures Simba and his best friend and future wife and queen of the pride, the young lioness Nala, to explore a dangerous elephant graveyard. As Simba comes of age, Mufasa’s younger brother, Scar, seeks to usurp the throne.
He also explains the “circle of life,” the sacred relationship between birth and death that connects all living creatures.
Mufasa waves his hand across the land, explaining that Simba will be responsible for it once he becomes king. His advisor and shaman, a baboon named Rafiki, hoists young Simba into the air atop a rocky pinnacle, and the animals cheer. Its leader, King Mufasa, who rules benevolently from his home, Pride Rock, attends the presentation of his newborn son, Simba, to the assembly of animals that make up the kingdom. Simba ultimately regains his rightful place as king of the pride, and in doing so, restores the kingdom’s natural order, referred to in the animals’ shared vocabulary as the “circle of life.” The novel begins in the Pride Lands, an area in Kenya, Africa ruled by a pride of lions. Written by Don Ferguson, it is a narrated and illustrated retelling of the coming of age of Simba, a young lion, as he overcomes the death of his father and ousting from his pride which rules the Pride Land, a kingdom of animals in Africa. The Lion King is a 1994 board book adaptation of the movie of the same name produced by Disney Animation.
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