Reprise: On Safari

Narration Script
Words and Music by LYNN ZETTLEMOYER
SONG 1:Joyfully
On Safari
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(q = 100)

4 1: Jambo na karibuni Africa! Hellojand welcome to Africa! You have come on a great
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day – we expect to see a different and beautiful part of the world today. You were
very smart to come early in the morning before the sun rises and the air is still cool.
Kwa - he - ri ra - fi - ki. Good - bye, my friend.
Narrator 2: We know you only have one day with us, and we are doing our best to make sure

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you see as many different animals as possible. It’s usually easy to find the bigger
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animals that you have probably never seen before.
7 Kwa - he - ri Af - ri - ca. Good - bye to Af - ri - ca.
Narrator 3: As you look around, you will see that many of the plants and trees look different,
P too. From the thorny acacia tree to the Jacaranda tree with its purple blossoms,
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each one has its own beauty and its own purpose.
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Narrator 4: You may have noticed that even the ground you are standing on is a different color.
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Narrator 5: We just got a report that lions were spotted not far from here. The lions like to

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hunt at night under cover of darkness. In the lion pride, everyone has a job to do.
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Narrator 6: If you look closely at an acacia tree, you will notice little baskets with holes on the
14 boon calls it home and cape buf - fa - lo roam, and the ea - gles are fly - ing
bottom, hanging from the tree branches. These baskets aren’t baskets at all – they
are nests, and they are made by the weaverbirds.

˙ 7:Ó Male weaverbirds spend lots of time weaving their nests. They haveŒto fly out and
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SONG 3: “Acacia” Hadn’t Noticed

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Narrator 10: Gesundheit!
got to go! We had fun there in Af - ri - ca. On sa -

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 Narrator 9: 
I didn’t sneeze. I said “Twiga.” Twiga is the Swahili word for giraffe. Stanging up to
eighteen feet tall, the giraffe is the tallest mammal on the earth. In fact, the giraffe’s
legs are soooo long, they have to spread their front legs apart so they can drink.

Narrator 10: They might be big, but they are not mean; and they aren’t noisy, either. Although
they can make noise, they hardly ever do. They’re too busy eating acacia trees.

SONG 4: Twiga, the Twiggy Giraffe

Narrator 11: Now it’s time to take a look at another one of Africa’s great hunters. He’s stealthy
… he’s a reptile … and he’s less than six inches long.

Narrator 12: It’s a gecko! Geckos are finicky, though. They don’t like to be outside much. They
mostly live in people’s houses. People don’t mind because geckos keep the house
free of bugs.

Narrator 13: Geckos are mostly tan, sort of small, and like to hang out at the top of the wall …
Narrator 14: Until they get hungry and start hunting for food. They are so fun to watch! One
minute they are sprinting down the wall, and the next they are frozen in place –
except for their tail, which swishes behind them from one side to the other.

Narrator 15: So let’s go find a gecko on the hunt!

SONG 5: Gecko on the Hunt

Narrator 16: Our next animal, the bushbaby, is a member …
(Narrator 17 yawns loudly.)

Narrator 16: … of the primate family.

(Narrator 17 yawns again.)

Narrator 18: (looks at Narrator 17) What’s the matter with you? Didn’t you sleep well last night?
Narrator 17: I didn’t sleep well at all. There were bushbabies on my roof, and they were
jumping around and making noise all night long.

Narrator 16: As I was saying, bushbabies are a member of the primate family. They aren’t
very big – about the size of a squirrel. They look like a lemur, only smaller, with
multicolored fur; big, round eyes; and a long, curling tail. They can jump up to
twenty feet in a single bound!

Narrator 18: They are called bushbabies because they are usually found in the countryside,
which is also called the bush; and their cry sounds like a human toddler crying.
Plus, they are nocturnal, which means that they are awake at night … and very
social and noisy!

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Narrator 17: Yes, they are! When they were on my roof last night, I just wanted to climb up there
and say to them, “Get off of my roof! I’m trying to sleep down here!”

SONG 6: You’re Keeping Me Up All Night!

Narrator 19: Look! SOMETHING is moving in the high grass! I think it’s one of the small cats.
Look at the big ears on that cat! I know what that is! It’s a serval!

Narrator 20: Servals have good eyesight, but they also have bigger and better ears. In Africa, we
say things twice when we really mean it, so we would say big, big ears. They hear
so well, they can hear small animals running around in their underground burrows.

SONG 7: Sneaky Serval

Narrator 21: Have you ever noticed that sometimes your friend is good at something that you
have to work hard at? And something that is easy for you is hard for them, but if
you work together, you can help each other out and you both benefit?

Narrator 22: Scientists call this symbiosis. There are some great examples of symbiosis in
African wildlife. Sometimes, animals with opposite strengths work together and
make each other strong. Here are two examples.

SONG 8: They Behave That Way

Narrator 23: It’s almost time for you to go home, but there is one more animal we think you
should see. Here in Africa, we have just finished our rainy season and the ground
is still a bit muddy. When that happens, they prefer to stay close to the trees so
they don’t slip, which makes them harder to find.

(sound of elephant trumpet)

Narrator 24: I think I hear them! Come! Let’s go in for a closer look.

SONG 9: I Think It Might Be Elephants!

Narrator 25: T his day went so fast! The sun is about to set … and what beautiful sunsets we
have in Africa! It’s time for us to say goodbye so that you can travel back to your
home. As we say in Swahili, Kwaheri! Goodbye!

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