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Template:Spoiler Dry Season is a German, Lion King comic.
Plot
Dry Season begins by introducing Mufasa, the lion king, and his son, Simba. The Pridelands was in the middle of experiencing a horrible drought, and hadn't seen a drop of rain for months. Mufasa and Simba (along with Simba's best friend, Nala) are standing beside a dried-up riverbed, and Mufasa is commenting that it was worse than he had thought. He continues by saying that they wouldn't be able to survive with such little water, and would have to leave the Pridelands if it didn't start raining soon.
Later, Rafiki is seen talking to Simba and Nala. He tells them that the Pridelanders must live with whatever nature decides for them, for nature was ruler over all. He then comments that a drought could create many problems, like a little rock could create a giant rock slide. Simba is amazed at the story, and comments so to Rafiki. But after he's left alone, he realizes that it might not be nature who was the cause of the drought. Maybe there was another explanation. He goes back to the dry riverbed, and begins to follow it away from the Pridelands.
Hours later, after wandering into a lonely ravine, he starts to feel uneasy and thinks that it wasn't such a good idea after all. He had never been so far from home before, and thought it would be smart to head back. But before he can go, he stops, for he had heard a strange noise. Creeping along the side of the ravine, he turns the corner to see a group of apes stacking logs and rocks in the middle of the ravine, blocking it up. The biggest one orders for more supplies, for "the water was rising". Simba, who has no idea what they're doing, thinks that they don't look very friendly. But he climbs higher to get a better look at what they're doing, and is shocked to see that there was water on the other side of the wall. Understanding hits him like a slap in the face as he realizes that they're trying to keep the water from reaching the Pridelands!
He asks himself why they would do that, and, as if in answer to his question, one of the apes asks Mortolo why they were doing this again, and is echoed by the other ape. Mortolo explains that Mufasa would be forced to leave the Pridelands if there was no water left, and that he would blame the dry season for their bad luck, not the apes. One of the apes tells him that he's a genius, and Mortolo continues to say that the Pridelands were going to be theirs in only a matter of days, and that they didn't even need to fight for them. Simba begins to race away, asking himself how he could possibly stop them. But then he remembers Rafiki saying one little rock could start a rock slide, and decides to see if he was right. After climbing higher, he notices that the apes hadn't seen him.
He starts to push on a little rock, and comments that his paws weren't very good for pushing. But he manages to get the rock going and watches it bounce down the side of the ravine. Soon, the rock unbalances other rocks, and a whole rock slide begins to fall down the ravine. At first, the apes don't notice it, but when they see it rumbling towards them, they race away in fear. As the rocks begin to fall all around them, some begin to hit the dam. Before long, the log dam is breaking, and water begins to gush through.
When Simba returns to the Pridelands, he runs up to meet his father, mother, and Nala. Mufasa asks where he had been, for they had witnessed a miracle just hours earlier; the water was back! They wouldn't have to leave the Pridelands after all! Later, Rafiki tells Simba that nature had shown them mercy. It had been close, for if the water had come a day later, they would've left the Pridelands. But nature had handled it! But Simba then comments slyly that nature had had a little help. Leaving Rafiki in a state of confusion, Simba comments to himself that he would've gotten in trouble for going so far away if he had told them the truth.
