Pride Rock's Celebration Of Ostara With Princess Merida

Rafiki really wanted to see Princess Merida again and he knew Africa had plenty of eggs and hares to celebrate the holiday of her culture called Ostara. Plus how many lions he could tell Princess Merida the stories of during her visit.

So Rafiki told the Golden Jackals to take Princess Merida's invitation to the lions in Greece and ask them to have their dolphin friends take Merida's invitation further up so the Wildcats in Europe could deliver Merida's invitation as she lived in Scotland.

Then it was Wildcats and Golden Jackals that helped Princess Merida cross the seas and reach Pride Rock. Rafiki was excited to see her, and so was Makini. Merida had brought  some  crackers for the two shaman mandrills. She also brought some salmon from Scotland for the lions of Pride Rock, some herbs for the hares and some morsels she'd give to Reirei later at night. But she kept Reirei's food a secret.

This was a day the hares of Africa did lots of contests, race, hide and seek, who could eat a big vegetable the quickest, simpe circus jumping, whose egg design did Simba like best, and who made the best craft of hare fantasy. a carrot was the trophy to each winner.

Then before bedtime Rafiki started telling Merida tales of many old old lion known in the Pride Lands. Askari, Mufasa, Mohatu, Ahadi, plus tales of Leo. Merida quite liked these special lion stories. Then Princess Merida told Rafiki how much she like him and other Pride Landers like Bhati. She also told folklore related to the animals she'd met in the Pride Lands. Then it was time to rest.

Then as all the Pride Landers were asleep Merida quietly carried Reirei's meal to her den, it was beans, noodles, and chicken mixed with eggs. Reirei was pleased with this secret feast, and hugged Merida before Princess Merida left the den of her pack.