The Lion and the Mouse
by pokemonbug
Writer
12 years ago
A short story about Kimba, a white lion cub from a cartoon show in the 1960s (I think), when he becomes subject to a certain scientific experiment. I got inspired to write this after seeing
CrescoTheEKO's pictures of him. Make sure to check him out, he's a great artist! Anyways, enjoy!
***************************************************************************Kimba lazily brushed the leaf away from his nose. “I’m so bored!” he groaned to himself. It had been very boring for him lately, absolutely nothing happened any more. Kimba had been feeling very restless lately and was begging for something to happen. He tried to sleep until something cool happened, but that just filled him with a bunch of useless energy. Unknown to him though, but he was about to experience his greatest adventure yet.
It just so happened that humanity just invented its next incredible device. They managed to develop a device that could alter the size of objects! Unfortunately, it had to be tested and there were no lab animals available for testing. So they’d have to risk testing it on wildlife and it just so happened that Kimba was the test subject! Hopefully Kimba’s lack of fun lately hasn’t made him irritable.
So the field tester took careful aim at Kimba with the prototype, set it to grow, and blasted him. To Kimba, it was just the slightest tingling sensation but the effects were immediately apparent. In a matter of seconds, Kimba had grown to a height of 25 feet! It wasn’t long before Kimba took notice and got on his paws. “I don’t know what’s happening, but I like it!” He thought to himself giddily. Not expecting such quick results, the tester began to panic and hastily turned the dial to shrink and fired again. Unfortunately, the device glitched and instead of shrinking Kimba it made him double in size to 50 feet! To make the situation worse for him, Kimba found him and had the look of a playful cat in his eyes and now he was the mouse.
Naturally, the unfortunate tester made a mad dash to his car and recklessly drove away. Of course Kimba was in hot pursuit. He pawed at the car playfully, only to have it swerve away. He continued to chase the car for miles and his huge paws left craters in both the roads and the dirt. Kimba’s now mighty figure tore up the earth as he ran, kicking up mountains of dirt, uprooting trees by simply running by them, and leveling hills under his paws. Many unfortunate travelers met their end unnoticed under Kimba’s paws as he eagerly chased his target.
Desperate to escape from Kimba’s terrifying pursuit, the car sped towards the nearest city, hoping that all of the urban activity would scare him off. But Kimba wasn’t afraid; he continued his pursuit right into the city. Kimba was about to catch his target when he smacked his head into one of the buildings. It simply crumbled into a pile of rubble upon impact. Now Kimba was mad, he was about to catch his target but the stupid city that wasn’t even up to his knees stopped him. Kimba tried to roar like a lion but it was still kind of adorable because he was a cub, but the message was clear enough.
Kimba began to rampage through the city in pursuit of the car. Bystanders went unnoticed as they all met their end under Kimba’s paws. Buildings were toppled down and the people inside crushed. Houses and cars were crushed under paw, there owners with them. Kimba caught every car and looked for the man, but when he didn’t find him he ate the poor victims. The local authority tried to stop him, but they were gobbled up as well. In no time flat, the city was reduced to nothing. The only proof that showed there was a city there was a street sign stuck between Kimba’s toes.
Kimba, free of his frustration, looked around carefully for his target even though it was probably destroyed during his rampage. Luckily, he had survived the ordeal in an underground parking garage and assumed it was safe to leave. But when he came out, Kimba spotted him and the chase began anew. But this time, Kimba was playing anymore, he deeply desired to catch the car and have his way with the passenger.
With a little bit of effort, Kimba trapped the car between his paws and trapped it. He proceeded to use his mouth to tear open the top and dump out all of the contents. The scientist grunted as he fell and tried to run away but Kimba just pinned him under one of his toes as he ate the car. The man begged for mercy as Kimba enjoyed his meal. Kimba couldn’t really understand him and just ignored him. With the car now digesting in his belly, Kimba could now have his fun.
He began to bat the man between his two front paws, just like a cat does to a mouse. He then sandwiched the poor man between his paws and laughed as he felt his pathetic struggles. The man tried to call for help, but this only resulted in him tasting some of Kimba’s salty sweat and a mouth full of dirty white fur. Kimba continued to play with him as long as he could. He’d let him go free and then catch him again, put him in his maw and taste him a bit before spitting out, and tossed him into the air repeatedly.
Eventually though Kimba grew tired of playing and decided to finish it. He lazily lifted his paw and brought it down with crushing force. Nothing remained of the man but a tiny red speck on Kimba’s paw. But the man happened to leave Kimba a little present that would help entertain Kimba for a long time. The size-changing device had survived the whole ordeal and was still in its unstable, but still operational condition.
Kimba noticed it on the ground and began to paw at it. “That was fun and all, but now what do I do?” Kimba sighed as he played with the device. But once again, Kimba felt that slight tingling sensation as his body began to expand once again. As he played with the device, it was somehow activated and made Kimba grow again. By the time he noticed his growth and could stop it, his knees were already at the height of mountains and he could see over the horizon. The lion cub roared adorably, letting the world know that he was ready for some more fun.
CrescoTheEKO's pictures of him. Make sure to check him out, he's a great artist! Anyways, enjoy!***************************************************************************Kimba lazily brushed the leaf away from his nose. “I’m so bored!” he groaned to himself. It had been very boring for him lately, absolutely nothing happened any more. Kimba had been feeling very restless lately and was begging for something to happen. He tried to sleep until something cool happened, but that just filled him with a bunch of useless energy. Unknown to him though, but he was about to experience his greatest adventure yet.
It just so happened that humanity just invented its next incredible device. They managed to develop a device that could alter the size of objects! Unfortunately, it had to be tested and there were no lab animals available for testing. So they’d have to risk testing it on wildlife and it just so happened that Kimba was the test subject! Hopefully Kimba’s lack of fun lately hasn’t made him irritable.
So the field tester took careful aim at Kimba with the prototype, set it to grow, and blasted him. To Kimba, it was just the slightest tingling sensation but the effects were immediately apparent. In a matter of seconds, Kimba had grown to a height of 25 feet! It wasn’t long before Kimba took notice and got on his paws. “I don’t know what’s happening, but I like it!” He thought to himself giddily. Not expecting such quick results, the tester began to panic and hastily turned the dial to shrink and fired again. Unfortunately, the device glitched and instead of shrinking Kimba it made him double in size to 50 feet! To make the situation worse for him, Kimba found him and had the look of a playful cat in his eyes and now he was the mouse.
Naturally, the unfortunate tester made a mad dash to his car and recklessly drove away. Of course Kimba was in hot pursuit. He pawed at the car playfully, only to have it swerve away. He continued to chase the car for miles and his huge paws left craters in both the roads and the dirt. Kimba’s now mighty figure tore up the earth as he ran, kicking up mountains of dirt, uprooting trees by simply running by them, and leveling hills under his paws. Many unfortunate travelers met their end unnoticed under Kimba’s paws as he eagerly chased his target.
Desperate to escape from Kimba’s terrifying pursuit, the car sped towards the nearest city, hoping that all of the urban activity would scare him off. But Kimba wasn’t afraid; he continued his pursuit right into the city. Kimba was about to catch his target when he smacked his head into one of the buildings. It simply crumbled into a pile of rubble upon impact. Now Kimba was mad, he was about to catch his target but the stupid city that wasn’t even up to his knees stopped him. Kimba tried to roar like a lion but it was still kind of adorable because he was a cub, but the message was clear enough.
Kimba began to rampage through the city in pursuit of the car. Bystanders went unnoticed as they all met their end under Kimba’s paws. Buildings were toppled down and the people inside crushed. Houses and cars were crushed under paw, there owners with them. Kimba caught every car and looked for the man, but when he didn’t find him he ate the poor victims. The local authority tried to stop him, but they were gobbled up as well. In no time flat, the city was reduced to nothing. The only proof that showed there was a city there was a street sign stuck between Kimba’s toes.
Kimba, free of his frustration, looked around carefully for his target even though it was probably destroyed during his rampage. Luckily, he had survived the ordeal in an underground parking garage and assumed it was safe to leave. But when he came out, Kimba spotted him and the chase began anew. But this time, Kimba was playing anymore, he deeply desired to catch the car and have his way with the passenger.
With a little bit of effort, Kimba trapped the car between his paws and trapped it. He proceeded to use his mouth to tear open the top and dump out all of the contents. The scientist grunted as he fell and tried to run away but Kimba just pinned him under one of his toes as he ate the car. The man begged for mercy as Kimba enjoyed his meal. Kimba couldn’t really understand him and just ignored him. With the car now digesting in his belly, Kimba could now have his fun.
He began to bat the man between his two front paws, just like a cat does to a mouse. He then sandwiched the poor man between his paws and laughed as he felt his pathetic struggles. The man tried to call for help, but this only resulted in him tasting some of Kimba’s salty sweat and a mouth full of dirty white fur. Kimba continued to play with him as long as he could. He’d let him go free and then catch him again, put him in his maw and taste him a bit before spitting out, and tossed him into the air repeatedly.
Eventually though Kimba grew tired of playing and decided to finish it. He lazily lifted his paw and brought it down with crushing force. Nothing remained of the man but a tiny red speck on Kimba’s paw. But the man happened to leave Kimba a little present that would help entertain Kimba for a long time. The size-changing device had survived the whole ordeal and was still in its unstable, but still operational condition.
Kimba noticed it on the ground and began to paw at it. “That was fun and all, but now what do I do?” Kimba sighed as he played with the device. But once again, Kimba felt that slight tingling sensation as his body began to expand once again. As he played with the device, it was somehow activated and made Kimba grow again. By the time he noticed his growth and could stop it, his knees were already at the height of mountains and he could see over the horizon. The lion cub roared adorably, letting the world know that he was ready for some more fun.
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Heh! I loved it! The only sad part was that it ended when he grew bigger. =P
Definitly keep up the good work Pokemonbug! ;3