One more day 'til my birthday! And even though my mind is slowly going off He Man, I think Orko's still a great addition to Furaha's animal family. In fact, my mum has told me that they are like a typical cartoon duo of a calm, concentrated figure like Danger Mouse and a panicky sidekick like Penfold. I'm watching Dreamflight right now, and it has a soothing voice and traditional Indian-Arabian music.
Speaking of Arabia, I would like to inform you that I did half a storyboard for the Me, You, And... and Dreamworks Spirit crossover story 'Spirit & Me', which is based on the first few minutes of The Young Black Stallion. You know the bit, the bit where the young girl and the stallion wander through the desert on their own. Young Spirit and his mother Esperenza are wandering through the plains of Arabia exploring what there is to see, when Esperenza is brutally murdered by poachers. This didn't happen in the original film, but Spirit is forced to run for it. It goes to Furaha and Orko waking up alone in the desert, getting used to their surroundings with love and guidance from each other and frightfully encountering the carcass of Esperenza. Furaha later senses water, and they run to it in a canyon, but they run into Spirit, who came to the water first. They chase after him, and it results in our two heroes falling off a cliff and Furaha breaking her leg. Luckily, Orko uses some bandages, planks of wood and crutches he has in his sleeve (remember when he produced a bouncy ball and a vault out of his sleeve in the He Man episode The Last Stand?) to care for Furaha. Furaha later learns from Lord Mufasa that killing Spirit isn't the right thing to do, and later the next morning, the two follow Spirit to a small river blocked by water, and Orko uses his magic to make the blocked ravine explode. While everyone is enjoying water, Furaha states that she and Orko are the only ones who can guide Spirit back to his mother.
THEN WHAT HAPPENS?!
The storyboard will continue, I promise.
Then there's my ice story. In the story, Furaha and Orko end up in the Arctic, where Orko puts on his Winter warmers using what's inside his sleeve, and Furaha leads him across the Arctic, hoping to find a way out. However, this all turns to fun and games as the two young friends zoom down a snowy hill, have a snowball fight and make snow angels. Later, they encounter an ice cave and decide to explore it paw-in-hand, using a river to guide them. Suddenly, they become trapped in the centre of the cave and Furaha bursts into an angry fit, but Orko calms her down, and they huddle next to each other. Minutes pass, and just as they are about to freeze to death, Furaha notices a shaft of light in the ceiling of the cave, and she and her friend use their combined magic to make the hole larger. They whoosh up to the exit, only to discover they're on the top of an iceberg. To pass the time while they wait for an ice floe to float by, Furaha tells Orko the story of how whales learned to swim. It becomes night when an ice floe finally passes, and the two jump on, with Furaha crying softly and happily. The two settle down to sleep, with Orko producing a warm blanket to cover them, as Furaha sings a sweet lullaby under the Northern Lights.
ðŸ˜This is making me cry too, but I'm not crying right now. I'm excited because my birthday is coming up tomorrow! There'll be four presents and a cake, because I'm happy with what I have, and, I'm going to get some birthday money! Heh-hey! I'll spend it on whatever I like on Amazon, and when I do, I'll be the first to inform you!
And remember, you don't want to be a horse in the Arabian desert. It's a life or death situation out there. Someone could get hurt.