Rub Rub Lioness Cub

Late one evening, when the sun had gone down and the sky was a pinkish orange, Furaha and Orko were running freely across the grasslands, playing a game of tag. Orko, being a wizard, was fast, but Furaha was even faster. Suddenly, Furaha fell over. She bumped her arm! She screamed in pain, and Orko went up to see her. Furaha was crying as Orko held her in his arms. There was a huge bruise on where she had bumped herself. “Furaha, are you alright?” “No, I’m not, I’ve bumped my arm…” she wept. “I know, it’s a shame.” Orko reassured to the crying cub.

Later, Orko set up a campfire and settled Furaha in front of it. He then placed his softest, gentlest hand on Furaha’s bruised arm and said, “Us Trollans always know what to do when someone’s hurt her arm. Hold still now.” And he chanted:

“Rub rub lioness cub.

Rub rub lioness cub.

Rub rub lioness cub,

Rarr, rarrr, rarr.”

“Is it working?” asked Furaha. “Not yet.” said Orko, and he chanted all over again:

“Rub rub lioness cub,

Rub rub lioness cub,

Rub rub lioness cub,

Rarr, rarr, rarr.”

Furaha suddenly felt a tingling in her arm. She clenched her teeth as it stung for a little while, and then, when she looked down, she found that the bruise was gone and the pain had disappeared. “Orko! You genius!” cheered Furaha, and she hugged her friend tight. “You’re right. You know a lot about medicine and curing people as much as your people do.” Orko yawned. “Yeah, I think you’re right.” And with that said and done, and with Furaha’s pain and bruises out of the way, Furaha and Orko snuggled next to each other, and fell asleep.

The Adventures Of Cheese & Orko - Parts 1 and 2

Orko looked at his calendar and sighed in relief. “It’s the weekend,” he remarked, “An entire day to stay in my pyjamas and do whatever I want.” Orko went into the cupboard and emerged wearing a clean blue and white pyjama top and hat, followed by a long stretch and a yawn. While he wandered through the palace, he saw Prince Adam and Cringer watching TV in the lounge. Under his shadowed face, a smile appeared on Orko as he watched. Prince Adam was in his pyjamas too.

Orko went to the palace kitchens and began to pop some popcorn in the microwave. He got out a bottle of Coke that was in the fridge, and a leftover slice of chocolate cake that Chef Allan baked for tea yesterday. Once the popcorn had finished poppin’, Orko carried all his snacks to his bedroom and went back to bed, exhausted but relaxed. He used his magic to conjure up a TV so he could watch Thundercats, and ate his popcorn and drank his Coke, and finished off with his lovely slice of chocolate cake. “I wonder what Cheese is doing on pyjama day?” he asked himself.

At Cheese and Crackers’ house, Cheese was celebrating the weekend too - he was sitting on the sofa eating a bowl of Ghostbusters Cereal and watching this morning’s episode of He Man. “Go, He Man!” he cheered as he watched He Man battle the villainous, name-calling bonehead known remarkably to all as Skeletor. “I wonder if Orko will be there?” he asked himself as he tried to keep an eye out for his favourite character, who was annoying to some. Still, both Cheese and Orko were excited, and knew today was a good old day.

One day, Cheese was playing happily in the bath with his boat and rubber duck. It was such a lot of fun, as bathtime was his favourite time of the day besides playing with Orko. “Cheese!” called his mum, “Don’t forget to wash your hair!” “Alright,” called Cheese. He loved to use his favourite Roo Doo shampoo, as it makes his hair into wacky new styles. The foam was coloured green too, and Cheese loved how silly he looked when he looked in the mirror on the side of the bath.

Just then, there was a loud POOF! And his best friend Orko appeared right in front of him. “Orko!” shouted Cheese, “Fancy seeing you here!” “I see you’re using Roo Doo, is that correct?” asked Orko. “Yep, my favourite and best,” said Cheese. “I would love to help you make wild hairstyles. Oh, wait, hang on, let me fetch a few things.” Orko went into the kitchen and got out some chocolate sauce, some colourful fruity cereal and some gummy worms. He poured the chocolate sauce on Orko’s head, then sprinkled it with gummy worms and fruity cereal. “There. How do you look?” asked Orko, handing the mirror to Cheese so he can admire himself, “Awesome!” shouted Cheese, “Thanks, Orko!”

“Cheese?” called his mother from the other room. “Is everything okay?” “Uh oh, better go, bye for now,” said Orko, poofing away back home. “Bye, Orko!” called Cheese. He was going to get into trouble for this, but he didn’t mind. Orko and Cheese loved using cereal, gummy pieces and chocolate sauce to make wacky hairdos, even out of the bath. To Cheese’s disgust, his mum washed off everything Orko prepared and made him all nice and clean again.