Where are they?
I told you.
They're looking for a pass to the mountain.
Not Tygra and Lion-O.
My hidden stash of candy fruit.
Candy fruit?
Candy fruit? Where? I'm starving!
Snarf, that was all the food we had left.
Now we're doomed.
Aren't you two being a little dramatic?
Dramatic?
What if they never come back?
What if we starve to death?
What if we have no food and we have to choose who gets eaten?
- What if... - Enough already!
If you two are so hungry,
why don't you get some food for yourselves?
Isn't that your job?
You know what?
It's about time you learned some hard life lessons.
He's gonna kill us!
I told you he would.
No. We're going hunting.
Today you're finally going to learn
how to survive on your own.
It'll be men versus women.
Whoever comes back with less meat has to cook.
You're on.
I can't wait to see you slaving over a fire.
Lesson one...
before you can take down your prey, you gotta find it.
That means learning to spot tracks.
Here we go.
Ha, those are nothing.
Take a look at these. They're huge.
Those are my tracks.
I knew that.
Maybe tracking is too advanced.
Let's start simple. Traps.
Why do we even have to do this?
Because one day, you'll be out here alone,
Are you even paying attention?
There's something out there.
Just your imagination.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised
an orphan didn't have anyone to teach him how to survive.
There was someone.
What are you doing out here?
We thought you could use some lunch.
Look at this harvest. I can hardly believe it.
Everyone told me I was crazy
spending my last shinick on this farm,
said it was too much labor for one man.
I wouldn't listen to them, and now look.
I worked hard doing it my way, and we survived,
and that's what I want you to learn.
We want to learn to help.
Yeah. We're strong enough. Look.
You're sweet.
But I'm afraid you can't help until you're grown.
But that's gonna take, like...
forever.
We just hate to see you working so hard all the time.
You two are always looking out for the family,
but don't worry.
One day, we'll have everything we want.
Like they do in the city of treasure.
Can you tell us about it again?
I'm afraid I didn't bring the book out here.
But we did.
I should have known.
Let's see.
"Hidden somewhere in the farthest corners
"of third earth is a place where there's always
"enough food to go around, even dessert,
"where it's warm in the winter and cool in the summer
"and every family lives happily ever after...
El Darra, the jewel of the world."
El Darra.
Why don't you go and find El Darra, papa?
Well, then who would stay here and look after the farm?
Maybe when you're older, you can search for it.
I want to search for it now.
If we find it,
we'll never have to starve through another dry season,
Ma can quit worrying all the time,
and you can finally have a day off.
Giving up the search already?
Twister's coming!
Just keep running.
Don't look back.
Look.
When he steps into that loop,
bam, we've got dinner.
We can't eat him.
He's so cute and harmless.
Cute and harm...
listen to yourself, kid.
That is a meal.
Cute ones taste the best.
He's hungry, just like us.
Sometimes you need to make hard sacrifices to survive.
Don't do it! It's a trap!
Are you kidding me?
Gotta do this the hard way now.
Just let him go.
Oh, cripes.
I'm in a lot of trouble, aren't i?
You better believe it, kid.
What are you doing? I thought we were supposed to be hunting.
Here. Smell this.
It's disgusting!
What are we gonna do with it?
Put it on.
This is going to mask our scent
and let us get close up to our prey.
But not too much, or you'll reek for hours.
Great.
Now I smell like Panthro.
Sometimes survival means doing something you don't want to.
Wouldn't be the first time.
Oh, my little babies.
I wish I had more food to go around.
There's not enough for you.
Don't worry about me.
I get plenty full watching you guys eat.
When can we come work with you, Mama?
Maybe in a couple years.
You're still too small to be of much help.
There has to be something we can do.
Well, unless you think you can find El Darra,
all we can do is tighten our belts.
Are you sure we're doing the right thing?
We're no help to the family here,
and if we leave, there will be 2 less mouths to feed.
But ma will...
Will thank us once we find El Darra.
We'll bring back and enough riches for all of us.
But we don't even know where it is.
Someone in thundera will.
That's what we're after?
I'm not really that hungry after all.
This world can be harsh, and only the strong survive.
Follow my lead.
Well, at least now your scent is really masked.
What is it?
I think something's hunting us.
No luck on your end either, huh?
They have the skills.
I think they just don't want to make the hard choices.
Then we can't give them any choice.
No more games, you two.
I think they want us to fight to the death.
Now you either come back with food,
or you sleep outside.
There it is.
Are we really gonna do this?
We have to.
On my count.
Wait.
They're a family.
A few coins for 2 hungry kittens, sir?
Please, ma'am.
We haven't eaten in days.
Kat, no. We can't.
We'll pay him back after we get rich.
You're right. Come on.
Hey, mister, you drop...
My money!
Robbers!
Apprehend those vicious little thieves.
I feel so weak.
We need to eat something.
Just this once.
We'll pay him back when we have the money,
but until then, we're going to have to do
whatever it takes to survive.
I can't do it, sis.
Yeah. I'd rather go hungry.
Guess we'd better head back and face the consequences.
It's going after the family!
Let him try.
Leave them alone, you ugly drool-face!
That'll teach you.
You're welcome.
I think they want us to follow them.
Food!
Look at all that fruit.
I hope you two brought back some food.
We brought back a feast.
Manners!
It's delicious.
It's not meat,
but it's passable.
There may be hope for you two yet.
Who knows? Maybe one day,
we'll even be able to survive on our own.