Pumbaa and Simba try to confront the distressed monkey, but Mayika admits that her own son has gone missing and that without a baby to care for, she has nothing to live for. As Pumbaa and Simba scramble to save their friend, the monkey, Mayik, gently lays the meerkat in the arms of his mate, Mayika, who has recently lost her son, Haari. No sooner have the friends reunited when a mischievous monkey plucks Timon off the ground and charges away into the trees. As the friends set off into the jungle, Pumbaa lingers in his mud hole, happy to stay put, but when he finds himself surrounded on all sides by camouflaged lizards, he dashes off after his friends. At the start of the story, Simba is resolving to explore the world with Timon. The Missing Monkey begins by introducing Simba, the self-exiled prince of the Pride Lands, and his two friends, Timon and Pumbaa.
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