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[fry_sandhu]

Fry has borrowed his little brother this evening to rehearse his audition for his class's production of The Lion King.

At the moment he is giving Gil some very careful instructions.

"So when we finish singing the Circle of Life, Noah is going to lift you up." he says. "Because he's being Rafiki. And you're going to be tiny baby Simba."

"Babee?"

"Yes, so you're going to let Noah lift you up, like this." Fry says, picking Gil up.

"Wheeee!"

"No, you don't say 'wheee'." Fry says, putting him down again. "You've got to just wiggle your arms and legs like a baby. If you do it right, Mrs Donkey might let you be in the play. And then you'll be a star."

He picks Gil up again.

"Wheee!"

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[tattling]

Franklin wanders in from outside. He removes his helmet and tosses it up on Bar, patting her to confirm she's okay with keeping it (and his bat, which he also puts on her surface) safe for him.

Carrying a diet Coke with ice, he wanders the bar, brightening when he spots Fry.

He waves from a table a few metres away. "Hey! Is that your brother? Or sister?"

[fry_sandhu]

"Hi Franklin." Fry smiles. "This is my brother Gil. He often dresses like my sisters though so it can be hard to tell."

Gil, taking a break from his duties as tiny Simba, comes over to investigate Franklin, and grins at him.

[tattling]

Franklin grins at baby Gil.

[fry_sandhu]

"We're rehearsing for a play audition." Fry says.

[tattling]

"What are you rehearsin' for?" Franklin smiles at Gil, then shakes his head.

[fry_sandhu]

"I'm auditioning for Young Simba from the Lion King." Fry says. "But my friend Noah is auditioning as Rafiki because he speaks Zulu, so Gil's going to help him."

Gil giggles slightly.

"He doesn't say very much yet, he's only two and he was a premmie, like me." Fry adds.

[tattling]

"Oh," Franklin smiles at Gil.

"--a what?"

[fry_sandhu]

"Premmie. Someone who was born prematurely." Fry says. "I was twenty seven weeks, we think he was twenty three or twenty four, so basically he was as early as you can be and still survive."

[tattling]

"Oh -- okay."

[fry_sandhu]

"So he's basically a couple months younger than his age." Fry says.