"i think she's still snoring" 

"lets wake her up" 

"its better if we wont disturb the queen's sleep" 

"but she'll sleep until noon if we wont wake her up" 

different kinds of creatures were gathered in front of a certain tree. It was almost sunrise but all of them are still fighting over 'waking her up' and 'wait her to wake up'.

The lion who was standing on its 4 paws infront all of them sighed as questions ran through his head like: "why do fishes need to be so loud even underwater?" "why do frogs never keep quiet?" "why do birds starts singing out of the blue?" "why do rabbits look so cute that he cant tell them to keep quiet?" "why do plants need to be so many that he cant tell who is talking among them?" "why do mice talk so fast" "why do pandas eat while talking?"

"why am i so handsome?" the lion paused for a while, before rolling his eyes conceitedly at himself after that thought entered his head.

"of course i am" he spoke suddenly in a volume that everyone stopped talking and looked at him. Realizing what he said, he coughed awkwardly.

"what i m-meant is.. of...of course i am the one that needs to wake the queen up" the lion stuttered while looking around, avoiding everyone's gaze but it seems like anywhere his eyes goes, there is an animal staring at him. 

"well..." the lion turned to face the tree as it waits for his signal. "Neso, please do the honor" Neso, the tree nodded. He started moving his branches towards the girl sleeping comfortably on his largest branch.

He wrapped one of his branch around the girl's waist while his leaves supported the girl to stay on the same position. Neso slowly placed the girl on the ground and as he did, the girl fluttered her eyes open.

Everyone bowed. Everyone was silent. She moved her eyes around the place. Everyone was present, bowing before her. 

She placed both her palms on the ground, supporting her upper body as she sat down. "Aleser, what's happening?" she cluelessly whispered to Aleser, the lion and her right hand. The lion didnt respond but his low chuckle didnt escape her ears.

The crowd suddenly parted into half as a rabbit hopped in the middle. When he reached the girl, he used his tiny arms to push the cake he was carrying behind his back towards the queen. The girl giggled seeing the cake. It was just a mud molded into a circular shape with different sizes of leaves as its toppings.

"its edible actually... hehe" the rabbit said shyly. She patted its head softly before receiving the cake.

"thank you" she smiled to all of them.

"Happy Birthday, Our Queen Sandara" everyone shouted altogether. She laughed inwardly. How can she forget this day?

"you always forget" Aleser spoke, as if reading her mind. 

Everyone cheered. All of them were jumping, greeting their queen. It was all smiles but not long after a parrot appeared, hitting some trees on its way while shouting repeatedly. 

"A mortal is coming! A mortal is coming!"