Caught off-guard, Shenzi couldn't think of a believable lie, so finally said, "I found an elephant carcass yesterday, barely dead, and at my fill, and a bit more."

Banzai thought about this for a few moments, then asked, offended, "and you didn't tell us, why?"

"I was hungry," Shenzi replied, "I wanted to come back and tell you, but I started eating instead." Feeling that this wasn't a good thing to say, she asked, "you want me to show you where it is?"