As the drought ends and the land returns to its former beauty, newborn giraffe Twiga takes his tentative first steps, trying to control his gangly legs - and he must learn quickly as lioness Kali is on the prowl. Another baby enters the elephant herd, and shortly after the newborn's father appears to greet his son in an awe-inspiring moment. Mafuta and the rest of the hippos return to the river, only to find the crocodiles have laid claim to the riverbank - so the hippos try to evict their old enemies