The story you know is the one that survived.
Rafiki’s voice, deep and uncredited, whispers: "The story you know is the one that survived. But a story is just a corpse that learned to dance. You, little digger, are the dancer." lion king 1 1 2 internet archive
Here, Rafiki shows Timon the "threads." One thread: Timon never leaves the colony; he becomes a bitter tunnel-foreman; Scar wins because no one leads Simba to the jungle. Another thread: Pumbaa is caught by hunters in season two; Simba never learns vulnerability. A third thread: Timon and Pumbaa find Simba dead of poison berries on their first night; they die of shame three days later. The story you know is the one that survived