Pumyra and Ben-Gali are aboard the ThunderStrike when suddenly Lynx-O takes control of the ship. Aboard the ThunderClaw, Panthro and Lion-O pursue the ThunderStrike and, catching up to it, Lion-O boards, takes control, and returns it safely to the ground. Pumyra and Ben-Gali inform Lion-O that the previous night Lynx-O received information through his Braille Board, which may be causing him to act so strangely: Ma-Mutt uncovered the Book of Norvog Noszh, the only existing history of Third Earth, and delivered it to Mumm-Ra. The book depicts an historic tale of the Mask of Gorgon and the hills of Elfshima. Mumm-Ra calls upon Tug-Mug and Chilla to steal the Mask of Gorgon from the Warrior Maidens' Treetop Kingdom, where it is embedded in guarded an tree's bark. Upon stealing the mask, they mistakenly look into its eyes -- they are turned to stone. Summoning the mask to his pyramid, Mumm-Ra orders it to turn the Thundercats to stone. Willa informs the Thundercats of the mask's theft, stressing that it must be returned to its tree bark home and must not be allowed to face the hills of Elfshima. Inviting Lion-O to recapture the mask from his pyramid, Mumm-Ra tricks Lion-O, Pumyra and Willa by transforming into Nayda. The mask turns the three to stone and Mumm-Ra steals the Sword of Omens. As the mask looks through the sword's eyepieces towards the hills of Elfshima, the historic tale comes to fruition -- the range of hills is brought to life in the form of a reclining giant -- the Childe of Gorgon. Flying in the ThunderStrike, Ben-Gali and Lynx-O maneuver the ship through the giant's ear canal and blast the inner ear with laser canons. Losing its equilibrium, the giant's fall causes the mask to crash to the ground and shatter. Order is restored to Third Earth.

Lynx-O stumbles onto the secrets of an ancient book called the Norvog Noszh. The book holds all the dark secrets of Third Earth's past, including a way to change inanimate forms into flesh and flesh into stone. To unlock this secret, Mumm-Ra must have the Mask of Gorgon, also a magical weapon in which he figures he can use to turn the Thundercats into statues to be out of his way of conquering Third Earth.

Mumm-Ra enlists the help of Chilla and Tug Mug to acquire the mask from the Treetop Kingdom's guardian tree, Shemlock. In the process, the two Luna-Taks are turned to stone by the freed Mask of Gorgon. Lion-O, Panthro and Willa are turned to statues while they attempt to stop Mumm-Ra after he called the mask to the Black Pyramid. He then sets up events that lead to the reanimation of an evil slave called the Child of Gorgon.

However, Lynx-O and Ben-Gali fly in the ThunderStrike to take out the Childe of Gorgon by simply damaging the slave's inner ear, causing it to fall. Through an inbalance, the Mask of Gorgon is broken and the magic that brought the Childe of Gorgon to life dissipates. All those turned to statues are made flesh once more. The Sword of Omens destroys the book of Norvog Noszh so that Mumm-Ra cannot attempt to take over Third Earth again in this way.

Mumm-Ra seeks the Mask of Gorgon secrets he learns in the Book of Norvog Noszh. It has the power to turn flesh into stone, and he seeks to use it for evil purposes. Lynx-O, who has fallen into a spell caused by the intimations of the catastrophes made possible by the powers of the mask, tries to warn Lion-O incontinence him against impetuosity. Lion-O does not listen, acting in a fit of anger and overconfident of his abilities, and is turned into stone. With the captured Sword of Omens, the mask has the power also to turns stone to flash, and Mumm-Ra did sit awaken the sleeping giant of the hills of Elfshima, the Childe of Gorgon. But Lynx-O, calling on his ancient wisdom, attacks the monster in its vulnerable parts, its inner ear. It falls, creates an earthquake, which shakes Mumm-Ra's pyramid, breaks the mask, and vanquishes its magic. The Childe of Gorgon becomes the range of hills once more, and all that is turned to stone by the mask' s power becomes flesh again.

When acting in a fit of anger, Lion-O in danger to himself and all of Third Earth. He did not heed LynxO's warnings or bother learning all he could about what he was about to encounter, and consider if his anger could be channeled constructively. We, too, when angry, by not taking time to cool down and consider the consequences of acting in a fit of temper, often make matters worse when we act. Uncontrolled anger is not effective in accomplishing a goal. Only when we channel our anger constructively is it effective. In playing a game, if we become angry and lose control, we risk playing poorly or being thrown out of the game. But if we play with extra effort we are more effective players. When disputes occur among friends, often the best way of expressing anger and resolving the conflict is putting feelings into words. As Panthro says, there's nothing heroic about losing your temper.

"...Found by a dog digging for a bone..." - Mumm-Ra speaking about how the Norvog Noszh was found

"Mask of Gorgon, silver white: I now claim thy evil might. Come to me through mysteries' mist. Flesh to stone and stone to flesh!" - Mumm-Ra calling to the Mask

"Winter better come early this year, Chilla." - Tug Mug

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