SERENGETI
Lion
cub sleeps after his noontime meal,
Lioness
climbs up their kopje home,
In the
acacia tree Leopard hides his veal,
While Cheetah
cat the vast plain roams.
Serval
springs up on birds in flight,
While
Wild Dogs rip a Springbok apart,
Vulture
swoops down from a towering height,
But old
Hyena has made off with the heart.
The
Clown of the Plains prances around,
Agile
Gazelle stots in Cheetah's face,
Nervous
Impala flees in leaps and bounds,
Only Enkai knows who will survive the race.
Okavango
Water Buck wins the chase,
For Lioness
won’t wet her feet,
He’s
safest in the green swampy place,
Because
Crocodile won’t him eat.
Ox-pecker
keeps Giraffe’s coat neat,
Skulking
Leopard is wary of Zebra’s kick.
Hippo
in a pool, cools off from the heat,
If threatened, Porcupine curls up double quick!
Mighty
Elephant trumpets like a usurper king,
Two
horned Rhino scatters his dung,
Foolish
Ostrich ran and lost the use of her wings,
While Tsetse Fly's song of death has been sung.
When
the rainclouds leave, the Wildebeest will follow,
The
herds in their migration to the north,
Drought,
death, and starvation, bring sorrow,
But the
worst will befall them at Grumeti's froth.
Grumeti
Crocodiles lie in wait underwater,
For one
Gnu calf to come a-drinking,
Then up they jump from their hiding place in the water,
And in one
gulp finish off the suckling.
The
dust rises from the grasslands of the savannah,
Kilimanjaro
watches between half-closed eyes,
The hunters will always go for the jugular,
And the
hunted shall scatter like brushed-off flies.
