The Lion That Took Revenge

A fascinating, horrible, funny and yet heart-warming tale, reflecting on an animal's feelings.

The Lion that Took Revenge

There once was a lion named Lou,

Who got caught and stuffed into a zoo.

From his eyes there would always trickle a tear,

When he remembers the catching of himself that year.

 

Long years ago, when Lou was a cub,

Two men came at him with guns and a club.

Baby Lou was sucking from his mother’s teat,

Devouring, gulping down all he could eat.

 

It was his clever mother who sensed the danger,

“Get up quickly, son, I smell a stranger.”

“But mom! This teat is soft as silk;

Besides, I want more of this creamy milk.”

 

But danger was near,

Danger mom couldn’t bear,

So she picked up her son,

And broke into a run.

 

But alas, though she was strong and swift,

She still had had heavy baby Lou to lift.

The hunters saw the movement fast;

They fired a bullet into the grass.

 

The poor mother lion was hit straight through the heart,

Her last, feeble words, “Run, son, I have to depart.”

Lou was so shocked by the blood on the wound,

And his mother’s sudden collapse on the ground,

That he stood, rooted to the spot, dumb-found.

That was why he was caught by a hound.   

 

Then he came to his senses and started to fight,

He bit and scratched with all his might.

Just then, the hunters appeared wearing malicious smiles;

Then gave him a shot that made him groggy for quite a while.

When he woke up, he was stiff and cramped,

And into a weenie little cage he was crammed.

A zookeeper gave him sour milk every night;

Ladies screamed at his sight and took flight.

 

Twenty years passed, and here he was still;

With no grass, no trees and no hills.

At last, an idea popped into his mind:

He was going to take revenge for the likes of his kind!

 

He leapt up and gave a mighty roar,

That sent people screaming and running for the door.

Then he tore at the wire with all his might

Until a gaping big hole was in sight.

 

He gave a great leap and soared out of it,

Frightening the zebras out of their wits.

Then he set off, roaring, to find the hunters;

Policemen fainted at their encounters.

 

In great strides and leaps he crossed the city,

At long last spying hunter Dmitri.

With a mighty roar that shook the skies,

He separated the hunter from his thighs.

Then he killed him with a pierce of his claws,

Which were sharper than the sharpest saws.

 

Whilst the next hunter, Zimbad,

Was torn from his head;

I’m sorry to say that no one was sad.

 

Thus our hero, Lou, soared away from Canada

And disappeared forever into South Africa. 

 

   

 

 

Author's Note

Can you please suggest some new endings? This sounds a bit sudden, yet I can't think of better ones.

Reviews

[markstringer]

Rosalynd,

I think that this poem is worthy of making into a book. I love it.

[Brianna Brie]

Then he came to his senses and started to fight,
He bit and scratched with all his might.
Just then, the hunters appeared wearing malicious smiles;
Then gave him a shot that made him groggy for quite a while.

This is awesome. It is witty and fun. Splendid rhyme and rhythm through out most of it. The one section above lost its momentum. Removing the word "then" from the last two lines would surely help. I only suggest it because this such a great piece that improving upon it will only make it greater. Love it!

[Rosenquartz]

Oh! Wow that's a pity1