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They could hear the mighty felines Running in a line behind them Han and Kwona and the children Knew that they were being herded These great sabre-tooth cat hunters Were the rulers of the forest; Now they are no longer with us They would perish in the ice-age Then our fleeing human quarry Reached a dense part of the jungle Where the forest floor was darkened By thick canopy above them They were close now to exhaustion Pure adrenaline sustained them Right ahead they heard the splashing Of a stream of running water And the sight that next they witnessed Caused all hope to be extinguished Facing them across the streamlet Endboss sabertooths stood waiting Then a cry went out from Lisa They all turned and she was missing! Han and Kwona felt a darkness Of despair encroach their spirits It was Kwona next who cried out Briefly, and was seen no longer Spinning round in desperation Han looked all around for Matto Who was absent; all around him Pairs of pearly fangs came nearer Which of these, Han wondered, dreamlike, Would spring forward to impale him? In an instant he was rising Saw the ground recede below him A huge hand, all black and hairy Swung him upward by the shoulder Han was hoisted through the branches By a silverback gorilla; Saw around him other members Of this troop of splendid primates Not quite sure he still was living Han then sighted all his family Sitting near him in the branches Pure relief and gladness filled him Down below the cats, frustrated By their disappearing supper Lingered round with eyes turned upward Glinting gold in evening shadows Then the sabertooths departed One by one into the darkness Han and Kwona and the children Laughed for joy at their deliverance CHAPTER 6 Gorillas Han was puzzled why gorillas Would have intervened to save them Did they reckon us as brothers, Distantly related family? He took care to make slow movements And avoid direct eye contact But their pongid hosts seemed friendly And untroubled by their presence Now the rapid tropic evening Had descended into night-time Several of the female primates Bade the visitors to follow Climbing over thicker branches They were led up to a tree nest Where the motherly gorillas Laid them down to sleep like children With adrenalin subsided Waves of tiredness came upon them Peacefully they watched and listened To the forest night-time fauna
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