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CHAPTER 6 (d, continued) Several times he threw the wing-form With advice from Han succeeding To produce a soaring flight path Then returning to his duties As troop leader; now the females Brought forth food they had collected And their business turned to feasting In the gentle rays of sunset Several days and nights now followed With a corresponding pattern While the males patrolled the border Food was gathered by the ladies Once, at evening, Han and Matto Lit a campfire in the clearing Some gorillas stared in wonder Others, fearful, shrinking from it Rosy the baboon attracted Much attention from the young ones Gleefully they played together With the smaller fellow primate One day as the shadows lengthened Afternoon becoming evening There again was an encounter With the saber-tooth cat hunters Hoots and chest-thumps spread the warning Quickly through the pongid kingdom Moments later all were climbing To the safety of the treetops But the males were organising At the silverback's direction Moving tree to tree like shadows Taking up assigned positions Down below them at ground level Several wild pigs were running While the saber-toothed pursuers Herded them with cold precision Bringing back to Han and Kwona Their own recent chilling memories Once again the prey were corralled To the stream to be surrounded And again the mighty primates Lifted most of them to safety Up into the high tree branches As they loudly squealed in protest Soon however acquiescing To the powerful limbs that held them In high branches safely rescued From the predators below them Han and Kwona both were baffled By this very strange behaviour What did the gorillas gain by Rescuing these hunted creatures? Later they would learn the answer These intelligent gorillas Sabotaged the set-piece chases Of the sabre-tooth cat hunters With the aim of their departure To some distant hill or valley There to carry out their orgies Of carnivorous destruction Thus the humans and gorillas Shared a while their lives' adventure Han and Kwona and the children Filled the days with happy memories There however came a morning Han and Kwona spoke of leaving For the purpose of their journey Lay yet unfulfilled before them Pleasant though their habitation With the pongid troop was proving This was not the sought for homeland For their family and descendants
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