Woodland Creatures In a Trance

Deer do frolic: How they run and laugh and play Birds chirp sweetly, soaring on a gentle breeze Rabbits scoot and scamper, in their puckish way The sunlight shoots through branches of tall trees As clouds drift off to Heaven's vast expanse The coolness of the forest's sure to please... Noonday heat puts woodland creatures in a trance Lay down their weary heads to take a nap Soon to slumber, hearts a-twitter to romance Unaware of danger, of deception's traps Sounds and scents of peril start to filter in Startling to attention, they duly snap Hunter-man has forest's bulwarks broken in Rifles poised to target precious creature's skins