Why Nobody Pets the Lion at the Zoo
The morning that the world began
The Lion growled a growl at Man.
And I suspect the Lion might
(If he’ d been closer) have tried a bite.
I think that’ s as it ought to be
And not as it was taught to me.
I think the Lion has a right
To growl a growl and bite a bite.
And if the Lion bothered Adam,
He should have growled right back at ’ im.
The way to treat a Lion right
Is growl for growl and bite for bite.
True, the Lion is better fit
For biting than for being bit.