Lions hunt in two ways, out onthe plains the lioness will stalk the prey silently but if they are hungry and a meal is in an enclosure the lioness, actually there is usually more than one, will put their mouths to the ground and roar. The cattle become confused and panic.
This poem is based on my husbands observations in the bush in Botswana. He worked for a prospecting company and lived in the bush for 18months.
A kraal is an enclosure for the cattle made of branches interwined to form a circle.

The Lions Eat Tonight

The lioness stalks the prey,
Her King lies under a tree.
She lies and waits without a sound
one bound she's home and free.

She brings her prize to her King
lays it at his paws,
he eats first and has his fill,
prey in his powerful jaws.

They will not always work so hard
to have fayre on their table,
As man invades their back yard
he does the lion a favour.

The cattle are in the kraal,
a circle of sticks secure
the lion comes up puts his mouth to the ground
and lets out a mighty roar.

All the cattle scatter, the sound is all around,
Panic, fear and terror, they tremble then they storm.
The lion lies in waiting, making not a sound,
cattle pass, lions pounce, out the throat is torn.