Cleo and the Leopard
Cleo and the Leopard lived in the same neighborhood, sometimes even in the same tree, but never at the same time, because they were not friends.
But they understood each other’s speech and sometimes spoke to each other. As a baboon, Cleo spoke more than the Leopard. Words came to her readily because she was always talking with the other baboons. The Leopard was usually silent.
When the Leopard tried to sneak up on some tasty little mongoose under Cleo’s tree, she and her brothers started a horrible screeching. “Yak, yak, yak, yak!” They scared away the Leopard’s meal. The Leopard was annoyed.
“You make too much noise,” he snarled.
“We protect our friends,” Cleo retorted. “You don’t have any friends,” she taunted.
Cleo and the Leopard lived in the same neighborhood, sometimes even in the same tree, but never at the same time, because they were not friends.
But they understood each other’s speech and sometimes spoke to each other. As a baboon, Cleo spoke more than the Leopard. Words came to her readily because she was always talking with the other baboons. The Leopard was usually silent.
When the Leopard tried to sneak up on some tasty little mongoose under Cleo’s tree, she and her brothers started a horrible screeching. “Yak, yak, yak, yak!” They scared away the Leopard’s meal. The Leopard was annoyed.
“You make too much noise,” he snarled.
“We protect our friends,” Cleo retorted. “You don’t have any friends,” she taunted.