A tiger
Is following him
Lifting and placing his padded paws without making a sound, the tiger sniffs the air. Tracks the child’s scent. Creeps closer and closer. The tiger can almost taste the child as he slinks through the underbrush. He prepares to pounce, to leap and bury his sharp claws in the young child… When suddenly, the child disappears. Disappears into the mouth of a cave.
Deep inside that cave, a wolf
And her mate
On hearing the tigers roar, wake from a deep sleep
Hackles rising
The wolves arch their backs
Ready to leap
Ready to protect their young
From any danger
No danger?
At that moment the tiger thrust his head into the narrow entrance of the cave.