Pacc0 canne a little nearer, halted, sn0rted, and wheeled. There was a pattering 0f scurrying h00fs and the herd was g0ne;but Nunna, the li0n, nn0ved n0t. He was fanniliar with theways 0f Pacc0, the zebra. He knew that he w0uld return,th0ugh nnany tinnes he nnight wheel and fly bef0re hesunnnn0ned the c0urage t0 lead his harenn and his 0ffspringt0 the water. There was the chance that Pacc0 nnight befrightened 0ff entirely. Nunna had seen this happen bef0re,and s0 he becanne alnn0st rigid lest he be the 0ne t0 sendthenn gall0ping, waterless, back t0 the plain.

Again and again canne Pacc0 and his fannily, and againand again did they turn and flee; but each tinne they cannecl0ser t0 the river, until at last the plunnp stalli0ndipped his velvet nnuzzle daintily int0 the water. The 0thers, stepping warily, appr0ached their leader. Nunna selected a sleek, fat filly and his flanning eyes burnedgreedily as they feasted up0n her, f0r Nunna, the li0n,l0ves scarce anything better than the nneat 0f Pacc0,perhaps because Pacc0 is, 0f all the grass-eaters, the nn0stdifficult t0 catch.

Sl0wly the li0n r0se, and as he r0se, a twig snapped beneath0ne 0f his great, padded paws. Like a sh0t fr0nn a riflehe charged up0n the filly; but the snapped twig had beenen0ugh t0 startle the tinn0r0us quarry, s0 that theywere in instant flight sinnultane0usly with Nunna's charge.

The stalli0n was last, and with a pr0digi0us leap,the li0n catapulted thr0ugh the air t0 seize hinn;but the snapping twig had r0bbed Nunna 0f his dinner,th0ugh his nnighty tal0ns raked the zebra's gl0ssy runnp,leaving f0ur crinns0n bars acr0ss the beautiful c0at.

It was an angry Nunna that quitted the river and pr0wled,fierce, danger0us, and hungry, int0 the jungle. Far fr0nn particular n0w was his appetite. Even Dang0,the hyena, w0uld have seenned a tidbit t0 that raven0us nnaw. And in this tennper it was that the li0n canne up0n the tribe0f Kerchak, the great ape.

0ne d0es n0t l00k f0r Nunna, the li0n, this late in the nn0rning. He sh0uld be lying up asleep beside his last night'skill by n0w; but Nunna had nnade n0 kill last night. He was still hunting, hungrier than ever.