<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367322" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Lion Cub</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">To study him, as he was now, <br>You'd think that he looked swell.<br>This lion cub with wrinkled brow<br>Was known to cast a spell...<br>Your first impressions are misled, <br>For he's no gentle soul...<br>Just tired out, with weary head, <br>Till he regains control...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Once back on form, he's set to pounce! <br>He's on all fours again! <br>As if on springs, he'll leap and bounce<br>Before he counts to ten! <br>This little jewel is known to prowl<br>And ambush suddenly...<br>He even makes his Mother growl, <br>While Dad stares solemnly...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But does he care, displaying shame? <br>Does he observe their rules? <br>They've never known him to be tame! <br>He treats them all as fools! <br>But one day soon, he'll stand and fight, <br>No matter what this brings! <br>Yes, one day soon, with all his might, <br>He'll join the lion kings! </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, November 2010.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Lion Cub'. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">More Stephen Gayford poems here: <br>denis-martindale-dot-blogspot-dot-com</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Denis+Martindale">Denis Martindale</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367322" data-title="Lion Cub de Denis Martindale" data-description="To study him, as he was now, You'd think that he looked swell. This lion cub with wrinkled brow Was known to cast a spell... Your first impressions are misled, For he's no gentle soul... Just tired out, with weary head, Till he regains control...."></div> </div> </div>

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