Leopard Calm

Read the Yoem : The Leopard was calm Laying there in the grass after lunch licking his palm. Full he was, from all the colors he ate. Digesting red, blue, orange....even the yellow plate. Lay there awhile he did, Asleep with one eye open, he hid. Patiently waiting for thieves to open the forbidden lid Until one day, someone came, yet it wasn't a thief, it was a kid. Now you see the leopard can get pretty eager Eating only colors from a rainbow, can be quite meager He prefers to snack on bandits, crooks, pirates, vikings and thieves. Once he was so hungry he ate a whole tree with a million leaves His job and pleasure. No matter the weather If it’s raining, snowing, or very cold. He must guard the pot of gold. Even if he is 100 years old Even if his whiskers grow mold Everybody within a thousand miles, all know That a hungry leopard lays at the end of the rainbow. Never before has a kid rode so far and wide, He didn't even have a guide. The half asleep Leopard went from comfortably snoring To savagely roaring He leaped out from where he laid hiding Yet the kid merely stepped of the horse, he was riding Surprised the kid was not Oh how this made the Leopard steam red hot The heated Leopard raised his pointy sharp claw Yet the kid merely laughed as he scratched his jaw. The kid looked into the Leopard’s beady eyes They reminded him of his mother’s apple pies They stood face to face under the glowing sun Any other kid would have cried and run Just as the Leopard was about to reach in for a bite With a smile, the kid stood upright And he began to explain To the wild Leopard why he came Soon the Leopard learned the kid’s name, About his family, his travels, and soon became tame. His Family was recently overtaken by bandits, crooks, pirates, vikings and thieves. The kid proved it was true, and showed the Leopard a piece from one of the pirate’s sleeves. Bandits, crooks, pirates, vikings and thieves. Were of course the Leopards biggest pet peeves This news made the Leopard reason with the kid And now that he knew the kid’s name was Sid, He offered to do anything he could, even the gold under the forbidden lid. Anything to make up for what those bandits, crooks, pirates, vikings and thieves did. The Leopard respected Sid for being so brave and strong Knowing he had rode alone from far away for so long Well now that all the gold was gone The Leopard would have to sing a new song. He will of course continue to hunt down bandits, crooks, pirates, vikings and thieves. But now the Leopard can venture out with different beliefs.