Quip's Corner - The Circle of Life

A young elephant rolled out of bed
took one step and bumped his head.
"who put this tree branch in the path"
yelled the young elephant in his wrath
"Someone could have really died
or been blinded when he smacked his eye"
"I want to know now", he demanded
And then from the tree, three tigers landed
Smiled at him and asked politely
"have we caused you to act unsightly
Throwing blame and demanding action
Can we help you with a retraction"
The elephant stuttered, stalled and slurped.
Then he let out a nervous burp
The tigers waited, flexing claws
stretching muscles, spreading jaws.
The elephant finally found his say
Mumbled something and backed away
Within a second he had turned and run
The tigers watched, they’d had their fun
They slapped high fives and turned to go
Went around a bush and fell in a hole.