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not the striker.
But,
the lion uses his intelligence,
he looks always at the right cause, he hits the hitter.
The dog culture and civilization is decried
because he digs the earth, growls
seeing his species.
The lion lives amicably amidst his species;
such is the tendency of a king, so it should be.
Some dogs go mad too,
and those whom they bite
die barking as a rule in some days;
but,
never has it been heard
that a lion has gone mad.
There is one more
very reprehensible act of the dog species.
When afflicted by hunger
and doesn't get anything eatable,
he puts down his mouth to filth, and
not getting even that
he eats up his own progeny.
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