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The lions, the leopard and the warthog...
RB - Year 5
The Best Day Ever The lions, still blissfully unaware of the leopard right under their noses, didn't notice as he went in for the kill and dragged a warthog piglet out of its burrow. Amazingly, the little warthog didn't let out a sound when the leopard got hold of him. That would have brought the lions rushing over to investigate. As soon as the leopard had the warthog firmly in his mouth, he started moving away from the lions very quickly. We set off, following him. We lost the trail momentarily in shorter grass but found it again, and after we had walked only a few metres further, the leopard jumped out of the grass right in front of us, and in a flash went straight up a Marula tree. It paused momentarily on a branch and gave us a stare which I will never forget. He then jumped down with a growl, grabbed his kill and ran off into a nearby thicket. Now that we knew where the leopard was hiding we relocated him with his kill. He settled down to feast on his hard earned meal, providing us with amazing photo opportunities and an experience that I will never forget!