{"id":4827,"date":"2023-11-26T20:26:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T20:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=4827"},"modified":"2023-11-28T22:50:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T22:50:49","slug":"on-safari","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/o-poems\/on-safari\/","title":{"rendered":"On Safari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> On Safari<br \/>\nby cricketjeff on November 14, 2010.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved<br \/>\nThe young polar bear soon discovers he&#8217;s cute<br \/>\nBut you should beware he is also astute<br \/>\nWhile you stand there ahhhing at each little trick<br \/>\nHis mind will be whirring, it really is quick<br \/>\nBefore you see danger and think you should hide<br \/>\nIf he&#8217;s feeling hungry you&#8217;ll find you&#8217;re inside!<\/p>\n<p>Each tiger&#8217;s a beauty, so regal and sleek<br \/>\nBut don&#8217;t let that fool you he&#8217;s also a sneak<br \/>\nHis stripes aren&#8217;t for fashion they&#8217;re cunning disguise<br \/>\nThe truth of his thinking is seen in his eyes<br \/>\nHe&#8217;ll wait till your sleeping then launch an attack<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s not bacon butties when he wants a snack<\/p>\n<p>The lion&#8217;s so lazy he&#8217;s hard to respect<br \/>\nBut changes in mood can be hard to detect<br \/>\nHe&#8217;ll lie in the sunshine his wives all around<br \/>\nWhile you are delighted at what you have found<br \/>\nBut don&#8217;t look away or they&#8217;ll think you invite<br \/>\nThem over to join you for one friendly bite<\/p>\n<p>You cannot deny that the Nile crocodile<br \/>\nLooks less than unfriendly while wearing a smile<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s loves to sun bathe, but it&#8217;s not for his tan<br \/>\nHe&#8217;ll be contemplating a desperate plan<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t stand by his head for a photo with you<br \/>\nWhen he thinks of snaps, he means snap you in two!<\/p>\n<p>All over the world there are creatures to see<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s great to watch nature that&#8217;s wandering free<br \/>\nBut deep in their thoughts (I don&#8217;t know, it&#8217;s a hunch)<br \/>\nThey&#8217;re not thinking &#8220;tourist, lets sell him some lunch.&#8221;<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s food on their minds, I am sure of that fact<br \/>\nThey&#8217;re thinking &#8220;A picnic that&#8217;s tidily packed&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Safari by cricketjeff on November 14, 2010.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved The young polar bear soon discovers he&#8217;s cute But you should beware he is also astute While you stand there ahhhing at each little trick His mind will be whirring, it really is quick Before you see danger and think you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9732,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4827","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4827"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6680,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4827\/revisions\/6680"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}