Hush descended on the birds of the valley a horned owl hooted on the hill above me emerged from the mist a pale blue moon you know in the jungle the night comes soon!
Nocturne shimmered expectant still the king had arrived to claim his **** his shadow moved with a low mutter growl stopped in its hoot the lone horned owl!
Thirty feet below neath the yawning screen on the big oak the tallest on ravine it so seemed but only a few pace within the reach of the king’s embrace!
The two only knew who were in the war one to be witnessed by the langur sambar cries of caution they all would sing not least bothered arrived the king!
On its track stopped the wind afraid as the risen moon showed the king’s head his paws advanced eyes fixed on me for three days the king was going hungry!
Licking his **** he took an apple bite birds took flight night froze in fright to shoulder must raise my rifle on knees while the king ate his dinner in peace!
His eyes glimmered in pleasure’s full glow my fingers closed and inched up slow but what I did over the valley rang out cupping my hands gave a full throated shout!
It echoed in the hill such loud was the blare the king ran for life with his tail in the air and so long he lived couldn’t recover from daze of being driven by a weakling out of village!
The Temple Tiger: Jim Corbett, more than a hunter, an extraordinarily passionate animal lover.