Then shrugged her shoulders a la hump and to her husband said,
"In all the best newspapers, how often have I read,
That Teddy loves all parents who large families possess,
And I am sure with many cubs our happy den is blessed."
Then brave and proud Queen Lion she carried out each babe,
And placed it in the doorway of her Afro-Jungle cave;
And there she proudly waited for King Teddy to appear,
For of his teeth and of his gun she hadn't any fear.
The coward King of Jungle Land, he bid himself inside,
And when he heard King Teddy's voice his bones shook in his hide;