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                  Two wide, watchful eyes

                  In a sheltering snowbank       

                     Seeing but unseen.

Rabbits, scattering,

Stretch the hinges of their legs

And spring to safety.

In a dappled glen,

Deer, spotted by Nature’s brush,

Outfox predators.

     Hippos on tiptoe

   Dance in a buoyant ballet

     Under the river.

    He rises early,

  Ready to reward the sun

  With his shrill good-day.