“You dare laugh at me,” snarled Lion at Hyena.
“Your death is assured!”

“Of course, of course,” laughed Hyena.
“Kill the critic, while meanwhile the gazelle romp free and mock you.”

So Lion hunted all the gazelle, and bringing Hyena to the killing fields, he proclaimed,
“Look now Hyena. I am Lion, king of all I see.
As surely as I can do this,
Your death is assured!”

“Of course, of course,” laughed Hyena.
“Kill the critic, while the elephant titter behind your back.”

So Lion slaughtered the elephants, the bison and the rhinos.
He eviscerated the zebras, the wildebeests, and the giraffes.
He massacred the cheetahs, the vultures, and even the other lions.
All fell before his roar. 

And crushing Hyena beneath his giant paw, he said,
“See now, none stand before me.
Your death is assured.
How can you still laugh?”

“Of course, of course,” giggled Hyena.
“You are strong, and you are powerful,
And I will most assuredly die.

But  tomorrow you will find no food,
And my brothers will find you.

And laugh.”