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Braima Moiwai, The Lion Story,page 5 <br /> there. But now he had to hunt in the savannah, and the rain had made the <br /> grasses grow taller and thicker, much harder to walk through. <br /> He made his way down the slope from his cave in Bintumani <br /> Mountain to lie in the sharp-edged grass. He put his ear to the ground to <br /> listen for approaching animals, but he heard nothing. After a long wait, he <br /> stood and walked up the hill to look across the land beneath the distant rain <br /> clouds. <br /> He saw something move. "I knew it," he said to himself. He moved <br /> through the grasses like an arrow toward his target. In a single leap, he <br /> sunk his teeth into the neck of Young Giraffe. <br /> Mother Giraffe tried to save her only son, but it was too late. Her grief <br /> felt like a burning stone in her gut. <br /> The death news spread like wild fire among the animals. <br />