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It is morning in Africa

14 January 2005 5 Comments


It is morning in Africa and

As the sun rises over the plains

The gazelle awakens knowing that

If it cannot outrun the fastest lion

It will be dead.

It is morning in Africa and

The lion awakens knowing that

If it cannot outrun the slowest gazelle

It will die.

It is morning in Africa and you had
better start running.


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5 Comments »

  • Amit Chakradeo said:

    gazelle just has to outrun the slowest gazelle and not the fasted lion, isn’t it…

    # 15 January 2005 at 2:34 am
  • nik said:

    hey, what the heck is the lions and gazzels doing in your site??
    I am astonished.. rather frightned.
    Tell me why is this poem or anything here on your site??

    # 16 January 2005 at 12:19 am
  • SV said:

    Sadly in Africa, the poem is true for humans too.

    And I think the poet is Maurice Green.

    # 16 January 2005 at 6:55 pm
  • Atanu Dey said:

    Amit, I suppose it is poetic license that allows one to take liberties with logic. Quite logically, all that a gazelle has to do is see that it is not the slowest gazelle. The story of two guys in the woods with an angry bear chasing them. One guy says, “Why bother? We cannot outrun the bear.” The other guy says, “I just have to outrun you, not the bear.”

    # 17 January 2005 at 8:18 am
  • Ramesh said:

    Actaully, if you watch some Discovery, you’ll realise that the hunting lion ‘picks’ its gazelle from the herd and then goes for it. It does not just go for the herd and jump on the slowest one. So if a gazelle wants to see the next day come what may, it HAS to outrun the fastest lion (and hence all lions)!

    # 1 February 2005 at 4:30 pm