The Great Animal Battle by Mauritz Mostert

Author:Mauritz Mostert
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wildmoz
Published: 2020-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

LAYING OUT THE BATTLEFIELD

While the Things-of-the-Earth were laying out their battlefield, Lion with his compatriots passed by the river where Hippopotamus and Crocodile were awaiting their instructions.

“Because you Crocodile, are unpredictable, no one in their right mind would turn their back on you. I suggest you stay in the river to defend it. As for you Hippo, I also think since you with yours, know the ways of Crocodile with his, it would be best you help one another with the Otters at your sides to save the river from a take-over.”

Lion passing on by the river went about setting his troops by their respective family groups. He positioned them in an array across the valley, facing the Things-of-the-Air. In the front line, were placed the many cat families like Leopard, Lynx and Cheetah, along with the many dog families like Hyena, Wild Dog and Wolf on either side of himself. They were considered the bravest of all the Things-of-the-Earth.

Behind them came the swiftest gazelles with the antelope of the plains like Springbuck, Zebra, Wildebeest and Oryx first. After these, the antelope of the forests like Kudu, Impala, Bushbuck and Sable. Behind them in turn, Lion set the ape families like Gorilla, Chimpanzee, Baboon and Monkey. These possessed agile movements, ones who could duck, dive and jump high. Reasoning, they would disrupt the Things-of-the-Air from getting too close to those in the front or the back of his troops.

In-between these, he placed the smaller of the Earth’s animal kingdom like Porcupine, Warthog, Badger Aardvark, Mongoose and Meerkat to serve mainly as messengers, to support the entire force. He set the heavyweights like Elephant, Rhino, Buffalo, Eland, Camel and Giraffe in the rear. His thinking being, none would run away if they were to go through the giants at the back. This mass stretched across the valley from hillside to hillside. Then Lion gave a stern warning.

“My friends, guard your eyes at all times.”

Martial Eagle was master and commander of the Things-of-the-Air. He also set his forces in the trees, arrayed over the valley, matching his troops in the manner in which he saw Lion set out his fighters. Martial Eagle noticed the agile ape families in the middle of Lion’s forces, warning the larger of his birds like Secretary, Marabou Stalk, Ground Hornbill, along with their kind, to keep clear of the apes. Eagle directed the vultures, especially the huge Bald and Bearded Vultures and the like, to mainly attack the rear keeping away from the middle ground. The Eagle families, like himself, he instructed to strike the front troops beyond the cats and dogs.

Swift flyers, like Falcon, Hawk, Crow, Woodpecker, Buzzard, and the Plover family with his friends, the Shrikes, were assigned the middle ground of Lion’s troops, where they could strike fast and get out quickly. Martial Eagle strictly instructed his forces to attack from out of the sun at all times, heading for the eyes.

“Blind animals cannot fight back.”

Imagine two of the most formidable animal forces in

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