Crisis in the Jungle

Deep in the jungle

Wild animals roamed freely

Getting hold of the herbivores

Who though wild

Were simply not wild enough.

They were referred

Not as wild animals,

But as mild animals.

Wild animals liked

To feast on mild animals.

Mild animal did not

Like to be feasted on.

So they hid themselves

In the bushes,

Eating tasteless leaves

Instead of tasteful grass.

In time, the mild animals

Grew tasteless too.

Making the wild animals' feast

Bland and uninteresting.

As a result, all the animals 

Reduced their intake of food

Making them lethargic

And inactive too.

They preferred resting

To foraging for food.

They slept more

And ate less.

The jungle no longer being

A place of buzzing activity

Awaits for the day to end

And the long night to begin.