The Wise Old Eagle Owl

A prickly porcupine was looking for a home

And he came upon a burrow in the ground

So he ran off with a thrill and rattled all his quills

Just thinking of the lovely home he'd found

And he came back all agog but there was a hunting dog

Sitting outside his new found home

So there was an argument so for the lion king they sent

For he could be the judge of this alone

Oh there's a wise old eagle owl

Watching from a log

Wiser than a lion or a prickly porcupine

And wiser than a hunting dog

So the lion said you see a contest there must be

To decide just who should have this little home

So hunt for meat and then leave it near my den

And the winner takes the burrow for his own

But the porcupine just knew there was nothing he could do

For him to hunt was not an easy feat

That old lion and the dog had made a wicked plot

To win a home and get a lot of meat

Oh there's a wise old eagle owl

Watching from a log

Wiser than a lion or a prickly porcupine

And wiser than a hunting dog

So the porcupine got sly and made a plan to lie

To look like he'd been dead for many a day

And when someone came to peer

He would strike when they came near

And that is how he'd catch his meaty prey

The eagle owl he saw it all and from his log he called

Hey porcupine you'll never catch this way

Let me catch the prey for you and by the morning dew

You will be the winner of the day

Oh there's a wise old eagle owl

Watching from a log

Wiser than a lion or a prickly porcupine

And wiser than a hunting dog

So the porcupine agreed and with cunning and with speed

The eagle owl he hunted 'till the dawn

There were rabbits moles and rats

And shrews and hares and bats

All lying by the lion's den that morn

So to this very day each and every beast of prey

For the porcupines have got so much respect