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<h2>In Darkest Africa</h2>
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<span class="i0">At evening when the lamp is lit,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">The tired Human People sit<br/></span>
<span class="i0">And doze, or turn with solemn looks<br/></span>
<span class="i2">The speckled pages of their books.<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">Then I, the Dangerous Kitten, prowl<br/></span>
<span class="i2">And in the Shadows softly growl,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">And roam about the farthest floor<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Where Kitten never trod before.<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">And, crouching in the jungle damp,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">I watch the Human Hunter’s camp,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Ready to spring with fearful roar<br/></span>
<span class="i2">As soon as I shall hear them snore.<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">And then with stealthy tread I crawl<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Into the dark and trackless hall,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Where ’neath the Hat-tree’s shadows deep<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Umbrellas fold their wings and sleep.<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">A cuckoo calls—and to their dens<br/></span>
<span class="i2">The People climb like frightened hens,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">And I’m alone—and no one cares<br/></span>
<span class="i2">In Darkest Africa—down stairs.<br/></span></div>
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