The king of the animals

Far far away came a time
When fire was hard to find
The king of the animals
The cock with the red crown
Became king because of the ever
Burning flame of its crown

Far far away he ruled
Away from men a palace
Guarded by the tiger and elephant
In majesty and in awe
He ruled because of the ever
Burning red flame of its crown

Far far away it rained
And all of earth became cold
The trees got soaked, killing
their fires in their huts, leaving
darkness in their eyes except the cock
and his ever burning red flame of its crown

far far away they came
a gathering to enter the palace
but for fear of the king who
sleeps because of the ever
burning red flame of its crown

far far away after the gathering
the tiger the most courageous
sent his daring son
into the palace to light
the fire from the ever
burning red flame of its crown

far far away an uproar
among the animals when
the emissary returned from his quest
to bring home their only hope
failing to light the light from the ever
burning red flame of its crown

far far away came an end to a reign
and life of a noble king an end to
so many years of deception; a scatter
of the royal family into the woods
because they could not light from the ever
burning red flame of its crown

nearer and nearer they came
from far far away into
the abode of men but never to forget
as they reechoed that night of
their departure through the
wild, a crow of their lost glory and crown