We were only little, maybe up to your knee,
You took us to a wildlife park, my brother and me.
We passed monkeys and giraffes, elephants too,
But it was the lions that will always remind me of you.
I remember we asked you what you would do,
If a lion escaped and threatened us two.
Without any hesitation we heard you say:
"I'd protect you, of course! I'd get in the way".
So simple a phrase, pr...