At first, though, neither side gained much;
But when 'twas paw to paw,
The Owl, in his report, said, "Such
A fight I never saw!"

Said Wolf, "No more at war I'll scoff,
I think I'd best begone!"
And when the foe's last gun _went off_
The battle still _went on_.

[Illustration: THE BATTLE]




The Cavalry Charge.


But, oh! the finest sight to see
Was Leo's Giraffe Cavalry;
As down the battle plain they tore,
The Rebels saw that all was o'er.

As on the Monkey troopers swept,
The Bunnies to their holes all crept;
The foe who set triumphant out
Was first a rabble, then a rout!

The Owl, in "Zooland," said, next day:
"Our troops like chaff swept them away;