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 Chp.2 Strength of the Father A few days after the pride had gorged themselves on the fallen buffalo, Mathani sat near the great tree the pride called home. Most of the other members were strewn about here and there, lazing the hot afternoon away as usual. He smiled as a few cubs finally settled down near their mothers after romping all over the adults. Looking around life seemed peaceful, as if nothing in the world could cause them strife. Noticing his father was missing from the group, he looked around to see if he were laying behind him. Instead of lazing away, he found his father sitting atop the distant hill that sloped down to the wat

                    Hope and Legacy of Umafisi                              Chp. 1 History of Umafisi     Soft, warm sand beneath his paws. The blue of the water, the color of his mother’s eyes. Sometimes he felt as if the land of his birth was alive. The island of his pride, a pride that had been here long before his time. He remembered his father telling him and his littermates the tale of his reign. Closing his eyes he could hear his father’s comforting voice.     “This is the story of our pride; long before you cubs were born, and for some of you, even your parents. When my own littermates came of age, the time came