Persuveus stood and tears they fell
as he called to one and all
They returned for he spoke well
Soon they came to his call

"Where is the wind that shakes the bough
And brings the tiger falling down?
Where is the water rushing fast
That swallows all who wander past?"

"In your treetop sanctuary
Hidden like a bird so wary
Know that I have come today
To carry fear so far away"

"I am of the moon and the sky
Like you, I was destined to be trapped and die
but the stars themselves had a plan
to beat extinction and break all man"

The tiger in the lonely tree
now was watching and intrigued
He licked his wounds and lifted his head
He did not like this for a bed

"We are at a turning point
The world waits for our rebirth
Man has broken his oath and now
we shall take back this defiled earth!"

The tiger waited and seemed unmoved
until he finally stood on his paws
Then he jumped down from the tree
and at last they all could see

The bullet had lodged in his shoulder
and had grazed the corner of his eye
Yet he let Persuveus approach
and for a while stayed nearby