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even most powerful animal was no match. Buffalo was dead quick after. Then Masa noticed another trophy of that hunt.

“He wasssss mine!” hissed young ball python, coiled around carcass’s neck.

Snake was golden, slightly more metre lengthy, what meant he did managed to circle bovid’s neck even twice. His attempts to choke strong game were destined to fail – powerful muscles of herbivore could easily stop clench of reptile. But because buffalo was trying to rid off irritating boa, he simply failed to hear incoming lionesses. That was why it came so smoothly.

“No offence, but I think you had your chance to kill him. Then we had our.” Replied Masa.

“That issss not fair!” hissed snake. “It’s my kill. You haven’t given me a chance!” When he noticed that lionesses ignored him and started to slash game’s meat, in desperation he called. “Get off!” and he slid on Masa.

He coiled around her neck and clenched his body with all his might. Whatever strong he could be as for python, he was too weak to choke mature lioness, additionally prepared for that. Grey female tensed her muscles of neck and boa met a steel wall of flesh, that he was unable to squeeze.

“Have you finished?” asked Masa with indifferent voice.

“I will choke you!” called snake.

“Who knows.” Replied lioness. “I could die laughing. By the way…” she looked on buffalo. “How did you plan to eat so huge prey? I guess only proper part of it was a tail.”

“Ssssshut up!” hissed snake. “That issss mine kill.”

“Will he be good for a snack?” asked Rama, looking on neck of friend.

“Can you remove him, without slashing my neck?” asked Masa.

“You broke the lawsssss!” called boa. “I will make a complain to the king.”

“Go on, I will forward it.” Smiled Masa. “I’m carer of king’s daughter.”

“You have no right! I want make complain to the king!” repeated reptile.

“Great.” Grey lioness looked on kill. “Eat some, then divide it into portable portions. We are returning home.”

“With him?” asked surprised Rama.

“And what would you do?” murmured leaderless. “I simply can’t rid him off. He wants to complain on us and we are going rve for that.”

Hunt was very strange and game turned out to be even stranger. Lone buffalo seemed to ignore sneaking lionesses and when Masa gave sing to pursue it was too late for bovid. Ten lionesses pinned powerful creature down – but for twenty paws and eighty claws even most powerful animal was no match. Buffalo was dead quick after. Then Masa noticed another trophy of that hunt.

“He wasssss mine!” hissed young ball python, coiled around carcass’s neck.

“No offence, but I think you had your chance to kill him. Then we had our.” Replied Masa.

“Have you finished?” asked Masa with indifferent voice.

“I will choke you!” called snake.

“Who knows.” Replied lioness. “I could die laughing. By the way…” she looked on buffalo. “How did you plan to eat so huge prey? I guess only proper part of it was a tail.”

“Ssssshut up!” hissed snake. “That issss mine kill.”

“Will he be good for a snack?” asked Rama, looking on neck of friend.

“Can you remove him, without slashing my neck?” asked Masa.

“You broke the lawsssss!” called boa. “I will make a complain to the king.”

“Go on, I will forward it.” Smiled Masa. “I’m carer of king’s daughter.”

“You have no right! I want make complain to the king!” repeated reptile.

“Great.” Grey lioness looked on kill. “Eat some, then divide it into portable portions. We are returning home.”

back anyway. Just let Arista… I mean: king to solve that.”

“That is against the lawssss!” repeated snake.

“We heard that.” Replied Masa. “And now, would you be so kind and let looser a little. If feel so uncomfortable I will let Rama try to cut you off.

Hunting team returned to Golden Cave with meat and strange guest. Boa hadn’t moved an inch, still coiled around Masa’s neck. Arista was napping in the doorstep of cave, but he woke up instantly, hearing returning lionesses. He looked on his pride.

“It’s good to see you.” He said and then noticed snake on neck of grey lioness. “What is the meaning of this!? This is outrageous!”

“I told her ssssso, ssssir.” Said boa. “But sssshe didn’t lisssten and stole my kill.”

“Let her loose or I will cut you in more parts than you could count!” growled king.

“Yessss, sssir.” Said python shyly, although in his voice there was no actual fear of death. It seemed that he was rather surprised that king didn’t judge at his thought.

Golden reptile slid down from lioness’s neck and Arista came to Masa. He looked on her neck, looking for any injures, but – as we mentioned earlier – moderate snake was too small to endanger huntress in any way. Lion sighed with relief.

“Come on, sir. That’s just a snake. Weird one, but still does no harm.”

“I will sssshow you: no harm!” hissed python and moved to Masa again, but before he slid to her, he was grabbed by Arista’s paw and lifted up.

“Would you be so kind and tell me, why the heck you tried to choke my lioness?” asked king with calm, yet decisive voice.

“And how he wanted to devour our buffalo.” Threw Masa in.

“Sssshut up!” yelled boa. “That was my kill.”

Arista just raised his paws with snake and then waved it, so reptile’s head – driven by centrifuge force – hit the rock of massif. Not hard enough to kill, but surely to inflict serious pain.

“Watch your tongue!” growled Arista. “You are speaking to the lady.”

“Or to three…” gasped snake with weak voice, trying to focus his vision on blurred silhouetted of Masa.

“But what did you say about your kill?”

“Sir, it’s idiotic story.” Said Macheo, one of the youngest lionesses who joined the hunting team. “We found that snake on neck of our kill, as he was trying to choke it.”

“I would have done it, if not your pride!” yelled golden reptile. “I want make an official complain on your ssssubjects!”

“I should have cut him in pieces before we got here.” Murmured Rama.