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    It was a hot day on the plains. The animals 

were trying to take refuge from the heat. The 

lions were under an umbrella tree, lazily watching 

the social gatherings at the waterhole.

Shelly was the most beautiful zebra in all of 

Africa. She had icy blue eyes. Her hooves shined in 

the sunlight when she ran across the plains. Even 

her black and white stripes and her luscious black 

mane were well know all around Africa. Almost 

every animal admired her. Shelly was very popular. 

She even had friends from almost every species. 

        She usually hung around the water hole with 

her friends gathered around her almost every day. 

She would bathe and talk with her friends for 

most of her day. She would normally go home 

around dusk. That’s when her mother usually called 

for her to come home.

        The beautiful zebra had many admirers. 

One in particular was Leo the lion. He was a 

young and handsome lion. He had a beautiful 

mane that glistened in the sunlight. His claws 

were perfectly sharp and could tear through 

anything. Even his teeth were perfectly white. 

All the lionesses liked him. He would hangout 

at the waterhole with his friends and admire 

the beautiful zebra. His friends Mika the lioness 

and Mushu the giraffe tried time and time 

again to warn him about the zebras 

personality. But Leo wouldn’t listen. He was 

too infatuated by the zebras beauty. 

        One day, Leo finally had the courage to talk 

to the zebra. At first Shelly was surprised that a 

lion, her natural predator, had feelings for her. 

She decided that this could be an advantage for 

her. The two animals went out a few times. Then 

Shelly started asking Leo to do things for her. 

Without question her favors, he did whatever the 

zebra wanted. 

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