{"id":37857,"date":"2018-08-15T08:39:42","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T08:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=37857"},"modified":"2018-08-15T09:06:13","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T09:06:13","slug":"steve-irwin-and-the-red-ape-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/08\/steve-irwin-and-the-red-ape-mother\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Irwin and the red ape mother"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The late Steve Irwin was driven<br \/>\nHis confidence to see<br \/>\nAnd be a true blue earthling<br \/>\nRespect and ofcourse a guiltlessness<br \/>\nAn irreproachability<\/p>\n<p>The mother sought compassion<br \/>\nShe felt his tender heart<br \/>\nWhich Clearly moved him you could hear him<br \/>\nWavering from the start<\/p>\n<p>But you  see the wild one&#8217;s<br \/>\nHave it<br \/>\nThey have all been through so much<br \/>\nThey have given and have striven<br \/>\nBut they want to stay in touch<\/p>\n<p>They emanate appreciation<br \/>\nShe was dignified as she<br \/>\nWas affable to see him with her<br \/>\nJust there on her tree<\/p>\n<p>Not a speck of arrogance<br \/>\nWe saw intimacy<br \/>\nWe surely felt the closeness<br \/>\nIt was where she wanted to be<\/p>\n<p>And Steve clearly enchanted<br \/>\nIts endearing to see<br \/>\nIts why the world is a sadder place<br \/>\nThat the ray unfortunately<\/p>\n<p>Ended what was an incarnation<br \/>\nOf spirit and great care<br \/>\nUnique, he was an angel<br \/>\nWith a great big heart to  share<\/p>\n<p>He was totally undeflected<br \/>\nAbove-board all the way<br \/>\nAnd that red ape mother sensed it<br \/>\nAnd they both enjoyed their day<\/p>\n<p>Orangutans know suffering<br \/>\nThey are humble with their thought<br \/>\nDR Birute  is another<br \/>\nBoth Steve and the Dr fought<\/p>\n<p>A battle as true earthlings<br \/>\nTo try and right each wrong<br \/>\nAnd I hold both in high standing<br \/>\nFor in essence they belong<\/p>\n<p>Up there with the angels<br \/>\nAnd the great red apes agree<br \/>\nThey understand devotion<br \/>\nIts a notion that they see<\/p>\n<p>Principled and honourable<br \/>\nAnd moral to a tee<br \/>\nWatching Steve with the mother ape<br \/>\nIt really got to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The late Steve Irwin was driven His confidence to see And be a true blue earthling Respect and ofcourse a guiltlessness An irreproachability The mother sought compassion She felt his tender heart Which Clearly moved him you could hear him &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/08\/steve-irwin-and-the-red-ape-mother\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orangutanperson-of-the-forest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37857"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37868,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37857\/revisions\/37868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}