The Queen and King Lion
[...] "Like every afternoon during the wet season, she returned to her farm in the Victoria Falls in her jeep, accompanied by her inseparable cats, Woody and Jerry.
That afternoon, near the road, she spotted King Lion. The king of the savana. Fearful and respected by both animals and men.
Anyone else in his place would have speed up and fled. But she was special.
She had a determination and a self-confidence beyond all norms. (She could have beaten Margaret Thatcher herself if she had stood for election)
She stopped the jeep a few meters in front of King Lion and took some salt in her hands. - He is just another arrogant male, who cannot bear the power of a woman's intention. She thought.
Woody and Jerry jumped too, but they were waiting, holding their breath at a certain safe distance,
Without hesitation she approached King Lion and bent down offering him the salt in her hand. "
(excerpt from the book not yet written, Formidable women)