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When we walked
around to the far side of the pool, we came to the point where a stream
would enter, given the water which the skies would soon supply. The water
there suddenly exploded as three or four crocodiles all decided at the same
time that they had seen enough of us.
As we walked along the dry stream bed, we came to some pools which still
held water and looked as though they had been carefully planted and landscaped.
Butterflies fluttered around us as we admired the beautiful dragonflies
and artistically arranged water lilies, the whole cameo surviving in close
proximity to crocodiles and elephants.
As we left, I saw the feathered owner of the pools, an African jacana or
lily-trotter, delicately step out from his hiding place onto the lilypads.