Book excerpt: The Advent is a holy season when believers celebrate The Coming. Is there more to Advent than the coming of the saviour? The poems explore several ramifications of the season, helping readers to reflect more on this theme. Stories are wonderful. They express the ideas in the mind of a storyteller. The stories from Animal Kingdom is more than fable. It flows like a tale from folklore, yet there is meaning beyond the surface. Satirical stories convey meaning usually by employing characters, like the characters depicted in stories from Animal Kingdom. The lion killed the zebra, yet ants removed the lion from the lion's domain... These and more are some stories in this book...