Suddenly, the lion grabbed her by the cuff of her jacket and tried  to pull her inside to slaughter her, under the eyes of her screaming  parents.

The biker jumped off his Harley, ran to the cage and hit the lion square on the nose with a powerful punch.

Whimpering from the pain the lion jumped back letting go of the girl, and the biker brought her to her terrified parents, who thanked him endlessly.

A reporter had watched the whole event. The reporter, addressing the  Harley rider, said, ‘Sir, this was the most gallant and brave thing  I’ve seen a man do in my whole life.’

 

The Harley rider replied, ‘Why, it was nothing, really, the lion was  behind bars. I just saw this little kid in danger and acted as I  felt right.’

  

The reporter said, ‘Well, I’ll make sure this won’t go unnoticed.  I’m a journalist, and tomorrow’s paper will have this story on the  front page. So, what do you do for a living and what political affiliation do you have?”

 

The biker replied, ‘I’m a U.S. Marine and a Republican.’

 

The  journalist left.

 

The following morning the biker bought the paper to see news of his  actions, and read, on the front page: U.S. MARINE ASSAULTS AFRICAN IMMIGRANT AND STEALS HIS LUNCH.