A story about a courageous Rhino, who faces many challenges, but through his bravery and confidence, he is able to overcome them.

3. This book is dedicated to the Pilanesberg
National Reserve and WWF fortheirconstant
care for the protection of Rhinos in South
Africa.
http://www.wwf.org
http://www.pilanesberg-game-reserve.co.za

5. Thereonce was a Rhino, not verytall.
For thisyoungRhino, was growingbutsmall.
Rhino was strollingthroughtrees and grass,
Yet not onesingleanimal, did he pass.
He calledfor his motherfor he was lost,
He had to find her whateverthecost.
He called and he calledbutheard no reply,
Thensawsomethingyellow in thecorner of his eye.

6. A greatmountainlion so huge and wide,
Made theyoungRhino just want to hide
Lion stood in his path and growled, “hello!
I haven’thadbreakfastyet, youknow.“
Rhinoreplied: “Well neitherhave I,
And ifyoudon’tmind, I’dlike to pass by.“
“Haha pooryoungRhinodon’tyousee
Youcannotpossiblyrunawayfromme“

7. Lion sharpened his claws and prepared to eat!
ButRhino just stoodthere and tapped his feet.
Bravely, he said, “Old Lion, don’tyousee?
I’m far moredangerousthanyouthinkme to be.“
“Just youwait, old Lion you’llsoonrecognize
That I canmakefireappear in front of youreyes“
ButwhatyoungRhinodid not know
Was that a fireappeared – just as he said so.

8. As the hot fireflamesgot so verynear
Itgaveold Lion a mighty taste of fear
“AlaslittleRhino, away I mustrun!
Gettingfrieddoes not soundliketoomuchfun!“
Scaredold Lion ran as fast as he could,
ButRhino was still unaware of theburningwood.
“Haha howcouldsillyold Lion believe
He was just to easy to decieve“

9. ThenRhinostopped in horror and stared,
Thefire was there! Now he was feelingscared!
No! He would not run, he had to be brave,
He ran at thefirefortheanimals he could save.
Thefireburned hot on littleRhinosskin,
But he kept on running and held up his chin.
Rhinojumped on thefire, he stampedeverywherenear
He stamped and he trampeduntilitwoulddisappear.

10. Thefire was gone! Thejungle was safe!
Now all theanimalscouldreturn to theirplace.
“ThankyoulittleRhino! Ifitwasn’tforyou
Ourjunglewould’vevanishedintotheblue.“
As the smoke settled, a visionbecameclear
Little Rhinosawthat his mother was also here!
At first he thoughtshe was taking a nap
Butthen he sawshe was caught in a trap!

11. A poacherheld his mother, he shouted, “goaway!
We’retaking her horn“, he heardthemsay.
Rhinocharged and yelled, “Leave her alone!
Give her back to me and thenyougohome!“
Thentheotheranimalsgathered and joined in too
“Yealeave her alone, howwouldyoulikeitifwedidthatyou?“
Thepoacherswerefrightened and said, “we’dbetterdash
ThentheyleftRhino’smother and fled in a flash.“

12. Rhino ran to his mother, “whydidtheywantyour horn,
Theoneyouhavehadsinceyouwereborn?“
Motherreplied, “My little, brave Rhino, itisquiettragic
Thepoacherswantourhornsbecausetheythinktheyaremagic.“
“Magic? Howisthat so? Howsillyisthat!“ Little Rhinosaid.
“Theythinkitismedicine.“ Sheansweredwhilstshaking her head.
Rhinolooked up and said, “Thereaders, whatcanthey do?“
“Well littleRhino, theycantelleveryonethatitis not true.“

14. Aboutthe Author
About the Illustrator
Elia Hansjee Altmann is 15 years old and lives in
Switzerland. He is part South-African, Danish and Swiss.
He has a brother, Luca , aged 7, also the illustrator of this
very book, and both children live with their parents in
Basel. The Stop Rhino Poaching campaign idea originated
in the Pilanesberg National Reserve in South
Africa, where the critical state of the Rhino extinction was
first brought to his attention. Another great source of
influence was David Attenborough’s recent Africa
series, where an emotional side of the Rhino’s was
recently uncovered , showing these animals to be caring
and social. This combination of facts made him choose
Rhino’s as his main focus. Through his literature searches
he realised how hard companies like WWF are struggling
for animal protection and also learned more about the
danger that all Rhinos face in our world today.
Luca Hansjee Altmann is 7 years old and loves to draw
and read. One of his favourite artists is Quentin
Blake, which is where the idea originated from to make
the illustrations for this book very simple. Keep white as
the background colour, to bring forward the characters.
The fingerprint-painting was chosen by Luca for its
simplicity, the children-friendliness as well as adding a
very unique personal touch to all the figures.

15. Note from the author
This book is part of my Grade 10 personal project, the goal is to raise awareness for
Rhino Poaching- so as to help put a stop to it. I figured the more people that knew
about the situation, the more could be done in order to stop it. It doesn’t really matter
how old you are or where you live – just by talking about this helps to spread the word.
To raise awareness, I set up a website:
http://raisingawarenessforrhinopoaching.blogspot.ch/
Here you can get information about current Rhino Poaching. Please visit my website!
I decided to target young children and that is why I have written this book “Clever
Rhino”. There is no real age limit to start talking about Rhino Poaching. However, I
faced many challenges, since I could not link the book directly to the murderous Rhino
Poaching itself. Instead, I portrayed a young, brave and witty Rhino to be my main
character. The Rhino would trot through the jungle and encounter many obstacles, one
of which is his mother, caught in a poacher’s net. Through his courageous actions and
the help of his friends he manages to save her, a metaphor for what I am trying to do.
Through the help of others and willpower, we can stop Rhino Poaching.
With less than 30,000 Rhinos left on the planet, this really depicted the prospect of an
endangered species into plain sight for me. I hope that it does the same for you!