it was the song `` the lion sleeps tonight . '' im shaking from anger and from cold . he asked ; hardly the question i expected . he would n't have been able to stop calling . he had never seen anything so beautiful as she lifted off the ground . `` now son , you 're not getting any younger . i hop on the counters by the cabinets and face him . seeing him momentarily silent , i took the opportunity to ask my own questions . 