TKO Question #2

TKO Question #2 [Fiction]
"Summertime and the living is easy
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high"
-- Summertime

What four images say summer to you? Relate them together in prose/poetry/whatever-suits-your-fancy.

Responses:

Ferocious Fox
Giddy Giraffee
Precious Panda
Flippant Flamingo
Daring Dragonfly
Tenacious Tiger
Daunting Dolphin
Creative Cardinal
Earnest Elephant
Brainy Badger
Sassy Snake
Wordy Woodpecker
Benign Butterfly
Original Owl
Mysterious Monkey