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He sleeps a great deal of the time, and so I don't think he can 

 be so very unhappy. Do you? 



The lion in his own home does not often hurt any one unless he 

 is hungry or hunted. When he is very hungry he shakes his mane 

 and whips his sides with his tail. AVhen he does this it is very 

 dangerous to be anywhere near him. 



There are no lions in this country except those shut up in cages. 

 They live wild only in Asia and Africa. 



Most animals kept in cages are very fond of the men who feed 

 and care for them. 



One day a rough man quarrelled with one of the keepei-s in a 

 menagerie. The lions and tigers tried to break out of their cages 

 and help their keeper, they were so afraid he would get hurt. 

 They made a great noise, and roared so loud that the people came 

 from other parts of the menagerie and helped put out the quarrel- 

 some man. 



The giraffe, the animal which the lion is fond of hunting, is the 

 tallest animal in the world. Is it not strange that he is also one of 

 the most gentle, — as gentle as a kitten ? 



He lives on grass and hay, and his neck is so long that when he 

 is fed, his dinner is placed in a box or pail Avhich has to be put 

 much higher up in his cage or stall than a man's head, so that he 

 can eat out of it easily. 



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