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low his bad example and also refuse to do 

 what is expected of them. 



Attributing the animal's ill humor to jeal- 

 ousy on account of the newcomers, and know- 

 ing, therefore, that it would not be wise to 

 insist on obedience on this occasion, Bona- 

 vita decided to let Ingomar out of the arena 

 and go through the performance without him, 

 and for this purpose the door at the back of 

 the arena was opened and Ingomar was 

 turned toward it. By this time the lion had 

 worked himself up into 'a fit of real bad tem- 

 per, and as he passed one lion, he bit him 

 savagely in the hind leg. 



"Wild animals want very little provocation 

 to fight at any time, and in this case the 

 lion that had been bitten retaliated promptly 

 and just as savagely as his assailant and, be- 

 fore the trainer realized what was going to 

 happen, the two were fighting fiercely. Of 

 course, all the other lions got down from their 

 pedestals one by one, and joined in the fight 

 eagerly, and in a few minutes the whole lot 

 of them were at it, and the trainer got out of 



