THE LION. 
Last week I went to a fair, and saw a Lion In a 
show. He was in a cage, or den, and did not seem 
very wild. He had a mane of very long hair all 
down his neck, and his paws were like a cat's paws, 
only they were so very big. He had a long tail, 
with a tuft of hair at the end of it. He lay down 
all the time I was in the show, and did not get up 
to walk at all : I wish very much he had got up for 
me to see him walk. His eyes, too, were shut, and 
he did not once open them all the time I was near 
