Show e eTHAW M THAW ARV J V BONNER it Ir IvY union DADDY LION Daddy Lion has some somo funny Ideas Perhaps they should not be called funn funny It would be better If they were called queer For I it Is s really no not tf tunny at nt all that I Dadd Daddy Lion Is a poor daddy It Is really not funny tunny at nt all that If It Dadd Daddy Lion had the chance he would kill his babies But It is decidedly queer When Mother Lioness was bringing up her cubs she took care to hide bIde them hem away from Daddy Lion He doesn't understand children They make him nervous nervous more more than hat that they make him angry Why I do not know except he belongs belongs be be- longs to the to-the the cat family and the daddies daddies dad- dad dies lies arent aren't what you might call de- de TOted So for the time being I will keep you safely hidden away until you grow big Ig enough for Daddy Lion to like you jou four The little cubs were quite happy They d didn't miss Daddy because they hey hadn't seen him for one thing and for another they had all the care and attention any little lion cubs cuba could have Mother Lioness brought them their food she took great care of them and If f d danger ng r were n near lr Mother Lioness would fight with every bit of her splendid splendid did lid power f for r them cOho Oh Daddy Lion Uon was a big strong splendidly brave lion lions but Mother Lioness Lioness Lioness Lion Lion- ess was fierce and wild and even more full of courage than Daddy Lion when there here was any danger for her babies In fact she was alwa always s afraid there here might come some danger and so soshe soshe soshe she was very wild wh while le taking care of her cubs Only to them was she gentle and lovIng The outside world didn't In In- terest erest her and her and they might not treat treather her darlings well so she would attack attack attack at at- tack anyone who might hurt them But no one came near them for foe Mother Lioness had hidden her cubs far away and where It was very hard to o reach She hadn't a beautiful mane such as Daddy Lion had but she was a beautiful beau- beau lioness just the same To an anyone anone one else she would have appeared appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap frightfully dangerously beautiful ful ul but to her cubs she seemed the i The Little Cubs Were Vere Quite Happy nicest and most gentle of mothers They cuddled up close to to her without I an any fear And as they grew she told them how they must always travel In the open during the daytime so that nothing could come upon them unexpectedly She She- taught them to put their heads down low to the ground when they roared She told them they must be beable beable beable able tp to do their wild dangerous marketing marketing marketing mar mar- and hu hurry ry away awny with what they had captured red And she told them they must always walk proudly as the the Lion was known k as the King ring of the Beasts Hero Here we are she said free and arid we ma may roam as we wish But we must always be careful Do not take any foolish chances for the sake of ot being called brave my cubs Be careful careful and and If you would have people think of ot you as ns mighty and brave just brave just roar That will frighten them I 1 And the little cubs smiled and thought what fun it would be to roar and frighten others for already in their little minds they were dreaming of the ilie days when they too would hunt and roam But for a time still Mother Lioness kept her darlings away from Daddy j Lion |