Androcles and the Lion (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781595402370)

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. 1st World Library-Literary Society is a non-profit educational organization. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - Overture; forest sounds, roaring of lions, Christian hymn faintly. A jungle path. A lion's roar, a melancholy suffering roar, comes from the jungle. It is repeated nearer. The lion limps from the jungle on three legs, holding up his right forepaw, in which a huge thorn sticks. He sits down and contemplates it. He licks it. He shakes it. He tries to extract it by scraping it along the ground, and hurts himself worse. He roars piteously. He licks it again. Tears drop from his eyes. He limps painfully off the path and lies down under the trees, exhausted with pain. Heaving a long sigh, like wind in a trombone, he goes to sleep.

Author: George Bernard Shaw
ISBN-10: 1595402373
ISBN-13: 9781595402370
Publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2004
Pages: 76
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.24lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.18d