the mother (A Lion in the Meadow) Quotes

″‘Mother, there is a lion in the meadow.’ The mother said, ‘Nonsense, little boy.‘”

“Mother, there is a big, roaring, yellow, whiskery lion in the meadow!”

“Little boy, you are making up stories again. There is nothing in the meadow but grass and trees. Go into the meadow and see for yourself.”

“Mother, I’m scared to go into the meadow, because of the lion which is there.”

″... Do you see this matchbox? Take it out into the meadow and open it. It will be a tiny dragon. The tiny dragon will grow into a big dragon.”