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.”

“Suddenly the door opened. In rushed a big, roaring, yellow, whiskery lion. ‘Hide me!’ it said. ‘A dragon is after me!‘”

“That dragon grew too big. There is no lion in the meadow now. There is a DRAGON in the meadow.”

″‘You should have left me alone,’ said the lion. ‘I eat only apples.‘”

“The little boy and the big, roaring, yellow, whiskery lion went to play in the other meadow. The dragon stayed where he was and nobody minded.”

“So the lion in the meadow became a house lion and lived in the broom cupboard, and when the little boy had apples, stories and a goodnight hug, the lion had apples, stories and a goodnight hug as well.”