the little boy (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.”

“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.”

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

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