Gateway to the Classics: The Bad Child's Book of Beasts by Hilaire Belloc
 
The Bad Child's Book of Beasts by  Hilaire Belloc
Table of Contents
Introduction
The Yak
The Polar Bear
The Lion
The Tiger
The Dromedary
The Whale
The Camel
The Hippopotamus
The Dodo
The Marmozet
The Camelopard
The Learned Fish
The Elephant
The Big Baboon
The Rhinoceros
The Frog

The Lion

The Lion, the Lion, he dwells in the waste,

He has a big head and a very small waist;


[Illustration]

But his shoulders are stark, and his jaws they are grim,

And a good little child will not play with him.


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