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"You don't have to shoot me," says the young lion. "I will be your rug and I will lie in front of your fireplace and I won't move a muscle and you can sit on me and toast all the marshmallows you want. I love marshmallows." But the hunter will not listen to reason, so what is there for a... read more

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Once there was a young lion and his name was-well, I don't really know what his name was because he lived in the jungle with a lot of other lions and if he did have a name it certainly wasn't a name like Joe or Ernie or anything like that.

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  1. Shel Silverstein (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper & Row
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1963
ISBN: N/A
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  • Library of Congress: PZ7.S588 Us
  • Dewey: 400

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Reading Level: Ages 4-8

Enjoyable for all ages


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