The Wild Beasts.
James and George went to the show. They saw a great many wild beasts in cages, and some only with a chain around one foot, fastened to a post. They saw the showman go into a cage with the lion and strike him with a cow hide. The lion roared very loud, and looked cross, but did not hurt him. James said, "I wish the man would come out. I do not like to see him in the cage. That big lion might eat him and then I should be sorry." James was a good boy, and did not like to see anyone hurt. After they had seen the show their kind papa took them to the book store, and bought each of them a fine new book. They were good boys, and loved to read.
Vocabulary.
through, store,
seen, many, book,
kind, roared, papa, bought,
looked, loved, show, cow, before,
good, hide, beasts, quite, cross, James.
through, store,
seen, many, book,
kind, roared, papa, bought,
looked, loved, show, cow, before,
good, hide, beasts, quite, cross, James.
More information:
Lion taming is the practice of taming lions, either for protection, whereby the practice was probably created, or, more commonly, entertainment, particularly in the circus. The term is also often used for the taming and display of other big cats such as tigers, leopards, jaguars, cheetahs, and pumas. Lion taming is used as a stereotypical dangerous occupation due to the obvious risks of toying with powerful instinctive carnivores.
Lion taming is performed in zoos across the world, to enable less dangerous feeding and to bring more profit by holding programmes like cub petting.
Note that taming an individual lion is not the same as domestication of a species. (Wiki)
