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Once Up A Time There Were Three Lions
Once Up A Time There Were Three Lions
“I want a birthday party." Baby lion said. “I will be one year old
and I want a party."
“All the animals. The hippos and the rhinos, the gazelles."
“Oh I don’t know about cake." Mummy said. “We’re lions, we eat
gazelles. And cake rots your teeth."
“Let him have some cake," Daddy lion said. “One slice won’t him
any harm."
“You let your parents worry about it," Mummy lion said.
“But not the monkeys" Baby lion said, “They throw poo at us."
That night when Baby lion was sleeping, Mummy lion spoke to
Daddy lion. “So what are we going to do about the birthday? How
are we going to get all the birthday things?"
“Wait a moment, I want to speak, I’m not going to try and eat
you."
“What is it?" Daddy monkey asked.
“Well you know how you went into town and got some stuff."
“Such as?"
“I don’t know about the cuddly toy, the less killing you lions do
the better it is for the rest of us."
“Three months."
“Two months."
The rhinos arrived with their present, a small rock, there’s not
many things you can find on the plains of Africa to give as a
present.
The hippos then arrived and they had brought some grass as a
present, then other animals arrived with their presents, which
mostly consisted of things they had found lying about like leaves,
grass or stones. One thoughtful, nervous gazelle
had managed to bring a flower. Baby lion then put it behind his
ear.
Mummy lion then got the cake out and all the animals roared,
squeaked and tried to sing happy birthday.
“Wait till I see those monkeys," Daddy lion said. “They were
supposed to get it. I’ll sort them out."
“Never mind." Mummy lion said, “Have some cake and then
there’s chicken to follow."
“What’s chicken?"
“I don’t know but the monkeys got it when they went into town. It
was very cold to begin with but now it is just the right
temperature. It smells like ostrich."
“We weren’t going to light it. Baby was going to blow it and he
would think he had blown it out."
“No"
“Well just use a twig. Stick a twig in the cake and tell him it’s a
candle." “Right, we may just try that."
Daddy lion walked back over to the party where Baby lion was
tucking into cake and chicken and was opening his present. He
seemed to have forgotten about the lack of candles.
“It’s a cuddly lion," Mummy lion replied. “We asked the monkeys…
Oh they are sneaky."
“Well it’s the best birthday I’ve ever had." Baby lion said.
“It’s the only birthday you’ve ever had," his father replied.
“I’ve had chicken, cake, a cuddly lion to play with and been given
some nice rocks as well. I may arrange them and the chicken
bones to make a nice rockery and bonery."
“You do that son, though you may have to chase the vultures and
the hyenas away.
You know what they’re like with bones."
“Cuddles of course."
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