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 Tliis i8 tl1;e story of TA WNY SCRAWNY LION.
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the Tawny Scrawny Lion growl like this ...

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Q nee there was a tawn y, scrawny, hungry lion who
never could get enough to eat.
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 He chased monkeys on Monday-

- kangaroos on Tuesday-

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 -zebras on Wednesday-

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- bears on Thursday-
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-camels on Friday-

and on Saturday, elephants!

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 And since he caught everythi.n g he ran after, that
lion should have been as fat as butter. But he wasn' t
at all. The more he ate, the scrawnier and hungrier he
grew.
The other animals didn't feel one bit safe. They stood
at a distance and tried to talk things over wit h the
tawny, scrawny lion.

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 The lion grumbled, ''It's all your fault for running
away. I:f I ,d idn't have to run, run., run for every single
bite I get, I'd be fat as butter and sleek as satin."

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 Just then, a fat little rabbit came hopping through
the forest, picking berries. All the big animals looked at
him and grinned slyly.
The bear sairl, "Oh, you lucky rabbit! We have given
you the h onor of talk:i!ng things over with the lion.''
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That made the little rabbit feel very proud. •

" What shall I talk a bout?"
"Oh, any old thing. B,u t the important thing, is t o go
right up close t o him."
So the fat little rabbit hopped right up to the big
hungry lion and counted his ribs.
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 "You look too scrawny to talk things over, just now.
So how about supper at my house first ?"

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 "What's for supper?"
"Carrot stew." That sounded awful to the lion. But
then the little rabbit said, "Yes sir, my five fat sisters
and my four fat brothers are making a delicious carrot

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stew right now !"
''Wow! Whatarewewaitingfor?" And the lion went
hopping away with t he little rabbit, t hinking of ten fat
rabbits, and looking just as jolly as you please.
All the big animals grinned. {{Well, tha t should take
care of 'Tawny~Scrawny for today.''

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 Before long, th.e lion beg.a n to wonder if they would
·e ver get to th.e rabbi1:"s house. The fat little rabibit k·e pt
.s t opping to pick herbs a:nd mushrooms. Then he stop·p ed
at the rive:r.
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I want to catch a few fish for the st ew."
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That was almo.s t too much for the hungll'.'y lion.

For a moment, he thought he would have to eat that
one little rabbit then and there. But he kept saying,
"five fat sisters and fou:r fat brothers" over and O·ver
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 "Here we are!" said the rabbit, hopping around a
turn with the lion close behind him. Sure enough, there
was the rabbit's house1 with a big pot of carrot stew
bubbling over an 0 pen fire.
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 And, sure enough, t here were nine more fat merry
little rabbits hopping around it!
• When they saw the fish, they popped them into the
stew, along with t he mushrooms and herbs. The stew
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began to smell very good indeed.

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 And when they saw t he tawnyi scrawn.y lion, t hey
gave him a bi.g bowl of hot ste;w. And then they hopped
about so busily that, :really, it would have boon quite a
job for tlhat tired. hungry lion to ca tch eve·n one of them!

So ihe gobbled his stew, but the rabbits filled his

bow.I again. W.h en he had eaten a]ll he ,c ould hold, they
heaped his bowl with berrie,s.
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And when tlhe berries were gone- the tawny,
scrawny lion was:n 't scrawny any more! He felt so good
a nd fat and comfortable that he couldn't even move.
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 ' 'Here's a fine thing! All these fat little rabbits) and
I haven't room inside for even one!,,
He looked a t all those fine, fat little rabbits and
wished he'd get hungry again.

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 "Mind if I stay a while?"
"We wouldn't hear of your going !"
The rabbits plumped themselves down in the lion's
lap and began t o sing songs.

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 Somehow, even when i t was time to say goodnight,
tihat lion wasn't on.e bit hungry!
Home !he went t hrough the m oonlight, singing
softly to himself. He curled up in his bed, pat ted his
sleek, fat tummy, a.nd smiled.
When he woke up in the morning, it was Monday.
uTime to chase monkeys!"
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 But he wasn't one bit hungry for monkeys! What
he wanted was some more of that tasty carrot stew.
So off he went to visit the rabbits.
On Tuesday he didn't want kangaroos, and on
Wednesday he didn't want zebras. He wa.s n't hun.gry
for bears on Thursday, or camels on Friday, or
elephants on Saturday.
 .All the big animals were so surprised. and happy!
They dressed in their best and went to see the fat
wonderful little rabbit.

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 But before the big animals could say one ·w,o rd, the
tawny lion came skipping up the path carrying goodies
for the fat ra bbits.
• "I camt: for supper," he said, shaking paws all
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Then he sat d.o,wn in the soft grass, loolking fat as

butter, sl,e ek as satin, and jolly as all get out, all ready
for another good bi.g supper of carrot stew.

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 Complete Your Little Golden
Book and Record"Library with
the Following Titles:

201 THE SAGGY BAGGY B.EPHANT

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202 TAWNY SCRAWNY LION
203 THE POKY LITTlE PUPPY
204 RUMPELSTILTSKIN
205 SCUFF'( THE l\UGBOAT
206 THUMBELINA
207 L.ITTLE BOY WITH A BIG HORN
206 PUSS IN BOOTS
209 CHICKEN LITTLE
21 0 THE LARGE AND GROWL Y BEAfl
211 TOOTLE
212 THE COL.OR KITTENS
213 THE HAPPY MAN AND HIS DUMP TRUCK
214 THE TAXI THAT HURRIED
215 SMOKEY THE BEAR
216 THE LITTl..E ENGINE THAT COULD
217 T HE PUSSYCAT TIGER
218 DAVID ANO GOLIATH
219 NOAH'S ARK
220 THE LIVELY LITTLE AABBIT
221 CIRCUS TIME
222 SEVEN LITTLE POSTMEN
2~ 11HERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A DRAGON
224 11HE LITTl.E FAT POLICEMAN
252 RUOOILPH TIHE lflED-NOSE REINDEER
253 FROSTY THE SNOW MAN
254 TttE TWELVE DAYS Of' CHRISTMAS
255 J INGLE BELLS
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