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Lion that wanted friendship
Joachim Muhindo
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Credits & Licence
Originally published by African Storybook Initiative.
Author - Joachim Muhindo Illustration - Marleen Visser Language - English Level - First sentences © African Storybook Initiative 2014 Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 Source www.africanstorybook.org Original source
author: Joachim Muhindo. illustrator: Marleen Visser.
Cover resized and converted to WebP; story unchanged. Suitabook’s guidance is a separate analysis.
Original Book on African Storybook: Lion that wanted friendship (opens in a new tab)- Reading
- Pause at the dream and spear scenes to distinguish what each character fears from what has actually happened; then consider how the closing lesson fits this particular friendship.
- Themes
- Fear and friendship: The lion and the man become friends, but each fears being harmed by the other; the man’s spear threat is followed by the lion fleeing and their friendship ending. The story gives both characters fears and ends with a caution to consider whether people can live peacefully together; it does not explore how they might rebuild trust.
- Worth knowing
- Fear and threatened violence are central: the man takes up a spear and the story ends by describing humans and lions killing one another. The illustrations show the tense encounter.