The Lion and the Egg
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One morning, a lion was walking by the side of a lake and found an egg on the ground. He said, "What is this?" He began rolling the egg gently back and forth for a long time with his big paws. After a while, the lion became tired of playing with the egg. He fell asleep holding the egg between his paws. All of a sudden, the lion awakened with the repeating sound of chirp, chirp, chirp. The egg was hatching in his warm paws. The lion saw something coming out of the egg and said, "What is this?"
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About the Book
The Lion and the Egg is a story about the relationships between a lion and a duckling that hatches from an egg then imprints onto the lion. The lion becomes the parent of the duckling and learns through trial and error how to help the duckling become an adult. Both sad times and happy times occur throughout the story, revealing a true sense of security, insecurity, and friendships between the two animals.
About the Author
Over the past forty years, Daniel Thomasson taught children Bible stories, music, chess, and guitar. During his lessons, Daniel would tell them stories about various animals he has seen around the world. When he told them about lions, their attention never wavered. At Longleat Safari and Adventure Park, Wiltshire, England, Mr. Thomasson observed lions being given ostrich eggs to eat for nutrition. They would play with the eggs, roll them around, get tired, and fall asleep. It took them a while to figure out how to crack the eggshells. Their actions gave him the idea for his book: The Lion and the Egg. Daniel lived in Germany, Japan, England, and around the USA from California to Texas and from Maryland to North Carolina. In 1979, he received an associate of arts degree in music and history from the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. His bachelor of science degree in communications came in 1986 from the University of the State of New York, Albany, New York. Daniel later completed his master’s of divinity degree in 1989 from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louiville, Kentucky, with majors in theology and pastoral management. Daniel has lived in Charlotte, North Carolina, now for the past twenty years. He is a published poet, author, musician, and inventor.