“I’m not fooling, sir. I have captured him. If you don’t believe me, come and see for yourself.”
Still incredulous, the party of men followed Leo into the dooryard.
When they saw the lion under the fallen apple tree they did not know whether to laugh, or praise Leo the most.
“By Jove! but this is the greatest feat yet!”
“Old Nero has a cage around him now and no mistake.”
“He can’t move a step unless he drags the whole tree with him!”
“Say, boy, who helped you do this?”
“No one.”
“You did it entirely alone?”
“Yes, sir,” was the modest reply.