"He'll roar for me, Mother!"
And the rest cried out one after another,
"He'll sit up and beg for me!"
"He'll carry me by my trousers!"
"He can play tag!"
"He'll show you his claws go in and out!"
"Mother, ask him to take you on his back to get a drink."
"May he go home and sleep with me, Mother?"
It was like a bedlam of skylarks let loose this time, and the Lion had to do so many tricks that only determination to show how Cozy he was kept up his strength. He was determined to prove to the Fathers and Mothers that he was Cozy.
And he did it.