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| legion | Empress | stepladder | mistress |
| stroking | New York | museum | clinging |
A large lion named Nero was one of Rosa's pets, and he often lay in the studio while she painted her pictures.
Once, when she was leaving home for a long trip, she was obliged to send Nero away. On her return she went to see him in one of the parks of Paris. She found him in a cage, sick and blind.
"Nero, my poor Nero!" she exclaimed; "what has happened to you?"
Painting by Rosa Bonheur.
THE HORSE FAIR.