The Red Book Of Animal Stories - online children's book

Stories of Animals, Fantastic and Mundane, Edited By Andrew Lang

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	142            THE LION AND THE SAINT
	He instantly fell on the caravan, and, without hurt­ing any of the camels, succeeded in frightening them all so completely that he had no difficulty in driving them into the monastery where St. Jerome met them.
	THE LION HESCCES THE ASS FKOII THE CARAVAN
	The merchants, much alarmed, confessed their theft, and St. Jerome forgave them, and was very kind to them ; but the ass, of course, returned to her former owners. And the lion was much petted and praised for his goodness and cleverness, and lived with St. Jerome till the end of his life.