Chapter 21 No.21

Two Ferocious Specimens

"WHAT do you mean by that remark, Mr. Lewis?" asked Bob wonderingly. "Why won't the lion eat all he wants?"

"Simply that he won't live long enough," was the answer.

"What? You mean we're going to shoot him?" persisted Bob.

"Exactly," Joe's father said. "We'll build a boma-that's a thorn enclosure-and hide behind