Lion
The circus had always been in town so it was sad when they told us they were going away. Lion lived in a golden cage with an old wooden paint-peeling picture of Lion on top. In the picture Lion was roaring, standing up on his back legs with his mouth open wide and with his long sharp dripping teeth. But Lion never roared. He lay in the straw with his head on his paws and his eyes looking out sad into the world. He looked at Eddie and Eddie looked at Lion, both sad. They were both sad even before the circus said it was going away. Eddie was the saddest of all, of all the people in the city. He had visited Lion every evening of our summer vacation with his Aunt Susan and his sister Beth-Ann. Beth-Ann didn't like Lion but she went anyway because Eddie was not allowed to go anywhere without Aunt Sue and Aunt Sue could not leave Beth-Ann alone so Beth-Ann had to go. "Whether you like it or not." "It's not fair!" Beth-Ann screamed with her face all r...