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Mrs. Ryan reads, The Happy Lion, by Louise Fatio, pictures by Roger Duvoisin

Added May 11, 2020 •

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I can't today is called the happy lion it's a very old book and the book I have is very old. I'm afraid it's going to fall apart but it's a fun sorry it takes place in France another country and one of the fun things about it is that there is a BookFlix video about it that you can walk after listening to me read it happy lion by Louise patio pictures by Rodger divorcing Diane there was once a very happy lion his home was not the hot and dangerous Plains of Africa where Hunters lie in wait guns it was a lovely French town with brown tile roofs and gray shutters the happy lion had a house in the town's do all for himself with a large Rock Garden surrounded by a boat in the middle of park with flower beds and the Bandstand his little Zoo home is right there in the town to see the people coming to visit Hemingway's from the front early every morning Francois to keep our son stopped on his way to school to say bonjour happy lion afternoon more should the school math stop that his way home to see how they say hello in French the Bandstand never left without saying happy happy lion how you say goodbye in French on summer Sundays the town band filled filed into the band stand to play waltzes and pull and the happy lion closed his eyes to listen he loved music everyone was his friend and he came to say and offer me another tickets he was a happy lion one morning to happy lion sounds that his keeper had forgotten to close the door to his house what do you think he'll do I said I don't like that anyone May walking well he added on second thought maybe I will walk out myself and see my friends in town it will be nice to return their visit everyone always visits so now he's going to go visit happy lion walked out to the park and said bonjour my friends to the business and he said red squirrel and a bit and bit into a walnut don't you happy lion set the Red Skull hardly looking up how do you sync the people react if the lion comes walking down and says the happy lion into the cobblestone just around the corner naughty in his polite lion weigh answered motion and sprinted onto the sidewalk silly way to save sad to happy Lion on his big Soft Paws the happy lion said farther down the street when he saw three ladies had known at the zoo the real ladies and ran off as if it over after them the happy lion what makes them do that they are always so polite at the zoo volume adapter lion not it again when he caught up with pajama pinzon near the grocery store sneezed the lion now the lion began to share a joy sound military March remember she loves music he turned around the next corner and there was marching down the street between the two marching down the street between two lines of people the music became what musicians and Spectators tumbled into one another in their flight toward or ways and sidewalk cafes the street was empty and silent the lion sat down and meditated I suppose he said this must be the way people behave when they are not then she got up and went history in search of a friend who got him excitedly from Windows and balconies what was this new noise the lion her with that noise and it grew more and more noise of wind set the lion unless it is the monkeys from the zoo all of them taking a stroll all of a sudden a big red fire engine burst out of the side street and came to a stop not too far on the other side of him with his back doors wide open the lion just sat down very quietly for he did not want to miss what was going to happen the firemen got off at fire engine and it very very slowly toward the lion pulling their big hoses along very slowly they came closer and closer in the fire hose call Don like a long snake longer and longer behind the lion a little boy cried was France a cheaper son on his way home from school he had seen the lion and he come running to him the happy lion was so very happy to meet a friend who did not run who said bonjour he forgot all about the fireman what they were going to do because Francois put his hand on the Lyons group Main and said let's walk back to the park together yes the happy lion Francois and the happy lion walks past you to do the fireman followed behind them in the fire engine and the people on the balconies Windows last happy lion from then on it's the town safe for him but if you princess door visiting again on the other side of the moat once your Dupont my down pizza and his old friends came again like a light sensible people to say every afternoon from school then he switched his tail for joy remain always his dearest friends I hope you enjoyed the happy lion and watch it on BookFlix and see the non-fiction book that goes with it

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