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00:00Androclos and the Lion
00:01By James Baldwin
00:03Androclos and the Lion is one of our favorite fairy tales for ages 8-12.
00:10Androclos and the Lion
00:11Jean Leon Jerome, Androcles
00:14In Rome there was once a poor slave whose name was Androclos.
00:20His master was a cruel man, and so unkind to him that at last Androclos ran away.
00:25He hid himself in a wild wood for many days, but there was no food to be found, and he
00:31grew so weak and sick that he thought he should die.
00:34So one day he crept into a cave and lay down, and soon he was fast asleep.
00:40After a while a great noise woke him up.
00:43A lion had come into the cave, and was roaring loudly.
00:47Androclos was very much afraid, for he felt sure that the beast would kill him.
00:52Soon, however, he saw that the lion was not angry, but that he limped as though his foot
00:58hurt him.
00:59Then Androclos grew so bold that he took hold of the lion's lame paw to see what was the
01:04matter.
01:05The lion stood quite still, and rubbed his head against the man's shoulder.
01:10He seemed to say.
01:12I know that you will help me.
01:14Androclos lifted the paw from the ground, and saw that it was a long, sharp thorn which hurt
01:20the lion so much.
01:22He took the end of the thorn in his fingers, then he gave a strong, quick pull, and out
01:27it came.
01:28The lion was full of joy.
01:31He jumped about like a dog, and licked the hands and feet of his new friend.
01:36Androclos was not at all afraid after this, and when night came, he and the lion lay down
01:41and slept side by side.
01:43For a long time, the lion brought food to Androclos every day, and the two became such
01:49good friends, that Androclos found his new life a very happy one.
01:54One day some soldiers who were passing through the wood found Androclos in the cave.
01:58They knew who he was, and so took him back to Rome.
02:03It was the law at that time that every slave who ran away from his master should be made
02:07to fight a hungry lion.
02:09So a fierce lion was shut up for a while without food, and a time was set for the fight.
02:15When the day came, thousands of people crowded to see the sport.
02:19They went to such places at that time very much as people nowadays go to see a circus
02:24show or a game of baseball.
02:26The door opened, and poor Androclos was brought in.
02:30He was almost dead with fear, for the roars of the lion could already be heard.
02:36He looked up, and saw that there was no pity in the thousands of faces around him.
02:41Then the hungry lion rushed in.
02:44With a single bound he reached the poor slave.
02:46Androclos gave a great cry, not of fear, but of gladness.
02:52It was his old friend, the lion of the cave.
02:56The people, who had expected to see the man killed by the lion, were filled with wonder.
03:01They saw Androclos put his arms around the lion's neck, they saw the lion lie down at
03:06his feet, and licked them lovingly, they saw the great beast rub his head against the slave's
03:11face as though he wanted to be petted.
03:13They could not understand what it all meant.
03:16After a while they asked Androclos to tell them about it.
03:20So he stood up before them, and, with his arm around the lion's neck, told how he and
03:25the beast had lived together in the cave.
03:28I am a man, he said, but no man has ever befriended me.
03:33This poor lion alone has been kind to me, and we love each other as brothers.
03:37The people were not so bad that they could be cruel to the poor slave now.
03:43Live and be free, they cried.
03:46Live and be free.
03:48Others cried, let the lion go free too.
03:52Give both of them their liberty.
03:55And so Androclos was set free, and the lion was given to him for his own.
03:59And they lived together in Rome for many years.
04:03Little Bo Peep
04:04By Joseph Martin Cronheim
04:07Little Bo Peep by Cronheim is the classic short story version of the popular nursery rhyme,
04:13in which Peep gets help from a princess trapped as an owl, and some elves to recover her flock.
04:18It was published in my first picture book, printed in colors by Cronheim, 1875.
04:25There's an alternate version of the story by L. Frank Baum, Little Bo Peep.
04:30You might enjoy reading the original Mother Goose's nursery rhyme, Little Bo Peep.
04:35Little Bo Peep
04:37Little Bo Peep she lost her sheep
04:39And didn't know where to find them
04:42Let them alone, and they'll come home
04:45And bring their tails behind them
04:47Little Bo Peep lost
04:50So runs the nursery rhyme
04:53Little Bo Peep was a very nice little girl
04:56Her cheeks had a bloom on them like a lovely peach, and her voice sounded like a sweet silver bell
05:02But though Little Bo Peep was as good as she was beautiful, she sometimes met with misfortunes that made her very sad
05:09Once, when she lost her sheep, she was very doleful indeed
05:14And this is how it happened
05:16One summer evening, when the sun was setting, Little Bo Peep, who had to rise very early in the morning, felt tired, and sat down on a bank covered with daisies
05:26Being very weary she soon fell fast asleep
05:30Now the bellwether of Bo Peep's flock was a most stupid and stubborn fellow
05:35I dare say you know that all the sheep in a flock will follow the bellwether, and that he always wears a bell round his neck
05:42It was a great pity, but the bellwether of Bo Peep's flock was very wild, and was em
05:48Finding Little Bo Peep asleep, the tiresome fellow began by standing on his hind legs and making a great bow to his shadow before him on the grass
05:57After this he whirled himself round like a top, shaking his head all the time, and ringing his bell
06:04Little Bo Peep asleep
06:06Very soon the rest of the flock began to dance in caper too
06:11And when they had wheeled round their leader for a time, they ran off after him with a bound into the wood
06:17Away they went, till they were quite tired out, and then they came to a standstill, staring at their leader with very blank faces
06:25But the bellwether looked foolish enough now, and did nothing but shake his head slowly and ring his bell
06:31Which seemed to say quite clearly, you are lost, you are lost
06:35When Little Bo Peep awoke she found her sheep gone, and hardly knowing what she did, she walked on and on, far into the wood
06:44She met some people with hoes and rakes in their hands, and asked them if they had seen her sheep
06:50But they only laughed at her, and said, no
06:53One man was very cross, and threatened to beat her
06:57At last she came to a stile, on which an old raven was perched
07:02He looked so wise that Little Bo Peep asked him whether he had seen a flock of sheep
07:07But he only cried, caw, caw, caw, so Bo Peep ran on again across the fields
07:13Little Bo Peep crow
07:16She wandered on till nightfall, and being faint with hunger, was very glad to see a light just before her
07:23As she went on, she saw that it shone from a cottage window
07:27But when she came to the door, it looked so dark and dismal that she was afraid to go in, and was just going to run away
07:34When a cross-looking old woman came out, and dragged her into the cottage
07:38She made her sit by the side of her son, who was a very ugly youth with a great red face and red hair
07:45Little Bo Peep creepy boy
07:48The old woman told him that she had brought Bo Peep to be his wife, so Bo Peep, who did not like him at all, ran away while they were asleep
07:56But she did not know where to go, and gave herself up for lost, when she heard something cry, to wit, to who, in the tree above her
08:05It was a great owl, which began flapping its wings with joy
08:10Bo Peep was frightened at first, but as the owl seemed very kind, she followed it
08:16It took her to a cottage where there was plenty to eat and drink, and then, to Bo Peep's great surprise, it began to speak, and told her this story
08:25No, dear maiden, said the owl, that I am the daughter of a king, and was a lovely princess
08:31But I was changed into an owl by the old woman at the cottage, because I would not marry her ugly son
08:37But I have heard the fairies say that one day a lovely maiden, who would come into this wood to find her lost sheep
08:43Should be the means of my gaining my own form again
08:46You are that pretty maid, and I will take you to a spot where you will find your sheep, but without their tails
08:53The elves will play with them for this night, but in the morning every sheep will have its tail again, except the stupid bellwether
09:00You must then wave his tail three times over my head, and I shall resume my shape again
09:06The owl flew off, and led Bo Peep into the wood, and said, sleep, maiden, I will watch
09:13How long she was asleep she could not tell, but the charmed spot was suddenly lighted up, and she saw the queen of the fairies seated on a bank
09:22The queen said the sheep should be punished for running away
09:26She then saw all her sheep come trooping into the place, and on every sheep there was an elf, who held in his hand a sheep's tail
09:34Little Bo Peep elves
09:36After riding them about for some time, and having great fun with them, the mad sport ceased, and each elf restored the tail to his sheep
09:44All but the bellwethers, which their leader hid in a tree
09:48When Bo Peep awoke, she saw the owl flapping its wings as if to remind
09:53The old woman told him that she had brought Bo Peep to be his wife, so Bo Peep, who did not like him at all, ran away while they were asleep
10:02But she did not know where to go, and gave herself up for lost, when she heard something cry, to wit, to who, in the tree above her
10:11It was a great owl, which began flapping its wings with joy
10:15Bo Peep was frightened at first, but as the owl seemed very kind, she followed it
10:21It took her to a cottage where there was plenty to eat and drink, and then, to Bo Peep's great surprise, it began to speak, and told her this story
10:30No, dear maiden, said the owl, that I am the daughter of a king, and was a lovely princess, but I was changed into an owl by the old woman at the cottage, because I would not marry her ugly son
10:42But I have heard the fairies say that one day a lovely maiden, who would come into this wood to find her lost sheep, should be the means of my gaining my own form again
10:52You are that pretty maid, and I will take you to a spot where you will find your sheep, but without their tails
10:58The elves will play with them for this night, but in the morning every sheep will have its tail again, except the stupid bellwether
11:06You must then wave his tail three times over my head, and I shall resume my shape again
11:12The owl flew off, and led Bo Peep into the wood, and said, sleep, maiden, I will watch
11:19How long she was asleep she could not tell, but the charmed spot was suddenly lighted up, and she saw the queen of the fairies seated on a bank
11:27The queen said the sheep should be punished for running away
11:31She then saw all her sheep come trooping into the place, and on every sheep there was an elf, who held in his hand a sheep's tail
11:39Little Bo Peep elves
11:41After riding them about for some time, and having great fun with them, the mad sport ceased, and each elf restored the tail to his sheep
11:50All but the bellwethers, which their leader hid in a tree
11:53When Bo Peep awoke, she saw the owl flapping its wings as if to remind
11:58Then she said the crow's tail and the dragon's tail and capped into his tail
12:00Then she saw the crow's tail, and she saw the owl flapping its tail
12:01Then she saw the wheel, and she saw the tail tail that made it a bee
12:03And she saw the blue moon, and she saw the tail and capped loose
12:07And she saw the tail over it, and I saw the tail and the tail
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