But when the Lion saw him move he raised his head and roared.

The man was quiet in a second.

After a while it began to be terribly hot, and the rocks on which the poor man was lying became so heated by the sun that they burned his feet.

But whenever he moved the old Lion raised his head and growled.

The African lay there for a very long time, and the Lion kept watch over him.  I expect that Lion had had a good meal just before he saw this man, and he was simply saving him up until he got hungry again.  But, fortunately, after the hunter had suffered awfully from the heat of the burning sun, and had also lain there all night, with this dreadful beast keeping watch over him, the Lion became thirsty before he got hungry, and when he went off to a spring to get a drink the African crawled away.

If that Lion had been a Tiger, I think he would have killed the man, whether he wished to eat him or not.

So there is something for the Lion’s reputation.

BOB’S HIDING-PLACE.

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Bob was not a very big boy, but he was a lively little fellow and full of fun.  You can see him there in the picture, riding on his brother Jim’s back.  One evening there happened to be a great many boys and girls at Bob’s father’s house.  The grown-up folks were having a family party, and as they were going to stay all night—­you see this was in the country—­some of them brought their children with them.

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It was not long after supper that a game of Blind-Man’s-Buff was proposed, and, as it would not do to have such an uproar in the sitting-room as the game would produce, the children were all packed off to the kitchen.  There they have a glorious time.  Jim is the first one blindfolded, and, as he gropes after the others, they go stumbling up against tables, and rattling down tin-pans, and upsetting each other in every direction.  Old Grandfather, who has been smoking his pipe by the kitchen fire, takes as much pleasure in the game as the young folks, and when they tumble over his legs, or come banging up against his chair, he only laughs, and warns them not to hurt themselves.

I could not tell you how often Grandfather was caught, and how they all laughed at the blind-man when he found out whom he had seized.

But after a while the children became tired of playing Blind-Man’s-Buff, and a game of Hide-and-Seek was proposed.  Everybody was in favor of that, especially little Bob.  It appears that Bob had not a very good time in the other game.  Everybody seemed to run up against him and push him about, and whenever he was caught the blind-man said “Bob!” immediately.  You see there was no mistaking Bob; he was so little.

But in Hide-and-Seek he would have a better chance.  He had always liked that game ever since he had known how to play anything.  He was a good little fellow for hiding, and he knew it.