The Roar of the Lion

Henry Lytle has always wanted a pet of his
own. The trouble is that he and his father live
in a boarding house that has no room for pets.

A distant roaring woke Henry early on Saturday
morning. The sound might have been any one of
a number of things, perhaps even a lion? Henry
loved animals but there was no way a lion would
suddenly be roaring into his life, was there?

The second of three historical stories set in
Ōtautahi Christchurch, following on from the
award-winning, The Ghosts On The Hill.