The Veiled Lodger: The Circus Elephant

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Canon Story: The Veiled Lodger
Title: The Circus Elephant (The Return of The Ocelot Tales)
Author: thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

It would be wrong to blame the lion.  Ronder was a bully, but he and the lion had a relationship of sorts.  And so when Ronder was struck down the lion went for the one responsible.  He would have gone for Leonardo too, but he was a coward and had started to run as soon as the cage was unlatched.

Comments

[debriswoman]

The elephant seems to be very even-handed, as befits such an animal. No 4 legged creature behaved worse than the 2 legged ones around them.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Precisely. Humanity can be far worse than the rest of the animal kingdom.

[debriswoman]

Certainly, alas.

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

The lion wasn't tempted by the scent of blood, he was defending/avenging his master! Oh, that is a spectacular theory. I wonder if he found a new master to protect. Poor lion.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

To try and shift the blame on the lion was always the coward's way out.