The Butterfly Lion - Michael Morpurgo

Category: Adventure, Children, Historical Fiction
Language: English
Keywords: Africa Animals Michael Morpurgo Middle grade

Written by Michael Morpurgo
Read by Virginia McKenna, Michael Morpurgo
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

A lyrical and moving tale of a young boy growing up in Africa, and his lifelong friendship with a white lion. Bertie rescues an orphaned lion cub from the African veld. They are inseparable until Bertie is sent to boarding school far away in England and the lion is sold to a circus. Bertie swears that one day they will see one another again, but it is the butterfly lion which ensures that their friendship will never be forgotten.