” You don`t have to shoot me, ” says the young lion. ”I will be your rug & I will lie in front of your fireplace & I won`t move a muscle & you can sit on me & toast all the marshmallows you want. I love marshmallows.” But the hunter will not listen to reason, so what is there for a young lion to do? After eating up the hunter, Lafcadio takes the gun home & practices & practices until he becomes the world`s greatest sharpshooter. Now dressed in starched collars & fancy suits, & enjoying all the marshmallows he wants, Lafcadio is pampered & admired wherever he goes. But is a famous, successful, & admired lion a happy lion? Or is he a lion at all? Told & drawn with wit & gusto, Shel Silverstein`s modern fable speaks not only to children but to us all!