After assisting a wounded lion, a young maiden is concerned to find that her livestock has gone missing! What can have happened to the animals? And why does the lion keep returning?

This story was adapted by Elaine L. Lindy from the story "The Wounded Lion" from Wise Women: Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World, retold and edited by Suzqanne I. Barchers. Illustration by Elizabeth Rocha. 

Used with permission from Stories to Grow By.