The family also has a cat in this version, but its gender is also unrevealed (though it is a ginger cat, so it's statistically more likely to be male). In one version of the book, the boy has a sibling, but their gender is unclear because, while they have short hair, they're only a baby, and they lack any Tertiary Sexual Characteristics.Justified in that he's a Vegetarian Carnivore and can talk.
All Animals Are Domesticated: The lion eventually becomes a "house lion" in the revised ending. Adults Are Useless: The mother fails to notice the lion in the meadow even when he roars, and when she hands the boy the match box, she fails to realise there's actually a dragon in it. Accidental Truth: The mother thinks she just made up the dragon, but then the "story" turned out to be true after all. and the lion can talk.Ī Lion in the Meadow provides examples of It follows an unnamed little boy who observes a "big, roaring, yellow, whiskery lion" in the meadow outside his house and tries to tell his mother, but she dismisses his claims as "nonsense".Įventually, she decides to humour him by claiming that there's a dragon in a matchbox which will grow huge and chase away the lion, but then it turns out to be true. A Lion in the Meadow is a kid's book by Margaret Mahy.
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