The Cub Stayed Beside the Trapped Lioness Until Help Reached the Grass

her to the ground.

Her eyes were closed.

Beside her stood the cub.

He was smaller than Joseph remembered from the  camera trap, or maybe fear made him look smaller. Dust clung to his whiskers. His ears were flattened, and his belly moved fast with each breath. When he saw Joseph, he did what every wild cub should have done in the presence of humans.

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