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The boy refuses her food, comfort, and stories, leaving Hawa heartbroken. Worried about being judged, she seeks help from a wise man, who instructs her to bring hairs from a lion’s tail, leading to courage, careful planning, and a tense encounter near the mountain cave.","Hawa and the Lion  \nEnglish Fiction  \nHawa and the Lion  \nA traditional story retold by Carol Smith  \nThis story is from 'Stories for Children Book 7' used in the SIL MLE Curriculum in Cameroon  \nImages by Susan Rose, MBANJI Bawe Ernest, © 2019 SIL  \nCameroon.  \nEnglish  \nUnited Kingdom  \nCopyright © 2019, SIL Cameroon  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)[ ](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)[You may not use this work for commercial purposes. You may](You may not use this work for commercial purposes. You may)[ ](You may not use this work for commercial purposes. You may)adapt and add to this work, but you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nImages on pages Front Cover, 1, 5 by Susan Rose, © 2019 SIL Cameroon. CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0.  \nImages on pages 2–4, 6–7, 10 by MBANJI Bawe Ernest, © 2019 SIL Cameroon. CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0.  \nImage on page 8 by Susan Rose-Lion, MBANJI Bawe Ernestwoman, © 2019 SIL Cameroon. CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0  \nHawa and the Lion  \nLong ago there was a woman called Hawa who lived in an African village. Hawa married a man who had a little son . The boy’s mother was dead, so Hawa became his stepmother . Hawa was a kind woman and she was very pleased to have a child to look after . But the little boy would not make friends with her . Hawa cooked good food for him, she tried to cuddle him, and she tried to tell him stories . But he would not eat the food, he ran away when she tried to cuddle him, and he would not listen to the stories .  \nPoor Hawa was very sad. She asked her friends what she should do, and they said she should cook good food for him, cuddle him and tell him stories . When she said that she had tried all these things they told her they did not know what else she could do.  \nHawa’s husband often had to go away from home on long journeys to work. Hawa was afraid that he would think she had been cruel to the little boy when he was not there to see . So she was very worried, and at last she went to see the wise man .  \n“My little stepson does not like me,” she said,“I try to cook the kind of food that he likes but he won’t eat it. I would like to cuddle him but he runs away. I would like to tell him stories but he won’t listen . So I feel sad. What am I to do?”  \n“I think I can help you,” said the wiseman .“You must bring me some hairs from the tail of a lion . Hawa thanked the wise man and went away but she did not know how she was going to get those hairs . She knew that a wild lion lived in a cave on the mountain but she was frightened because it was so big and strong, and she was not very brave .  \nThat evening the little boy would not speak to her at all. He turned his head away when she looked at him . He did noteat his food and went off to bed without speaking to her. When the boy had gone to bed Hawa was sad.“I will do it,” she said,“I will get those hairs from the lion’s tail.”  \nNext day she took some meat with her and left it near the lion’s cave . She was too frightened to wait and see what happened.  \nNext evening she did the same thing again, but this time she did not runaway. She hid behind a tree to watch, and soon the lion came out. 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