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The story, originally written down in 2013 by students at Universidade Pedagógica in Maxixe, Mozambique, and edited by their English teacher, Ingrid Schechter, was reformatted for the Bloom digital library by Cara Ediger with contributions from the South African Institute for Distance Education (Saide). The copyright holder, Saide, grants commercial and adaptive use of this work, provided the copyright and credits are maintained. The narrative begins with a man walking in the bush who suddenly encounters a hungry lion. Filled with fear, the man quickly climbs a tall tree, while the lion lies down beneath, seemingly waiting. The story concludes with the lion falling asleep, or appearing to do so, setting a potential stage for further developments or resolutions not detailed in this excerpt. The tale is a classic example of simple narrative structures often found in folktales, focusing on a primal fear and a moment of suspense between a vulnerable human and a predatory animal, highlighting themes of survival and timely escape.","The Man and the Lion  \nWriter: Mozambican folktale Illustration: Hélder de Paz  \nAlexandre  \nEnglish Story Book  \nThe Man and the Lion  \nWriter: Mozambican folktale Illustration: Hélder de Paz Alexandre Reformatted for Bloom By: Cara Ediger  \nEnglish  \nThe Man and the Lion  \nWriter: Mozambican folktale  \nIllustration: Hélder de Paz Alexandre  \nThis story was written down in 2013 by students at Universidade PedagógicaMaxixe, Mozambique, from their memory of what was told at home, and edited by their English teacher, Ingrid Schechter.  \nSaide, South African Institute for Distance Education [www.africanstorybook.org](www.africanstorybook.org)  \nA Saide Initiative  \nCopyright © 2014, Mozambican folktale  \nYou are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nOnce upon a time, there was a man walking in the bush. Suddenly he met a Lion!  \nThe Lion was resting in the short winter grass .  \nThe meeting was so sudden that theman did not know what to do. He was full of fear.  \nAt first, the Lion was surprised too, and a little afraid. But there was a low rumble in his stomach, because he was hungry.  \nThe man suddenly found himself upa tall tree . He began to shout at the Lion.  \nThe Lion lay down under the tree, waiting for his meal. 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