The Lonely Lioness and the Ostrich Chicks

This is a masai tale. The Lonely Lioness and the Ostrich Chicks retold by Verna Aardema. The story is about how a lioness is sad because she does not have children and she sort of had the ostrich's children following her. Then, ostrich mama was upset and the mongoose helps her get back her children. Read to learn about the courage and smartness of a mongoose.