Shel Silverstein — Intro: Uncle Shelbys Story of Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back

Even your old Uncle Shelby once had a teacher. His name was Robert Cosbey. This book is dedicated to him.And now, children, your Uncle Shelby is going to tell you a story about a very strange lion—in fact, the strangest lion I have ever met. Now, where shall I start this lion tail? I mean this lion tale. I suppose that I should begin at the moment that I first met this lion. Let's see . . . that was in Chicago on Friday the 17th of December. I remember very clearly because the snow had just started to turn to slush and the traffic was very bad on Dorchester Avenue and this lion was looking around for a barbershop and I was just coming home from— No, I suppose I should start this story long before that. I suppose I should tell you about he lion when he was very young. All right.