感動，小獅子真帥～

今年六月時就透過podcast在Best of YouTube上看到了這短片，當時就覺得很感動。

今天再次看到了比較詳細的文字的介紹，覺得真是了不起的獅子啊～原來這已經是將近四十年前的事情啦～

CHRISTIAN’S STORY

In 1969 a young Australian, John Rendall and his friend Ace Bourke, bought a small lion cub from Harrods pet department, which was then legal. ‘Christian’ was kept in the basement of a furniture shop on the Kings Road in Chelsea, the heart of the swinging sixties. Loved by all, the affectionate cub ate in a local restaurant, played in a nearby graveyard, but was growing fast…

A chance encounter with Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna led to a new life for Christian. He came to live in an enclosure and slept in a caravan at their Surrey home. Then in 1971 he was flown to Kenya, his ancestral home, and returned to the wild by lion-man George Adamson. Almost a year later in 1972, John and Ace returned to Kora in Kenya and it is their reunion with Christian at this time that is shown in the clip.

It was an emotional reunion: “He ran towards us, threw himself onto us, knocked us over and hugged us, with his paws on our shoulders.”

John Rendall


Christian left the Kora Reserve in 1973. George Adamson believed that he made his new territory along the Tana river, but when the Wakamba herdsmen brought their livestock to his hunting ground, he moved on. George said in his autobiography, "I used to count the days on which we hadn't seen Christian, but when they reached 97, I gave up recording them in my diary." Because a lion can live from 12 to 15 years in the wild, Adamson believed that Christian ended his days in the Meru National Reserve only a few miles up river.

CHRISTIAN CLIP

Below is the last 6 minutes of the film Christian the Lion, with original soundtrack and commentary by Virginia McKenna.

有興趣的人請自己google一下這隻名叫Christian的帥氣公獅子吧，或者再看看更多相片。

如果你受到了感動，請上拍攝此紀錄片的基金會給他們一些鼓勵吧！（要是買了DVD，記得借我看啊！或是付每年30歐元的會費還有一隻小獅子玩偶呢！）

再附上一篇Tutztutz.com看到的Puppy vs. Lion Cub

裡面註解下的好：
This puppy may be able to take on this kitty now, but in two years, this cat will dominate!

將進酒【唐】李白

君不見黃河之水天上來，奔流到海不復回。
君不見高堂明鏡悲白髮，朝如青絲暮成雪。
人生得意須盡歡，莫使金樽空對月。
天生我才必有用，千金散盡還復來。
烹牛宰羊且為樂，會須一飲三百杯。
岑夫子，丹丘生，將進酒，杯莫停。
與君歌一曲，請君為我傾耳听。
鍾鼓饌玉不足貴，但愿長醉不愿醒。
古來聖賢皆寂寞，惟有飲者留其名。
陳王昔時宴平樂，斗酒十千恣歡謔。
主人何為言少錢，徑須沽酒對君酌。
五花馬，千金裘，呼兒將出換美酒，與爾同銷萬古愁。

翻譯

你沒看見那黃河之水好像從天上飛下來，奔騰不息流入東海永不復返。
你沒看見那對著高堂明鏡悲白髮，早晨滿頭青絲晚上就變成了白雪。
人生得意的時候要盡情歡樂，不要讓那金杯裡沒酒空對明月。
天生我這個人才必定有用，即使千金散盡也還會再來。
烹羊宰牛姑且為眼前的樂，應該開懷暢飲它三百杯也不嫌多！
岑夫子啊，丹邱生，請你們盡情地喝吧，不要停下杯子，一直喝下去！
我來為你們唱一曲，請們側著耳朵認真地聽一聽：
鳴鐘擊鼓飲食如玉不足貴，但願長醉下去不再醒來。
自古以來多數聖賢都默默無聞，只有那些飲酒豪客才能留下美名，
古人陳王曹子建宴飲平樂觀，斗酒十千盡情歡樂。
主人為什麼說我金錢少，你只管放心取酒來對君暢飲。
名貴的五花馬，價千金的狐裘，讓孩子們統統拿去換美酒吧，我和你們一同來消去這萬古愁。