Fortunately， she was given no time to think over what she ad done. Some huge， brightly coloured animal had rushed o the edge of the cliff. It was lying down， leaning over， and his was the odd thing） blowing. Not roaring or snorting， ut just blowing from its wide.opened mouth； blowing out s steadily as a vacuum cleaner sucks in. Jill was lying so ose to the creature that she could feel the breath vibrating eadily through its body. She was lying still because she ouldn’t get up. She was nearly fainting； indeed， she wished he could really faint， but faints don‘t come for the asking. t last she saw， far away below her， a tiny black speck oating away from the cliff and slightly upwards. As it rose， also got farther away. By the time it was nearly on a level ith the cliff.top it was so far off that she lost sight of it. was obviously moving away from them at a great speed. ll couldn’t help thinking that the creature at her side waslowing it away.
So she turned and looked at the creature. It was a lion.
Jill Is Given A Task
Without a glance at Jill， the lion rose to its feet and gave one last blow. Then， as if satisfied with its work， it turned and stalked slowly away， back into the forest.