Well roared lion

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Well Roared, Lion is a children's book by Max Kruse , a son of the famous doll maker Käthe Kruse . It is the third volume in his successful five-volume children's book series Der Löwe ist los .

The saying "Well roared, lion!" Originally comes from Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream , there it says in the first scene of the 5th act: "Well roared, lion."

action

1. The trip to the distant land

A messenger on a camel delivers a letter to the Sultan, who is about to take his afternoon nap. It's a message from town somewhere that wants to invite him to a party. He decides to fly there, and together with the lion and his camel they sit down on the carpet and take off. In Somewhere all residents are already gathered on the market square, the mayor gives a speech and warmly welcomes the guests of honor on the magic carpet.

A monument is unveiled in honor of the lion - and the city Somewhere is renamed “Neulöwenburg”.

2. duel

On the way back they meet the flamingo who asks them to help Prince Panja of Nekaragien. He is threatened by his domineering uncle Rao and his dreaded tin can army , who want to gain power in Nekaragien. The evil Rao sees through a magic mirror that the lion is on the magic carpet and orders his general Blech and his army to also learn to fly. Except for a tactically well-versed “roll, roll, roll”, in which everyone ducks into their tin can and lets them roll down the slope, the tin can army has no special skills.

Sultan, lion and camel arrive at Prince Panja's palace and tell him about the threat from his evil uncle, but Prince Panja does not want to perceive the impending danger. Rao and his monkey Gibbon devise a dangerous plan, they challenge the lion to fight the tin can general. While the lion is fighting the general, Prince Panja is robbed by Gibbon and taken to Raos Castle.

3. The magic carpet

Kolossalis, the turtle, desperately wants to fly too, so steals the magic carpet. Kolossalis gets stuck with the heavy carpet on a wall and unintentionally pulls the carpet open. In the end it becomes tangled in the threads to form a huge ball of wool. Now helpless he is impaled and taken prisoner by the tin can army. In order to force Prince Panja to abdicate, he wants to roast the turtle in front of Prince Panja's eyes. With the help of the flying carpet wool, the prince and colossal flee to freedom. The separated carpet is to be rewoven by a weaver. The angry uncle Rao finds out about it and puts the weaver under pressure to deliver the finished carpet.

4. The ghost

The lion is captured, and now Rao wants to storm Prince Panja's castle. Thanks to General Blech, who defected to Panja, this fails; the two evildoers flee on the new carpet. But the Sultan was also supplied with a carpet with which he went on a chase. However, after a short time it crashes. The flamingo wins the condor that previously served Rao. He tears the carpet from both of them, and Rao and Gibbon fall into the sea. Nothing stands in the way of Prince Panja's rule.

The figures

The good heroes of the play are the sultan , the lion and the camel , who fight together against all the villains.

The young, still inexperienced Prince Panja does not believe at first that his uncle has evil in mind.

Evil Uncle Rao has gathered a number of companions around him. The closest ally is the Gibbon monkey , who acts as a shrewd advisor. There is also the tin can army, which is commanded by General Blech .

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