Reading for understanding 1. According to the poem, what does the African lion enjoy eating? 2. What does the lion do when he takes a bite out of a good boy? 3. What is the worst injury that a good boy will sustain from the lion? 4. If the good boy sustains this worst injury, will he be any better off than the bad boy? Give your reasons. 5. How do you think the poet wanted his readers to react to this poem? 6. Which parts of the poem tell you that the poet was not writing a serious poem? 7. How did you react to the poem?
