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A Lion Called Christian: The True Story of the Remarkable Bond Between Two Friends and a Lion
By Anthony Bourke and John Rendall
221 pages; Broadway Books

　　本篇內容來自 TIME.com，內容我暫翻的，看得懂就好。
　　In 1969, two flamboyantly dressed, long-haired hippies named Anthony Bourke and John Rendall purchased a lion cub from London's upscale department store Harrods — which, at the time, traded in exotic animals — and brought him to live in their Chelsea furniture store in the heart of Swinging London. Christian lived in the store, aptly named Sophisticat, for five months. He played well with children, was litter-trained, and only ruined the store's furniture by accident. But even the most domesticated lion is still too wild for London, so Bourke and Rendall embarked on the long, arduous task of rehabilitating their oversized housecat into the wild. With the help of lion expert George Adamson, they flew Christian to Kenya and helped him establish his own lion pride. A year later, Bourke and Rendall returned to Kenya to visit their lion.
　　1969年，安東尼柏克以及約翰藍道這兩位穿著華麗一襲長髮的嬉皮，從倫敦哈羅德百貨公司的異國寵物店購買了一隻幼獅，並帶回他們在卻爾西的家具店飼養，當時的倫敦正處於搖擺時期。這頭被命名叫做克力獅帝的獅子就此和他們共住在店中五個月。牠會和小孩玩，也被訓練得不會弄亂環境，只有很不小心的時候才會意外弄壞家具。然而，即使是最受馴服的獅子，牠的野性仍然不適於生存在倫敦。為此，柏克和藍道開始了一趟漫長艱鉅的任務：野放他們過大的家貓。獅子專家喬治亞當森協助了它們，把克力獅帝空運到了肯亞，並幫助牠建立屬於牠的獅群。一年後，兩人回到肯亞去拜訪久違的大貓。