Chapter I: Front Matter

_Kneetime Animal Stories_

NERO
THE CIRCUS LION
HIS MANY ADVENTURES

BY
RICHARD BARNUM

Author of "Squinty, the Comical Pig," "Mappo, the
Merry Monkey," "Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant,"
"Chunky, the Happy Hippo," "Sharp Eyes,
the Silver Fox," etc.

_ILLUSTRATED BY_
_WALTER S. ROGERS_

NEW YORK
BARSE & HOPKINS
PUBLISHERS

KNEETIME ANIMAL STORIES
By Richard Barnum
Large 12mo. Illustrated.

SQUINTY, THE COMICAL PIG.
SLICKO, THE JUMPING SQUIRREL.
MAPPO, THE MERRY MONKEY.
TUM TUM, THE JOLLY ELEPHANT.
DON, A RUNAWAY DOG.
DIDO, THE DANCING BEAR.
BLACKIE, A LOST CAT.
FLOP EAR, THE FUNNY RABBIT.
TINKLE, THE TRICK PONY.
LIGHTFOOT, THE LEAPING GOAT.
CHUNKY, THE HAPPY HIPPO.
SHARP EYES, THE SILVER FOX.
NERO, THE CIRCUS LION.
TAMBA, THE TAME TIGER.

BARSE & HOPKINS
Publishers New York

Copyright, 1919,
by
Barse & Hopkins

_Nero, The Circus Lion_

VAIL-BALLOU COMPANY
BINGHAMTON AND NEW YORK

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I NERO HAS SOME FUN 7

II NERO GOES HUNTING 16

III NERO IS SHOT 27

IV NERO IN A CAVE 36

V NERO IN A TRAP 45

VI NERO IN A CIRCUS 55

VII NERO LEARNS SOME TRICKS 67

VIII NERO MEETS DON 75

IX NERO SCARES A BOY 87

X NERO RUNS AWAY 97

XI NERO AND BLACKIE 107

XII NERO AND THE TRAMP 113

ILLUSTRATIONS

He jumped through a hoop covered with paper _Frontispiece_

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Nero saw what he had thought was a log of wood open a big mouth 18

He licked the place where his paw hurt 38

Nero looked out through the bars of his cage 62

His keeper rode in the cage with him 82

Then the trainer put his head in the lion's mouth 100

Nero sat on his hind legs on the table 122

NERO, THE CIRCUS LION