A very amusing tale all about five crowardly lions who had to face the stage-fear of a big circus audience gawking at them. So the owner of the Big Top was forced to hire a very cruel lion-tamer to whip them into obedience. Instead, the five poor lions all began to howl and howl despite being threatened to be sold away or fed nothing but lettuce and heavily sprayed with water from elephants' trunks. And the whole circus suffered as a result from the mistreatment of such noble creatures like lions.