Taming lions with laughter
Taming lions with laughter
“I’ll be OK,” I reassured myself before walking into the lion cage. Textbook secured under one arm, I walked in with confidence and closed the door behind me. The door made that definitive “click.” Just 50 minutes, I told myself. Fifty minutes of screaming commands at the top of my lungs, 50 minutes of cracking my lion tamer’s whip. I’d be OK. Then I remembered Siegfried and Roy. They weren’t always OK, and they were magic! You never know when a cat will lunge.
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