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A true survival story of a five-year-old Maasai boy lost for five days in Kenya's wilderness and mysteriously protected by a wild lioness.
At five years old, Saitoti Ole Morijoi became lost in Kenya's Maasai Mara for five days. Surrounded by dangerous wildlife, he survived with the unexpected presence of a lioness that shadowed and protected him. The Boy and the Lion is a memoir of survival, Maasai childhood, resilience, and a lifelong relationship with the wildlife of the Mara.
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