The Butterfly LionA lyrical and moving tale of a young boy growing up in Africa, and his lifelong friendship with a white lion, from a master storyteller. Will touch all hearts both young and old Virginia McKenna, Born Free Foundation When Bertie rescues an orphaned white lion cub from the African veld, the pair are inseparable until Bertie is sent to boarding school far away in England and the lion is sold to a circus. Bertie swears that one day they will see one