The Lion's Roar

This will be a short posting - a flashback memory of what would be a strange thing to see today. Guess I was four or five years old when we were awakened one night by this loud roar. It sounded like a lion - and it turned out that it really was. The corner of Nebraska Avenue and Hillsborough Avenue was a major roadway intersection. There was a gasoline station on the northeast corner. They had put in a small zoo. I assume it was to attract customers. There were monkeys, birds, and some other small animals - and a lion. It was about six blocks away from our house, and that thing roared all night long. It sounded like it was in our yard. Don’t think it was there very long because there were lots of complaints. The picture is me at the neighborhood zoo.