- First published
- 1964
- Editions
- 2 editions
- Status
- Out of print
Randy's Dandy Lions
A troupe of circus lions is paralyzed by stage fright every time the big top fills with people, and ringmaster Randy must find a way to cure their nerves before the show is ruined for good.
"With a tent full of people all staring at once They suddenly froze, couldn't budge from their places With baffled and terrified looks on their faces. So the act was a flop and the crowd became rude. They all stamped their feet, while they hissed and they booed."
Bill Peet connected the story to his own struggles: "It is always a mystery to me why I have mike fright on some occasions and not on others. Such fear is a great handicap, paralyzing; a common affliction, and yet hard to deal with. Such groundless fear is the subject of one of my early books, 'Randy's Dandy Lions'." On the original family site, his son added that lions were one of his father's favorite animals, and the family would often drive to a lion farm north of Los Angeles to look at the animals used in motion pictures.
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