Animals: Lion Dog

Many centuries ago, runs a Chinese legend, a lion wandering through a forest spied a monkey and fell in love with her. Despairing at the discrepancy in their sizes, he prayed his lord & protector Buddha that he might be dwarfed. Buddha answered the plea of the lion, who promptly married his monkey-love. . . . One result of that storied union was to be seen last week in Manhattan's Roosevelt Hotel.

At the annual show of the Pekingese Club of America the little dogs which peered out from wicker or glass cases...

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