She fed the lion candy so its teeth turned pink + scattered. She gathered up the pieces, hid them deep beneath her bed + made a wish for lion trees-so roses grew. Red roses + the lion watched his ghost go hunting bees.... Bees which hovered, dropped + split as thorns grew moist + ripped. Black yellow dripping red.... It wrecked the carpet, made the lion weep for his meat. Live meat. Raw meat. Tanith climed the lion tree. The lion tree was very pleased. She fed the lions candy as she handed out the straws.