But it's true,' Tom shouted. 'It was a real lion, I know it was.' No-one believes Tom when he says he has seen a lion - padding around the orchard with a string of sausages in its mouth! No-one, that is, except for Clare, the cleverest girl in the class. Together, she and Tom plan to prove his story is true - by catching the lion!

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Hwange is one of Africa's premier game reserves, the pride of Zimbabwe's tourism and conservation fraternity, in one of the world's last remaining wilderness areas. Home to tens of thousands of elephant, large and small mammals, and an abundant wildlife, it draws game watchers from South Africa and all over the world. This book documents the beauty of Hwange in all its seasons and with all its inhabitants.