The Butterfly Lion Chapters 11 & 12 | Michael Morpurgo | Chichester Festival Theatre

Listen to author Michael Morpurgo reading two chapters each day from his best-selling novel The Butterfly Lion, which was adapted for the Chichester stage in 2019.
When Bertie is sent away from the African farm of his childhood to school in England, he leaves behind not only his beloved mother and the beautiful land, swarming with wildlife, but also his best friend - a white lion he rescued as a cub. Bertie’s struggle to adjust to his new life in harsh, grey England is alleviated only by a chance friendship with the equally lonely Millie and his dreams of his treasured lion, now trapped in a French circus. But their remarkable journey is only just beginning, and the pair are destined to meet again.
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