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English Summary/英文概要： http://www.alioncalledchristian.co.uk/ A Lion Called Christian is one of the most delightful accounts ever written of the human-animal relationship. Since August 2008, YouTube has featured an extraordinary 2-minute film clip that became an overnight phenomenon. It shows the highly-charged reunion of two young men and their pet lion, Christian, after they had left him in the hands of George Adamson to be returned to Africa. A Lion Called Christian was originally published in 1971 and relates how John Rendall and ‘Ace’ Bourke decided to buy a boisterous lion cub in Harrod’s for 250 guineas. How the three of them lived together in the basement of the furniture shop they managed in the King’s Road, and how Christian became the celebrity of the neighbourhood. But Christian was growing fast! What could they do to prevent having to incarcerate him in a zoo for the rest of his life? Fully revised and updated, A Lion Called Christian, is the reissue of a unique and touching tale that owes its resurgence forty years on to the internet age. Augmented by humorous anecdotes, fabulous period detail and stunning photographs of Christian as an adorable cub through to his days as a magnificent lion.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1969年，兩名澳洲青年John Rendall和Ace Bourke在英國Harrod百貨發現一隻待售的小獅子，決定帶牠回家，取名克里斯汀Christian。稍後，快速成長的小獅子找不到足夠的活動空間，被送回非洲草原。4年後，兩位青年去到非洲尋找該獅子，卻被告知克里斯汀應已重拾野性，應該不再認識他們了。但經過幾小時的搜尋和等待後，當克里斯汀一看到主人並奔向他們那一刻，令所有看到的人都為之動容！
兩位作者曾在1971年出版的舊作《A Lion Called Christian》中詳述事情本末。而今年該短片卻突然在YouTube造成熱烈迴響，讓兩位決定重整理該書，並加入許多從未曝光的照片及更詳盡描述相遇後的情形，重新分享這生命中的奇蹟。 (VL)
Awards/获奖情况： 一支描繪人獅情緣的動物短片在YouTube竄紅，點閱超過4400萬人次！http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HjWtRYaxmWM
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