Herbert the Lion, that is.
"There was once a little girl named Sally who wanted a baby lion. She already had a doll's house, two dolls, a tea set, and a toy zebra on wheels, but she didn't like any of them. All she wanted was a lion, a real, live lion. So one day her mother brought her one from downtown."
-Clare Turlay Newberry, Herbert the Lion, 1931
(A favorite of Little Z's)
Obviously they lived in London and bought the lion at Harrod's. That's where Christian the Lion came from, after all.
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