# The Lion — Sylvie and Bruno character guide

> The Lion in Sylvie and Bruno by Lewis Carroll.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** a Lion

**First appearance:** 0008-volume-i-viii-a-ride-on-a-lion

## Who they are

A talking lion who gives the narrator a ride in Fairyland.

## In the story

### [XIV: Bruno’s Picnic](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/chapters/volume-ii-xiv-bruno-s-picnic)

Appears in Sylvie's story as a reformed creature that now lives on bread-and-butter, cherries, marmalade, and apples.

### [XV: The Little Foxes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/chapters/volume-ii-xv-the-little-foxes)

Appears in Sylvie's story as a heroic figure who rescues the Lamb and instructs Bruno to teach the Foxes.

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