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DANIEL BOONE LEGEND

ONE DAY DAN'L BOONE WAS GOING THROUGH THE FOREST AND HE CAME UPON A
HUGE LION. DAN'L'S GUN WOULDN'T WORK AND THAT LION WAS COMING RIGHT
FOR HIM. DAN'L THROWED DOWN HIS GUN AND WAITED. AND WHEN THAT
MOUNTAIN LION JUMPED AT HIM, DAN'L PUSHED HIS FIST DOWN INTO THE
LION'S MOUTH, PUSHED IT RIGHT DOWN TO THAT LION'S TAIL AND GRABBED
HOLD AND PULLED THAT LION INSIDE OUT.

Submitter comment: TOLD TO THE INFORMANT BY HIS UNCLE ALEX, WHO HUNTED IN PENNSYLVANIA
AND NORTHERN MICHIGAN, BUT LIVED IN DETROIT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 885 COVINGTON

Subject headings: Favorites
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale

Date learned: 03-10-1970

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