This set of stories features a lion who becomes friends with a tricky chameleon.
The colorful cast of African animals grows to include a hyrax and hoopoe bird and more chameleons who must find ways survive the many snakes of their world.
The perennial theme of friendship and the meaning of being a true friend are addressed.
These stories seem to move toward a typical ending, then go in an unexpected direction which makes for a wisdom for the day.