Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cartoon lion with a black and green mane and green bubble detail, placed on the thigh.

Cartoon lion with green mane on thigh

Neo-trad · Thigh · Colour · Photo

A cartoon-style lion with a sharp, angular face and a mane shaded in black and deep green is shown in profile with its head turned to one side. Bold black outlines define the features and fur, with orange, tan and green shading across the face and body. The lion sits against a cluster of green and lilac bubbles and soft purple wash, filling a roughly portrait-shaped area of the thigh.

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Sit closer, you, and mind the bog, for it's listening. Brannoch was the lion of the high ridge, and his mane was black as peat with green weed threaded through it, because he had been lying in the marsh below to hear what the frogs said about the king. Frogs talk, and so do bubbles. Every bubble that rises from the bog carries a word up with it, and it pops at the surface where the word can be heard by anyone standing close enough.

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Brannoch had a plan. He would let the bog fill the lowland with his lies, one bubble at a time, until the young lions believed the water itself had turned against the herd. He sat on the flat stone with his chin on his paw and blew softly, and the lilac bubbles lifted off the black water, each one holding a little rumour. They drifted over the reeds and out across the gorge. Not one reached the far bank, because a bubble that carries a lie always bursts the moment it is believed.

Forty nights he blew. On the forty-first the marsh stopped bubbling altogether. The water lay flat and clear, and in it Brannoch saw his own face for the first time without the flattering light of the ridge. He looked a long while. Then the whole bog gave one great sigh, and a single lilac bubble rose beneath his chin, swelled, and burst against the thick of his mane, leaving a wet green spot that never dried.

That is why, when a lion's mane goes green at the edges, the old ones say he has been listening to the marsh. Go on home now. Mind the stones.

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