- Lion decided to make himself a servant when people treated him as a magician
- Made a mechanical woman for labor, was alarmed at first when it started to move
- De-animated the woman at night
- Didn't trust his creation from the beginning, believed that she would cause mischief
- Woman got destroyed in an accidental fire she started when Lion was preaching on Sabbath and kids ordered her to make a fire for them
- Lion says that the creature has no life except for what the Sacred Name gave it
- New creation: man larger than the woman, made for the king
- Trusted man less than woman, took name out during Sabbath
- Justified, after what the woman did
- If man doesn't know of previous creation, seems like Lion has no trust for the man at all
- Man improved, then spoke and wanted to fight for the king
- Said he was made for the king, belongs to the king: aware of the circumstances of his creation
- Lion was scared of the "monster" he created, but wasn't willing to give up the usefulness of a free and efficient servant
- Man tried to break into the synagogue and destroy the scrolls of the Holy Law in order to make more bogey-men to serve the King and kill all the Jews
- Lack of decisive action, or attempt at understanding, on Lion's part resulted in man escalating to drastic action
- Man's ambitions grew the longer he was forced to be a slave to Lion
- Wanted revenge on Lion (kill all Jews)
- Lion took parchment from man and man collapsed
(Possible Arist: Sol Aronson, Web Source)
Biography: The Rabbi's Bogey-Man from Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends by Gertude Landa. Web Source
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