<P> The Cowardly Lion makes his first appearance in the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz . He is the last of the companions Dorothy befriends on her way to the Emerald City where he ambushes her , Toto , Scarecrow , and Tin Woodman . When he tries to bite Toto , Dorothy slaps him for trying to attack Toto where she discovers that the Lion is actually a coward which he admits that he is . The Cowardly Lion joins her so that he can ask The Wizard for courage , being ashamed that , in his cultural role as the King of the Beasts , he is not indeed brave . Despite outward evidence that he is unreasonably fearful , The Cowardly Lion displays great bravery along the way . During the journey , he leaps across a chasm on the road of yellow brick multiple times , each time with a companion on his back , and the leap back to get the next one . When they come into another , wider chasm , the Cowardly Lion holds off two Kalidahs while the Tin Woodman cuts a tall tree to cross it . In spite of his fears , he still goes off to hunt for his food , and he even offers to kill a deer for Dorothy to eat , but the idea makes her uncomfortable . </P>
<P> The Cowardly Lion makes his first appearance in the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz . He is the last of the companions Dorothy befriends on her way to the Emerald City where he ambushes her , Toto , Scarecrow , and Tin Woodman . When he tries to bite Toto , Dorothy slaps him for trying to attack Toto where she discovers that the Lion is actually a coward which he admits that he is . The Cowardly Lion joins her so that he can ask The Wizard for courage , being ashamed that , in his cultural role as the King of the Beasts , he is not indeed brave . Despite outward evidence that he is unreasonably fearful , The Cowardly Lion displays great bravery along the way . During the journey , he leaps across a chasm on the road of yellow brick multiple times , each time with a companion on his back , and the leap back to get the next one . When they come into another , wider chasm , the Cowardly Lion holds off two Kalidahs while the Tin Woodman cuts a tall tree to cross it . In spite of his fears , he still goes off to hunt for his food , and he even offers to kill a deer for Dorothy to eat , but the idea makes her uncomfortable . </P>
in the wizard of oz what was the lion lacking
in the wizard of oz what was the lion lacking
courage
courage