as he carried you through the zoo to the feline enclosure while you were asleep is when he opened up a large cage door that lead to a large grassy area with occasionally scattered large rocks. He gently sat you down on a straw nest by yourself and turned and leave, abandoning you to your fate. when you woke up that you were somewhere in the lion exhibit, scared.
You looked around in a fair that you then saw something you really didn't want to see above you as there are a huge hairy animal above you. it was A large golden lioness. thinking it must of been sunbathing on a rock or somewhere as then took notice of you that it must of walk over to you while you were asleep. You tried to crawl away in fear of what it might to to you, but you didn't stand a chance that within moments, she was upon you as she pressed a paw down on your back (not hard though) while holding you in place. You couldn't move at all as you were unable to move anywhere as... as...as she was starting to lick you in an affectionate manner, wait what?!
She started to lick the back side of your head that The lioness' tongue was rough, but she was surprisingly gentle. when she was finished with the back of your head is when she moved on to your back while adjusting her paw to hold you in place, so it could give her some room to clean you. while She was grooming you like she would with any other lion cubs that you quickly looked around to only see a pride of lioness, but no cubs. After a few moments of grooming your back that she gently rolled you onto your back as she began to groom your chest and stomach area.
Seeming to notice the uncertainty in your eyes that she paused for a moment. before she was ready to continue to groom you is when she was nuzzling her head gently against yours. thinking on what's going on here as you were supposed to be lion meat by now is when something clicked in your mind. "wait a minute! was I just... was I just been adopted by a lion?"
as her intentions was apparently made clear to you that your new mother went back and continued to groom you. getting you all cleaned up that while she was grooming you...