Androcles and the Lion (film) a wounded paw. Androcles sees that the cause is a large thorn embedded in its paw, which he draws out while talking baby language to the lion. His wife had fled, and Androcles is next seen in a procession of Christian prisoners on their way to the Colosseum in Rome. They are joined by the fierce convert Ferrovius who subsequently provides much of the comic entertainment in his struggle to keep his nature in check. Love interest is also introduced by the growing attraction of the Captain to the noble-born convert Lavinia. Eventually the party is sent into the arena
A Loint of Paw A Loint of Paw "A Loint of Paw" is a vignette by American writer Isaac Asimov, first published in "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction" in August 1957. It was reprinted in the 1968 collection" Asimov's Mysteries "and the 1986 collection "The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov". The title of the story is a play on the words "a point of law", which alludes to fact that the punchline of the story is a play on the words of an old saw. Asimov's author's note states that he considers "a play on words the noblest form of wit."