The park had a merry-go-round with figures of animals on it. There were: an elephant, a giraffe, a zebra, a donkey, a horse and a lion. The children enjoyed riding the carousel. One girl was ...

"It was like a walk in the park for him," she smiles, as her son stares-down one of the animals on the carousel — the one he's had his eye on for his first ride. "The lion," he says, decisively.