in his store, but these had no effect. Next, he tried pills – hormones for growth. But these afforded no visible change in the animal either. For the next few days, Alan spent every available hour in the laboratory buried deep in the castle – the laboratory his father built. After taking a sample of the animal’s blood, he went to work – testing it against various chemicals and concoctions of his own design. Finally, after some weeks, he found a combination that seemed to produce growth in cells, but the process needed to speed up if it was to work for Nellie. Since the lion’s bones continued to grow while the muscles lay dormant, they had to catch up quickly to the stage the bones were in. When it was ready, Alan gave her the shot. He was pretty confident in the serum, but Jennifer was wor...

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