Once upon a time, the lion cub Simba and the disabled child Sasha were betrayed by their closest relatives. At five, the boy lay in an orphanage with crippled arms and back, and the lion cub was tormented by poachers as a child, running around on a leash like a dog. Today, Sasha plays the piano and is entering university, and Simba lives in an enclosure with his fellow cubs and thrives. How did a nightmare turn into warmth and happiness? Who helped them overcome these monstrous difficulties? How to remain human, no matter what? A year of a lion and a boy's life, despite pain and loneliness.