Buru-buru truly was a kindly lion
- In the original book, the first page showing the story's name features Buru-buru as a cub crying while his deceased parents are seen watching over their son in heaven as angels.
◊ - The story begins with Buru-buru crying after the death of his parents. He's extremely skinny, blind, and cold. A female rabbit notices his sad state and quickly takes him to Muku-muku.
- Muku-muku is first seen completely heartbroken over the death of her puppies after their birth. She's seen crying until a rabbit tells her that she should adopt a lion cub since his parents are deceased. In general, both character suffered loss (Buru-buru's parents no longer alive, and Muku-muku's loss of her children).
- Buru-buru being frighting by his own reflection in a lake as a grown lion. For most of his life, he expected to look like his mother. As his body turns blue and he starts crying◊, he calls himself "hideous and horrifying". His adopted mother notices his reaction and gives him comforting words.
- Buru-buru and his adopted mother genuinely love one another, but humans don't understand this and decide to move Buru-buru to a different zoo. When the narrator tells this to a child, the sun reacts by frowning sadly.
- While Buru-buru is locked inside a car that's taking him to a different zoo, Muku-muku is running as fast as possible to catch up. Due to her age, she gets tired and can only watch as a single tear goes down her cheek. This would be the last time she would see her son for a long time.
- As Buru-buru is staying at a circus and performing many tricks and acts, he starts forgetting the life he's spent with his mother. One night, as he and the other circus animals are sleeping, he hears his mother's lullaby, which is the first time he's remembered anything about her in ages. He gets motivated to see her again by constantly hitting his head on a large cage as hard as he can. He hits the cage so hard that his head begins bleeding until he's able to escape.
- The ending when Buru-buru finally reunites with Muku-muku. She's extremely weak and close to dying. Happily, he decides to hug his mother, who returns the favor in pure happiness and love. Sadly, the policeman decide to open fire on Buru-buru and Muku-muku, who are unaware that the policeman were chasing the lion. After both are killed, Muku-muku's Lullaby begins playing as we see Buru-buru and Muku-muku's dead bodies.
- The child narrator's reaction to the policeman chasing Buru-Buru and later shooting Buru-buru alongside his mother. The child is yelling at the policeman to not shoot them. After Buru-buru and his mother are killed, the child is heard crying hysterically and is saying that Buru-buru didn't hurt anybody and just wanted to see his mother again.Child narrator: Ah! You can't shoot them! Buru-buru is a really kind lion! Don't shoot them! Stop iiiit!
The Policeman: (proceeds shooting them)
Child narrator: Huh? (begins crying hysterically)
