The butcher stopped suddenly. She went inside and disappeared with the packages.
Twenty minutes later the old lady came out empty-handed. There was no sign of the meat anymore.
The next day the scene was repeated. On the third day the butcher could stand it no longer. He waited for her to disappear into the building, then quietly followed her.
There was a strange smell inside. There were heavy, scary sounds. When he looked through a crack in the wall, his heart almost stopped. Inside was...
Behind large cages stood four huge lions. Their eyes gleamed in the dim light of a bulb. On the floor lay bones and pieces of still-fresh beef.
In the corner, sitting in an old armchair, the same grandmother was quietly whispering:
"Calm down, darlings... you'll have a fight soon... people will come to watch you..."
The butcher stepped back, in disbelief, but one of the lions suddenly roared: the sound echoed throughout the empty hall. The woman turned her head and saw him.
“What are you doing here?!” she snorted.
The young man ran away and immediately called the police.
When the police arrived, they were shocked: the old woman was a former zookeeper. After the zoo was closed, she had taken in a few animals “to save them,” but soon realized she could make a profit from them.
At the bottom of the factory they found an arena and scratches on the walls. The woman organized illegal lion fights, which were secretly attended by wealthy spectators.
