The book describes how a lamb enters a forest after becoming separated from its flock. Here it is befriended by a leapordess, and soon its innocence begins to influence the various animals of the forest. Eventually it is reunited with its shepherd. The author dedicated the book to "saints, philosophers, and artists". It has been described as an allegory, an intricate fantasy, with a poetic style, “reminiscent by turns of medieval beast fables, of Isaiah's vision of the time when "the wolf also shall dwell with the lamb" and of the
Parable of the Good Shepherd.” == Reception ==