Hardcover | Poetry You don't have to shoot me, said the young lion. I will be your rug and I will lie in front of your fireplace and I won't move a muscle and you can sit on me and toast all the marshmallows you want. I love marshmallows. Told and drawn with wit and gusto, Shel Silverstein's modern fable, Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back, speaks to readers of all ages. When originally released, the book was enthusiastically reviewed by The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, The Chicago Tribune and received a starred review from Kirkus.Lafcadio, published in 1963, is the book that began Shel Silverstein's incomparable career as a children's book author and illustrator.