MOTHER LION TEACHES CUBS HOW TO JUMP OVER A STREAM - But it's not easy being a little lion

But mum, you said it was easy! Lion cubs try to copy their mother's leap across a stream… and end up getting a soaking.

The adorable scenes were captured by photographer Paul Goldstein in Kenya's Masai Mara last month

The mother leads five cubs to the edge of the river and shows them how to jump across ... to no avail 

She appears to try everything from cajoling to picking them up, but they still will not dare risk getting wet

Finally the two youngest give it a go and fall short by a matter of inches, getting soaked in the process 

The cats were being encouraged by the lioness to cross the water to where a freshly-killed topi was waiting for dinner.

The lioness then took her young to another part of the stream to try again where they drank some water in preparation

With the cubs soaked and everything, they family finally had dinner after all.

 
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