A lion called Christian

We´re Primary 6 students. We´re working on the past simple. But last wednesday and friday the activity was different: Eba told us a story and then we rewrote the story using the past simple. This is the story: "In 1969 John and Ace bought a lion cub from Harrods (then it was legal). They called him Christian and he lived in the shop they worked in. He played football and they became very good friends. But he was growing very fast so they carried him to Kenya. They were sad to say goodbye but this was his house. A year later John and Ace travelled to Kenya and this is what happened"