Once there lived an old tiger in the forest. He did not often go to look for food himself. Each day he made one of the smaller animals bring him something to eat.
One morning the tiger was very, very hungry. He said to a monkey, “I’m hungry, Monkey. Go and bring me a fat pig.”
“I can’t do that, Mr Tiger.”said the monkey. “There’s another tiger in the forest. He’s younger and stronger than you are. He told me not to bring you anything.” “What!” shouted the oldTiger. “Another tigerShow me that beast. I’ll speak to him.”
“Come with me, Mr. Tiger,” said the monkey. “You’ll see yourself.”
The monkey took the tiger to a big river. “Look into the river,” said the monkey. “There he is! See his headLook at his big teeth. Isn’t he bigger than you” “Grr…! So you told Monkey not tobring me anything1 Grrr … I’ll kill you!” With these words the tiger jumped into the river. He did not come out again “Ha,ha, ha! Goodbye, Mr Tiger,” said the monkey and away he went.
