Caption: How I imagine the tiger felt obtained from tenor.com
- How the Fox Fell Victim to His Own Deceit: Tiger and her baby cub are living in a cave, and the mother goes out one day and asks a baby fox to be her cub's friend. She provides all the food and shelter for this fox and in exchange, he is the cub's playmate. Soon after, the mother tiger brings home another playmate for the cub (a calf), which makes the fox incredibly jealous. The mother tells the cub and the calf that they are brothers and not to believe anyone who says otherwise. The fox begins stirring rumors between the two out of jealousy. The two figure out what the fox has done and attack and kill him.
- I like how these stories are relatively simple to read, and I feel they can be rather timeless with their messages.
- The Ingratitude of Man: There once was a man, a snake, a crow and a rat were walking in a narrow dark pass along a deep chasm. The road gave out and they fell into the chasm. A traveler help rescued them one-by-one. They all promised to repay him one day, but he only believed the man would. However, the crow stole a string of jewels from the queen for the traveler. The traveler showed the man the jewels and the man turned him into the king. As he was sitting in jail, the rat brought him bread. Then the snake promised to release him and proceeded to turn himself into a ghost and choke the king. The king begged for his life and in return, he would set the traveler free and give him many jewels.
- I feel this story could definitely be reimagined into a modern tale about gratitude.
Caption: Men. Obtained from wifflegif.com
Bibliography: Tibetan Folk Tales by A.L. Shelton with illustrations by Mildred Bryant (1925).
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