tiger and rabbit ki story in English
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One day a Little Rabbit met a Little Tiger when he was playing in the mountains. The Little Tiger thought the Little Rabbit would be a delicious lunch.
The Little Rabbit pretended to be calm and said to the Little Tiger:
“Little Tiger, you are so handsome. Your head, your face, your body and your feet are all so perfect and nothing could be better than that. Unfortunately, your tail is so ugly that nothing could be worse than that.”
The Little Tiger thought the Little Rabbit might be right, so he asked the Little Rabbit:
“How can I make it beautiful?”
The Little Rabbit looked around the tail of the tiger, as if he was examining it, and told the Little Tiger:
“If you could make it straight, it would look very beautiful.”
“So how should I make it straight?”
“It’s not so difficult. I’m just not sure whether you would dare to do it or not.”
“There is nothing I’m afraid of.” The Little Tiger wanted to straighten his tail first before he ate the rabbit, so he urged the rabbit: “Be quick! Help me straighten my tail!”
The Little Rabbit got nine bundles of pine needles together quickly, then tied the tiger’s tail to a tree with an iron chain and set fire to the pine needle. The Little Tiger was too hot to bear the fire. The hair all over his body was burned off.
“What a foolish rabbit you are! It seems my tail was straight, but you burned my clothes. I’ll not forgive you!” “Don’t worry. I’ll give you new ones.”
“You are fooling me.”
“I’m serious. But you’d better wash your body clean before you put on the new clothes.”
“Where is the water?”
“Over there.”
The Little Tiger was burned and was hurt so bad that he couldn’t wait to follow the Little Rabbit to find the water. The Little Rabbit channeled seven rivers to a big barrel, then put two big spoons of salt into the water, and told the tiger: “You can have a bath now. I’ve put in some medicine to cure your burnt skin.”
As soon as the Little Tiger stepped into the water, he was stung to jump in it. The rabbit could not help laughing, but he pretended he cared about him and asked: “Do you feel better now?”
“The pain is killing me!”
“Just rub! You will feel better by rubbing your skin. I’ll go and get the new clothes. You’d better get ready before I come back.”
The Little Tiger believed the words and rubbed himself. Ouch! He rubbed his skin off! Now he realized he had been cheated by the rabbit and so he jumped out of the barrel. He slipped on the floor and his body was covered in dust. The poor Little Tiger not only failed to have the rabbit as his lunch, but also peeled one layer of his skin off, and so he got his “new clothes” after all.
This story was told by Xuecai He, recorded by Jiezhen He, and translated by Qinglian Zhao.
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Story of a Tiger and Rabbit
One day a Little Rabbit met a Little Tiger when he was playing in the mountains. The Little Tiger thought the Little Rabbit would be a delicious lunch.
The Little Rabbit pretended to be calm and said to the Little Tiger:
“Little Tiger, you are so handsome. Your head, your face, your body and your feet are all so perfect and nothing could be better than that. Unfortunately, your tail is so ugly that nothing could be worse than that.”
The Little Tiger thought the Little Rabbit might be right, so he asked the Little Rabbit:
“How can I make it beautiful?”
The Little Rabbit looked around the tail of the tiger, as if he was examining it, and told the Little Tiger:
“If you could make it straight, it would look very beautiful.”
“So how should I make it straight?”
“It’s not so difficult. I’m just not sure whether you would dare to do it or not.”
“There is nothing I’m afraid of.” The Little Tiger wanted to straighten his tail first before he ate the rabbit, so he urged the rabbit: “Be quick! Help me straighten my tail!”
The Little Rabbit got nine bundles of pine needles together quickly, then tied the tiger’s tail to a tree with an iron chain and set fire to the pine needle. The Little Tiger was too hot to bear the fire. The hair all over his body was burned off.
“What a foolish rabbit you are! It seems my tail was straight, but you burned my clothes. I’ll not forgive you!” “Don’t worry. I’ll give you new ones.”
“You are fooling me.”
“I’m serious. But you’d better wash your body clean before you put on the new clothes.”
“Where is the water?”
“Over there.”
The Little Tiger was burned and was hurt so bad that he couldn’t wait to follow the Little Rabbit to find the water. The Little Rabbit channeled seven rivers to a big barrel, then put two big spoons of salt into the water, and told the tiger: “You can have a bath now. I’ve put in some medicine to cure your burnt skin.”
As soon as the Little Tiger stepped into the water, he was stung to jump in it. The rabbit could not help laughing, but he pretended he cared about him and asked: “Do you feel better now?”
“The pain is killing me!”
“Just rub! You will feel better by rubbing your skin. I’ll go and get the new clothes. You’d better get ready before I come back.”
The Little Tiger believed the words and rubbed himself. Ouch! He rubbed his skin off! Now he realized he had been cheated by the rabbit and so he jumped out of the barrel. He slipped on the floor and his body was covered in dust. The poor Little Tiger not only failed to have the rabbit as his lunch, but also peeled one layer of his skin off, and so he got his “new clothes” after all.