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THe Tiger Tale

“Do not cut down the forest with its tigers and do not banish the tigers from the
forest. The tiger perishes without the forest and the forest perishes without its tigers”
– Udyogparva, The Mahabharata Illustration by: Gatik Madaan , VI,
D.A.V. Public School, Sec-14, Faridabad
TIGER SToRIES FRoM THE

pANCHATANTRA CAN You RECoLLECT THIS
The Story of the SToRY Too !
Jackal, the Lion, according to one indian fable, there was a brahmin
the Leopard, and priest walking along a country road when he came
the Tiger upon a caged tiger. The villagers had caught the
tiger because of his constant threat upon their
Once upon a time there cattle. upon seeing the brahmin, the tiger pleaded
lived a clever jackal. for his release. but brahmin knowing the basic
One day he came nature of the beast made him promise that he
across a dead elephant. would not eat him upon the release from the cage.
The jackal decided to The brahmin then set him free. but no sooner
eat it. But unable to the tiger was set free; he readily pounced on the
tear the thick skin of brahmin. The brahmin got scared for his life, and
the elephant, the jackal got an idea! pleaded with the tiger, not to break his promise.
When he saw a lion approaching him, he quickly bowed after much persuasion from the brahmin upon
in front of him and said that the elephant was hunted being told that how unjust the tiger had been,
for him only. But the lion refused the jackal’s request by both decided to speak to the first three things
saying that lions do not eat already killed animals. they encounter. These were a tree, buffalo and a
The jackal then saw a leopard crossing his path. The jackal jackal… reaD The sTOrY
was aware of the leopard’s strength and the fact that the What do you think is the moral of the story?
leopard would hide his prey on a tree, so he shouted at the
leopard to quickly go away from that spot as the lion had _________________________________________
ordered the jackal to inform him if he saw any leopard
there. Upon hearing this, the leopard ran away.

The jackal was frustrated that he still could not eat his ACTIVITY
prey at ease. Finally he saw a tiger coming in his direction.
The clever jackal thought that he would make the tiger rip Read Tiger Tales
open the elephant. So he told the tiger that he could feed
upon the dead elephant quickly before the lion returned.
The tiger started tearing upon the flesh. As soon as the
jackal saw that the elephant was ready to be eaten, he
scared away the tiger by saying that the lion was heading
back.
The jackal was now left to feed on his sumptuous meal.
Yummm!! Thus at last he enjoyed the elephant's flesh all
by himself.
Moral: Bow before the mighty, throw something
before the low and fight the equal.

have you heard any other such interesting story
with a message from your grandparents?

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