For a long time a tiger lived in the taiga. The tiger thought: There is no one stronger than me in the world. I'm the strongest. He walked and walked like this, scaring all the animals, everyone around him was afraid of him.
Once, having caught prey, the tiger ate and lay down to rest under a tree. He hears someone calling him. The Kua bird was sitting on a branch. She tells him:
– Do you really think that you are the strongest? There is something stronger than you!
The tiger immediately jumped to his feet and looked up.
-Who is stronger than me? Speak! Bird says:
– A man is stronger than you, that’s who!
She said so and flew away.
That tiger, having never seen a man, wanted to see him. I went looking. Walked and walked towards the elk and got caught.
-Are you human, or what? - asks the tiger.
“No,” says the elk, “the man is completely different; Why are you looking for him?
Tiger says:
- I want to see a little...
That elk says to him:
- You shouldn’t want to see him. A man is stronger than you, he can kill you...
The tiger began to laugh. I moved on. I came across a red deer.
-Are you human, or what? - asks again.
- No, I’m a red deer. Why are you looking for a person? He's stronger than you...
The tiger didn’t believe it and moved on. He walked and walked and looked - someone was standing on two legs, cutting down a tree. The tiger, hiding, began to look. Then he crept closer.
The man noticed the tiger. Asks:
-What do you need? Tiger says:
- I want to see the person.
- That's how bad your plan is! - says the man. “Don’t you know that he is stronger than you?” It's dangerous to look at him.
The tiger didn't believe it again. Then the man says:
- Okay. I'll help you. Just need to tie you to a tree, now you will see a person.
He did so, tied the tiger to a tree, went himself, took a gun, and shot the tiger right in the eye. The tiger began to roar and began to ask:
“Let me go, now I see that you, man, are stronger than me.”
The man let him go, saying:
- Now run into the taiga, run away and don’t get caught by a person.
Since then, all animals have been afraid of humans.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru