One day Kanchil was sitting in his hole and cracking nuts. Suddenly he sees a tiger approaching him.
“I’m lost,” thought little Kanchil, and he began to shake with fear. What was to be done? The cunning animal was not at a loss. He cracked the nut, so that the shell crunched in his teeth, and exclaimed:
– What delicious eyes these tigers have! The tiger heard these words and became afraid. He backed away, turned and walked away. He walks through the forest, and a bear meets him. The tiger asks:
“Tell me, buddy, do you know what kind of animal is sitting there in the hole and gobbling up the eyes of tigers on both cheeks?”
“I don’t know,” the bear answers.
“Let’s go have a look,” says the tiger. And the bear answered him:
- I'm afraid.
“It’s okay,” says the tiger, “let’s tie our tails together and go together.” If anything happens, we will not leave each other in trouble.
So they tied their tails and went to Kanchil’s hole.
They go and brave with all their might.
As soon as Kanchil saw them, he immediately realized that they were seriously chickening out. And he shouted in a loud voice:
- Just look at this rascal tiger! His father was supposed to send me a polar bear, but his son is dragging a black one here. Well, well!
The bear heard these words and was scared to death. It turns out that, he thought, the tiger simply deceived me. Striped wants to pay off his father's debts and gives me to be devoured by a terrible beast. The bear rushed in one direction, and the tiger in the other.
The bear's tail came off. Since then, they say that all bears have short tails...
And smart Kanchil rejoices: after all, he escaped from the tiger!
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru