Junior Classics Volume 1: Fairy and Wonder Tales

<h5 id="id00980">THE TIGER, THE FOX, AND THE HUNTERS</h5> <p id="id00981">By Ramaswami Raju</p> <p id="id00982">A FOX was once caught in a trap. A hungry Tiger saw him and said, "So you are here!"</p> <p id="id00983">"Only on your account," said the Fox in a whisper.</p> <p id="id00984">"How so?" said the Tiger.</p> <p id="id00985">"Why, you were complaining you could not get men to eat, so I got into this net to-day, that you may have the men when they come to take me," said the Fox, and gave a hint that if he would wait a while in a thicket close by he would point out the men to him.</p> <p id="id00986">"May I depend upon your word?" said the Tiger.</p> <p id="id00987">"Certainly," said the Fox.</p> <p id="id00988">The Hunters came, and seeing the Fox in the net, said, "So you are here!"</p> <p id="id00989">"Only on your account," said the Fox, in a whisper.</p> <p id="id00990">"How so?" said the men.</p> <p id="id00991">"Why, you were complaining you could not get at the Tiger that has been devouring your cattle; I got into this net to-day that you may have him. As I expected, he came to eat me up, and is in yonder thicket, " said the Fox, and gave a hint that if they would take him out of the trap he would point out the Tiger.</p> <p id="id00992">"May we depend upon your word?" said the men.</p> <p id="id00993">"Certainly," said the Fox, while the men went with him in a circle to see that he did not escape.</p> <p id="id00994">Then the Fox said to the Tiger and the men, "Sir Tiger, here are the men; gentlemen, here is the Tiger."</p> <p id="id00995">The men left the Fox and turned to the Tiger. The former beat a hasty retreat to the wood, saying, "I have kept my promise to both; now you may settle it between yourselves."</p> <p id="id00996">The Tiger exclaimed, when it was too late, "Alas! what art for a double part!"</p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />