Once there was a little crooked man who knew how to use a bow very well, and he wanted to join the king's army, but he knew that the king would not take him in because he was small and hunch backed. So he looked for a strong man, and asked the strong man to join the king's army and take the crooked archer as a page. The strong man excepted, and they went before the king who took them into the army. The king asked the strong man to kill a tiger that had been terrorizing the country side. So the strong man and the crooked archer went to kill it, and the crooked archer soon took down the tiger. They went back to the city and the strong man got many rewards and praises. Soon they were ordered to kill a buffalo that was running up and down a trade way destroying their trade caravans. The small man shot it to, and the strong man got all the praise. Soon the king came under attack from a very large army, and the king made the strong man his general to defend the city. The strong man became afraid and ran off, and his servant archer led the army and got many praises and rewards for being brave.
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