One day a Tiger and a man met in the woods. They were very scared of each over, but after they had talked for a while they became best friends. They agreed that they would take turns living with the other in his house for a month, and then the other way around. The man went and lived with the Tiger first, and then the Tiger and the man got ready to go to and live in the man's house. The Tiger was afraid that the man would have some of his friends shoot him, and he asked the man if he would be safe. This went on for a long time, and they all got along well. One day, though, the man's father died. The Tiger took his newborn cub and some money and went to the man, and gave him the money and mourned with him. On the way back to his house though, two of the man's friends shot at the Tiger and hit him. The Tiger suspected that the man was part of it. So he lay down where they had met as if dead, and told his cub to watch for the man. Soon the man came, and saw the body and started to mourn. After the Tiger knew that the man had no part with it, he got up and promised the man that all Tigers would not attack men unless men start messing around with them.
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