Years of the Tiger: 1986, 1998, 2010,2022Chinese Calendar StoriesWe celebrate the Year of the Tiger with a legkết thúc of how the tiger got his stripes.
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Anyone born in the year of the tiger will be lucky và brave (according to lớn horoscopes).You might also be interested in our story of how the Chinese years were named after animals. And if you lượt thích tigers, then try the poem. The Tyger (yes, it is spelled that way because it"s archaic), & our story from India, The Brahman, the Tiger, và the Jackel.Read by Natasha. Version by Bertie. Duration: 7.01.A long time ago, when animals still had the power of speech, a Trắng, stripeless tiger, crept to the edge of the jungle and looked out at the paddy fields where the rice grew. He saw a man sitting under a banamãng cầu tree eating his lunch. Not far away stood a buffalo who was also taking a rest from his work ploughing the fields. The great beast swished his tail to lớn swipe away the flies.The tiger crept forward on his belly, using his powerful arms to pull himself through the grass, & when he was just behind the buffalo he whispered, “Do not be afraid. I vị not come to lớn satisfy my hunger, but lớn seek your advice. Do tell me the answer to lớn my question - for I am so curious lớn know. I have been observing the puny little man who is your master. He has no strength, no sharp sense of smell. His hands are not svào and his teeth are not sharp, yet he rules you và makes you work for hlặng. You, on the other hand, are a magnificent beast of great and wonderful strength. You are twenty times his weight and size, and I know to my cost that you can put up a fair fight with the best of the beasts of the jungle. I have heard that the source of man’s power is something called wisdom. So tell me, oh buffalo, what is wisdom? Where does the man get it from?”The buffalo munched slowly on his grass for a while before answering, “Beats me, I’ve sầu no idea. Why don’t you ask him?”The tiger saw that he would not get a sensible answer from the buffalo, and so he sprang over the to the man in one great bound, và as he stood before the trembling farmer he said, “Have no fear little man, for I have not come to satisfy my hunger. I am here in search of wisdom. Do answer my question, please, for it perplexes me. What this thing that men Gọi wisdom? What does it look like? Where does it come from? Will you not cốt truyện some of it with me?”The man wiped the sweat of fear from his forehead and said as calmly as he could, “Wisdom is very precious. Must I really give sầu some of it to you?”“The choice is yours,” said the Tiger, “But do you hear that sound? It is my stomach rumbling. I have sầu not slept or eaten for three days, so perplexed have I been by this question, but now I am starting to lớn feel lượt thích I could vì with a bite lớn eat. ”And the man could indeed hear a low rumbling sound. He replied khổng lồ the tiger, “Well of course I will gladly share my wisdom with you. But I’m afraid I have sầu left it at home today. I must go và fetch it for you. If you come back with me, I am afraid the villagers will take fright. Will you wait here a while?”The tiger walked around the man menacingly before giving his reply, “I will wait, but be sure khổng lồ come baông xã, or I will visit you in your field again tomorrow, and next time I might be more hungry than inquisitive sầu.”The man started khổng lồ walk out of the field, but he had taken only a few steps when he turned baông chồng & said, “Please forgive me. I am troubled by the thought of leaving a hungry tiger here with my animals. Will you let me tie you to lớn this tree while I am away fetching the wisdom? That way my fears will be at rest.”The tiger was afraid that the man would change his mind about sharing his wisdom. He thought of the great power that only a little wisdom would give sầu him — how with his strength, and with just a little of man’s wisdom, he would rule every creature that walked, slithered, swam or flew across the world. He wanted this prize so much that he agreed khổng lồ let the man coil a rope around his toàn thân và his legs, & tie hlặng khổng lồ the trunk of the banana tree.A little later, the man returned khổng lồ the field with his three sons. Each carried armfuls of dry straw.“Here, I have sầu kept my side of the bargain. I have sầu brought you wisdom” said the man, and he & his sons laid the straw on the ground beneath the tiger. Then the man phối alight khổng lồ it.
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Bright orange flames leapt up and burned the tiger. He roared with pain until at last the fire seared through the ropes, and he sprang lớn freedom & bounded for the river where he soothed his burnt fur in the cooling waters.In time the wounds of the tiger healed, but forever more his body bore orange stripes where the flames and burned hyên ổn and blaông chồng ones where the ropes had bound hlặng.