Black book - 6

A little tiger sat by A little monkey was

himself in the valley. on the tree.
He was sad and he “Why are you so
began to cry. sad?” asked the little
monkey.

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“Tigers are big and “I try to act like the big
mean,” said the little tigers,” he said.
tiger. “But I am not big
“But I am little and or mean.”
shy.”
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“Maybe you can look “I will show them
mean if you try,” my mean look,” said
said the monkey. the tiger.
“Try to scare them.” Then he began to
growl.

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But the tiger did not “Look up at the
scare them. sky,” said the
The little tiger got wet monkey. “When you
from the spray. get dry, you can try
to scare that
butterfly.”
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The tiger went up “I will stay by myself
to the butterfly. for the rest of the day,”
He began to growl. said the tiger.
But the butterfly did He sat down by the
not fly off. lake.
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Then he said, “ I see a But when the tiger
tiger in the lake. began to growl, the
I will growl at him.” tiger in the lake began
to growl, too.

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The tiger ran to the “That tiger in the lake is
monkey. you,” said the monkey.
“That mean tiger in the “Smile at him and he
lake is after me,” cried will smile back at you.”
the tiger.
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“I did not like to have a “I think a shy tiger is a
tiger scare me,” said good tiger,” said the
the little tiger. monkey.
“Maybe it is not so “I like you just the
good to be mean.” way you are.”
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