The Fox and the Tiger

One day he hummed a tune as he trotted on his way. The air was crisp and the sky was clear when a grumbling sound it reached his ear. A tiger leapt from behind a tree and circled the fox with a hungry sort of glee. You look so tasty, fox so small, I'll eat you up, no trouble at all. Fox said stop, just a second you, I'm king of this forest, I thought everybody knew. It'd be wise to bow and leave me be, or bad things will happen, just wait and see. A likely story laughed the cat, you're just a fox, I can clearly see that. I've eaten rats and pigs and ducks, anything that squeaks, oinks, slithers or clucks. If that be true, said the fox so sneaky, come for a walk and we'll see who's been cheeky. So the fox walked on and the tiger followed, till they came to the mud where the pigs all wallowed. Hello, said the fox to the largest pig, but he quaked and shivered when he saw the tiger big. The tiger stopped and scratched his head, strange that a fox should cause such dread. The fox walked on to the monkey's tree, he knocked on the trunk, come down and talk to me. When the monkey spied the stripes and claws, he squealed and scurried from the tiger's jaws. By now the tiger was quite confused, the fox strikes fear into everyone he mused. But come, said the fox, I have a treat, there's another good friend that you should meet. The rabbit sat by his rabbit hole, the fox said hi, but down he quickly stole. The tiger started to chew his tail, the fox scares all the creatures. So the fox escaped to the tiger's tummy, where tiger ran home to see his mummy. So remember things aren't as they seem, and the strong can be scared by a little scheme. Yes, the strong can be scared by a little scheme.