How Tiger Got His Stripes (Animated Stories for Kids)

many years ago when the jungle was young the proudest animal was not a peacock no the proudest animal in the jungle was Tiger Tiger was proud of his long fangs Tiger was proud of his sharp claws and big paws Tiger was most proud of his beautiful golden coat Tiger was not afraid of any animal in the jungle except water buffalo water buffalo was big strong and had powerful horns on his head one morning Tigers saw water buffalo hooked to a plow and made to work in the fields Tiger was confused in fact the strangest animal Tiger had ever seen was ordering around water buffalo this little animal did not have claws or fangs it did not even have a beautiful golden coat at the end of the day this strange little animal left when water buffalos work was done Tiger went to water buffalo and said water buffalo you have to tell me something Oh what is it tiger why do you work for that strange little animal it does not have any claws or fangs and it does not have a beautiful golden coat said tiger water buffalo shook his head and looked at tiger you do not understand tiger that animal is man and he does not need claws or fangs or even a golden coat man has wisdom Tiger thought and said so this wisdom is why you work for man water buffalo nodded his head Tiger said well then I must get some wisdom water buffalo just shook his head and walked away the next morning when man was on his way to work Tiger jumped out and said stop man man looked at Tiger and shook a little bit what do you want tiger I know you have wisdom and with your wisdom you make water buffalo work for you I want your wisdom give me your wisdom said Tiger man looked at Tiger and said tiger wisdom is not something I can give you Tiger just shook his head and said yes you can give me your wisdom or I will eat you man thought and said okay no problem tiger I will give you my wisdom but I left it back at my house I will go and get it man started to walk off but changed his mind he said to Tiger Oh tiger mighty tiger I am afraid to go get you the wisdom by the time I get back you will have eaten all my goats Tiger said oh I am not hungry now so do not worry just go and get the wisdom o Tiger mighty tiger if I go get the wisdom you will get hungry and eat all of my goats would you mind if I tied you to this big tree just by the tip of your tail then you cannot get to my goats said man Tiger thought for a minute and said okay man just tie the tip of my tail to the tree then go get the wisdom man tied the tip of Tiger's tail to the tree and again man took a couple of steps and then turned around man said halt mighty Tiger I am still afraid you may get hungry your powerful claws will cut the rope and you will eat all my goats look man if it will make you feel better tie my paws to that tree spoke Tiger so Tiger put his body against the tree and man took the rope and tied tiger tightly to the tree now go get my wisdom said Tiger man left again but turned back one more time and said tiger mighty tiger your head is so powerful if you turn your mighty head your mighty fangs will tear these ropes and you will eat all my goats would you mind if I all right already just tie my head to that tree said tiger behind Tigers back man quietly led his goats away Tiger waited all day many animals blocked by and saw a tiger tied to the tree tiger told them to go away and proudly said man is bringing wisdom to me at last water buffalo walked by and said tiger what have you gotten yourself into water buffalo just shook his head and walked away Tiger waited and waited I am getting a little hungry maybe I will eat just one of those goats Tiger turned his head and realized he was tied very tightly to the tree Tiger yell combat man I'm very hungry the more Tiger pulled away from the tree the tighter the ropes dug into the Smurf Tiger pulled and he pulled and he pulled finally tied a rope please the ropes had burned stripes into his coat and Tiger did not know this tiger looked around him and said where are all the goats where is man where is my wisdom I do not have wisdom but I still have my claws my fangs and my beautiful golden coat Tiger was thirsty so he went to the lake for a drink when he saw himself in the water Tigers scream covered with stripes nice stripes tiger embarrassed by his stripes slinks around and hides in the shadows he is still searching for wisdom

Channel: August House/Story Cove

Views: 3,329,281

Keywords: Tiger, stripes, Vietnam, Folktale, Animated Story, Kids, Asia, Courage, Caring, Resourcefulness, Pride, Trickster

Id: rf7ascNGbcM

Length: 8min 55sec (535 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 30 2009