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Ter Fen A long time ago, in the outskirts of a forest, a tiger was heading towards a water pool after having a good lunch. He had a great day hunting and was now very thirsty. As he headed towards the pool, he saw a healthy young pig drinking water from it. aga eer age iret ae ate ea aE ee afoot ahaa Bt Oh ae Ht ai ae TT aT | eran wet gu seer fea sro Ist oT | a ae caret en | Aa ae ae Bt aw Be Ter eT, ST curd tht ga car tiger Gon at Par | ‘The young pig saw the tiger and was terrified! He stood frozen in his spot. But, the tiger ignored him and bent to drink the water. No sooner had the tiger bent his head, he jumped up in disgust. The water smelt terrible! He decided to walk a short distance to another pool, BE gar tam at dar dt ae setts war | ae at sre ara Frege wat Te ood ae ee arta eo ae ma | ae at ae 3 fae ont it eae, ae gor ogee aT | ot a ger air at oft | sat ost ot ge feu gat are St sit wert an free fet When the young pig saw this, he thought, “Oh! So the tiger is afraid of me!” He rushed toward the tiger and challenged him, “Come on you coward! Fight me!” ‘The tiger just looked at the pig and said, “No, not today. Meet me here tomorrow and I'll fight you!” ot gan 3 aa ag don tt set She, “ste a are Yara seat o1" cag ea ot are gr ate aah pitt an gar ae, “aft amet arail, yer ast 1° wre} gat Ft sie eat ae, “a, ara aah amor ga wet at Rot, goed og ‘The foolish pig took the tiger's reluctanee as fear and was eestatic to think that he could inspire such fear in a tiger! He accepted the tiger's challenge and rushed home to boast about his new found strength to his friends. ae gant rat after ata ener ae gait & onner a mer | ae ger at er a fe we ae ra et a ear F sat ae fi gid ian SF si det & “ant anoth ger ae fee a Sa aot a ait arr When he told his family of what had happened, they were horrified. ‘They said, “You stupid, stupid pig! Don’t you realize that the tiger just went away because the pool stank and he had already had his meal! Now when you go tomorrow he will Kill you and eat you!” sent oe arnt ofan & art ant ane weary at att wat 7 | seh wer, “at qh gam ear qa eT at fe are gate wen er wah aver a ae, am tat ef sit set atte ater fer gam ar arr cafe qa jar sre, at ae gee ares ar eT 1" ‘The poor little pig was now terrified. “Oh! What am T going to do?” he asked helplessly. When his grandfather, a wise old pig saw the little pig's misery, he said, “Now you listen to ‘me, you go and meet the tiger tomorrow as planned.” “But...but...” said the poor little pig. aa yar av aera Sart aaera tha Gor, “wa ert ae ee?" wa sad afar ger tga ot gan st ter tae ae, om Te ata a, ae gar wy, Fa qe wer ore Ta at aot aan 3 aa, “WET, WT...” “I said listen to me!” said the grandfather sternly. “You will meet the tiger tomorrow. But, you will make yourself very dirty before you meet him. ‘You must be so filthy that you stink. If you don't go, all of us will be in danger. Do you understand?” wet orarst # arer + wer, “SA eT, At ae oat, Grae ae S et a a sae Pert Sect seed haga eae ahr i" "a at ae ee fae Ga ey ot cafe ga ad ara, ab on eet wat Hos sat argh ar?" ‘The poor pig was perplexed. He didn't aront Bart tae eh mar ae are aT oe understand why his grandfather was telling fm oer se tign aad ae ae we ae him to become dirty but he was too scared qe see deem on ist at to ask and so just said, “Yes grandfather: 1 ma, Mae emer er understand.” So the next day, the pig did as he was told. He rolled in the mud, wallowed in the swamps and by noon, there was quite a stench around him. He then went to the place he was to meet the tiger: The tiger was already ther waiting impatiently. st aratt Ror gor 3 at Fre, tet se awe wa ar | ae Abas H, aera Fetter, duet We a7 anit te fave war aT fer ae aa @ fet sa wae we Wa et ae fitter weet at TTT 0a HT AT He saw the pig and jumped up. He smiled in glee and stepped towards the pig. He took one step and immediately jumped back in disgust. “What in the world have you done to yourself? Pooh! You stink!” he growled. we ac at den she soe eae ost A qeeier sit yen ft ait azT set uw wen gon A aie agen ft a, ae yor ade at aoe oT | “gat ad ame at gar we var te dhs a Arq et ‘The pig stepped forward and said, “I've come to fight you!” ‘The tiger jumped back and said, “Get away from me you filthy pig!” The poor pig turned and fled! The poor tiger had hoped to get a nice fat pig for lunch but now had lost his appetite. > Wan ont agar sen, “A pred ost arr F 1" ara t hd oe ar wer, “HS BR A gt a rar gare usa aren | dak are ger ara ar Be se Ver wer TAT ae aN ay et, we sreserst spa dat ae ‘When his family heard of what had happened, an indian Folk Ty. they realized that being dirty was useful for them and so everyday, they made themselves as dirty as they possibly could. Wien Cd ‘That is why even today, pigs continue to be filthy animals, oa gar & mare age wae at aa, ae oe ae gn fie was oe wee A timd ar wis far oe ee eT at sate ona ot gan ae aan feat #1

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