The Tiger

THE TIGER.

• The tiger is a giant cat. His body is nearly covered with black stripes.
• Unlike the lion, he runs so fast that the swiftest horse can not overtake him. He goes over the ground by making bounds or springs, one after another.
• By night, as well as by day, the tiger watches for his prey. With a frightful roar, he will seize a man, and carry him off.
• Have you ever thought what use whiskers are to cats? Lions have great whiskers, and so have tigers and all other animals of the cat kind.
• Whenever you find an animal with whiskers like the cat's, you may be sure that animal steals softly among branches and thick bushes.
• By the slightest touch on the tiger's whiskers, he knows when there is anything in his road.
• A few years ago, some English officers went out to hunt. When coming home from their day's sport, they found a little tiger kitten.
• They took it with them and tied it, with a collar and chain, to the pole of their tent. It played about, to the delight of all who saw it.
• One evening, just as it was growing dark, they heard a sound that frightened them greatly. It was the roar of a tiger.
• The kitten pulled at the chain, and tried to break away. With a sharp cry, it answered the voice outside.
• All at once, a large tigress bounded into the middle of the tent. She caught her kitten by the neck, and broke the chain which bound it.
• Then turning to the door of the tent, she dashed away as suddenly as she had come.