One day, a woodcutter called Sok went into the forest to
cut wood. On his way he found a tiger lying on the path. He looked more
closely at the tiger. He saw that it way lying on top of a snake’s hole. “A
snake has bitten it,” thought Sok.
He was a kind man and he felt sorry for the tiger. He
took some medicine from his bag and rubbed it on the tiger’s fur. Straight
away, the tiger opened his eyes. He saw that his beautiful fur
was covered with medicine. He was very angry.
“Look what you have done to my fur!” he roared.
“I thought a snake had bitten you,” said Sok. “I didn’t
want you to die.”
“Me? Die?” said the tiger. “Look, nothing bit me. I was
asleep, that’s all. But you’re going to die very soon. I shall eat you for my lunch.”
Sok was very frightened. He knelt down on the ground and
said, “Please don’t kill me. Please wait until I can find someone in this
forest. Then I’ll ask him who is right, if you’re right you can eat me. If
you’re wrong, then let me go.”
The tiger agreed and Sok looked around to find any living
creatures. Then he saw a horse and a cow.
He told them the whole story, and then he asked, “Can you
please help me. Who is right-the tiger or me?”
The horse and the cow knew that Sok was right. But they
did not say anything to Sok.
“If we say Sok is right,” they said to each other, “the
tiger will be very angry. He’ll eat us instead of Sok.” So they decided to walk
away without deciding anything.
Now Sok was even more worried, he looked around again.
Soon he met a hare. He told the hare his story.
“Please help me,” he asked.
“Yes. I’ll help you,” the hare replied. “Go back and
start talking to the tiger; I will be there as you two were talking.”
Sok went back to the tiger and started talking. Soon the
hare come along.
“What are you two talking about?” the hare asked.
The tiger said, “I was just asleep but this man covered
my beautiful coat with medicine!”
Then Sok said, “I thought a snake had bitten him. I
didn’t want him to die.”
“Hmmmmmm,” said the hare. “I want to find out what really
happened. Go back to the place where you were sleeping, tiger. I would like to
know from the beginning.”
The tiger went back to the snake’s hole and laid on top
of it. The snake came out of its hole and bit him.
“This time, don’t rub any medicine on his fur,” said the
hare. So the tiger died and Sok were saved.
-FIN-
Read the Indonesian translation HERE
Author: Unknown
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