Traditional
The Tiger and the Brahmin
A story from India
The Tiger and the Brahmin, told by Remco Heijmans
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Story
A tiger is thrown into a pit by the villagers he has been menacing. When a Brahmin stops to talk to him the tiger persuades the man to let him out of the pit, promised not to eat him. As soon as he is out he pounces on the man. He offers the Brahmin the chance to come up with a good reason why he shouldn’t eat him. The Brahmin asks a tree, the donkey and the road but none can help until a jackal passes and proves himself to be as good a trickster as the tiger.
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Why we chose it
A story of a trickster being tricked. Stories with more than one trickster are always fun to tell.