Answer these questions.
1. How did the man and the tiger become friends?
Once while hunting in the forest, the man met a tiger. At first they were afraid of each other. But after talking to each other for a while, they became friends.
2. Why did the tiger invite the man to spend two weeks with him at his home?
How did the tiger treat his friend during the stay?
The tiger offered to host the man for two weeks with him at his home so that they could get to know each other better. The man received royal treatment at the tiger’s home.
3. ‘Is it safe to come with you? I am afraid that your friends may not like me and could try to kill me’
a) Who said these words? Where did the speaker have to go?
The tiger said these words.
The speaker was invited to go to his friend’s house.
b) Why was the speaker doubtful about going with the man?
The tiger was fearful that the man’s friends would not like him and would try to kill him.
4. How do you know that the tiger trusted his friend completely?
The tiger accepted the man’s invitation and accompanied him to his house. He also brought along his cub. This act displays his undeniable trust in his friend.
5. Why did the man’s friends follow the tiger? How did they try to harm him?
The man’s friend wanted to hunt and kill the tiger. They followed him to the forest and tried to shoot him down with arrows.
6. What did the tiger do to find out if his friend had betrayed him?
The tiger pretended to be dead and ordered his cub to closely observe the man’s behavior to determine whether he has betrayed him or not.
7. ‘Go home, my friend. I will never come to meet you in your home. I will stay in the forest and promise to never harm you unless man provokes me’
a) Who is the speaker, and who is his friend?
The speaker is the tiger, and the one he is speaking to is the man.
b) Why would the speaker never visit his friend again?
The man’s friends tried to kill him. The tiger could never feel safe in the man’s house. That’s why he said that he would never visit him again.
