An Unlikely Friendship

Fawn and Tiger. Photo: Web Source.

One early morning a young fawn goes out to graze on grass for breakfast. The same morning, a little tiger goes out to find some breakfast of his own.
As the fawn wanders around fields looking for luscious grass, she sees the little tiger watching her close. She says “hello little tiger! come over to me.” and over came the little tiger. As the little tiger approaches, fawn has no fear. She exclaims “oh little tiger, your stripes are so pretty!” and little tiger replies “so are your spots.”
The little tiger knows that a fawn would be a delicious breakfast, but he is intrigued by her kindness and fearlessness.
“Oh won’t you come search for sweet grass with me, then we can eat together little tiger!”
The two wander the field until the fawn finds the grass she wants to eat, but the little tiger says “Fawn, I am sorry, but I just don’t like to eat grass.”
The fawn says “Oh little tiger don’t fret, I will find you something to eat.”
The fawn trots back to her home, where she asks her mother what she could giver her new friend to eat. Her mother says frantically “Sweetie, tigers are not our friends. You mustn’t go back to see the little tiger, for your life will be in danger.”
But the fawn said “No momma, this tiger is kind. He wouldn’t eat me!”
Concerned, the fawn’s mother tells her “Baby, I know you would love to have a new tiger friend, but you see… Tigers eat fawn’s. They are dangerous predators."
The fawn gathered some berries, and got ready to leave, but her mother just wouldn’t let her go. Just as fawn sets the berries down, there is a knock at the door. Mother opens the door to see a little tiger patiently waiting.
The fawn says “Little tiger! Look here, I have you some fresh picked berries!”
“Berries sound delicious fawn, may I come in to eat them with you?” says the little tiger.
Mother replies hesitantly, “Only if it is the berries you truly wish to eat…”
Little tiger politely says “Oh yes ma’am fawn!"
The little tiger then joined the fawn and her mother for breakfast consisting of fresh berries. He enjoyed them greatly, and even had seconds. And every day after that day, the fawn and the tiger ate breakfast together.




Authors Note
The Fawn and The Little Tiger
The fable begins similar to my story, with the fawn and the little tiger searching for breakfast. The tiger refuses to eat the grass, so the fawn goes home to find him something. The fawn’s mother tells how lucky she was to escape the tiger’s presence alive, and how tigers are the most dangerous predators in the wild. The fawn then trembles in fear of what could have happened if she went back to the tiger. I basically kept the ideas from the first part of the story, but changed the ending by making the friendship between the fawn and the little tiger continue.


Bibliography
“The Fawn and The Little Tiger” from Indian Fables by Ramaswami Raju. Web source.