The Tiny Hero

Baby quail. Image source: EastValleyWildlife.

Once upon a time, there lived a family of quails. Their nest sat nestled into the highest branch of the biggest tree in the forest where it stood.

Momma quail, Daddy quail, and seven baby quails. They lived happily and peacefully.

At the time, the baby quails were only three weeks old. Their mother was still flying to find food for them, and bringing it back for them to eat. Every day, Momma would bring back insects and worms to make her babies strong, but one baby would never eat them. He only ate seeds and nuts. Momma quail knew this would affect her baby later down the road, but continued to feed him seeds to keep him alive and growing.

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One day, the family of quails heard a ruckus across the forest; animals crying out, trees falling, and a horrible smell they were not familiar with.

In the distance, Momma and Daddy spotted them… And they knew exactly what was happening. Huge, black clouds of smoke rising from fiery, vicious, red flames. It was a forest fire.

As the flames grew closer and closer, the quails knew what they had to do. All at once, Momma, Daddy, and the six baby quails jumped from the nest and began to fly away. As they flapped their wings as fast as they could, they had no time to look back-- no time to see that the 7th baby had been left and couldn’t fly away with them. His wings were not strong enough. The seventh baby quail did not panic though.

Instead of being afraid and accepting defeat to the flames that were engulfing the nest, the baby quail was brave. He stood tall in his nest, took a deep breath, and began to speak to the flames.

“Mighty flames, you see that I am small. You see that I am alone. Why do you come here? Go back, flames! This is my home. You cannot take it from me,” exclaimed the baby quail to the fire.

The flames froze. It was as if they were thinking, processing what the quail had said to them.

“Go on! Go,” yelled the baby quail once more.

And with his quiet and tiny, but powerful words, the flames disappeared into the night and away from the nest. The black smoke rose into the sky, and there was not a red flame in sight. In what felt like half of a second, there was peace in the forest again.

All the animals of the forest began to come out from their safe places, and smiled as they saw the forest come back to life. The baby quail felt triumphant as he lay down for sleep in his nest, but also lonely as he didn’t know where his family had gone.

The next morning, he awoke to his mother and father and all six of his brothers and sisters surrounding him showering him with love. The family of quails lived happily ever after in their nest.

Who knew a tiny, defenseless baby quail could be such a hero?

Author's Note

This is a children’s tale from Twenty Jataka Tales. The original was called The Forest Fire. Basically, what I did with my version of the story is I just added a lot more details and changed the ending. I provided more back story at the beginning about where the family lived and how they lived. In the original, the story escalated quickly. It started with the mother feeding the babies, then the fire coming. I also expanded on the moment where the flames are by the nest and the baby quail speaks to them. I made that part a little bit more personal. These children’s tales are usually short and sweet, so it’s fun to expand on them even more and add your own little twist. At the end in the original, after the baby quail saves the forest, it just says they he lived happily ever after in his nest. I thought it was sad that he was living without his whole family, so I made them fly back for him. Then they all lived happily ever after! I hope you enjoy this story as much as I did! Let me know what I can do to make it even better!

Bibliography

Twenty Jataka Tales. Link to reading.

Author: Noor Inayat.

The Foolish Monkey and The King

Once upon a time a very powerful king decided he wanted to take over the smaller kingdom that lay just on the other side of the river and through the woods from his. He gathered an army, and trained them for the day they would ruin that small kingdom. Day and night for months the soldiers got bigger and stronger and then the day came that they were ready.

The king and his army woke early that morning and marched all day to get near the kingdom, and then set up a campsite for the night in a dark part of the forest.

They rested for the big day ahead of them. As they fed their horses peas in the morning, the king noticed a small monkey watching from a nearby tree branch. He held his gaze as the monkey jumped down from the tree and scooped up some peas for himself. The monkey swiftly returned to his branch and began eating the peas, enjoying each one.

Suddenly, with the king still watching, the monkey dropped a single pea and watched it fall to the dirt beneath him. He sat for a moment, and then quickly jumped to the ground spilling all of the remaining peas that he had in his hand. Try as he might, the greedy monkey could not find that darned pea.

The frustrated monkey returned to his branch and sat reflecting on his actions. He let his greed control him, and instead of letting that one small insignificant pea go, he lost everything he had trying to get it.

Meanwhile, the king sat, still observing the monkey.

“We are ready for battle, Your Majesty”, said one of the king’s most valuable soldiers.

“We will no longer be taking over this kingdom. Pack your things and we will march back immediately”, the king responded quickly.

The army was confused and frustrated at the king’s commands, but no one dared to question the wishes of their ruler. So, the soldiers packed their things and waited for further instruction from the king.

The king remained pondering over what he had seen with the money. Then he said to himself, “I do not want to be like this foolish monkey. He gave much to gain a little, and lost everything in the end. I will take my army and return to my kingdom, and I will be grateful for all that I have right now. Greed will not guide my actions.”

So, the king and his men marched back to their kingdom and life resumed as it had before.

From that point on, the king no longer pursued the ruining of other kingdoms. He stayed in the bounds of his own land, and enjoyed all the riches and relationships and property that he had. He never took anything for granted as he had before.

To this day, the king still remembers that foolish monkey, and the valuable lesson that it taught him. He will never forget that monkey.

Monkey In A Tree. Image Source: Clipartfest.

Author's Note

This is an adaptation of the story from More Jataka Tales called The Penny-Wise Monkey. I kept a lot of the story the same. I mostly added a lot of details and depth into what happened throughout the plot. There isn't as much dialogue in the original as mine, but I feel that it adds an interesting and intriguing twist to it that I included conversation between the king and his men even though it is brief.  I made the army more a part of the story and gave them more meaning than the original. I also added on to the end. In the original, the story ends with the king deciding that he would go back home and be thankful for what he had. In my version, I carried on to talk about how he would always remember what the penny-wise monkey taught him in that forest. I did this to sort of emphasize the importance of what the king learned that day in the forest. I chose this picture because it is generic, and readers can imagine a painted picture of the scenes for themselves. Please let me know what I can do to make this story better!

Bibliography

More Jataka Tales. Link to reading.

Author: Ellen C. Babbitt.

Week 13 Story Planning: 20 Jataka Tales

Bibliography

Twenty Jataka Tales. Link to reading.

Author: Noor Inayat

THE MONKEY-BRIDGE
monkey ruler, rocks and river and valley and honey
happy monkeys
fruit tree
don’t want men from village looking for it
fruit falls
want to find it
find it, monkeys, king orders to kill and eat monkeys and mangoes
chief finding way to save them
king sees chief break his back for his monkeys, has him come down to bathe and clothe and feed him
rule with love for they are your children
chief dies and king learns lesson

i really like this story but it’s told so well, that I’m not sure that i want to mess with it or remake it. but ***

THE GUILTY DOGS
king with chariot and horses,
dogs come at night and chew leather harnesses
king ordered to kill seven hundred dogs that were in the city
chief dog
wanting to save them
common theme of love, i like it
chief tells king royal dogs did it
wise
proved him right king saved all the city dogs
happily ever after

i could change this into a story about a family, a king being a mom or dad, the royal dogs being ornery brothers chief being sister or friend or something

BANYAN
golden deer
forest
palace
king hunting, not golden ones
doe w baby
more love <3
golden deer takes place of doe, king agrees to never kill another animal and he ruled with love

THE TORTOISE AND THE GEESE
geese carying tortoise
he fell (hearing kids in village laugh at him)
counselor told king that he fell because he could not hold his tongue, directing message at king
king learned only to speak when needed

not so interesting

THE FAIRY AND THE HARE
wise hare teaching others
animals get food for others, hare has nothing
offers himself as food
fairy took place of beggar and hare jumped into flames of fire, fairy created test, flames were fake, hare was honored across the land

i could modernize this make it realistic or keep it as a children’s story and change it up, i like this one

THE GOLDEN FEATHERS
father leaves, promises daughters wonderful things on his return
meets fairy, changes him into a goose with golden feathers
could no longer search for riches
lets family pluck his feathers one by one
mother gets greedy say they need to pluck all the feathers
feathers grew back and he flew away

not a good ending, kinda sad

I am thinking that for my next story, I am going to modernize and change it up a bit. The last one I wrote I just added more details and enhanced what had already been happening in the original piece.
My two favorite stories from this week's reading are The Guilty Dogs, and The Fairy and the Hare. I think I could turn the themes presented in those stories into a modern, relatable one of my own. I am excited to see what I can do with this.

Hare jumping into the fire. Image source: Pinterest.

Story Planning: Jatakas Tales (undecided)

Okay so I wrote a story planning post two weeks ago, but didn't have time to write the story. But I started reading cute children's tales and decided I wanted to write about one of them.

the girl monkey and the string of pearls
queen getting in lake w king, giving servant her pearls sees a girl money in trees, wanting to snatch the pearls
someone lesser or below you wanting what you have, envy, jealousy, theft
guard falls asleep perfect time for monkey to swoop in
guard suspects girl monkeys - cover being blown
all the monkeys got the bead traps, made jealous girl monkey come out with her pearls, green and pride and jealousy for the L
caught

the three fishes
thoughtful, very thoughtful, and thoughtless were their names
leave home to go somewhere else, VT says should go back
cautious sibling.
of course they don’t listen and get caught in a net
VT wants to save them, so mad at someone for being an idiot, but having to save them bc you love them
yay
after that they listened and all went home

the penny-wise monkeyaw king was gonna take over a little kingdom, saw a monkey drop peas and lose all of them over one
learned a lesson from the monkey

decided to be grateful for what he had and went back home i could definitely make something of this

I picked my three favorite from the several that I read yesterday, but have not chosen which one I want to make a story out of. However, I have decided that I want to expand on these stories. All of my other stories I have taken the themes/situations of the stories I read and changed them into modern examples that were related to them. But with these, I just want to add more detail, maybe switch up the plots a bit. I am excited to pick which one I will write on!

Bibliography:

More Jataka Tales. Link to reading.

Author: Ellen C. Babbitt

The Girl Monkey and the String of Pearls. Image source: WhisperingBooks.

Story Planning: What Goes Around...

Bibliography

The Sacred Tales of India. Link to reading.

Author: D. N. Neogi

The divine brothers

7 wives - i could make it about 7 sisters instead of wives or 7 anything really. I’m not sure how much i want to change it yet
wishes
6 wish for days at their father’s, 7th and youngest states that she doesn’t have a father’s house to go to
I’ll probably change what the first 6 wish for to something like money or something else materialistic. then I’ll also change the 7th’s wish to something less shallow
I will follow the plot in that the 7th person’s wish will come true
or i could focus on the fish the wife in the original caught and how they were actually divine serpents. i could re do that part but i think I’m going to pick one or the other
came to her as “brothers” - to be loyal to her for she nourished them before (how sweet) want to keep

I am pretty sure I will make my story about 7 sisters of all different ages instead of the 7 wives. The first six will wish for things like money, a rich man, beauty, eternal youth, stuff like that. I’m not sure what I want the 7th to wish for exactly, but it’s going to be more meaningful and less shallow than her sisters. Then I will make whatever wish she has come true in some similar way as the original, because I then also want to incorporate her wish coming back to her like the serpents did as brothers to love her. I don’t really believe in “karma”, but I do in the sense that what you give out will make its way back to you. So I want to display that by the youngest sister being more mature and gracious, and her being “rewarded” for it.

Wishing Well. Image source: Pinterest.

Storytelling: When the Time Comes

It was a cloudy Sunday in May of 2008, and Roger Keaton lays sound asleep in a St. Francis Hospital bed. His family was all standing close by; his three daughters, son, and 6 grandkids. Tension filled the room. Granddad hadn’t been doing so well since his last round of chemo – pancreatic cancer.

Like anyone, Roger’s family was constantly in a state of worry because no one knew when his time to leave them would come. However, even more so for Roger’s family, because the doctor predicted that he would only live to be 68, which was only one year after his diagnosis. Pancreatic cancer is a mean and violent disease. For Roger to live as long as he had was a miracle in itself – he is now 74. So the anticipation was amplified times ten for the Keaton family because their beloved Roger could literally be taken from them at any second.

He had good and bad days, but the adults in the family knew the time was nearing and they could hardly bare it.

The youngest of Roger’s children, his baby girl Lillian, walked to his side and broke down into flowing tears as she cried, “Daddy, I don’t know what I’m gonna do without you here.”

Roger replied with wisdom like he always did, and comforted Lillian with his kind words.

“Lil, let go of your own plan and accept God’s. I am prepared to stand at the gates of Heaven whenever my time comes, whether it be today or 10 years from now. You’ll always be my baby girl, and just as I have kept my eye on you since the day you were born, I will do the same even when I am gone.”

“I love you, daddy.”

“I love you too, Lily Pad.” He had called her that since she was a baby. Lily Pad. Lillian used to hate it, but hearing it now sounded so sweet.

Roger then called his oldest son Mark over to his bedside.

“Mark, you’re a good man. A great father. A faithful servant. An inspiring teacher. An encouraging friend. And not to mention, my favorite son ever.” (His only).

Holding back tears, Mark replied, “I will make you proud, Dad. I will honor this family and the Keaton name until-“

“I trust that you will, son. I have all the faith in you. Now don’t cry. You’re no wimp.” Roger always had a dry sense of humor. Somehow it made him obnoxious, but so charming at the same time. Everyone loved him.


The days passed slowly. Two weeks later, June 3rd, 2008 Roger Keaton passed away in that same St. Francis Hospital bed. His family mourned as they watched him take his last breath. An incredible mix of deep sorrow and adoring love filled the room as family members cried, and tried to process what was happening. Bible hymns were playing in the room as they were Roger’s favorite. The whole family sang along and smiled knowing that their father and granddad was right where he was supposed to be.

Bibliography

PDE Mahabharata. Link to reading.

Author's Note

I changed this story quite a bit, but writing it came so naturally.

This is a story taken from the death of Bhishma. He got to choose when he died, and he instructed others as to what to do when he died. Here, I took a more emotional approach. I wrote about a person who could not choose when to die, but was ready when the time came near. I included a real life situation with my main character's family being there and experiencing the pain of what was happening to him. I made the story into a more realistic version, or a more real life take on what went on in the PDE Mahabharata. I chose this generic picture because I thought it was just a sweet representation of a family. That's the most important thing about this story. The plot is based on the grandfather dying, but that is not meant to be the focus. It's about the love and respect the family has for each other and how that both makes his death harder, but leaves them with peace as well. I would say most of us have either personally suffered the loss of someone special to us, or have known someone who has lost a loved one. So I think this is relatable and makes an emotional connection to a reader more than the original Mahabharata version. It's more personal.

Family Portrait. Image source: online.

Story Planning: The Time Has Come

Okay, so I have decided that I want to write a story mirroring the story of Bhishma and his death.

There will be some major differences -

I haven’t decided characters exactly, but I will make it a family or group of friends in the situation. Either a grandmother or a mother or father or brother or friend — someone will be suffering from cancer (type undecided as well). I have in my mind that the doctor has previously told the family that said family member would have only lived a year since they were diagnosed, but it has been 5 years.

Obviously another difference is that this person will not have the choice of when to die like Bhishma did.

But it will be similar in that the individual is ready to go. They are prepared and ready to be in Heaven with God.

It will be similar in that they will be giving advice to their family/friends. (probably have to be a parent or grandparent just to ensure sound and wise advice. a very young adult would not have all the knowledge that an adult would have obviously. and thats a main point of the story is the departure and the valuable things taken from it by the person’s loved ones)

obviously, i do not want to focus on the actual death of the person at all, but I will probably end it with the peaceful passing of the individual, and how everyone felt about it. (which will be sorrowful, but also peaceful and content knowing what an amazing life he/she lived)


My version of the story will be more emotional and connected than the original. I wanted to do a planning post instead of the actual story, because I really want to work hard on this one and make it good. I will probably start working on it this weekend. Usually I dislike writing, but I am actually excited to see what I can do with this!

Bibliography

PDE Mahabharata. Link to reading.

Family. Image Source: TheOdysseyOnline.

I chose this picture because I want my story to be more about love and cherishing family, then focusing on the negative things in life.

Storytelling: The In-Crowd

Ella had just moved to Jensen Beach, Florida. Her father was beginning a new job, and she was now hundreds of miles from any friend she ever had. Summer’s end was nearing, and she was about to begin the 9th grade at a new school – great.

The first day of school was here, and Ella was so nervous. She was astonished as her mom pulled up to the front of the building to drop her off. “Mom, I didn’t know it was going to be THIS big…” Her mother sweetly replied, “Sweetie, you can do this! You’re a rockstar.”
‘I am a rock star, I am a rock star, I am a rock star’ Ella kept repeating to herself in her mind.

She went to her classes, and even made some new friends to sit with at lunch. This was easier than she thought it would be. It wasn’t until the very end of her first day when Ella saw them – the popular girls. She gawked until one of her new friends interjected, “That’s Mandy Mason. She’s the most popular and powerful girl in this school. She’s senior class President, she started a ton of the clubs on campus, she’s an honor student, plus she’s captain of the cheer squad.”

Ella went home and told her parents all about her successful first day. She was happy with how it went, and was even a little bit excited for day two. She wanted to be friends with Mandy Mason.



Ella wakes up and heads to school with her mom. She walks into school only to be greeted by the school bully.

“Hey new girl. Did you get that outfit from your grandma?” All the others laughed.

Ella began walking away when she saw her. Mandy Mason was walking right up to her.

“Hey girl, don’t worry about them. If you hang around me for a while, they’ll be worshiping you. Come with me.”

“O- Okay… My name is E-“

“Ella Fischer. I know. You’re in grade 9, you’re from California, and you’re a straight A student.”

“H-how do you know all that?” How did she know all that?

“I know everything about the new students! Especially the impressive ones. Now here we are. This is my locker. We meet here after every class period. Can you do that?”

“We?” asked Ella.

Mandy replied, “Our group! Keep up Ella. Before school, we meet in the girl’s room. Before lunch, we meet by the water fountain. And we do homework together every night.”

Overwhelmed, Ella said “Great! I’ll see you at the water fountain for lunch!”

“Fast learner, good work El.” Mandy said pleased.


And so it began – her training. Before Ella even knew it, she had gotten in with the cool crowd. It’s like everything she had wished for had come true! Immediately after her encounter with Mandy Mason, Ella was treated completely different. All the senior boys suddenly wanted to talk to her, girls wanted to be her friend, the cheer squad put her on the team. Following Mandy’s rules seemed like a fair price to pay to be popular. But would it all be worth it?

Author's Note

This story is derived from Ekalavya from PDE Mahabharata. Ekalavya is a boy who so badly desired to be Drona's pupil, and is willing to do anything for it. I modernized this story in the context of a high school. A typical story about a girl moving to a new school, wanting to be popular. And although this classifies as a "typical story" I think the topic is still relevant, and completely relatable!! To anyone on either side of this story. 

Bibliography

PDE Mahabharata. Link to reading.

Mean girls. Image source: Shankman.

Story Planning: Bird Brotherhood

i could make some changes to the scene where rama kills valid and helps sugriva. i kind of just want to change like the dynamic of the whole thing. maybe have rama kill vali in a different way so that his relationship with sugriva could be different

change meaning of “mahamatras” to the officials of the cat kingdom instead of monkeys
i like how tara refers to her husband as her hero thats cute
i think I would keep those gender roles the same even though in my story rama is a girl
i could make “the rainy season” super dramatic and make Rama go in to the kingdom even though he is not supposed to, plus it is the rainy season. I could make something dramatic happen when he enters
“armies of cats” … haha. I could make them all big cats! (not house cats) like panthers and/or tigers and/or lions and/or jaguars.
i could have the king of cats and king of mice instead of monkeys and bears. a little different vibe, but it would be cute
i will keep jatayu a bird because that makes sense he’s like a messenger bird and comes to tell them they are going in the right direction
i love the story of the birds and Sampati’s wings and how they got burnt, so i might really want to focus on that and change it up a little
i also like the part of Hanuman’s Leap. i could do a lot with that
also… hanuman and sita meeting
Ravana sets Hanuman’s tail on fire :-(
I like how Vibhishana leaves Ravana to ally with Rama


My favorite parts of this section were the story about the bird’s wings and how the bird himself told the story about how it happened and everything, and also Hanuman’s leap and him encountering the demon. I think I could do a lot with these stories


I want to focus on Sampati and Jatayu and how Sampati hurt his wings.
I might change the story and make something else cause the trouble …
like another bird flew into the brothers, and Sampati broke his wings diving to save him. also, I might make them a different kind of bird than a vulture… I don’t like vultures.

Sampati. Image Source: Blogspot.

Bibliography

Public Domain Ramayana. Link to text.

Week 2 Story Planning: Ramayana

i will switch up the roles and make Dasharatha’s sons into 4 daughters, as of now I am going to keep the men’s names the same for the women I create, but I might also just pick 4 completely new (girl) names too

i could make the horrible woman Thataka a man (again switching roles) making the battle seem more intimidating, but then the 4 princesses defeat the horrible man!! I am for sure doing that.

I could make Gautama curse Ahalya to cat or another animal so that she is still alive but can’t communicate to anyone. ( i would say a worse curse than being a rock because at least you’re a rock and can’t have thoughts or feelings ) I am going to make her a house cat.

I really liked the poem about Ahalya, I’m not sure what I want to do with it, but I definitely want to put a focus on it in some way 

I love the story of Rama and Sita, I might change up the ended of the scene where Rama tells her he is meant to love her and she just says she has to leave. (character changes)**

i like the bow in the Parashurama story, going to keep that

i liked the story of rama and sita’s wedding, but i will go into more detail about sita (in my story queen *Rama*) and how she looks (every bride would appreciate) ((character adjust bc of my character change))

Dasharatha (queen version) will pick a daughter to become the next queen, Rama.

so the following episodes about the couple picking the heir would have to be changed completely, but I mean i will keep the general storyline obviously*

so Dasharatha will send a daughter into exile, and then instead of going without question like the son does in the real story, I’ll make her give him attitude like any daughter would do if their father exiled her.

I like the crossing the river episode when they leave and abandon their royal attire and acquire dreadlocks showing the change

I can’t decide i might in some way some how try and make Dasharatha’s death to be seen in a positive light not so negative. that’s just because I like happy endings, but the whole karma episode is right, so I haven’t decided.

King Dasharatha- (Queen Dasharatha) I’m going to keep his character the same, and give my version as a queen the same kind of image he had

Dasharatha’s Sons- (Dasharatha’s daughters)

Rama- 394th name of Vishnu, princess, more sassy, girly, but respected favorite character

Bharata- noble, mature for her age

Lakshmana- very close with Rama, sees her in exile, serves

Shatrughna- very close with Bharata, (similar relationship as Lakshmana and Rama have) 

The 7 Kandas of Ramayana. Image Source: Templepurohit.

Bibliography

Public Domain Ramayana. Link to reading.

Week 1 Story: An Unlikely Friendship

An Unlikely Friendship

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.”

“Oh won’t you come search for sweet grass with me, then we can eat together little tiger!”

"The Unlikeliest of Friends" DailyMail.

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 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!”

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.

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.