Reading Notes: Tibetan Folk Tales, Part A

(The Tiger and the Frog. Source)

The Tiger and the Frog

• A tiger went hunting for some food along a river
• A frog saw him and, scared that the tiger was going to eat him, asked him where he was going
• Why did the frog call out to the tiger if he was scared of him?
• Adding dialogue between the animals gives more character
• Tiger says he's very weak and hungry and looking for something to eat. He can't find anything else so he'll settle for eating the frog even though he's small. Tiger asks the frog who he is
• Why can't the tiger find anything to eat?
• Add details about how weak and hungry the tiger is. It's been 2-3 days.
• Frog tells him he's the king of frogs. He can jump any distance and do anything. He challenges the Tiger to see who can jump across the river
• Tiger should've created his own challenges if he can do anything
• As the Tiger jumped across the river, the Frog grips his tail with his tongue and goes across the river with the Tiger
• Frog, going further than the Tiger, taunts him
• Frog challenged Tiger again, this time to see who can vomit the most
• Tiger, being without food, could only throw up a little water, but Frog threw up the Tiger hair that was in his mouth
• Frog says he has tiger hair in his body because he ate a Tiger yesterday
• Tiger, scared of Frog now, runs away toward a mountain
• Doesn't have to be a mountain
• A fox asked why he's running. Tiger tells him about the Frog
• Fox laughs and says he can kill the Frog
• Tiger will go back with Fox but he wants their tails to be tied so Fox doesn't run away
• Tiger and Fox confront the Frog
• Frog says Fox hasn't paid tribute to him today and asks if that's why he brought the Tiger to him
• Tiger gets scared and runs away with the Fox tied to his tail

Bibliography
Tibetan Folk Tales: The Tiger and the Frog by A.L. Shelton