Deep in the jungle there was a tiger who hunted for his dinner day and night.
The rest of the animals lived in fear of the tiger because he was the biggest and most powerful animal of them all. Day and night they feared that they would be hunted down and gobbled up by the big, fierce tiger. The antelope were scared. The pigs were scared. Even the monkeys were scared. But nothing could be done about the fierce tiger.
The only animal who was not scared of the big tiger was the clever rabbit. He lived in a burrow beneath the ground and only came out for food when he was sure that the tiger was asleep and the jungle was safe. But the rabbit was also kind and generous and he felt sorry for the animals of the jungle that were forced to live in fear of the tiger.