A cat and a tiger are good friends. They look the same. But the cat is very small, and the tiger is very big. They hunt food in the same way. The cat is a good hunter, but the tiger isn’t. Sometimes the tiger can’t find any food at all.
One day, the tiger goes to see the cat. He says, “Friend Cat, I want your help. I am bigger than you, but I can’t hunt as well as you. Can you teach me?”
The cat thinks for a long time. Then he says, “Well, Friend Tiger, I will teach you to be a good hunter.”
Day after day, the cat teaches the tiger. He teaches him how to hide in a tree. He teaches him how to walk very, very quietly. He teaches him how to jump ahead. He teaches him how to run fast.
The cat is a good teacher, and the tiger learns fast.
At last the cat says, “Friend Tiger, I do not have any more tricks.”
The tiger begins to think. He says to himself, “The cat can’t teach me anything else. I may as well eat him up.”
Fast as he can, the tiger jumps at the cat. But the cat climbs up the tree quickly! The tiger lands on his face! The tiger is mad!
“You don't teach me that,” says the tiger, “I don’t know how to climb up a tree!”
The cat laughs, “Do you think I will teach you all my tricks? I am small, but I am not silly!”