Once upon a time there was a small _______ deep in the _________. To visitors, the village looked ________ and _________. However the people in the village were very ______. They were afraid of the ______ living in the mountains.
The people in the village went into the mountains to hunt for ____. But the tigers did not like that. The tigers __________ and ______ the people out.
The village _______ to hold a _______. They wanted to get rid of the tigers in the _________.
"We are tired of living in ____!" shouted one man.
"What if the tigers come to our village and eat our ________?" cried a woman.
Finally a young man stood up. "We must make a ____ to catch the ______!" he said.
"What kind of ____?" asked another man.
"We must dig very deep holes. The tigers will ____ into them, but they will not be able to _____ out," said the young man.
Everyone cheered at the _________ idea.
The village worked day and night _______ holes. They dug holes around the village and up the road to the mountain. At last they were done.
One day a traveler was passing by the village. As he walked by a big hole in the ground, he heard a ___ roar. The traveler stopped and looked down the ____.
At the bottom of the hole was a _____! "Oh please, kind sir, help me!" begged the tiger. "I promise never to forget your kindness if only you will help me!" cried the tiger.
The traveler felt _____ for the tiger. He dragged a felled tree and lowered it into the hole. The tiger climbed out of the ____.
"Thank you for your ________," said the tiger. "And now, I am going to eat you."
"But why? I just saved your life!" cried the traveler.
"Because humans made those traps to catch tigers, and you are a _____," said the tiger.
The man was very __________, but he had an ____. "It’s not fair, Mr. Tiger, to judge one ______ the same as everyone else," the man said bravely. "Let’s hear what others have to say about this situation."
The tiger agreed and the two of them set off.
The man and the tiger went to an ox. They told him what happened.
After listening the ox said, "Well, I have to agree with the tiger. Humans are cruel and mean. They tie us up and make us ____ hard all the time."
Next they went to a ____ tree. The pine tree listened to their story. Then it said, "Well, I have to agree with the tiger. Humans are ______! They cut us down and throw us into the ____. Humans have no _____!"
"You see? Humans are ___! Now, I’m going to eat you," the tiger said.
The tiger was about to ______, when a rabbit came _______ by.
"What’s going on?" the rabbit asked.
"Oh please, Mr. Rabbit," cried the traveler. "Listen and judge our case."
"Fine, but we must hop back to where this all started," answered the rabbit. "Where were you before this human rescued you?" the rabbit asked the tiger.
The tiger pointed to the trap.
"I must see exactly where you were," said the rabbit.
So the tiger jumped into the deep hole.
"Was this felled tree in the hole when you fell into it, Mr. Tiger?" asked the rabbit.
"No, no. There was _______ here," answered the tiger.
So the traveler and the rabbit pulled the tree ___.
"You were _______ in this hole, with no one to help you. Then this kind man comes along and helps you, and now you want to ____ him? That is not kind, Mr. Tiger," said the rabbit. "You complain that humans are ______, but you are not being fair. You must not judge someone you have never ___."
The tiger remained __________ to the man who saved his ____. So the traveler and the rabbit left the tiger in the ____ and walked ____.