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26 The Filial Tiger Long ago, a kind hearted woodcutter went to the woods to gather wood. He was cutting wood when a tiger suddenly appeared from the woods. The woodcutter was scared, but had a good idea. The woodcutter began to cry. “I finally met you. Mother was worried that you didn’t come back from cutting wood. We thought you died, but you appeared in my dream and told me you could not come back because you became a tiger. I’m so glad that finally I met you like this.” The woodcutter cried and told the tiger. The tiger believed what the woodcutter said. It thought the mother and cried.” Let’s go to see mother together.” The woodcutter told the tiger.” No, how can I go like this… I’ll bring you a boar twice a month. Be good to mother for me.” The next morning, there was a boar in the yard of the woodcutter’s house. The tiger had kept its promise. The tiger brought a boar twice a month as promised. The woodcutter did his best thinking of the tiger’s kind heart. A few years later, the mother died. The tiger didn’t appear after that. One day, the woodcutter saw some baby tigers with hemp cloth tied to their tails. They were the babies of the tiger. The tiger has starved upon hearing that the mother died and had died itself a few days later. The woodcutter was moved and took good care of the baby tigers. 27 The Dog and the Cat There lived a poor but kind old man and an old lady near the ocean. One day, the old man caught a very large fish. The old man was very happy. But taking a close look, the fish was crying. The old man felt sorry for the fish and let the fish go. The next day, a prince appeared where the old man was fishing. “I’m the fish that you let go yesterday. I’m the sea god’s son. My father heard what you did and told me to give you this present.” The prince gave a gold ball to the old man. The gold ball made the old man and old lady rich. A greedy old lady from the neighboring village heard about this ball and went to the old man’s house to stea