An Overly Proud Tiger

One morning there was a tiger who woke up and just felt great. He felt so good, he went out and cornered a small monkey and roared at him “Who is the mightiest of all the jungle animals?” The poor little monkey replied, “You are of course, no one is mightier than you.”

A little while later, the tiger confronted a deer and bellowed out. “Who is the greatest and strongest of all the jungle animal?” The deer was shaking so hard it almost could not speak, but managed to say, “Oh great tiger, you are by far the mightiest animal in the jungle.”

The tiger walked proudly to an elephant that was quietly eating some weeds and roared at the top his voice, “Who is the mightiest of all the jungle animals?”

Suddenly the elephant grabbed the tiger with his trunk, picked him up, slammed him down, picked him up again and shook him until the tiger was just a blur of orange and black. Finally, the elephant threw him violently into a nearby tree.

The tiger staggered to his feet, then looked at the elephant. He said, “Hey, just because you don’t know the answer, you don’t have to be angry!”

Farid