Reading Notes: Santal Folklore Part B

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The Tigers and the Cat - a cat lived with some tigers, and they used to all eat their meat raw. The tigers sent the cat to get fire to cook their meat with because he was small and could sneak into a house to take fire from the hearth. He found a pot of milk and wanted to drink it, so he climbed on the fireplace burning his feet. He decided to wait for the fire to go out and the fireplace to cool to drink the milk. When he finally returned with fire the tigers were angry and said they would eat him. He ran away. The tigers tried to chase him but some dogs were in the way and the tigers thought their tails were nooses. They asked the jackal to tell the dogs to not use their nooses on them. The jackal told them they were just tails, so the tigers ate the dogs. They never found the cat.

 Notes: Mona stealing milk from the stove in the cafe, being chased by an angry Sojiro.

A Fox and His Wife - a fox brags to his wife that he is full of wit, and she claims to only have a small amount of wit. They run into a tiger and he panics. She outsmarts the tiger by asking it to help them decide how to split their 5 children. They take the tiger back to their hole, and Mr. Fox goes inside, afraid. Mrs. Fox goes in backwards, flattering the tiger as she goes in. The tiger can't get into the hole to eat them and is angry about being outsmarted.

Notes: Fox and Oracle fighting about who has more wit. They get into a situation and it's Oracle who outsmarts the foe.

Folklore of the Santal Parganas by Cecil Henry Bompas. Web Source.