During the Northern Song Dynasty, a boy went into the mountains to pick wild fruits and found a small tiger in a cave. He took the tiger home, ate and lived with him, and became a good companion. The villagers were so frightened that they repeatedly asked him to drive away the tiger, but the boy did not agree. A few years later, the tiger grew up and was very frightening, so he had no choice but to rush back to the mountains. Will the tiger come back? Please see the folk tale "The Return of the Tiger King" by Jingyuezhai folk tales.
At the foot of the southern foothills of Daba Mountain, there is a small village called Lijiagou. There are three mud huts in the north of the village, where a boy named Li Song lives. Li Song's parents were honest farmers, but because of a serious illness, the couple both died of illness, leaving their 8-year-old son to live alone.
Rural children are in charge early. Li Song lived alone after his relatives helped bury his parents. Although he could not grow food yet, but there were many resources in the mountains, he followed the villagers into the mountains and learned to collect medicine and mushrooms, so that he could make a living.
In the blink of an eye, three years later, Li Song became an 11-year-old boy, much taller. Now he was proficient in collecting medicine, and often went into the mountains alone. Sometimes, in addition to collecting medicine, I also chop wood and pick wild fruits, and the days are getting better and better.
On this day, Li Song saw that the wild persimmons in the mountains were ripe, took a sack, and went into a mountain full of persimmon trees to pick wild persimmons. He climbed the tree very sharply, picked a persimmon tree with the best fruit, climbed up and began to pick the fruit.
At this time, I suddenly heard several tiger roars. Li Song was taken aback and quickly looked from the tree to the sound.
I saw only seven or eight hunters, chasing a big tiger, running towards the forest ahead. The tiger was shot with more than a dozen arrows, and after running for a while, he fell to the ground and died with a few screams.
The hunters were overjoyed, tied the dead tiger with a rope, and carried it out of the mountain. Li Song knew that a tiger could sell for a lot of money, and there were often bold hunters who teamed up to go into the mountains to kill tigers.
After picking the sack, Li Song slid down from the tree. Looking at the blood dripping from the tiger not far away, I felt that those hunters were also very terrible, and such a fierce tiger actually killed them.
When Li Song was about to leave, he saw a small tiger cub running from the forest, only slightly larger than the big cat. The tiger cub made a sad cry of sorrow at the place where the big tiger died.
Li Song returned to his senses and understood in his heart that the big tiger should be the parents of the little tiger. The big tiger was killed, and the little tiger was no longer raised, so it was also very pitiful.
Remembering that he had died from his little father, Li Song felt that the little tiger was very pitiful, so he took out two meat cakes for the little tiger to eat. The little tiger was also not polite, and after a few finishes, he was very happy, and pounced on his body, just like he was a mother, thinking that this person was very good.
Li Song played with the little tiger cub for a while, and the two became familiar and very affectionate. When the sun set, when Li Song was about to return to the village, the little tiger caught up with him and bit his pants to prevent him from leaving.
Li Song's heart was soft, this tiger had no wife, and if he encountered other wild beasts at night, such as wolves or bears, he would most likely be killed and eaten. His heart softened, and he picked up the little tiger and went home.
In this way, Li Song raised a small tiger, just like a dog, and the villagers were shocked when they saw it. Say how can tigers be raised? Several people came to Li Song's house to kill the tiger.
But Li Song was dead to protect the tiger cub, and everyone couldn't do anything with him, so they had to warn him and leave. After that, Li Song lived with the little tiger, ate and slept with the tiger, and became the closest friend.
Although the little tigers are small, they still have tiger power, and sometimes run out to play, making tiger whistles at the cattle, sheep and poultry in the village. The beasts trembled and were terrified in front of the tigers. It was the big buffalo in the village, and in the face of this little tiger, he was also frightened and fled.
Li Song roared at it loudly, and once beat it with a stick, and the little tiger was afraid that Li Song would not want it, so he did not dare to yell at the beasts anymore. Li Song went into the mountains every day, and the little tiger followed behind his ass. In the end, when the villagers saw Li Song, they were also very afraid of him. With the tiger behind him, you can borrow some tiger power.
Three years later, this little tiger grew into a big tiger, and it often went to the mountains to hunt wild boar and other mammals. He also did not eat, dragged home and let Li Song put it in the pot to cook, before he was willing to eat together.
Gradually the tiger grew to four or five hundred pounds, and the villagers were very afraid, in case the tiger committed a crime, which one could stop it? The patriarch and several elderly relatives came to find Li Song and asked him to send the tiger away no matter what.
Although Li Song was reluctant to give up, he also understood their worries. This big tiger has no one but himself who is not afraid of it. Besides, this tiger is too heavy, sleeping with himself, this guy has collapsed the wooden bed several times, and sometimes he turns over at night, and he can't breathe on himself.
Li Song took the tiger to the mountain and yelled that he would be in the mountain and would not allow him to return to the village with him. However, at night, the big tiger quietly ran back and forcibly knocked on the door, wanting to go back to the house to sleep, which made Li Song very helpless.
Finally, Li Song was angry, beat it with a big stick, and drove it a dozen times in a row, and the tiger did not come back after all.
After more than ten years, Li Song was 26 years old, but he had not yet married a wife. Mainly because his family was poor, and secondly, some people said that he had lived with the tiger for so long, that his nature must have been barbaric, and that a woman marrying him might have to suffer.
If he can't marry his daughter-in-law, Li Song has no way. Later, a cousin aunt came to the door and asked Li Song to be the door-to-door son-in-law, but he also refused. The Li family is an only seedling, and if he goes to the door, the Li family will be considered a queen.
That night, Li Song cooked a few dishes himself and drank two glasses of sorghum wine. Just when I was a little confused, there was a sudden knock on the door. When he opened the door, he saw that the tiger had returned.
At this time, the big tiger now has seven or eight hundred pounds, Li Song looked at it, and he couldn't help but feel a little frightened.
But the tiger came to his side, leaning on his body as well-behaved as a cat, gently rubbing, Li Song only then relaxed his mind, it seems that it has not changed. At this time, Li Song looked at the tiger's back and found that there was a white fox on its back.
As soon as the tiger's body shook, the white fox jumped to the ground. The big tiger roared at the fox a few more times, and the white fox rolled forward and suddenly turned into a beautiful girl.
The woman shyly replied to the ground, and Shi Li said, "Elder Brother Li, I am the fox fairy Qiuxia in the mountains, and the Tiger King has brought me here, so that I can follow you as a daughter-in-law and have children for you." ”
The tiger looked at Li Song and grinned with great pride. After returning to the mountain, after some cultivation, although it could not yet transform into form, it also became the king of the hundred beasts. For hundreds of miles in the mountains, all animals, including some fairies, had to listen to him. Knowing that Li Song had not yet married his wife, he sent a fox fairy to come and let the fox fairy be his daughter-in-law.
This fox immortal did not dare not listen, so he had to obey the Tiger King's wishes.
That night, Li Song married Fox Immortal Qiuxia, and after one night, the couple was very happy, and Fox Immortal felt that this man was very capable, and he fell in love with him with all his heart.
Later, Qiu Xia gave birth to three sons and a daughter, and the children were all intelligent and capable, and they were very successful after many years. After the children became a family, the couple went into the mountains together and went to the mountains to practice with the Tiger King.
(The author of this article | Ah Fei) Jing Yue Zhai message:
The Three Character Sutra says, "At the beginning of man, nature is inherently good", not only we humans, but also animals, when we are born, we are all kind, and the small animals are equally very cute. You treat them with love, and they will remember your love for the rest of their lives. Of course, if you treat them with cruelty, they will remember.
Compared with humans, although animals are less intelligent, they are more simple in their feelings and do not spend as much effort as the previous class. Now many people like to have pets, probably tired of cheating me!
The story tells us that no matter how fierce the beast, it has a warm side and understands the Entu newspaper. And some ungrateful people, shouldn't they feel ashamed from the bottom of their hearts?