Reading Notes: West Africa, Part B
by William H. Barker and Cecilia Sinclair
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| The Tiger. Source: Wikimedia Commons. |
I really like reading this story about how a tiger and a man became friends. The story starts off with a man hunting in the forest when he comes across a tiger. At first they're both afraid of each other but eventually they talked and became friendly.
They agreed to live with each other. For two weeks, the man would stay with the tiger in his home and vice versa. The tiger brought his cub along with him, and the man's son and the cub became friends as well.
One day, the man's father died and so the tiger went to the man's house to be with his friend.
As the tiger was making his way back home, two of the man's friends were waiting to kill him, They shoot the tiger and he is injured. He was confused and wanted to know if his friend, man, knew about this or if his friend was the one that wanted him dead.
The tiger decided to act dead and wait for his friend so he could see the man's reaction. When the man finally walked through the forest and found the tiger, he was devastated. He sat by the tiger along with the cub and grieved all night. When morning came and the tiger was sure his friend wasn't at fault, he got up and told his friend why he pretended to be dead.
I liked this story because it was short and nice, but also had a good message behind it. I feel like it didn't have enough dialogue so I think if I make my own story out of this, I would add more dialogue so we can really know the emotions of the characters.
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