Once there lived a thin tiger in a remote corner of the jungle. One day, he was very hungry because he could not catch any animals. And while he was going about for food, he met a frog that was busily leaping up and down on a lonely road.

On seeing him, the tiger asked " Oh my old friend, where are you going? " But the frog did not answer and just asked him in return " And where are you going? " " I am going to look for food " said the tiger. " Like you, I am, too, going for that! " croaked the frog.

The tiger was on arrogant animal. He said to the frog in contempt " You can have only a short leap at a time, how can you go like me? " But the frog was not silenced. He at once replied " Do not belittle my short legs, I can leap on and travel as for as I like, I can even catch all kinds of animal big and strong, in short, any animal that I want to eat cannot escape me! "

The tiger could not accept the frog's exaggerated claim. He wanted to have a test, so he said " I that is so, let us have a trial, let you and I spring over a pond, one who can do this with success will be the winner of the contest. "

The frog agreed. He said " I am not afraid of you, and I can even surpass you in leaping. " Then they two went to a pond, which was not large. The tiger stood in front of the frog. And the frog was near the tip of the tiger's tail. Now they were ready to spring. The frog gave a signal " One! Two! Three! "

When the word " Three " was uttered, the frog was already on the other side of the pond. How could he go there so quickly? It is usual that the tip of the tiger's tail always turns forward before leaping. By the time when the tiger leapt, the frog already caught the tip of the tiger's tail by biting it. This tail threw off the frog across the pond. And he was on the other side of the before the tiger.

But the tiger did not know about this. He turned his face to the edge of the pond form where he had stared and cried out " Frog! Frog! " From behind him, the frog answered " But I am here before you! " Then the tiger was ashamed before the frog. He could not the winner in contest.

He began to admire the frog's strength. But he did not completely lose hope. So, he said to the frog again " I believe that you can leap very well, but I want to have some other contest with you, this more we have to catch some animals, one who can catch more animals will be the animals will be the winner in the contest. "

So, when leaping, the frog saw a piece of coal. And he swallowed it. Going a little further, he found a bone of a certain fish. He ate in up also. As he went on a few steps, he saw a grain of Angkram and he ate it. These three things were enough for his stomach. So he came back to the appointed sport to wait for the tiger.

As to the tiger, he also returned to the place where the frog was waiting. He had several kinds of meat in his stomach, too. Where he saw the frog, he asked him " How long have you waited for me? " " For a very long time! And how many kinds of meat do you have? Throw them out so that I can count them! " replied the frog.

The tiger then vomited out all the meat from his stomach 

" Is that all? " asked the frog. " Yes, that is all! " was the reply. Now it was the frog's turn to vomit what he had eaten. First of all came the piece of coal. " What is this black piece, frog? " questioned the tiger with wonder. The frog replied " The horn of a rhinoceros! " 

On seeing this and hearing the word " Tiger's eyes! " The tiger was very much terrified. He ran off in great haste. Seeing this, the frog smiled and shouted " Wait tiger! Wait for a moment, I am to take off your eyes for my food! "

More terrified than ever, the tiger did not stop. He ran on and on as fast as he could. The frog, too, leaped on after him. Somewhere along the road, he met a tortoise. And the frog asked him " Dear tortoise, have you seen any tiger passing by this road? " " Yes, I have. " answered the tortoise. " Are you following him? " " Yes, I am. " replied the frog.

" May I help you to chase him? " suggested the tortoise.

" Of course, you may, come with me then! " said the frog. The two went on together. Many hours later, they reached a cluster of bamboo where the tiger was hiding.

The frog then made a plan of reaching him. He said to the tortoise " You have to wait for me here, I shall go up to catch

him! " After saying these, the frog began to climb up one of the bamboo. He went up with the help of some small tress.

As he was endeavoring to do so, down, down he fell with a rattling sound Prav...«" Prok! " In a surprise, the tortoise asked " Why! Why do you fall down, frog? " " I forget a rope and now I come for some creepers to fasten him. " replied the frog. Hearing the word " to fasten him. " the tiger at once jumped out and ran away. He ran fasten and faster till he reached a large tree. Then he climbed it up and stayed there quietly.

The frog and the tortoise reached the tiger quickly by following his footprints. At foot of the tree on which the tiger was silently crouching, they saw no more footprints. They looked for him hither and thither but they found no tiger. But when they looked up through the branches of the tree, they could see the tiger.

Again they made a plan. The frog cried out " Here he is! ". And he said to the tortoise " You have to wait at the foot of the tree, I shall go up to bind him! ". With difficulty the frog tried to climb the tree. Near the branches on which the tiger was crouching, there was a piece of dry bark, which the frog climbed on it. 

It being not firm enough to support him fell down on the ground with him. The frog was  nearly dead. This surprised the tortoise. He said " Why is it so, frog? " But the frog indifferently said " I think it is the best way to cut down the tree for catching the tiger. " Then the frog asked the tortoise to hit the trunk of the tree, making the sound like " Pok! Pok! Pok! " as if tree is being cut down by an axe.

As for the frog, he began to make sound like a tree when it is about to fall down " Krot! Krot! Krot! " And after such sounds he cried out " It is ready to fall down! " The tiger was then trembling in fear, he looked at the sky and he saw some pieces of cloud moved by wind. This made him wrongly understand that the tree was falling down.

Without delay, he sprang down on the ground and again ran off. The frog and the tortoise moved after him. The tiger went as for as a house. It was the house of an old smith. He was making things out of iron. The tiger walked up to him and said with respect " Please have pity, my old father, by taking me to hidden place so that I may escape from two rough animals. " " Yes, be not afraid, sit here near me! " said the old smith.

Some minutes afterwards, the tortoise arrived there. But the frog did not yet arrive. Seeing the tortoise,  the tiger cried out for help " He is coming, father, he is coming here! " " Never mind! " shouted the old smith. And he caught the tortoise and sat on it and continued his work. Shortly afterwards, the frog arrived. The tiger again cried out " Help! Help! It's this animal that needs my eyes. "

But the old smith said " If you are much afraid, here is a rope, tie your waist to my bellows! " And so did the tiger. But as the smith was sitting on the tortoise and was busy with his work, it was a chance for the tortoise. He raised up his head and at once bit the old man's thigh and he fell down immediately.

Seeing this, the frog shrieked " Well, one has been finished, we have to kill another at the same time! " As to the tiger, he, too, was more terrified than ever and darted through a river along with the bellows. But the frog and the tortoise ran at once in pursuit of him.     

They went as far as the edge of that river. There, the frog cried out " Be careful, tortoise, do not let him spring into the river so that we can see his footprint. " Hearing this word, the tiger was quite joyful. He thought " I have to omit my foot print. " And he quickly leapt into the river. No sooner had the tiger sprung into the river than the water began to enter the bellows and he was then drowned.