The story of Black Sambo (4)

The story of Little Black Sambo (4)

And poor Little Black Sambo went away crying, because
the cruel Tigers had taken all his fine clothes.

Presently he heard a horrible noise that sounded like
"Gr-r-r-r-r-rrrrrrr," and it got louder and louder.

"Oh! Dear!" said Little Black Sambo, "there are all the
Tigers coming back to eat me up!  What shall I do?" 


So he ran quickly to a palm tree, and peeped round it
to see what the matter was.

And there he saw all the Tigers fighting, and disputing
which of them was the grandest. 

And at last they all got so angry that they jumped up and
took off all the fine clothes, and began to tear each other
with their claws, and bite each other with their great big
white teeth.

And they came, rolling and tumbling right to the foot of
the very tree where Little Black Sambo was hiding, 
but he jumped quickly in behind the umbrella. 

And the Tigers all caught hold of each others' tails, 
as they wrangled and scrambled, and so they found
themselves in a ring round the tree. 

Then, when the Tigers were very wee and very far away,
Little Black Sambo jumped up, and called out,
"Oh! Tigers! Why have you taken off all your nice clothes?
 Don't you want them any more?"
 

But the Tigers only answered,
"Gr-r-r-r-rrrr!"

Then Little Black Sambo said, "If you want them, 
say so, or I'll take them away." 

But the Tigers would not let go of each others' tails, 
and so they could only say "Gr-r-r-r-r-rrrrrr!" 

So Little Black Sambo put on all his fine clothes again 
and walked off.


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