The tiger who became vegan.

Hello, this is Janna.

You may not know this because this is an audio podcast, but my parents were born in

India where this story comes from. I like this story in particular because there are some

delicious and fragrant foods involved. It's all about a tiger who marries an Indian girl,

but he doesn't love her. He just wants her to cook for him.

The description of the food reminds me of home with both my parents being excellent cooks.

My mother was vegetarian for many years and she loved cooking all sorts of wonderful

sub-gies and dals. Her mint sauce was super delicious and made fresh from her garden.

And if we ever had a tummy ache or felt and well, she would know exactly which ingredients

to cook up as a natural medicine.

So that's the little background. I hope it gets you in the mood for our story.

Our version is quite funny and we hope you enjoy this lively tale.

There was once a tiger who had reached middle age. His tummy was spreading and he developed

various aches and pains. These annoyances made him even more bad tempered and grumpy than

he was naturally. He ruled so much that he scared away his food before he could pounce

on it and eat it up. Then emptiness made his tummy grown with hunger.

The tiger felt so out of sorts that even his wide knowledge of magical herbs could not

help him. He needed advice from a true guru. So he visited the tree of the wise old monkey

to consult him about his pains. The wise old monkey asked the tiger to open his mouth

and say, ah! So that he could look into his throat. And then he tapped the tiger on

the back and asked him to cough. And finally he pressed the tiger's tummy and asked him

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