The story of Pulibaba

Once upon a time long long ago there was a boy whose name was ‘Baba’. People called him a thief, but he was good thief. He will take things from very rich people and give them to very poor people. All the poor people liked him and all the rich people hated him. A rich man wanted to punish Baba and he was looking for an idea. In the meanwhile Baba was walking through a jungle and saw a tiger (Puli, in Tamil) trapped in a net. The tiger was roaring with pain. Baba took pity on the tiger and applied some calendula on its wounds and released from the net. It was the rich man who wanted to capture the tiger and sell it to the circus for money. The tiger thanked Baba and said:’ If you need any help just call aloud,”Grrr..Grrr..Grrr” three times and I will come to your help. The rich man came to know that Baba had released the tiger from the net and he was very angry. He told two of his servants to go and beat Baba so that he will not do such things in future. The two servants went in search of Baba. They found Baba sleeping under a tree. They woke him and were about to beat Baba. Baba thought of the tiger’s promise and said,”Grrrr…Grrr…Grrr…” Then the tiger appeared with all his friends big and small. Seeing so many tigers the servants ran away as fast as they could. Baba thanked the tiger and his friends for coming to his help. The tiger said, “Call me anytime Baba. I will come to help; you. And from today you will be called “Pulibaba” (Tigerbaba),the Chief of Tigers.

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