THE TIGER'S STRIPES.
Mr. Herbert S. Banner, an authority on Malayan folklore, says:—"No Malay will venture into the jungle without first providing himself with a spell against the clanking- monster of the forest. This monster is made of castiron, with a head which, is a cast-iron cooking pot, so that he cooks his own meals with his head." The tiger, according to the natives, first entered the jungle because a naughty boy was caned at school. He turned into a tiger, and ran into the jungle, and he still wore the marks of the stripes on his back.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 259, 2 November 1933, Page 16
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