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This reminded him of the time when, hardly five weeks old, he was pushed into

a shallow ravine to wash himself. There he rolled and screamed, till his own
wits told him to walk to the shore. He remembered also this: how he had enjoyed
being on the dry ground once more.

At present, he used his feet to feel the bed of the river carefully despite his
mother’s urging to move on rapidly. Hardly had he gone a quarter of the way

through the water when he heard a few short but loud snorts. These and their
echoes hitting the water stung him like arrows. Terror loosened his footing. He
slipped. Here the water seemed too deep. He rolled and drifted down stream

struggling with his outstretched paws.

A tiger opens his hand in order to strike. The little cat How do you react

struck at the water. He repeated his stroke. whenever your Let’s connect
parents teach you
To his amazement, he found that instead of killing the any new skill?
stream he was swimming on it…

The more he struck the liquid enemy the easier seemed the task of floating. Bagni

now came abreast of him and pushed forward.

When they had clambered up the far bank they
Project Tiger was looked back to identify the noises that had been
launched by the Central Just a Minute!
government on 1 April 1973, drawing towards the river. It was like a thing of
in a bid to promote conservation magic: there stood a wall of tusks, trunks, and
of the tiger. heads of elephants, an entire herd! They had come
Can you think of some other
initiatives taken to conserve to their drinking place as usual and were showing
wildlife? SDG 15 life on land their resentment of all felines by trumpeting.

ravine: a deep narrow
valley with steep sides
snort: a loud sound
made by forcing air
through the nose
clambered: climbed up
with difficulty
resentment: a feeling
of anger or unhappiness
about something
felines: an animal of the
cat family
trumpeting: making a
loud noise

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