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This lively folk tale from Orissa, India, explains why tigers eat their food uncooked and why cats live with people.

The tiger child is sent to fetch some more fire from the village, but on the way he gets distracted by his friends. By the time he gets to the village, he has forgotten what he has been sent to fetch.

The Tiger Child

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    A Paperback / softback by Joanna Troughton

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      Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
      Publication Date: 31/10/1996
      ISBN13: 9780140382389, 978-0140382389
      ISBN10: 0140382380

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This lively folk tale from Orissa, India, explains why tigers eat their food uncooked and why cats live with people.

      The tiger child is sent to fetch some more fire from the village, but on the way he gets distracted by his friends. By the time he gets to the village, he has forgotten what he has been sent to fetch.

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