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A man was walking through the woods one 

afternoon, when he came across a tiger trapped in 

a cage. 

"Excuse me", called the tiger. "Would you be so 

kind as to let me out?" The man took one look at 

the tiger's rippling muscles and dagger-like claws 

and said, "Do you think I'm some kind of fool? If I 

let you out you'll just eat me up."

"Come on now- I wouldn't eat you," coaxed the 

tiger. "If you set me free, I'll be in your debt 

forever." The man looked doubtful. 

"Oh please," sobbed the tiger "I'm begging you." At 

the sight of a full-grown tiger crying like a baby, 

the man gave in. "Alright, alright," he said. "I'll let 

you out. But remember what you said about not 

eating me."

He opened the door of the cage and out sprang the tiger, 

"Thank you very much," it snarled, and a slow 

dangerous smile spread across its face. "Now I'm going 

to have you for lunch." 

"But-but that's not fair," stammered the man. "You said 

you wouldn't eat me." The tiger threw back its head and 

laughed. 

"Fair?" it growled. "Who said anything about fair?" It 

narrowed its amber eyes and stared at the man. 

"I'll tell you what. In return for letting me out of the 

cage, I'll let you choose three judges. You can ask them 

whether it's fair for me to eat you. If they say it's unfair, 

then I'll leave you alone. But if they think it's fair 

enough, you'll have to let me eat you up." 

"Very well," agreed the man nervously.

He looked around for someone to ask, but there was no 

one in sight. So he walked up to the nearest tree and 

cleared his throat. 

"A tiger was trapped and I set it free. Is it fair if it eats 

me?" he asked. The tree rustled its leaves. 

"Fair?" it whispered. "Is it fair that I offer men cool 

shade from the sun and, in return, they rip off my 

branches to feed to their cattle? Your fate is as fair as 

mine. What will be will be." The man gulped as the tiger 

sharpened its claws. He hurried on through the woods.

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