THE STAG, THE TIGER, & THE BEAR
A Fable by Hans Cheetham
A Siberian Tiger was walking about the forest when he spotted a Stag that had a broken leg.
The Tiger slowly walked over to the Stag to dispatch and devour it when a Grizzly Bear saw the Stag.
Then, they all saw each other.
The old Stag announced, “There is enough fat on me for the two of you to share. Do not fight! There need be no more bloodshed than that of my own blood.”
The Tiger swiftly replied,
“This is fair and I agree that we can share.”
The Grizzly Bear responded,
“I shall eat the both of you and have a full belly tonight!”
A fight began and ended within a matter of minutes.
The Tiger sank his sharp teeth into the Bear’s neck and ripped out his jugular.
Before the Bear died, he used his long claws to decapitate the Tiger’s head from his body.
A massive pool of blood was being soaked up by the snow.
The Tiger and the Bear were taking a bath in their own blood as they both lay motionless on the ground.
The Stag was so very upset because he knew that he could not possibly survive the Siberian winter with a broken leg.
Eventually, the Stag died from the cold of the winter months and from starvation as he too lay motionless on the ground.
The winter passed a few months later and spring brought forth new life.
They all slowly decomposed into the ground, adding nutrients to the soil, and allowing both old and new life to continue on their journey till death.
