"Another time, I painted polka dots
all over him.
Imran raised an eyebrow.
A spotted tiger?
Everyone thought he was a cheetah."
The child narrator of this pet story will delight little ones when they learn his pet is a tiger named Imran. The strange thing about Imran is he is not orange and there are no stripes. How can that be? The child has mentioned to his pet that he's not sure that he is a tiger at all. Imran is quick to ask why he needs stripes to be a tiger.
Painting on stripes only has friends thinking Imran is a zebra. When they try feeding him grass, Imran spits it out and lets them know he eats 'animals that eat grass'. Oops! Discussing civility, Imran lets them know you can't tame a tiger. Spots have children thinking he's a cheetah ... and fast. Imran assures that tigers only run when the spirit moves them. Each attempt to make him conform results in the constant reminder about trying to tame him.
No matter the argument about the characteristics he's missing, Imran is adamant that he is a tiger. He proves it to the boy by making a high leap and then plunging into a pool to swim. What he's best at is ROARING! That roar turns the tide, and has everyone impressed about the tiger in their midst. It's final ... Imran is a tiger, who cannot be tamed! It turns out you don't have to look like every other tiger to actually be one. That's a great lesson to learn, no matter who you are.
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