The Fox Borrows The Tiger's Terror

One day, a tiger was hunting around in the forest. An unlucky fox was met and caught by the tiger. For the fox, the inescapable fate was very clear - death. Despite the danger, the fox thought hard to find a way out. Promptly, the fox declared to the tiger: "How dare you kill me!" On hearing the words, the tiger was surprised and asked for the reason. The fox raised his voice a bit higher and declared arrogantly: "For it is I who was accredited by God to the forest as the king of all the animals! If you kill me, that will be against the God's will, you know?" Seeing that the tiger became suspicious, the fox added: "Let's have a test. Let us go through the forest. Follow me and you will see how the animals are frightened of me." The tiger agreed. So the fox walked ahead of the tiger proudly through the forest. As you can imagine, the animals, seeing the tiger behind the fox, were all terribly frightened and ran away. Then the fox said proudly: "There is no doubt that what I said is true, isn't it?" The tiger had nothing to say but to acknowledge the result. So the tiger nodded and said: "You are right. You are the king."

~Chinese Folktale

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-edit- I got a better photo, it shows the warmth of the picture better :3

I love folktales c: This one has to be one of my favourites, so I couldn't help but illustrate a picture for it. I tried to simplify my usual style so it would look more "scroll-worthy" if you know what I mean lol

In person, this painting is very "warm" looking, I'm pretty happy with it ^^

Done using tea, watercolours, and acrylic white.

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