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.

This book is part of a book series called Folk Tales Of the World .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 1996 by Penguin Books Ltd .