In China, people believe that, at the beginning, they were very intimate friends, and the cat was even much smarter than the tiger.

 

The cat learned the physical skills quickly, and the tiger was always behind, Gradually, the tiger had to learn from the cat, and the cat was patient to teach the tiger. Day after day, month after month, finally, the tiger could also run, jump, roll, grasp, tear, and strike as well as the cat.

 

One summer afternoon, the cat was taking a nap as the tiger sat nearby. Looking at the cat, the tiger suddenly thought, why should he keep befriending（帮助，扶助） such a small animal since he had already learned all the skills from the cat? The evil tiger decided¹ to kill the sleeping cat as a before dinner snack. The tiger stood up and approached the cat viciously. Just at this moment, the cat woke up. Opening up her eyes, the smart cat immediately realized what the tiger was trying to do and swiftly jumped on a nearby tall tree and climbed to the top branch.

 

The tiger thought he had already learned every skill from the cat. He never knew that the cat hid the tree climbing from him.

 

"I kept the last technique of the tree climbing from you just because I suspected you might be an ungrateful friend," the cat loudly told the tiger who watched under the tree helplessly.

 

Living in such a complicated, unpredictable society, xiaogushi8.com who can guarantee that we shall never have a "tiger" friend?

 

Maybe we individually should all hide a technique such as the tree climbing in case we meet a sudden attack like the one the cat had.

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