Immediately the tiger leaped upon the poor man, pinning him to the ground. "Fool!" he cried, "I've been hungry in there for so long. Did you really think I would pass up an easy meal?"

The Brahman, frightened out of his wits, began to plead even louder than the tiger had before. He begged and begged until it was the tiger's turn to reconsider.

The tiger twitched his whiskers, flexed his long claws and thought about the matter. After a few moments he said,"You feel I have been ungrateful. If you can find three things who agree with you then I will allow you to go free."