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He got to the pool, threw off his clothes and dived into the water. He swam and swam. After
a long time, he got out, put on his shirt, and shorts and turban and started towards home.

Suddenly, he saw a group of monkeys run past him. They looked frightened and they were
making a lot of noise. A few minutes later, he saw some deer running.

“There’s a tiger somewhere around,” Ranvir thought and he started to walk fast. The sun was
going down behind the hills, but there was still some light. Ranvir looked behind him and

some movement in the bushes. It was a tiger!

“I will not run. I shall walk slowly,” he thought but his heart
was beating very fast.

“It’s not dark yet. I can get home before it
is dark. It’s only two miles away from

here."
He thought and walked on.

But suddenly, he stepped on a

big thorn. He jumped with
pain and then sat down on
the road. He looked at his

foot. When he pulled
the thorn out, blood
oozed

out. He threw the
thorn away and stood
up. His foot hurt, but
he could walk.

He could not however walk fast because his foot pained a lot.

He turned his head and saw a movement in the tall grass behind him. The tiger was there!

The sun had gone down and it was getting darker.

“It will be dark in five minutes,” he said to himself. “Now what shall I do?”

He suddenly remembered that there was a steep rock, and a small path went towards it from

the road.
He looked around but he could not see the tiger. He quickly took off his turban and his shirt.

He put his shirt over one of the small rocks in his path. He also put his turban on top. Then
he crept behind some bushes at the side of the path.

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