"You could
tie a knot
on your
tail,
and carry
it that way,"
said
Little
Black
Sambo.
"So I could," said the Tiger. "Give it to me and I won't eat you this time."
So he got poor Little Black Sambo's beautiful Green Umbrella, and went away saying, "Now I'm the grandest Tiger in the Jungle."
And poor Little Black Sambo went away crying, because the cruel Tigers had taken all his fine clothes.
Presently he heard a horrible noise that sounded like "Gr-r-r-r-rrrrrrr," and it got louder and louder.
"Oh dear!" said Little Black Sambo, "There are all the Tigers coming back to eat me up!
What
shall
I
do?"
So he ran quickly to a palm-tree,