While the two fathers were gravely discussing the affairs of the country, the young Tiger and the young Sheep went out into the garden to play. After a while, Brother Tiger became so uneasy that he could scarcely keep still.
"Excuse me a moment," he said to Daddy Sheep, "I will return directly."
"Certainly, certainly!" exclaimed Daddy Sheep. "Do not stand on ceremony here."
At once Brother Tiger went out and whispered to his son:
"Be careful, my child! You must be very polite with the little Sheep, and do not get angry, or he will eat you up."
The Tiger went back to the house, and the two young friends returned to their play. Soon the young Tiger forgot the counsel of his father, and, during their frolic, he jumped on the little Sheep and tickled him. This made the little Sheep laugh and show his teeth.
"Why, what small teeth you have!" cried the little Tiger.
"They are all like that in my family," said the little Sheep, "and those of my father are not any longer."
This set the little Tiger to thinking, and as soon as the visit was ended he exclaimed, almost before Daddy Sheep's door was shut: