Tiger example sentences

” The book was full of nice pictures and the pictures were in colour — dog, cat, goat, horse, parrot, tiger and a cow just like Lakshmi.Grandfather 'shooed' the leopard away, and the tiger returned to lick his hands; but every now and then the leopard would rush at the bars, and he would slink back to his corner.Finally, he allowed the puppy to crawl on his back and rest there! One of Timothy's favourite amusements was to stalk anyone who would play with him, and so, when I came to live with Grandfather, I became one of the tiger's favourites.And why should we? Who would take the trouble of plucking the mango-leaf for the toothbrush? And why was it necessary at all? The tiger never brushed his teeth.TIMOTHY, the tiger-cub, was discovered by Grandfather in the Terai jungle near Dehra.The tiger was still licking his arm, with increasing relish.With his face near the tiger's he mumbled, “Goodnight, Timothy,” and giving the keeper a scornful look, walked briskly out of the zoo.At first the tiger-cub, who was named Timothy by Grandmother, was brought up entirely on milk given to him in a feeding-bottle by our cook, Mahmoud.The tiger was there, crouched in a corner, full-grown and with a magnificent striped coat.Timothy was provided with two companions —Toto, the monkey, who was bold enough to pull the young tiger by the tail, and then climb up the curtains if Timothy lost his temper; and a small mongrel puppy, found on the road by Grandfather.“Now why don't you transfer Timothy to another cage, away from this stupid leopard?” “But— sir —” stammered the keeper, “it is not your tiger.Grandfather stroked the tiger's forehead and tickled his ears, and, whenever he growled, smacked him across the mouth, which was his old way of keeping him quiet.One day, when Grandfather was strolling down the forest path at some distance from the rest of the party, he discovered a little tiger about eighteen inches long, hiding among the intricate roots of a banyan tree.Tigers, lions, elephants, langoors and monkeys are the common animals of these regions.During the last few decades, some animals like tigers, elephants, rhinoceros, crocodiles, minks and birds were hunted mercilessly by poachers for their horn, tusks, hides, etc.