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As the legend goes, in the area of Qian there were no donkeys (驴). Later, a man transported one by boat from somewhere else, he found it of no use. So he left the donkey at the foot of a mountain and let it do as it pleased.
A tiger in the mountain, which had seen a donkey before, thought it was a huge monster (怪兽) and was rather scared. So the tiger itself in the woods and watched the donkey. After a while, seeing the donkey stand there without movement, the tiger came out of the woods, got close to it but couldn't find out yet what monster it was.
One day, while the tiger was watching, the donkey suddenly gave a loud cry, frightened the tiger so much that it took to its heels. Yet when turning head, it discovered that the donkey was still at the same place, without at all.
The tiger again slowly came to the donkey, gradually got used to its and felt it wasn't frightful at all. The tiger came much nearer and nearer, and even tried to play a on the donkey at times.
Being very much annoyed (恼怒), the donkey gave the tiger a good . Thus, the tiger felt very and said to itself, "So that's all the tricks it has. "
The tiger gave a big shout, jumped up and put itself strongly upon the donkey. . .