Tiger son

Tiger son

What happened in the story?

In the story of Tiger Son an old widow named Chen Ma lived with her only son in their house in the forest of Shanxi Province. Her son was one of the tiger hunters said by the local magistrate.

Her son died by getting eaten by a tiger and the rest of the hunters went to kill it and told Chen Ma. She did not get the profits but they got her the baby cub from the tiger that ate her son, he was tied up by the neck and it was choking him and he had cold wobbly legs and toothless gums. The tiger grew bigger and bigger until it grew to its maximum size. The tiger built his own house near his mum and because Chen Ma adopted him, he always came with gifts for Chen Ma. After Chen Ma died her tomb was guarded by the tiger that she adopted and after the tiger died his tomb was written where Chen Ma’s tomb was and the story of the tiger was written on it and it became a legend.

Problem?

The problem in the story was that Chen Ma was a lady and the baby tiger’s skin were good for boots for her feet and she could make Tiger bone wine to ease the pain in her joints. But she didn’t want to kill the young baby tiger so she fed the tiger some of the food in the shed. Tiger hunters were going to kill the tiger because it was to its maximum size and it could go and kill the villagers that go to Chen Ma’s house for sewing. Chen Ma went to the local magistrate to tell him that she wanted it to adopt it.

Resolve

The magistrate told Chen Ma that one day the tiger will lose his behavior and kill her. She said that she was too old now anyways and that the tiger was her only companion left, she said she lost her husband and lost her son and all she has left was the tiger so the magistrate let her adopt it.