The tiger smiled is a narrative short story of a hunter Jim Corbett. He was a hunter and naturalist who had saved lots of villages by killing tigers and leopards. This story is one of his experiences of killing a one man eater tigress.
This story starts with the description of a beauty of a ravine and the narrator (Jim Corbett) narrates his journey from that valley with two other men. He was enjoying his journey but due to water rocks were slippery and he was feeling quite difficult to pass the path. He also found eggs of nightjar and the unusual shape of it attracted him for a while, but his journey was for killing the man-eater tigress. This shows that in our journey there will be so many things which will attract us and stop us and the jungle itself is filled with many mysteries and attractions. He added those eggs into his collections.
The two men heard the voice of Tigress and informed Jim. Jim Corbett here told an important fact about tigress that,
The two men heard the voice of Tigress and informed Jim. Jim Corbett here told an important fact about tigress that,
“Tigers do not betray their presence by growling when looking for their dinner”
Finally, there was an encounter of Corbett with Tigress. He has taken his position with his rifle. He said that,
“She has selected him for her dinner”
Jim Corbett has given the description of Tigress and also described its smile, which was like a dog welcoming his master. He shot. The bullet injured the spine of the tigress and she was dead. Jim Corbett came to know that she was “The Chowgarh tigress”. She has killed susty-four humans and now Corbett has killed him. The journey was good but the situation of Corbett after hunting the tigress was very bad, he was not able to stand. To kill a murderer is also not easy. Animals have no humanity but humans kill animals if they harm them. Corbett also did that. There was a time when Corbett looked towards the tigress as she was her pet. The connection he was able to feel and he felt.
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