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nd peeped round it to see what the matter was.

And there he saw all the Tigers fighting and disputing which of them

was
the
grandest.

And at last they all got so angry that they jumped up and took off all the fine clothes and began to tear each other with their claws and

bite each other
with their
great big
white teeth.

And they came, rolling and tumbling, right to the foot of the very tree where Little Black Sambo was hiding, but he jumped quickly in behind the umbrella. And the Tigers all caught hold of each others' tails.

As they wrangled and scrambled, and so they found themselves in a ring around the tree.

Then, when the Tigers were very wee and very far away, Little Black Sambo jumped up and called out,

"Oh! Tigers!
why have
you taken
off all your
nice clothes?
Don't you
want them
any more?"

But

the

Tigers

only

answered

"Gr-r-r-rrrrr!"

Then Little Black Sambo said, "If you want them, say so, or I'll take them away." But the Tigers would not let go of each others' tails, and so they could only say "Gr-r-r-rrrrrr!"