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Once upon a time, there was a powerful tiger. He didn't have a tigress to have tiger kittens with. He didn't know where to find a tigress and he didn't understand why there was such a fuss over having tiger kittens.
One day he was called upon to visit the monkeys. There were different types of monkeys like the Gorilla, the Ape, the Orangutang, and the Lemur Monkey. The tiger thought, the Lemur Monkey looks very cute and they are very fun to play to with.
He liked being friends with the Lemur Monkey, they both liked to climb trees, and sleep in the treetop branches. Many of the Monkeys were the same size and the baby lemurs fit in the tigers palm, they were all very fun to play with and extremely cute.
The Ape and Gorilla thought, the tiger needs a better explanation of why he is here. So they talked with the tiger and explained that most gorillas have families with other gorillas and apes, often have family with apes. But there were no other tigers around that anyone could notice and this had them thinking about Gorilla Apes. The tiger looked around and asked, "were you thinking about making gorilla apes for the Jungle?", "No!" said the orangutang, "they wanted to know if there are other cats around for you to have kitties with".
The tiger looked down at the ground and thought "I've never seen other cats before". He'd heard of cats like the Lion, the Jaguar, the Sabertooth Tiger, and had heard about the Siberian Huskie, but thought it might be more of a harry dog with sharp teeth and a big body.
The Ape and the Gorilla grew interested in the tale about the Siberian Huskie. There are very many Gorilapes and Aprillas throughout the forest and all of the Jungles and overall, people treat them very well. Both the Ape and the Gorillas had seen many types of families and even had encounters with their rumored cousins, the human, but they were somewhat weak and overall unintelligent.
"Have you ever considered being a Tiger Monkey?" the Ape asked, the Gorilla looked on interested but very concerned at the conversation."Like a Tigrangutang?" asked the tiger. "No!, yelled the orangutang laughing. You're very cute and quite handsome but we have long spindly arms and round fat stomachs, and even though our hairs the same color, it might not look good together". "It might work" said the Gorilla. "The Ape looked longingly at the tiger waiting for an answer".
"I'd be open to it, said the tiger. I've never seen a tigress before and I don't mind having monkey kittens. The orangutang burst out laughing. "I wouldn't mind having tiger monkeys, but maybe you should hang out and see what all the different monkeys do before you decide if you want to have some monkey kittens."
The tiger lept into the forest and growled in the tree clearing. The gorilla saw that it was his friend and shook one of the branches, rustling the leaves for the tiger to look up. "Umph, umph" said the gorilla banging on his chest with his fist.
They walked through the forest and into a tree clearing. The tiger had never seen this part of the forest, he didn't know it was there. The trees overlooked a cliff and inside the cliff, there was a meadow, gorillas gathered round on each side. Some of them were running towards either side of the meadow, and a few of them limping from all the exercise they were doing.
"Friends" said the gorilla, "I'd like to introduce you to my friend the Tiger". he whispered to the tiger that he should pin down one of the Gorillas and growl in their face really loud. He explained, "this is a game that we play, and I don't participate very often, you wont have to do this every day".
The gorilla introduced them in the middle, the Tiger and a Big Gorilla, bigger than the gorilla the tiger was friends with. The gorilla looked at his friend and made eye contact with the Big Gorilla. He pounced, opened up his mouth and growled at the Big Gorilla. The big gorilla looked freightened and angry at the same time. He tried to struggle but couldn't get the tiger off his chest. Let him go, said his friend. They walked back up the cliff and looked at the Great Apes.
They were marching too and fro over the near the horizon. They had helmets, shields, spears, and armor. It was a spectacular sight, seeing them march out of their vision, and walking back towards their starting point, sometimes carrying another one of the apes. They're practicing medical care, and rescuing injured animals.
As they walked back into the forest, the gorilla confided "I don't like to fight much, and neither does this ape". "Even though we were just play fighting, its not something I like to do". "Thats why we all live together in the forest and try to avoid going into that clearing".