Teachings,+Paper+Tiger

=Paper Tiger= (By Tionne)

A long time ago, in a distant forest, two tigers lived. One was of flesh and blood... claw and sinew... hide and breath. The other was only made of orange and black lines on paper cut to look like a tiger. One day, they went out hunting together. The flesh-and-blood tiger said to his companion, "See that deer over there? You distract him from the front, and I will circle around behind him for the kill." The paper tiger agreed to this.

So the two tigers executed their plan to bring down the deer. The paper tiger began roaring and growling and generally raising a ruckus, trying to hold the deer's attention long enough for his companion to spring in for the kill. But the deer could see the shadows of branches through the paper tiger's body, and knew there was not much more to him than noise. The deer charged the paper tiger and trampled him into the ground.

At this, the flesh-and-blood tiger sprang at the deer's throat and latched on with great ferocity. Chaos reigned as the deer struggled for its life. But the flesh-and-blood tiger won out; he tore out the throat of the deer, thus avenging his slain companion. He let the deer drop to the ground, and padded over to where the paper tiger lay on the ground. "You should have put some substance into your roars, friend."

Which of the two tigers are you? The one made merely of paper, or the one with substance?