One day while walking through the wilderness a man stumbled upon a vicious tiger. He ran but soon came to the edge of a high cliff. Desperate to save himself, he climbed down a vine and dangled over the fatal precipice.
As he hung there, two mice appeared from a hole in the cliff and began gnawing on the vine.
Suddenly, he noticed on the vine a plump wild strawberry. He plucked it and popped it in his mouth. It was incredibly delicious!
-from "The 10 Very Best Zen Stories"
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The strawberries taste lingered in his mouth for a few seconds, until suddenly, he started breaking out into green hives. He started coughing uncontrolably, and temporarily forgetting the situation he had found himself in, he covered his mouth in an attempt to stop his coughing. His eyes widened as he felt his body falling faster every second into a black abyss. The cliff got taller and taller, the ground smaller and smaller. STOP. CHOMP. The tiger smiled at his defeat. Ken was his. But wait, Rajah chokes, his fur takes on an odd shade of puke green, his eyes widen and his body collapses.
Caution: do NOT feed the tiger.
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