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The Man Tells the Tiger's Secret. (Sometimes leopard's.) Cf. Type 534.
I. The Tiger's Secret. A lizard and leopard are playing hide and seek. The lizard fastens onto the leopard's tail or rump [J411.10]. (b) The lizard coats himself with mud to withstand tiger's claws, (c) A crab fastens onto a tiger's tail (nose).
II. Silence Demanded. A man has seen the contest or removes the lizard, and the tiger threatens him unless he maintains silence.
III. Punishment. The man tells his friends and the tiger carries him off. (a) The man makes a noise and frightens the tiger by saying it is the lizard coming [K 1715.5]. (b) The man says he has eggs from which lizards will soon hatch. (c) The man escapes by swinging up into a tree. Cf. Type 1149.