Then the next tiger spoke. "I suppose you're going to say you didn't know it was our jungle!"
"Did you know that not one explorer has ever left this island alive?"
said the third tiger.
My father thought of the cat and knew this wasn't true. But of course he had too much sense to say so. One doesn't contradict a hungry tiger.
The tigers went on talking in turn. "You're our first little boy, you know. I'm curious to know if you're especially tender."