One morning, no one expected, there were two tigers without fear, suddenly attacked, making everyone scramble, the tigers rushed directly into the pen, each bit a sheep and ran away. Uncle Gao Shan gathered everyone together and arranged to strengthen the defense during the day and night, and everyone prepared wooden sticks, stone axes, and stone knives. The night made the people nervous and tired, but the tiger did not come.

As soon as the morning dawned, two fierce tigers suddenly rushed in, and they were simply unstoppable, and their ferocity far exceeded that of the evil wolf. Instead of fighting the tiger, the guards were killed by the tiger, and each of them bit a sheep and ran away. The whole tribe was terrified and saddened.

Uncle Gao Shan arranged to bury the dead people, he thought for a while, and then told everyone: "The tiger came twice, bit away a few of our sheep, and bit a person to death, I estimate that it has tasted the sweetness, and will come again in the future, we have to defend is also very dangerous, now temporarily take the method of avoiding the pig, everyone keep the lambs, calves, horses, piglets, each family to take one or two to the nest shed, must find a way to feed, kill all the others, store the meat in the nest, everyone must be careful, do not go down the tree easily." so as not to be injured by the tigers".

According to the arrangement of Uncle Gao Shan, everyone acted quickly and was busy all day, leaving only six lambs, two piglets, two calves, and two ponies. Little Flower and Little Peach each raise two lambs. Everyone killed 12 pigs, sheep, cows, and horses, and distributed them to each family to reserve and eat. Uncle Gao Shan said: "In the past few days, everyone is resting, not working, to prevent the injury of the tiger, everyone thinks about it seriously, what should we do in the future?" We'll talk back in a few days. ”

The next morning, the two tigers rushed again, saw that the pen was empty, turned around a few times and found no domestic animals, sniffed and went into the forest, looked up at everyone's nests, roared, roared for a while, jumped for a while, but could not climb the tree, had to go away in disgrace.

At this time, people are very scared, and they are not even afraid to go down from the nest shed to poop and pee. The young animals raised have to eat grass, and the people who come to the ground to mow the grass are even more frightened, and they panic and cut a little grass and run back, afraid that the tiger will suddenly come, and the grass cut back will not even feed the young animals. The people of the entire tribe lived in great fear. Everyone is worried about how to live in the future, and they can't stay in the nest all the time! Uncle Gao Shan was also very anxious, he thought that if we had fire, the tiger would not dare to be so rampant. What if there is no fire? He pondered......

Uncle Gao Shan brought Xiao Shan, Xiao Shu, Xiao Ye and Xiao Zhuang to discuss what to do in the future, and Uncle Gao Shan said: "These two tigers have made our whole tribe scramble, trembling in fear, and have bitten our people to death. Now hiding in the tree is only a way to do it, it's a temporary solution. We have to think of a long-term solution, otherwise we will have to live in fear, and if we eat all the stored meat, how will we live? Therefore, I thought of two ways, one is that we move, move far away, and avoid the tiger; The second is to eliminate the tiger to get rid of future troubles, but it is very dangerous, and if you don't get it right, it will hurt people. I've brought you here today to discuss this matter and talk about what you think."

Everyone thought about it for a while, and Xiaoshan, Xiaoshu, Xiaozhuang, and the three of them said at the same time: "We listen to Dad, what you do, we will do it."

Uncle Gao Shan looked at Xiao Ye and asked, "Xiao Ye, talk about your thoughts." At this time, Xiao Ye said: "I've been thinking about this problem these days, I've thought about the two methods that my father said, if you move and move there, what is the safest place, can you avoid the tiger?" No matter where we move, the tigers will find us too. Besides, our home is very good, and everyone is reluctant to leave when they are used to living there, and I am reluctant to leave this home. My idea is to protect our home, destroy the tiger, kill it, and get rid of the troubles. In this way we will have a stable day, otherwise this day will not be passed. ”

Xiao Shan, Xiao Shu and Xiao Zhuang all felt a little panicked when they heard Xiao Ye say about killing the tiger. Uncle Gao Shan said: "I have repeatedly thought that killing the tiger is the best idea to get rid of the troubles, but it is very dangerous to eliminate the tiger, I have lived for more than forty years, I have only heard of it, I have seen the tiger eat people, hurt people, and I have never heard that a person can kill a tiger, it is the king of beasts!" Its strength is far greater than that of the wolf, and if we can't kill the tiger, we will suffer. However, if there is a good solution, I am also very much in favor of killing the tiger to get rid of the trouble. But there must be a good way, Xiao Ye, if you say there is a good way, let's talk about it quickly, let's discuss it together."

Xiao Ye said: "I have thought of a good way, we people will not be harmed in any way, and we will definitely kill the tiger." ”

Several people looked at Xiao Ye with suspicion, not knowing what Xiao Ye's good way to do, Uncle Gao Shan couldn't wait to ask: "What is a good way, you talk quickly, talk quickly."

Xiao Ye said: "It is not possible to kill the tiger, no matter how many people surround it, it is difficult to kill it, and if you can't kill the tiger, you will be injured by the tiger." There is only one way to kill it, and that is to dig a trap, in the place where the tiger has passed when it has come these times, and not far from our house, dig a trap that is longer than the tiger and can hold two tigers, and we must dig deeper, and install a very sharp bone knife under the trap, and put a layer of grass on the top of the trap with branches, camouflage, like flat ground, and tie a few lambs to the edge of the forest to lure the tiger into being fooled. When the tiger sees the lamb and wants to eat it, it will pounce on the lamb, and as long as it pounces on the lamb, it will fall into the trap, and as soon as it falls into the trap, we will stab it with a long, sharpened stick, and smash it with a prepared stone, and it will definitely die, and we will not be harmed. Just use this method to kill the tiger and see if it works."

After listening to Xiao Ye's speech, Uncle Gao Shan said very happily: "Xiao Ye's method is really good, you can hunt and kill the tiger very safely, the tiger has also come today, and it is estimated that it will not come again today." We can act immediately, arranged by Xiaoye, Xiaoshan Xiaoshu and Xiaozhuang, the three of you, quickly notify everyone to gather on the lawn." Xiaoshan and the other three immediately notified people to go.

The people of the mountain tribe soon gathered on the lawn, and Uncle Gao Shan told everyone: "The tiger has made everyone miserable these days, we can't avoid it for a long time, it makes us unable to live, we will kill it, this operation is arranged by Xiao Ye, everyone must listen to him, Xiao Ye, you come to tell you." "People are a little scared when they hear that they want to kill tigers, because in the past, tigers ate people and hurt people, and no one has ever been able to kill a tiger. So it's a little daunting.

Xiao Ye said: "Don't be afraid, the tiger will not come today, we have time to prepare, the tiger is not terrible, we are human, much smarter than the tiger." We're going to kill the tigers. Now, according to my arrangement, the women all gathered together to pick up the stones, and piled them on the edge of the forest, not far from the stone fence, and when they had finished piling them, they sharpened the sticks, and sharpened one end of the sticks. The men dug the trap with me, and the length was estimated to be longer than that of the tiger, and the width was about the same length. You have to dig deeper, because the tiger won't be able to get up after it falls. We used bone knives to dig up the soil, we used sharp sticks to pry the soil, and we also dug up the traps. Men go quickly, and immediately choose a place to dig a trap with me, and get moving."

According to Xiaoye's arrangement, everyone acted separately, and the women picked up the stones and walked quickly, and soon piled up a large pile, and immediately sharpened the wooden sticks. Under the leadership of Xiaoye, the men chose a tiger to dig up a trap, some used wooden sticks to pry the soil, some used bone knives to dig the soil, everyone was sweaty, this group of people was tired, and they were replaced by a group of people. Everyone took turns to do it, and it was done before the day. From Xiaoye and Xiaozhuang to the trap to install the sharp bone knife, the tip of the knife is all facing up. As soon as they were settled, they set up the trap with long branches, and put a layer of grass on top of it, so that it looked like it was flat ground. Xiaoye arranges Xiaohua to lead three lamb rakes and tie them to three trees. Everything is ready, Xiao Ye arranges for everyone to rest in the nest shed and listens to the notice. I waited for the tiger to come, but the tiger did not come that night.

Uncle Gao Shan, Xiao Shan, Xiao Zhuang and Xiao Ye didn't rest all night. It was dawn, and Xiao Ye arranged for everyone to eat quickly, and prepare to fight the tiger after they were full. When the sun came, it began to rise in the east, and the people in the trees saw the two tigers walking slowly towards this direction, as if they were hungry and had no energy.

At this time, Xiaoye came down from the tree and struck the heads of the three lambs tied to the tree with a stick, and the lambs were beaten in pain, and they screamed and jumped wildly. Xiao Ye immediately climbed the tree and told everyone to get ready to kill the tiger. The tiger who was walking slowly heard the cry of the lamb, and saw that there was a lamb by the forest, and hurriedly ran towards the lamb, and the lamb saw the tiger rushing towards him, and was frightened, and wanted to run away but could not break free, so he could only scream and jump desperately, and the howl became louder and louder, and the more miserable he became. The anxious tiger quickened his pace, and came running one after the other, and when he was ten paces away from the lamb, he fell into the trap.

Xiao Ye shouted: "The men all come down to kill the tigers"! Everyone quickly came down from the tree, holding a long wooden stick sharpened very sharp, surrounded the trap and stabbed the tiger's head, and the two tigers who had fallen from the trap had been stabbed in the stomach, legs and feet by the bone knife buried below, and then stabbed and beaten by the people above, and they had already lost their heads, and although they screamed and struggled, they could not jump into the trap. The tigers really stood the beating, and people didn't die for a long time. At this time, Xiao Ye told everyone to quickly use a stone to smash, everyone threw away the wooden stick to get the stone, and the stone fell on the head of the second tiger like hail, and soon the stone filled the trap, and the second tiger was buried underneath. Xiao Ye told everyone to wait for the second tiger to die before getting it here. The people cheered, we have destroyed the tigers! We're going to kill the tigers! The women were so happy that they all came down from the nest, and the mothers also went down to the trees with their children in their arms to see the excitement.

Uncle Gao Shan said excitedly: "We have finally eliminated the tigers, everyone is no longer afraid, we have returned to normal life, and we still live by hunting, raising livestock, and picking fruits." This time we dug traps to eliminate the tigers, the so-called king of beasts, in order to defend our home. In the future, whatever beast invades us, we must destroy it. Starting tomorrow, dig a few more traps around our house and clean up the beasts that have invaded us, and everyone will be safe. Now we eat the meat from the reserves, and we only get the dead tiger in the afternoon, and eat the tiger meat in the evening. Everyone laughed happily because this was the first time humans had eaten tiger meat!

In the afternoon, everyone came early to the trap, and the women also came, and everyone waited to see the dead tiger and eat the dead tiger meat. Under Xiao Ye's command, the men picked up the stones in the trap one by one, and saw that the cruel tiger had already died. Xiao Ye arranged to peel off the tiger skin and give it to the oldest mountain uncle and Xiao Zhuang father in the tribe to sleep. The tiger meat was distributed to everyone for dinner, and people were very happy and tasted the tiger meat. (This is a typical case of human beings using wisdom to defeat the cruel tiger, and it is also a typical case of defeating the strong with the weak.) This trap method was later widely used by people to catch and kill prey, and it was used in warfare. ）