character. he was a natural hunter, and very soon no mouse dared to show its face in our house.

　　unfortunately tiger also used to catch a lot of birds and this made him very unpopular with some of the neighbors. onday day, just after his second birthday, tiger disappeared. perhaps he was run over by a car, for at that time we lived near a busy street. although we offered a reward, we never discovered what had happened to him and we never saw him again.