Tiger Story

This is something that I heard from a friend this morning. Thought you should hear it too. It's about four friends and a tiger.
These four friends went for a camping trip in jungle. As they were setting up the tents, suddenly a tiger appeared out of nowhere. Friends started running for their dear life. With tiger after them, they didn't have much time to think. Suddenly they came across a square in the middle of the jungle. Friend number 1 took the left side road while number 4 went for the right road. Number 2 and number 3 went straight forward. Now tiger was smart. He could count. Two is better than one. So he too took the straight road and went after number 2 and 3. Seeing this both of them started sweating profusely. Number 2 could climb trees so he climbed the nearest tree. Now tiger could climb trees too but this tree was coconut tree. So he continued chasing number 3. Poor number 3. Now he was sure that he was going to be the snack of the king of the beasts. But suddenly he came across a diversion in road. A road going straight and one going left. He had an idea. He signaled the tiger by lifting his left hand showing that he was turning left but went on running straight. Tiger took the left hand side road and went there. Happy with his fast thinking number 3 kept on going. Incidentally four friends reunited in the next square, where number 3 boasted of his feat. As he finished his tale the tiger appeared there too. Now mad with anger for being fooled by these two-legged creatures. He had lost respect in his community and other creatures were soon going to hear about this incident. It was now matter of pride. With renewed vigor he started chasing those four. Again our protagonists started running. As luck would have it they again came across a square. This time number 1 took the road on the right side. Number 3 took the left side while number 2 and 4 went straight. Number 2 again climbed on the nearest coconut tree and tiger went after number 4. Number 4 now on the verge of wetting his pants -totally lucky- came across a diversion in the road. One going straight and one going left. Remembering what number 3 had told earlier, he too signaled with his left hand and went straight. But he under estimated the intelligence of the tiger. A fast leaner as he was, our chief antagonist was not fooled the second time and he too went straight. Seeing this number 4 just crossed the verge and wet his pants but kept on running. But again he came across a diversion. One straight and one going right. He took his chance and signaled the tiger with right hand and went on straight. Tiger fell for this one and took the road on the right side. Number 4 would have stopped to thank the heavens but fearing that if the tiger came back he would have to go to the heavens personally to thank, he kept on going.
Again those friends met on the next road crossing. There number 4 shared his experience. As he finished narrating, they all heard a deadly roar behind them. The return of the king. The tiger was now seething with fury. Enraged for being fooled two times in a row he was now determined to have at least one of those four for lunch.
As you can imagine, those four again started running. Again they came across a square. This time number 4 took the left road and number 3 went right. While number 2 and number 1 went straight. Number 2 again climbed the nearest coconut tree and the tiger went after number 1. Number 1 too came across a diversion with left side road. He tried the trick of number 3 but the tiger was not fooled. Afterwards he came to a diversion with a right hand road and a straight one. Hoping to repeat what number 4 did, he signaled with his right hand and went straight. But the tiger was not fooled this time either. In fact he became angrier(if that was possible) because number 1 thought that he was stupid and would fell for the same tricks second time. He roared and increased his speed. Now number 1 having lost all hope, did not have much strength left to run any more. To his dismay the road came to an abrupt end with cliff at the end. What was he going to do?
He decided to take his one last chance. He moved to the left side of the road and slowed his speed. And then signaled the tiger with overtake/go ahead sign. The tiger went running straight ahead, fell down and made his species even more endangered.

Moral of the Story. It doesn't matter if you are as stupid as number 2 to take same road again and again knowing the dangers, as long as you have a unique talent which can save your skin. Sometime three times in a row.

Alternate Moral of the Story. Be smart like number 2 and and always take the sure road when in the time of emergency. You may not be lucky like number 1, 2 and 3 who kept on experimenting and nearly lost their life. And every time your enemy may not be stupid like that tiger.

Another Alternate Moral of the Story. There is no moral you punk. All those management moral stories flying over the Internet and emails have made us think that everything in life teaches us something. But since you have taken the efforts to read through all this crap, I'll not disappoint you. Here's your lesson. When at the end of the road, slow down. Somethings in life are to be done just for fun. Raise your glasses of frosty beer and say cheers. Just like those friends did when they planned their next camping trip at a luxurious resort.