In honor of our new resident villain, here is the story, The Tiger and the Brahmin. It is a jataka tale - a story about one of the Buddha's past lives. The Buddha was born in Nepal in the ancient kingdom of Kapilavastu. In the story, see which character you think is really the Buddha:

A Brahmin was walking through the forest when he came upon a tiger trapped in a cage. "Oh, good Brahmin," cried the tiger, "Please help me out of this trap!"

Being a kind man, the Brahmin helped the tiger out of the cage.

The tiger, who had been trapped for days and was very hungry, growled at the Brahmin and said: "Thank you for your help, but now I will eat you. It's nothing personal, you know!"

The tiger thought he'd win his case, so he allowed the Brahmin to ask for three opinions. First they asked the tree to judge the case. The Brahmin said: "I saved the tiger's life. Should he have the right to eat me?"

"Definitely yes!" the tree answered, "You men are always cutting us trees down. You deserve to suffer!"

Next they asked the donkey to judge the case. The Brahmin said: "I saved the tiger's life. Should he have the right to eat me?"

"Absolutely yes!" the donkey answered, "You men are always making us donkeys do all the hard work. You deserve to suffer!"

Finally they asked the fox to judge the case. The Brahmin said: "I saved the tiger's life. Should he have the right to eat me?"

"Hmmmmmm," the fox thought for a while. "I'm not sure. This is a tough case. First of all, I just can't believe that such a big tiger fit into such a small cage!"

The tiger thought that the fox was calling him a liar and was very offended. So the tiger walked back into the cage to prove the fox wrong. When the tiger was inside, the fox quickly locked the door behind him.

"There," said the fox. "Everything is back to the beginning. Brahmin, think twice about opening that door again!"