Of all the animals of the forests and the lakes, there is none so curious as the Tajar. The Tajar lives in a very special place. He lives in an old tree somewhere near a camp. If you were to see the Tajar’s tree, it would look like all the other trees of the forest. But if you were to see the Tajar, you would know that he is something very special.
The Tajar looks a little something like a tiger and something like a jaguar and something like a badger, but he is different from all those animals. He would rather dance in the moonlight on a warm summer night than sleep in his tree. He might be sitting in a tree right now, listening to us talk. And if he were, he would be s quiet you couldn’t hear him move.
But if you were to look around and see the Tajar sitting high in the limbs of a nearby tree, he would certainly look most curious. You might think he looks a little like a tiger, and something like a jaguar and something like a badger. But if you were to look anyway, you wouldn’t be able to remember what the Tajar looks like.
The Tajar is a very nice fellow. He is always willing to listen to a story or help carry firewood or do anything you ask. But every now and then something strange happens. When the moon is just right and the wind blows very slightly through the trees, the Tajar can become full of folly. He will dance in the moonlight and swing through the trees by his tail, take death-defying life leaps.
Someday you may see the Tajar sitting very high in the tallest branches of his tree having tea. If you see the Tajar once, you will certainly forget what he looks like. If you see the Tajar twice, you may not remember what you forgot you when you saw him. And if you were to see the Tajar three times, you will certainly forget that you forgot everything you remembered about the Tajar except for one thing, you will surely become a friend of his. The more you forget, the more you will find that the Tajar is a most curious animal.
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