Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

A pretty little bantam was recently thrown into the cage of one of the tigers domiciled in the managerie of the Jardin des Plantes.  It was designed to sharpen his appetite for some blocks of meat which he had declined to eat.  Not in the least alarmed by his terrible roars, bantam advanced with the most unsuspecting confidence to peck the food that was lying untasted before him, and, when she had satisfied her hunger, began to examine closely the claws of the monster.  Far from being affronted with the new inmate of his cage, and when the keepers managed to take her away, he obstinately refused to taste and food, either living or dead, till she was put back again.