This folktale tells the story of a hunter who has a rather unexpected encounter with a tigress. One day the hunter falls into a river and pulls himself out below a cliff. When he seeks shelter within a cave, he discovers a tigress and several cubs. Rather than harming or eating him, however, the tigress brings food for him. Later on, the tigress's cubs carry the hunter across the water and return him to his home. Curious about the behavior of the tigress and cubs, the hunter consults a local religious leader who informs him that the tigress is actually a reincarnation of the hunter's own mother.