What will tigress give po?
Tigress still stood there with a blank expression on her face,Lose training?,has the universe gone mad?,she went to her master who was walking away
"But master shifu,you can't do this,without training its-its like losing part of who you are!"Tigress said,trying to reason with her master
"I don't care about that tigress,everyone has given po a present,but you...even im not that heartless."Shifu said
Tigress sighed,hanging her head down.
She now walks around the valley looking for something,po would want
"Having trouble master tigress?"Said a voice
"Who said that?"Tigress looks around,who called her?,it was a familiar voice she knew
"I did"It was the soothsayer,as she makes a big warm smile to tigress
"Soothsayer!"Tigress bows at her,after all she did nurse po back to health after that cannon ball hit him"What are you doing here?"Tigress said
"I'm just walking around in a peaceful stroll.."Soothsayer said as the wind blows around her,looking up at the sky
"What are you doing here?,master tigress"She asked her,looking back at her
Tigress sighed again,telling her everything...
"And now i have to find po a present before the next day.."Tigress said to her
"i see..."The Soothsayer strokes her goat beard
"Well tigress it's not a problem finding a gift"She stands in front of her"Cause you will find it from here.."Her hoof touches tigress's chest,talking about from the heart
Tigress stood there clueless as she blinks a few times
"I don't get it.."She said
"You will,cause a gift is from the heart,not the mind.."The Soothsayer said,pointing her chest then her head
She leaves tigress,who was puzzled,from the heart she said,not the mind.
Tigress kept walking"What am i gonna give to po,mostly everyone in the village had given him something from the village market.."
She takes another step and,felt something under her foot,taking one step back she finds a yin and yang made of gold,good enough to have it as a necklace,she realized this was the right present for po,running to the necklace market,she finds a golden chain on the market stand,it was shiny,she wanted it for po,and when she looked at the price tag,well it cost-
"100 yuan!"She gasped,hanging her head down in defeat
But on the left side of her,was a help wanted sign,she moans knowing what she had to do,Now she works at the dumpling market,she had on a dumpling hat and white uniform,with a 'Hello:my name is tigress'Badge,she wipe the stand with a cloth,then two figures come walking passed her
"And so i said-"Monkey was talking to mantis,then he saw tigress in a uniform
"Omg i thought i never see the day..."Mantis said,looking at tigress too
"Tigress is working,not in training,i mean actually working!,in a job!"Mantis said,surprised
They walked up to her,laughing
"Oh no.."She mummers
"So tigress..your finally working?"Monkey said,putting his elbow on the stand
"yes,just for today..so i can get po's present.."She said
"Of course,Of course.."Mantis nods,in the agreement
"And we will help you out"Monkey said
"You will?"Tigress said,smiling
"Yah,we will take 5 dumplings please.."Monkey said,giving tigress 3 yuan
Tigress gave them 5 dumplings right out the oven,after they finished them,they ordered more cause they was so good
"7 normal dumplings and 3 sticky dumplings"Mantis said with a stuffed belly,monkey gave tigress 10 yuan
They ate more and more,really making tigress tired going back and forth,there was no more dough to make the dumplings,only 2 expired bean buns that tigress forgot to throw out,she had 95 yuan,monkey and mantis was too full to get up off the ground
"give us those bean buns.."Monkey said with stuffed cheek fat
"But they expired.."Tigress said,do they really want to eat these?
The bean buns smelled,they been expired for 12 days now,no previous person who had tigress's job was brave enough to even go near it
"Just give it to us!"Mantis said,lifting his head up
"Okay.."Tigress used two fingers to pick up the bag with the rotten bean buns
she tossed the bag to the middle of them,Mantis opens the bag ,Mantis and monkey holds up a bean bun then they looked at each other,gonna cry
"This is it..."Monkey said
"I know...i love you man."Mantis crys
"I love you too."Monkey said
They both took a bite,their cheeks started to swell up,Monkey throws 5 yuan to tigress and they both ran to the nearest trashcan,Tigress was happy she had enough to buy po that golden chain,so she took off her hat and ran
"thank you guys!"She said,while monkey and mantis was still throwing up
Tigress was almost there until she hears a cough,she turns to see a big family of bunnies who looked poor,a mother and a father with ruined clothes,they had 6 children
"Mommy im hungry.."A small bunny said to his mother
"I know you are,sweetheart but we just don't have the money.."The mother bunny said to her son,looking down at him
"Can i sell my string for money?"The 4 girl bunny said to her parents,the string was very long
"I don't think it will do much,my daughter.."Her father picks her up
they all started coughing,tigress felt bad...really bad,she don't like seeing a poor family starving and was sick,she looked at the necklace market,looking at that golden chain,thinking about what the soothsayer said, a gift is from the heart-
"Not the mind.."She remembered,finishing that last thought
Tigress made the decision,she ran to them
"Hey..."She said,the family looked at her
She smiled,taking the bag of 100 yuan from her pocket and gave it to them"Here i want you guys to have it.."
The family gasped at so much money she gave to them
"Master tigress...thank you..THANK YOU!"the father keeps bowing
"Thank you master tigress..."Said a 4 year old girl bunny walking up to tigress
"Anytime to a poor family"She bends down looking at the girl bunny
"Here..i want you to have this.."The 4 year old girl bunny said,holding out her long string
Tigress holds it"Thank you.."She said politely
"May god bless you.."The girl bunny jumps to tigress and hugs her,then she let go and ran back to her family
Tigress smiles,at the family,who now had the money to give them food and shelter,but then she sighed,sitting on a bench,it was almost sundown,she didn't have much time,she looked at the string and looked very closely,she had an idea,Tigress takes out the yin and yang and Paperclip,Gum wrapper,Bottle cap and the small twig,holding it out in her paw,she smiled and started to make something
back at the jade place,po sighed sitting in his room,Tigress still didn't give him a present,with a heartbroken friendship,po didn't have the strength to stand up,Then there was a knock on his door
"Come in.."Po said
It was tigress as she walked right in his room,and had something behind her back
"Tigress!"Po said,with a surprise
"Po...im sorry that i ignored and forgot your birthday and i wanna make it up to you.."She said
"Here.."She holds out a blue box
Po slowly opens the box,he gasped,It was a Yin and Yang with a string as a chain,the paperclip as a clip-on,the gum wrapper,wrapped around the left side of the string and the bottle cap had dirt in it with the small twig looking like a mini tree with no leaves,Po smiled at her,He got up and quickly gave her a long hug,surprising her,and made tigress blush deeply
"Thank you tigress.."Po said as a tear came down his cheek
Tigress sighed,telling po those words The soothsayer told her as she closed her eyes"Its a gift...from the heart."Tigress said softly
So nice :)
