Her paws were silent as she approached the tree. Her stomach ached. She hadn't eaten since... to long. And now she was so close. She looked up and saw a light brown sloth hanging from the tree's largest branch. All she had to do was not wake the sloth, and she had a meal. The trick was being able to reach the limb. While she knew most tigers could make the leap, her injured leg might not be able to jump. She was under the branch now, and with the little light from the moon that made it threw the jungle canopy, she could make out the sloth. 'Here goes nothing' she thought as she pushed off the ground.
Snap! her jaws went around the sloth's furry tail. She had it! Almost. The sloth, though a slow creature, can react when need be. As she landed the sloth turned about before the tiger had a chance to kill it, and scratched the tiger's nose. The tiger hissed and this gave the sloth the opportunity to grab it's tail out or her mouth, and dart up the tree.
'Claws on the stupid animal' the tiger thought, and limped off. She smelled water nearby, so if she couldn't have sloth, maybe she could catch a fish. Not to far away from the sloth's tree she reached the water. 'Yes!' she thought, she knew this pond well.
The tiger sat down on a wet rock, looking out over the jungle pool. The water rippled, but it always did that, the fish in this pond were abundant. The silvery scales reflected the light of the moon, so the pond seemed to have an inner glow. One particularly large fish swam by the tiger's rock. The tiger leaned down to try and paw the fish...but her bad leg gave way and she slipped right into the pool.
"What the-" exclaimed a short, fury footed being. "Strider! Over here, something big is in the water!"
A/N: I know its a short chapter, but it's all i have time to write right now. I'll update soon, so please leave a review so i know what you think!