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The Tiger Whose Stripes Ran Away

A tiger sleeps so deeply that his stripes get bored and wander off into the night. Raju finds them tangled above the trees — and puts them back.

Style Gond painting (Pardhan Gond)8 keyframes2 ghost framesModel Qwen-Image 2.1 · fast

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    8 keyframes. 2 ghost frames — the one-change-per-edit steps between them — are hidden; switch them on at the bottom left.

    The tiger sleeps so deeply that his stripes get bored.
    01

    The tiger sleeps so deeply that his stripes get bored.

    One by one, the stripes wriggle off and swim away into the night.
    02

    One by one, the stripes wriggle off and swim away into the night.

    He wakes up plain orange.
    03

    He wakes up plain orange.

    Raju finds the stripes, tangled up above the trees.
    04

    Raju finds the stripes, tangled up above the trees.

    Standing on the tiger's back, Raju pulls them down.
    05

    Standing on the tiger's back, Raju pulls them down.

    Then he lays them back on, front half first.
    06

    Then he lays them back on, front half first.

    By sunrise the tiger is a tiger again.
    07

    By sunrise the tiger is a tiger again.

    Nearly all of them. Raju kept one.
    08

    Nearly all of them. Raju kept one.

    Cast, props & sets

    The tiger
    The tiger without his stripes (derived)
    Raju
    Set — the clearing at night
    Set — the stripes tangled above the trees (made locally)
    Set — the clearing at dawn

    Thrown away (12)

    candidates/O05_t2.png — sits up = free move: a second tiger head under the seated one
    candidates/O05_t3.png — tiger asleep again after O04 woke him
    candidates/O07_t1.png — two boys
    candidates/O09_t1.png — crop too wide (boy in a corner) and the stripe came out as an orange-and-black striped scrap that reads as a second tail
    candidates/O09_t2.png — crop too wide (boy in a corner) and the stripe came out as an orange-and-black striped scrap that reads as a second tail
    candidates/O09_t3.png — crop too wide (boy in a corner) and the stripe came out as an orange-and-black striped scrap that reads as a second tail
    candidates/O09_t1.png — the kept stripe drew as a small black tab at the hip/hem — unreadable; size not pinned to a body part
    candidates/O09_t2.png — the kept stripe drew as a small black tab at the hip/hem — unreadable; size not pinned to a body part
    candidates/O09_t3.png — the kept stripe drew as a small black tab at the hip/hem — unreadable; size not pinned to a body part
    candidates/O09_t1.png — size pinned, but the stripe still drew as an orange-and-black striped scrap (a tail tip) — the model has no picture of ONE stripe
    candidates/O09_t2.png — size pinned, but the stripe still drew as an orange-and-black striped scrap (a tail tip) — the model has no picture of ONE stripe
    candidates/O09_t3.png — size pinned, but the stripe still drew as an orange-and-black striped scrap (a tail tip) — the model has no picture of ONE stripe