The Tiger Whose Stripes Ran Away

Dream Storyboards · Gond painting (Pardhan Gond)
The Tiger Whose Stripes Ran Away

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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)
frames
8 key frames + 2 in-betweens
narration
0:49
Storyboard
  1. The tiger sleeps so deeply that his stripes get bored.

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

  2. 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.

  3. He wakes up plain orange.

    03 He wakes up plain orange.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  7. By sunrise the tiger is a tiger again.

    07 By sunrise the tiger is a tiger again.

  8. Nearly all of them. Raju kept one.

    08 Nearly all of them. Raju kept one.