Peter's First Outline

The Story – a very first outline. [This is an idea for the overall structure of the story. Probably extra scenes will be added to this as we go along from here. Also the names are not fixed.]




Two children, Lilia and Jumblia, are playing by the old hollow tree, at the edge of the village. There is a stone, which says how old the tree is. This tree is 700 years old. It is the tiger’s tree.


The bad-singing squirrel that lives in the tree is singing… badly. They follow him. They are at the old house. The children in the village have always called it The Witch’s House. It is scary. They go inside, and up to the attic room at the top of the house.


Granny is asleep in her rocking chair. She wakes up. They hide.


She is sad, and slightly strange. She feeds imaginary animals, and begins to tell a story. ‘Once upon a tiger, when the old people were still young….’ She goes back to sleep.


The children explore the room.


The room is full of strange things. There is a tiger rug. Also an old parchment, which they read.


It says ‘Horang Horang Horang’. This is a spell.


They break the chair, and Granny wakes up.


They sit on the tiger rug. When they say ‘horang horang horang’ it lifts up into the air.


The tiger rug flies past a number of places…a volcano, a treasure Island, a desert. [maybe they visit some of these] There are pockets in the tiger rug, for food.


It lands by the old tree. ‘Granny’ is playing there, but she is a young girl now. She is putting down food for the tiger.


They meet and talk to her. They find out about the war, the tiger, the hunter. The tiger saved the village during the war. They say that he ate ten soldiers, and the village was saved. Every day, granny comes to give him food. The tiger is coming, so they have to hide.


The tiger comes, and takes the food.


The bad-singing squirrel arrives and plays with the tiger.


Mr Figglehorn the hunter comes. He is trying to kill the tiger. The children make a noise and save the tiger. He aims at them, and they come out. He is very angry.


He chases the children. The tiger gets killed, protecting them. They are upset, and they somehow get rid of Mr Figglehorn for ever…


They climb on the tiger, say goodbye to young Granny, and return to the old house….


Granny is asleep in the chair.