The lion disturbed by mice who eat the food trapped in his aging teeth, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifteenth Night
A colorful illustration shows a large orange tiger with black stripes on a pink rocky outcropping; the tiger, with mouth open and teeth bared, appears to chase a group of small brown mice scurrying around the rocks and under a green tree; the outcropping is topped with white rocks and surrounded by blue water; small stones line the base of the outcrop; calligraphy in a black ink fills the top half of the image on beige background; a beige double border surrounds the image.
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