Tiger

Tiger is a wordless animated short for children aged 4 to 9 about a little tiger painted on a child's dinner plate, who comes to life when the plate is left empty and alone for too long.

The table is laid on a blue checked cloth: an orange plate, a red spoon and fork, a glass of orange juice and a bowl of broccoli and carrots. In the middle of the plate sits an innocent-looking little tiger. But while no one is looking, he creeps off the plate. He peeps out beside the spoon and fork, slips into the picture on the juice glass and pops up on the side of the vegetable bowl, before sneaking back to his place.

At last the plate is filled with spaghetti and tomato sauce, and a child tucks in. By the end, the plate is almost empty again, and the tiger is back in the middle of it, grinning through the splashes of sauce.

The film looks like real tableware on a real table, with warm light and no speech. It is short, about 4 minutes, and young children will enjoy spotting where the tiger has gone next.

It can be a fun way to talk with children about mealtimes: sitting at the table, eating what is on our plate and not wasting food. Parents can add the Islamic side: we say Bismillah before we eat and Alhamdulillah when we finish, to thank Allah for our food.