A busybody brings a donkey to Kweichow, where there are no other donkeys. The animal is put out to pasture in the foothills. A tiger, who has never seen a donkey before, observes from afar the big, strange thing. As he observes, the donkey brays. It scares the tiger. But, after several days, the tiger finds the donkey is actually harmless, and does little except eat grass. So he approaches the donkey. The donkey panics and kicks his legs. The tiger thinks, "Why should I be fearful of something that only brays and kicks?" He jumps on the donkey and has a good meal that day. The proverb, literally meaning a donkey at the end of its rope, is used to denote a man who innocently exposes his limited abilities.