Once upon a time, there was a wild cat and a pangolin. They lived on top of the Dabajian Mountain. As the wild cat had a beautiful golden coat, he was very vain and arrogant and loved to pick on other small animals. The pangolin was good at burrowing, and he loved to eat ants. As he was good-tempered, the wild cat liked to pick on him the most.

One day, wild cat saw a pangolin taking a nap under a tree. He jumped onto the tree and shook it hard. Many leaves fell on top of the pangolin. Then, he stomped hard on the tree branches. The branches snapped, and the loud noise woke the pangolin. The pangolin got up and prepared to go somewhere else to take a nap. Suddenly, an ant nest fell from the tree. Pangolin was thrilled to see the nest. But as he prepared to feast on the ants, wild cat jumped down from the tree and kicked the nest into a clump of bushes. He told the pangolin, “You must thank me before you eat, because I was the one who knocked the ant nest from the tree.” Pangolin ignored the wild cat, and crawled slowly toward the bushes.

Wild cat was furious for being ignored, so, he set a fire around the bushes to teach the pangolin a lesson. The fire grew larger, and the billowing smoke made the wild cat cough. He thought to himself, “Surely, the pangolin will be roasted alive!” To his surprise, the pangolin emerged smiling from the fire. He told the wild cat, “Thank you so much! I was standing by some rocks and didn't get burned. I even saw a beautiful sight! Red flames against the white clouds and blue sky! It was so beautiful! Too bad you couldn't see it.” The wild cat opened his eyes in surprise and said, “Really? Are you serious? If the place near the rocks is safe from the fire, I must go in and see for myself.” The pangolin replied, “I am all right, am I not? You should go in while the fire is raging. There are also some of your favorite foods inside, like frogs and snakes, all deliciously roasted and crispy!”

The wild cat couldn't take it anymore and jumped straight into the fire. Suddenly, there was a loud yelp, and a grayish-black wild cat jumped out of the fire. The fire had burned away all of his golden fur. Thereafter, the wild cat started to hide and stopped being vain and arrogant.

從前在大霸尖山山頂住著一隻山貓和穿山甲，山貓因為有一身金黃色美麗的毛，所以很驕傲，常欺負其他小動物；穿山甲很會鑽地，又愛吃螞蟻，由於牠的脾氣很好，所以山貓最愛欺負牠。

有一次，山貓看到穿山甲在大樹下睡覺，就跳到樹上拼命搖樹，樹葉全掉在穿山甲的身上，山貓又用力踩樹枝，發出「劈啦劈啦」的聲音，把穿山甲吵醒了。正當穿山甲起身要到別的地方睡時，突然掉下一個螞蟻窩，穿山甲看了好高興，馬上伸出舌頭吃大餐，山貓一看到，便跳下來一腳把螞蟻窩踢到草叢裡，並說：「這是我山貓大王搖下來的，想吃，得先謝謝我才行。」穿山甲不理會山貓，就慢慢爬向草叢。

山貓好生氣，便趁穿山甲爬進草叢時，放了一把火，火勢一下子就變大，山貓被濃煙嗆得一直咳，心想：「太好了，保證你變成紅燒肉。」誰知道，穿山甲竟然笑著從火中慢慢爬出來，並對山貓說：「太感謝你了，我剛好在石頭邊沒被火燒到，還看到美景呢！紅紅的火焰與藍天白雲互相輝映，太美了，你真沒眼福。」山貓睜大眼睛說：「真的嗎？你沒騙我，如果能不被火燒，我一定要進去看看。」穿山甲說：「你看我不是沒事嗎？趁現在火正旺，快點進去，裡面還有烤得香噴噴，你最愛吃的青蛙、蛇等動物。」

山貓受不了，馬上衝進去，接著就聽到哀嚎聲，只見一隻灰黑的山貓從火堆裡逃出，原來，山貓金色的毛全被燒光了，從此山貓就東躲西藏，再也不敢驕傲。