An old woman lived with her son and daughter-in-law.But she was hated by the daughter -in-law. The daughter-in-law was always complaining to her husband that the old woman ate up a lot of rice everyday.And they could not afford to keep her any longer. In the end.. the daughter -in -law succeeded in prevailing upon her husband to leave the old woman in the forest to be eaten by the tigers.The next day the old woman was taken to the forest by her son.. and left tied to a big tamarind tree.