Last Laugh

An old saying always struck General Guo Quan as a universal truth; a tiger would not have a dog for a son. Coming from a long line of established generals, who had been keeping the southwestern borders and feudal lords at bay ever since the start of the dynasty, he had taken pride in this fact. He was certain that if his wives had managed to bear him male heirs, they would also be exemplars of this statement. 

But the reverse was also true; a dog was a dog and could not raise a tiger.