The Kind Tiger and the Truthful Cow - a dance-theatre production, is designed especially for families and children, inspired by a folk tale called Govina Haadu (The song of the cow), from Karnataka, India. The story is about Punyakoti a pious and truthful cow. This simple and moving folk theatre production ends with a moral about the triumph of honesty.

Arbhuda, the hungry tiger, chances upon the gentle cow Punyakoti. The tiger is delighted and gets ready to devour Punyakoti, who pleads for an hour's reprieve so that she can bid goodbye to her little calf. Arbudha is sure Punyakoti will never return, but on good faith lets her go. Punyakoti feeds her calf, asks her sister-cows to treat her little one as their own, and dutifully returns to the tiger's place. Arbudha is stunned by this act of honesty, and, stricken by guilt, chooses to jump off a cliff rather than eat Punyakoti.