New contest on best Haiku

Tanitha: Hmm the old nursery rhymes seem to work.
Once upon a time,
In a land far far away,
There lived a tiger...
Counting the syllables...
ONCE (1) UPON (2) A (1) TIME (1) = 5
IN (1) A (1) LAND (1) FAR (1) FAR (1) AWAY (2) = 7
THERE (1) LIVED (1) A (1) TIGER (2) = 5