When Tigers Smoked Cigarettes

So, this morning, I was reading Emma this Korean fairy tale:

(Roughly translated, "The Angel and the Woodcutter.") when I opened the first page and read the first sentence.  Hmmm, I thought, maybe I didn't read that correctly, doesn't really make much sense.  I read it again, and then later checked in on Babelfish.  I was right.

The story opens with this first line:  "A long, long time ago, in a time when tigers smoked cigarettes."  What?

"Momma, everyone knows tigers don 't smoke cigarettes."