A Tiger's Skin

A Tiger's Skin is a tale narrated by the oldest regular at the Cauliflower, an infamous tavern. It is the story of the Claybury tiger … a beast which had apparently escaped from a traveling circus and terrorizes the clientele of the Cauliflower and the rest of Claybury village. Every night pigs, hens, and ducks disappear from their owners' yards. But nobody has seen the tiger … until suddenly, in the space of a few days, nearly every resident seems to have an encounter with the Claybury tiger. Then old man Parsley rushes into the Cauliflower with the terrible news that he has seen the tiger going into Bob Pretty's cottage and the courage of the Claybury men is put to the test …