Author notes

No Sleep Till Breakfast

PaulEberhardt

on Dec. 9, 2009

It is the "cat in, cat out" - game, of course. I think I'll just repeat the last page and this one for the next couple of weeks, which surely is a good way to get myself DD's 100 page trophy…

OK, just kidding! ;-D

But now for something really serious:

Last Tuesday a tamer stumbled during a circus show in Hamburg and was immediately attacked and nearly killed by three of his tigers. As far as I know he's not in danger any more but one of his hands will have to be removed. Some people think they just wanted to play, but (according to one of the keepers) they really wanted to get rid of that two-legged alpha-male who made them perform stupid tricks in front of funny smelling strangers. They wanted to kill.
For this reason I'd like to remind all of my readers, that real tigers are very, very dangerous animals - lose concentration for one second and you're in serious trouble! To do what Gundula does you have to be … well, Gundula! This works only with a 700+ year old witch who was also capable of surviving the inquisition, the plague and at least dozen major wars. Or a Buddhist monk in Thailand. Everybody else who wants to keep their limbs had better keep clear of big cats or have at least a really good barrier in between.

Sorry for the rant, but I'd feel awkward if I hadn't said that.