Summary

This section of the guide focuses on pages 100-133. With Captain dead and the movie set left in ruins, Raja enters Malgudi, after snacking on some livestock along the way. He is in playful spirits, but the citizens of Malgudi are thrown into a panic, and interpret his behavior as threats to their lives. He attacks two dogs and a horse, and runs past restaurants and coffee houses to scare the diners. Children are sent home from school and come flooding out of the building, celebrating; caught up in their sense of joy, Raja runs into the school and heads straight into the headmaster's office. Alarmed, the headmaster leaps off his desk and climbs into an attic; Raja, in the now empty office, sprawls out and enjoys a nap.

A panicked crowd assembles and tries to form a plan. When citizens call the tiger...