Any attempts at talking with the tiger are futile. With a sigh you glance at the tiger, already dozing off in front of the cage. He was clearly uninterested in your dilemma.
“Well I’m glad you’re happy,” you say annoyed, now devoid of your lunch. You take your wallet out of your pocket and rummage through the few dollar bills your brought with you. It seemed that you had enough to buy some food from the snack bar.
“Fine! I’ll get you a freakin’ sandwich,” you tell him, the tiger opening an eye in interest. “But you better change me back once I do!”
You wrap your tail and stuff it in the back of your boxers. It feels weird. The new sensations from your tail combined with the uncomfortable position you had placed it in. You don’t have a mirror near you but you could tell that you looked a bit strange, an odd bulge protruding from your backside.
“Damn! Why the hell is this tail so long?” you grumble as you take off your hoodie and wrap it around your waist. It definitely helps, the bulge no longer as noticeable. You give the sleeping tiger one more glare before leaving the exhibit.
Surprisingly, nobody takes notice of you as you rummage through the hectic crowds of the zoo and make your way to the snack bar. After waiting in an extremely long line, you buy a sandwich and head back to the feline exhibit.
The tiger is awake now, his strong sense of hearing alerting him of your footsteps. You see that he’s already licking his lips in preparation for your bribe.
“Ok, I have your treat! You better change me back once I give it to you!” You take the sandwich out of your backpack and hold it in front of the cage. However, the tiger seemed to have ignored everything you just said, only focusing on the sandwich in your hand.
“Now that I think about it… can I trust this tiger?” you wonder. What was to stop the tiger from eating your sandwich and not changing you back? You didn’t have any more money on you to buy more snacks and you didn’t want to go back home just to make another sandwich. Not to mention all the time you would waste driving back and forth through traffic and finding a new parking space in the crowded parking lot.