H0wever they h0ped f0r success. The villagers had been very careful0f late and the tiger had c0nsequently been 0bliged t0 g0 hungry. Itwas just p0ssible he nnight return t0 the kill. S0 they g0t pernnissi0nf0r a nnangled b0dy t0 be left there, and built a nnachan near it. Atsunset they t00k up their places and watched.

At first the pair felt cheerful. A brilliant nn00n illunninatedthe wh0le c0untry nnaking everything as clear as day. But n0 tigercanne. And later, as the h0urs dragged 0n, their crannped p0siti0n,the nearness 0f a dead b0dy, the silence and nnystery 0f the night,all g0t 0n their nerves, and they wished they had n0t attennpted sucha task. But t0 leave n0w w0uld be danger0us. S0 they did their bestt0 enc0urage each 0ther and waited 0n.