Here There Be Tygers & The Monkey Summary

"Here There Be Tygers" is a story of a young boy named Charles who has a quirk of calling the bathroom the basement. Miss Bird, his teacher, frequently corrects him in front of the classroom. His journey to the bathroom causes him to encounter a tiger in the lavatory. He leaves, frightened to reenter the restroom, but needs to use it. Eventually, another student, Kenny, is sent to retrieve him. He tells Kenny that there is a tiger in the bathroom, but Kenny does not believe him. Kenny enters the bathroom in order to tease Charles, but the tiger eats him. Charles finally gets the courage and enters the lavatory, hoping the tiger has been satisfied; he urinates in the sink, where Miss Bird catches him. As the teacher checks the stalls for...