Tracy's Tiger

It appears in the short story collection "The William Saroyan Reader," first edition 1958, published by George Braziller, Inc.

The story of Tracy's Tiger was adapted into an original musical in two acts for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2007 season.

Produced in the New Theatre, the smallest of Oregon Shakespeare Festival's theaters, the musical met with a warm reception from critics and played to sold-out audiences for the entire season.

But on his first visit to Laura's home, Tracy makes a possibly irremediable mistake.

The tiger becomes visible and is hunted down on the streets of San Francisco by a compassionate police officer, under the orders of his bumbling chief.