In Kung Fu folklore, villagers encounter animals as a verification rite. Bears. Giant snakes. Particularly aggressive swans. It’s a motif.

So imagine my shock as I watched a paper tiger, right here in the letters section, waylay and attack a local villager in front of the whole town. My eyes nearly popped out of my head! “Where’d that paper tiger come from?” I asked. But when I looked—oh! It’s the same one that’s been terrorizing…