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2. The Night Porter, Episode 2: The Passenger in the Luggage Van

2. The Night Porter, Episode 2: The Passenger in the Luggage Van. Comic strip. The full text is in the transcript below.
A fictional story. Characters, places and events are invented.

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  1. 1. The knocking

    2 a.m. The last goods train left at midnight. But the old luggage van is knocking.

    Raghu: Who's there?

    Bagha: Excuse me. Is this Kanha?

  2. 2. Everyone screams

    Bagha: Please don't scream. Everyone screams.

  3. 3. The label

    The label read: "One tiger. To the city zoo. March 1961."

    Bagha: I never wanted to go. I've been riding in boxes ever since.

  4. 4. The stars

    Bagha: In my forest, it's so quiet you can hear the stars.

    Raghu: Then let's get you home.

  5. 5. The new label

    Raghu crossed out "City Zoo" and wrote "Kanha Forest".

    Bagha: Thank you, porter!

    Ghosts go wherever their labels say. Luckily, Raghu had neat handwriting.

  6. 6. The roar

    At dawn, a roar rolled across the fields.

    Tomorrow at 2 a.m.: a stationmaster arrives for a train that hasn't been built yet.