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Se quejaban de su amigo y el nivel de agresión que había desarrollado. “Es por su alcoholismo”, dijo uno. “Está en la etapa del Tigre”. Pedí que me explicaran: ya había pasado su etapa del “mono” (cuando todo lo que hacía era divertido), ahora estaba en la del “tigre” (se había vuelto agresivo, peligroso) y todos estaban contando los minutos para que cayera en la etapa del “cerdo” (cuando se caga y se mea encima).

Fanny y Maricarla, Tigre, Prov. De Buenos Aires, noviembre 2008

Everybody was complaining about his friend and the level of aggression he had developed. “It’s because of his alcoholism”, said somebody. “He is in Tiger’s stage” . I asked for an explanation: he had already passed through “monkey’s stage” (when all he did was fun), at that moment he was in “tiger’s one” (he had became aggressive, dangerous) and everybody was counting the minutes for him to succumb into “pig’s stage” (when he shits and wets himself).