Scientists from the planet Geda fly to India for a symposium on the conservation of the animals of the Galaxy. Due to a fly in the screen of the spacecraft, before the last orbit around the Earth, an emergency ejection of Professor Tranquerry occurs. He finds himself in a pioneer camp near Moscow, having the appearance of a tiger. He cannot get to India alone, since he differs from an ordinary tiger only in that he can speak.
—Bazza the Beast