A child in this story is told to look after his older brother, who tries to feed gum to a goat. At the end of this story, a slip of paper containing an address floats away as a woman brushes her son’s hair. This story’s title character finds it unusual when a man refers to his wife by her first name while speaking to their daughter, Tina, who plays with the locks in his car. A woman in this story, who is asked if she’s really feeling pain rather than guilt, calls the title character’s job “romantic,” after which he fantasizes about her and admires her legs at the (*) Sun Temple. In this story, Mina drops a trail of puffed rice on the ground outside a monastery, attracting a group of monkeys to attack Bobby. This story takes its title from the second job of the Das family’s tour guide Mr. Kapasi. For 10 points, name this short story that lends its name to the debut collection of Jhumpa Lahiri. ■END■
ANSWER: “Interpreter of Maladies”
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