‘I’, in the statement refers to the narrator of the story, Ruskin Bond.
He thought so because the tiger with a cunning look in his sparkling eyes and crouching his body came closer and closer to the author. He made a sudden rush towards his feet, rolled over on his back and kicked with a delight, and pretended to bite his ankles.

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