The Lady Or The Tiger?
In the very olden time there lived a semi-barbaric king, whose ideas, though somewhat polished and sharpened by the progressiveness of distant Latin neighbors, were still large, florid, and untrammeled, as became the half of him which was barbaric. He was a man of exuberant fancy, and, withal, of an authority so irresistible that, at his will, he turned his varied fancies into facts. He was greatly given to self-communing, and, when he and himself agreed upon anything, the thing was done. When every member of his domestic and political systems moved smoothly in its appointed course, his nature was bland and genial; but, whenever there was a little hitch, and some of his orbs got out of their orbits, he was blander and more genial still, for nothing pleased him so much as to make the crooked straight and crush down uneven places.
Among the borrowed notions by which his barbarism had become semified was that of the public arena, in which, by exhibitions of manly and beastly valor, the minds of his subjects were refined and cultured.
But even here the exuberant and barbaric fancy asserted itself. The arena of the king was built, not to give the people an opportunity of hearing the rhapsodies of dying gladiators, nor to enable them to view the inevitable conclusion of a conflict between religious opinions and hungry jaws, but for purposes far better adapted to widen and develop the mental energies of the people. This vast amphitheater, with its encircling galleries, its mysterious vaults, and its unseen passages, was an agent of poetic justice, in which crime was punished, or virtue rewarded, by the decrees of an impartial and incorruptible chance. girlplays
When a subject was accused of a crime of sufficient importance to interest the king, public notice was given that on an appointed day the fate of the accused person would be decided in the king's arena, a structure which well deserved its name, for, although its form and plan were borrowed from afar, its purpose emanated solely from the brain of this man, who, every barleycorn a king, knew no tradition to which he owed more allegiance than pleased his fancy, and who ingrafted on every adopted form of human thought and action the rich growth of his barbaric idealism.
When all the people had assembled in the galleries, and the king, surrounded by his court, sat high up on his throne of royal state on one side of the arena, he gave a signal, a door beneath him opened, and the accused subject stepped out into the amphitheater. Directly opposite him, on the other side of the enclosed space, were two doors, exactly alike and side by side. It was the duty and the privilege of the person on trial to walk directly to these doors and open one of them. He could open either door he pleased; he was subject to no guidance or influence but that of the aforementioned impartial and incorruptible chance. If he opened the one, there came out of it a hungry tiger, the fiercest and most cruel that could be procured, which immediately sprang upon him and tore him to pieces as a punishment for his guilt. The moment that the case of the criminal was thus decided, doleful iron bells were clanged, great wails went up from the hired mourners posted on the outer rim of the arena, and the vast audience, with bowed heads and downcast hearts, wended slowly their homeward way, mourning greatly that one so young and fair, or so old and respected, should have merited so dire a fate.
But, if the accused person opened the other door, there came forth from it a lady, the most suitable to his years and station that his majesty could select among his fair subjects, and to this lady he was immediately married, as a reward of his innocence. It mattered not that he might already possess a wife and family, or that his affections might be engaged upon an object of his own selection; the king allowed no such subordinate arrangements to interfere with his great scheme of retribution and reward. The exercises, as in the other instance, took place immediately, and in the arena. Another door opened beneath the king, and a priest, followed by a band of choristers, and dancing maidens blowing joyous airs on golden horns and treading an epithalamic measure, advanced to where the pair stood, side by side, and the wedding was promptly and cheerily solemnized. Then the gay brass bells rang forth their merry peals, the people shouted glad hurrahs, and the innocent man, preceded by children strewing flowers on his path, led his bride to his home.
This was the king's semi-barbaric method of administering justice. Its perfect fairness is obvious. The criminal could not know out of which door would come the lady; he opened either he pleased, without having the slightest idea whether, in the next instant, he was to be devoured or married. On some occasions the tiger came out of one door, and on some out of the other. The decisions of this tribunal were not only fair, they were positively determinate: the accused person was instantly punished if he found himself guilty, and, if innocent, he was rewarded on the spot, whether he liked it or not. There was no escape from the judgments of the king's arena.
The institution was a very popular one. When the people gathered together on one of the great trial days, they never knew whether they were to witness a bloody slaughter or a hilarious wedding. This element of uncertainty lent an interest to the occasion which it could not otherwise have attained. Thus, the masses were entertained and pleased, and the thinking part of the community could bring no charge of unfairness against this plan, for did not the accused person have the whole matter in his own hands?
This semi-barbaric king had a daughter as blooming as his most florid fancies, and with a soul as fervent and imperious as his own. As is usual in such cases, she was the apple of his eye, and was loved by him above all humanity. Among his courtiers was a young man of that fineness of blood and lowness of station common to the conventional heroes of romance who love royal maidens. This royal maiden was well satisfied with her lover, for he was handsome and brave to a degree unsurpassed in all this kingdom, and she loved him with an ardor that had enough of barbarism in it to make it exceedingly warm and strong. This love affair moved on happily for many months, until one day the king happened to discover its existence. He did not hesitate nor waver in regard to his duty in the premises. The youth was immediately cast into prison, and a day was appointed for his trial in the king's arena. This, of course, was an especially important occasion, and his majesty, as well as all the people, was greatly interested in the workings and development of this trial. Never before had such a case occurred; never before had a subject dared to love the daughter of the king. In after years such things became commonplace enough, but then they were in no slight degree novel and startling.
The tiger-cages of the kingdom were searched for the most savage and relentless beasts, from which the fiercest monster might be selected for the arena; and the ranks of maiden youth and beauty throughout the land were carefully surveyed by competent judges in order that the young man might have a fitting bride in case fate did not determine for him a different destiny. Of course, everybody knew that the deed with which the accused was charged had been done. He had loved the princess, and neither he, she, nor any one else, thought of denying the fact; but the king would not think of allowing any fact of this kind to interfere with the workings of the tribunal, in which he took such great delight and satisfaction. No matter how the affair turned out, the youth would be disposed of, and the king would take an aesthetic pleasure in watching the course of events, which would determine whether or not the young man had done wrong in allowing himself to love the princess.
The appointed day arrived. From far and near the people gathered, and thronged the great galleries of the arena, and crowds, unable to gain admittance, massed themselves against its outside walls. The king and his court were in their places, opposite the twin doors, those fateful portals, so terrible in their similarity.
All was ready. The signal was given. A door beneath the royal party opened, and the lover of the princess walked into the arena. Tall, beautiful, fair, his appearance was greeted with a low hum of admiration and anxiety. Half the audience had not known so grand a youth had lived among them. No wonder the princess loved him! What a terrible thing for him to be there!
As the youth advanced into the arena he turned, as the custom was, to bow to the king, but he did not think at all of that royal personage. His eyes were fixed upon the princess, who sat to the right of her father. Had it not been for the moiety of barbarism in her nature it is probable that lady would not have been there, but her intense and fervid soul would not allow her to be absent on an occasion in which she was so terribly interested. From the moment that the decree had gone forth that her lover should decide his fate in the king's arena, she had thought of nothing, night or day, but this great event and the various subjects connected with it. Possessed of more power, influence, and force of character than any one who had ever before been interested in such a case, she had done what no other person had done - she had possessed herself of the secret of the doors. She knew in which of the two rooms, that lay behind those doors, stood the cage of the tiger, with its open front, and in which waited the lady. Through these thick doors, heavily curtained with skins on the inside, it was impossible that any noise or suggestion should come from within to the person who should approach to raise the latch of one of them. But gold, and the power of a woman's will, had brought the secret to the princess.
And not only did she know in which room stood the lady ready to emerge, all blushing and radiant, should her door be opened, but she knew who the lady was. It was one of the fairest and loveliest of the damsels of the court who had been selected as the reward of the accused youth, should he be proved innocent of the crime of aspiring to one so far above him; and the princess hated her. Often had she seen, or imagined that she had seen, this fair creature throwing glances of admiration upon the person of her lover, and sometimes she thought these glances were perceived, and even returned. Now and then she had seen them talking together; it was but for a moment or two, but much can be said in a brief space; it may have been on most unimportant topics, but how could she know that? The girl was lovely, but she had dared to raise her eyes to the loved one of the princess; and, with all the intensity of the savage blood transmitted to her through long lines of wholly barbaric ancestors, she hated the woman who blushed and trembled behind that silent door.
When her lover turned and looked at her, and his eye met hers as she sat there, paler and whiter than any one in the vast ocean of anxious faces about her, he saw, by that power of quick perception which is given to those whose souls are one, that she knew behind which door crouched the tiger, and behind which stood the lady. He had expected her to know it. He understood her nature, and his soul was assured that she would never rest until she had made plain to herself this thing, hidden to all other lookers-on, even to the king. The only hope for the youth in which there was any element of certainty was based upon the success of the princess in discovering this mystery; and the moment he looked upon her, he saw she had succeeded, as in his soul he knew she would succeed.
Then it was that his quick and anxious glance asked the question: "Which?" It was as plain to her as if he shouted it from where he stood. There was not an instant to be lost. The question was asked in a flash; it must be answered in another.
Her right arm lay on the cushioned parapet before her. She raised her hand, and made a slight, quick movement toward the right. No one but her lover saw her. Every eye but his was fixed on the man in the arena.
He turned, and with a firm and rapid step he walked across the empty space. Every heart stopped beating, every breath was held, every eye was fixed immovably upon that man. Without the slightest hesitation, he went to the door on the right, and opened it.
Now, the point of the story is this: Did the tiger come out of that door, or did the lady ?
The more we reflect upon this question, the harder it is to answer. It involves a study of the human heart which leads us through devious mazes of passion, out of which it is difficult to find our way. Think of it, fair reader, not as if the decision of the question depended upon yourself, but upon that hot-blooded, semi-barbaric princess, her soul at a white heat beneath the combined fires of despair and jealousy. She had lost him, but who should have him?
How often, in her waking hours and in her dreams, had she started in wild horror, and covered her face with her hands as she thought of her lover opening the door on the other side of which waited the cruel fangs of the tiger!
But how much oftener had she seen him at the other door! How in her grievous reveries had she gnashed her teeth, and torn her hair, when she saw his start of rapturous delight as he opened the door of the lady! How her soul had burned in agony when she had seen him rush to meet that woman, with her flushing cheek and sparkling eye of triumph; when she had seen him lead her forth, his whole frame kindled with the joy of recovered life; when she had heard the glad shouts from the multitude, and the wild ringing of the happy bells; when she had seen the priest, with his joyous followers, advance to the couple, and make them man and wife before her very eyes; and when she had seen them walk away together upon their path of flowers, followed by the tremendous shouts of the hilarious multitude, in which her one despairing shriek was lost and drowned!
Would it not be better for him to die at once, and go to wait for her in the blessed regions of semi-barbaric futurity?
And yet, that awful tiger, those shrieks, that blood!
Her decision had been indicated in an instant, but it had been made after days and nights of anguished deliberation. She had known she would be asked, she had decided what she would answer, and, without the slightest hesitation, she had moved her hand to the right.
The question of her decision is one not to be lightly considered, and it is not for me to presume to set myself up as the one person able to answer it. And so I leave it with all of you: Which came out of the opened door - the lady, or the tiger?
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The princess was a spoilt, proud and powerful lady, so she..
The princess was a spoilt, proud and powerful lady, so she was not disposedto accept a public humiliation and to give easly her lover to another woman. Then, she decided to choose the tigers door, because she thought that she could rejoined her love in the "blessed regions of semi-barbaric futurity". But she did not count on how manyher father knew her nature. After days and nigths of deliberation, the king arrived to the conclusion that her daugther would indicate the correct door to the youth, so he decided to change the places (tiger-lady) at the last minute, just in case... When the princess indicated her lover the "right" door, he, without hesitating, opened it... and he founded the beautiful woman. As usual, people began to shouted glad hurrahs, exepting the king and the princess who rested perplexed. The king did not understand anything and the princess did not either. by Carolina
The end of this story for me is: he went to the door on the..
The end of this story for me is: he went to the door on the rigth, apen it, suddenly, he saw a beautiful light, blue sky light, and he moved a bit closer, his shoulder was touched by a beautiful woman who was behind him,he didnt undersatd what was happening, he said - ¡Imin a dream! or "did I select the correct door?"- And a sweet voice said-¡ yes you are right- you trusted in your real love and the most important, you were sure to come in, so in this moment you have the most important, the princess, the most beauty and tender woman that youhad been seen...thenks to strong believe in love, especially, to have the hope to persist, and risk your life for the real love- the woman said, teh man was very confused but at the same time he was very excitd and really happy for those words, however, he didnt understand exactky this woman was, this special woman who hadsaid the most meanings and tru words. In fact, he feltthat he was real falling in love and he wanted to get marriage with th with the princess, suddenly when he decided to turn and talk with the woman, she desappeared and he understood that she was an angel...his angel of love. Then, when he left to the special room there was the princess and the king, first thing that he received was a big hug of the princess and the most sincere words of the king- "thank you I know that my daugtheris in the best hands, anf forgive me if I hut you "- the man didnt know what to do, and he gave another hug to the king and the public began to clap and they were very proud to know their "barbaric king" could change in benefit to people. The most important was that the man learnt.. when someone loves someone and persists and trust in him or her deeply, the rewards are fair and infinites.
i also had a class assighnment and i thought the story was..
i also had a class assighnment and i thought the story was awesome and that the princess told him the door with tiger because she didnt want anyone else to have him if she couldnt and also because she was barbaric
i not very sure of what came out of the door but i think..
i not very sure of what came out of the door but i think that if it was the tiger then it would sound kind of like a hollywood story ending and if it was the lady then it was mora like a bollywood story ending!!!!
my teacher told us this story today it is really interesting
my teacher told us this story today it is really interesting
that was a very interesting story,but what came out?
that was a very interesting story,but what came out?
I absoluetly abhor cliffhangers, but this one wasnt all..
I absoluetly abhor cliffhangers, but this one wasnt all that awful! Personally, I feel that the princess led him to the Tiger because of her barbaric nature. Also, jealousy is a much stronger emotion than love.
I think the tiger,because she knew who the lady was and..
I think the tiger,because she knew who the lady was and disliked her.So she did some kind of motion to tell him to pick the first door,because if she canthave him no one could have him.
I would only like to belive that the lady would come out...
I would only like to belive that the lady would come out. But she could have him eaten by the tiger and then kill herself (hopeless romantic) but if she were expecting to be rejoined with him in heaven, then she would be sadly mistaken. Even if the lady came out the princess can just send her assassins to kill the lady and be rejoined with her love once again. Being a daughter of a King anything is possible.
I keep reading everyones comments, but no one mentions how..
I keep reading everyones comments, but no one mentions how this story is relevant to human nature and life its self. True, the princess is portrayed as barbaric, but arent we all in some way. Isnt there a deep desire within us that would attract or draw us to some decisions that would eventually alter the way we live our lives? In this story the princess has a decision that would completely change the youths life. You can keep trying to predict the outcome, but eventually the answer will reflect your self and your barbaric nature. I completely to what "AN IMPRESSED READER" was saying, and another who has no name. Whoever wrote "LADY OR TIGER ALSO DEPENDS ON THE MAN MAKING A CHOICE - HOW WELL DOES HE KNOW THE PRINCESS AND THE FATE SHE WOULD CHOOSE FOR HIM, AND, KNOWING HER, WHAT FATE WOULD HE CHOOSE?". the both make good point. --Marwa 16/On/Ottawa
everyone please read this- i read this story for my..
everyone please read this- i read this story for my english class and i loved it. but i have an opinion. the princess loved him right? love is stronger than jealousy. the lady was behind the door because as it says in the story "she was the apple in her fathers eye" and even if her father didnt want the youth with her she could have persuaded her father and therefore wouldnt want her lover dead but the lady behind the door who she disliked. and it also says that she thought about which door to choose over a few days and in that amount of time she- begin a semi- barbaric preincess- could have her way with him alive. but not dead. it was lady- dont you all see?
Loved it!
Loved it!
in my english class we has to choose the lady or the tiger..
in my english class we has to choose the lady or the tiger for "who was behind the door". my friend and i picked the lady and we went to the front of the class and argued against other people. we won so it was the lasy behind the door!!!
i love very much this story? if i am the princess i choose..
i love very much this story? if i am the princess i choose the door where the princess is in! because i dont to die my love.......thats all!
i think its the tiger because of the princesses..
i think its the tiger because of the princesses semibarbaricism... even thought she loved him that much it only drove her to make sure nobody else has him especiall the damsel that she hated
My thought was, given her indication, which door would he..
My thought was, given her indication, which door would he open?
The story really makes you think. I really have no idea,..
The story really makes you think. I really have no idea, because there are really no hints in the story.
I read this story in my lit class and we had to write..
I read this story in my lit class and we had to write endings to the story. I thought the story very interesting and that you had to read in between the lines to really get it. I read most of the comments and was surprised how many people said that it was the tiger. But that dosent really apply to real life. Lets say that you loved someone. Would you rather to see that person dead or happy? I dont know about you but I rather see him alive. Even though the princess was semi-barbaric, good could have won her over. Therefore I pick the lady. I beleive that she was to in love, she did not want see him being ripped apart to peices. I challenge you to think about that. ~Courtney~
It was definately the tiger because it says that if he dyes..
It was definately the tiger because it says that if he dyes than they can be together forever in a barbaric heaven. But if they marry they cant. Pretty cool huh? ~ian~
The peasant knew the princess too well to trust her. He..
The peasant knew the princess too well to trust her. He chose the opposite door directed to him, when the lady came out. Before they were married, the peasant immediately opened the other door. The tiger came out and ate the lady. The princess had actually trained the tiger not to eat the peasant. (If the lady was fat, the tiger would be too full anyway, right?)
To: Posted 2004-05-27 19:53:31 (from 7th grade to age 26,..
To: Posted 2004-05-27 19:53:31 (from 7th grade to age 26, you’ve said “it was the lady”)—I am with you (except I am now 60 years old and still saying so!) What a marvelous exploration of the human heart this story is! And how much of ourselves we reveal with our personal answer to the author’s closing question! In the anguish of deciding to point her lover to the lady, I see the semi-barbaric heart of the princess devising the perfect test of his love and her own. When she points to that door, she cannot be certain whether he will choose the door she indicates OR the opposite door. But what he chooses will tell her what she most wants to know, regardless of whether that results in his life or his death. And remember, the choice will be his! Here is the test: If he truly loves only the princess with an undying love, then he will trust her choice for him/them, whether that be to go on living (without her, it would seem)…or to die (for his love of her). If, on the other hand, his devotion to the princess is tainted by guilt related to another maiden (who, of course, he cannot know stands behind one of the two doors!), he is not likely to trust the princess with his fate and can choose the opposite door, hoping to foil the spite of a rightfully jealous princess. Whatever conscience her semi-barbaric heart may possess, it can be at peace with this choice: She offers her lover life IF he trusts her enough to accept it. If he doesn’t, the death he deserves will result from his own faithless choice, not hers. Besides, what princess would honor a lover who is neither trustworthy nor implicitly trusts her? And let us never underestimate the power of undying love to bring lovers back together. Where there’s a will (and life), there’s a way! Cheers, Mary
I think that if the man really loved this woman than..
I think that if the man really loved this woman than wouldnt he be willing to die for her instead of wanting to live and cheat on her.
The human heart is a reservoir of feelings. Stockton asks..
The human heart is a reservoir of feelings. Stockton asks us where we stand on this question.There is a fine line between jealousy and compassion. In the end we have to figure out where our trus passins lie. I am leaning toward the lady!
the lady
the lady
hi my name is shqipe haliti and i want to make a comment i..
hi my name is shqipe haliti and i want to make a comment i say this story is very intresting and it has alot of detail....desision between life and death??? i would say thats a harshhhhh question....
i think she picked the lady because when u r in love with..
i think she picked the lady because when u r in love with someone, you learned to self sacrifice and value ur lovers life more than urself.
it is obviously the tiger because we all know that jealosy..
it is obviously the tiger because we all know that jealosy is a far greater motivator than love is. "My name is Dave and i am a member of cynics anonymous." "if this is anonymous why did you tell us your name?"
defenatly i think the tiger!!!! she was obviously to..
defenatly i think the tiger!!!! she was obviously to jealous to let him live but be married to someone else. itsstill nt fair i want to know the ending!!!!!!GREAT STORY--
i definitely think it is the lady. as the princess would ..
i definitely think it is the lady. as the princess would have reasoned that the guy wasnt the only one guilty of the crime of love`. she was guilty too. and hence he shouldnt be put to death. moreover the guy knew the girl well, he moved to the right as sdoon as she showed so. he obviously wanted to live. so she must have pointed towards the lady
could it be one of the greatest propaganda schemes of his..
could it be one of the greatest propaganda schemes of his time; Frankie sparked interest and controversey everywhere to sell copies of his works and to further promote his name, hmm? what a twerp, smart, but still a twerp.
In my opinion, the guy met the tiger but the teeth of the..
In my opinion, the guy met the tiger but the teeth of the tiger were pulled out.So the handsome guy did not die.He was just lightly injured. At last, the princess married her lover and live happily.
I think the story was very interesting. Ive never heard..
I think the story was very interesting. Ive never heard of it until my best friends dad told me about it. He grabbed the book of short stories off the shelf and flipped through the pages until he found it. He then handed me the book to take home and read. So I took it home and read it right away. I absolutly loved it, and I liked the idea that it does not tell you what door she chooses. It is a good way to use your imagination and come up with your own ending to the story.
Though, I agree that having the lady behind the door would..
Though, I agree that having the lady behind the door would be romantic, I must remember as to how the princess hated the lady. Her jealousy, Im almost sure, would overpower her feelings of love towards the suitor. Who should he be with if not her? No one. So, she pointed him in the direction of the tiger. The question is..did she do this to test his love and prove to her that she loved him by doing what she told him to. And if so, would she feel guilty for ever doubting him? Did you ever think of that? --
I first read this story in 9th grade and reread it today..
I first read this story in 9th grade and reread it today for the first time in 7 years. When I was 15 I couldnt even venture a guess as to whether the lady or the tiger would emerge from the open door. However, I realized something that I think is important about the princess. Not only is she strong-willed, she is extremely resourceful. She was able to find out which door hid the tiger and which hid the lady. She even found out who the lady was. With this fact in mind I can come to only one conclusion: The lady was behind the door on the right.
It was the tiger, I think. I mean, it keeps saying how..
It was the tiger, I think. I mean, it keeps saying how they were all "semi-barbaric" and everything. Im pretty sure it was the tiger.
ENGLISH PROJECT:I think it was the tiger because the..
ENGLISH PROJECT:I think it was the tiger because the princess was jealous of the man, and signaled to the wrong door. good luck on your project
The language and explainations of ths story were so..
The language and explainations of ths story were so overwrought and unnecessarily florrid that I could not make it through. The writer needs to learn that there is apoint of diminsihing returns in description and explanation. Too much detracts from plot. Slows the story down and condescends to the reader.
I liked the story. Our class read it and we all think that..
I liked the story. Our class read it and we all think that the tiger comes out of the door.
It was definitely the lady, if she really loved him, she..
It was definitely the lady, if she really loved him, she wouldnt care if he was with another woman, true love wins everything.
I also think it was the lady. I cant imagaine anyone being..
I also think it was the lady. I cant imagaine anyone being sick enough to send their own lover to death! I am rather frustrated with the author about leaving us in suspense...Is there a sequel?
If he has any brains, he would not go for the door the..
If he has any brains, he would not go for the door the princess pointed out. This way he will test her love as well. If he chooses wrong he will die and not face the consequences anyway. If hes right in not trusting the princess he will have someone to love and to trust. Personally I think listening to the princess will be the wrong decision anyway.
I had to write this for an english essay to the end: As..
I had to write this for an english essay to the end: As she made a quick movement to the right, he started walking towards that door. Then, he hesitated- jealousy did not play a factor in her decision, had it? He turned and started walking towards the door on the left. Wedding bells tolled that day as two beautiful people were about to be wed.
To all people who said that the youth chose a different..
To all people who said that the youth chose a different door than the one the princess pointed out: in the text it explicitly says that "he went to the door on the right and opened it". So he trusted the princess and opened the door she told him to open. katharina
At the last second, aliens came and abducted them both, and..
At the last second, aliens came and abducted them both, and they lived happily ever after - on an alien planet. Just kidding...I really do not know what to say...it could be either one. To choose, i would have to really understand human nature - which i dont - and to really understand women -which i understand even less ^_^ - but i, if i had to decide, one or the other, i would have to say lady. If she loved him, truly loved him, then she would want him to be alive, and happy.
I know its disappointing and frustrating the author does..
I know its disappointing and frustrating the author does not reveal the ending, by the point of the story is to make people think, let them imagine what they would of done and discuss with others about what they would of done. An amused reader
I just read this story at school it is a very wanderful..
I just read this story at school it is a very wanderful story its the type of story you wont forget even if you hated it youre going to remember why! If you loved it your going to remember how you got to create an ending which is really cool anyways I loved this story! Good Idea!
i dont think it would be a tiger because didnt they love..
i dont think it would be a tiger because didnt they love each other..?? if you love someone why would you want to kill?? anyway the princess still have barbaric stuff but.. i dont think she would be mean to her lover.. dont you think??
Wow, this story was great. My short stories teacher had us..
Wow, this story was great. My short stories teacher had us read it as homework.....I loved it personally. It made you think! Which is awesome. I love books like that. Many people do not like this book b/c they have to reason within themselves and decide....it is not done for them and it outrages them. I believe it was the Lady....Because the princess was SEMI-barbairic, I think she would let her loved belong to another just so he would not have to die.
My class also thinks it was the tiger
My class also thinks it was the tiger
I believe it was the tiger because, who would want to see..
I believe it was the tiger because, who would want to see their lover walking around MARRIED with another beautiful woman? NC, 14
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