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Called the most famous riddle mystery of all time, this very short story poses a dilemma. A man is sentenced to an unusual punishment for having a romance with a king's beloved daughter. Taken to the public arena, he is faced with two doors, behind one of which is a hungry tiger that will devour him. Behind the other is a beautiful lady-in-waiting, whom he will have to marry if he finds her. While the crowd waits anxiously for his decision, he sees the princess among the spectators, who points him to the door on the right with a slight movement of her hand. The lover starts to open the door and ...Did the princess save her lover's life by pointing to the door leading to the lady-in-waiting, or did she prefer to see her lover die rather than see him marry someone else?(Summary from Wikipedia.)

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.' -an excerptA much anthologized short story of the nineteenth century; 'The Lady; or the Tiger?' was written by American writer and humorist Frank R. Stockton.

A barbarian king has a special arena. It is a place for criminals. In the arena, the criminals must choose one of two doors. One door has a lady behind it. Criminals who choose that door are innocent and get to marry the lady. The other door has a tiger behind it. Criminals who choose that door are guilty and get eaten by the tiger. All criminals must go into the arena, even the man whose only crime is loving the king’s daughter. Which door will this man choose, the lady or the tiger?

Called the most famous riddle mystery of all time, this very short story poses a dilemma. A man is sentenced to an unusual punishment for having a romance with a king's beloved daughter. Taken to the public arena, he is faced with two doors, behind one of which is a hungry tiger that will devour him. Behind the other is a beautiful lady-in-waiting, whom he will have to marry if he finds her. While the crowd waits anxiously for his decision, he sees the princess among the spectators, who points him to the door on the right with a slight movement of her hand. The lover starts to open the door and ...Did the princess save her lover's life by pointing to the door leading to the lady-in-waiting, or did she prefer to see her lover die rather than see him marry someone else?(Summary from Wikipedia.)

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.

Called the most famous riddle mystery of all time, this very short story poses a dilemma. A man is sentenced to an unusual punishment for having a romance with a king's beloved daughter. Taken to the public arena, he is faced with two doors, behind one of which is a hungry tiger that will devour him. Behind the other is a beautiful lady-in-waiting, whom he will have to marry if he finds her. While the crowd waits anxiously for his decision, he sees the princess among the spectators, who points him to the door on the right with a slight movement of her hand. The lover starts to open the door and ... Did the princess save her lover's life by pointing to the door leading to the lady-in-waiting, or did she prefer to see her lover die rather than see him marry someone else?