The semi-barbaric king of an ancient land uses a unique form of trial by ordeal for those in his realm accused of crimes significant enough to interest him. The man is placed alone in an arena before two curtain-draped doors, as hordes of the kings subjects look on from the stands. Behind one door is a woman appropriate to the accuseds station and approved for him by the king; behind the other is a fierce (and nearly starved) tiger. The accused then must choose a door. If by luck (or, if one prefers, the will of heaven) he picks the door with the woman behind it, he is declared innocent and set free, but he is required to marry the woman on the spot, regardless of his wishes or his marital status. If he picks the door with the tiger behind it, the hungry beast immediately pounces upon him--his guilt thus manifest, supposedly. When the king discovers that his daughter, the princess, has taken a lover far beneath her station, the fellow is an obvious candidate for trial in the arena. On the day of his ordeal, the lover looks from the arena to the princess, who is watching in the stands, for some indication of which door to pick. Even the king doesnt know which door hides the maiden, but the princess has made it her business to find out, as her lover knew she would. She makes a slight but definite gesture to the right, which the young man follows immediately and without hesitation. As the door opens, the author interjects, Now, the point of the story is this: Did the tiger come out of that door, or did the lady? COMMENT THE ENDING GUYZ!!!!!!
Posted on: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 09:40:47 +0000
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