![]() To this lady he was immediately married, in honor of his innocence. They mourned greatly that one so young and fair, or so old and respected, should have died this way.īut, if the accused opened the other door, there came forth from it a woman, chosen especially for the person. And the people, with heads hanging low and sad hearts, slowly made their way home. Great cries went up from the paid mourners. The case of the suspect was thus decided. The tiger immediately jumped on him and tore him to pieces as punishment for his guilt. If the accused man opened one door, out came a hungry tiger, the fiercest in the land. The person on trial had to walk directly to these doors and open one of them. Directly opposite the king were two doors. The accused person stepped out into the arena. The king sat high up on his ceremonial chair. When a person was accused of a crime, his future would be judged in the public arena.Īll the people would gather in this building. Crime was punished, or innocence was decided, by the result of chance. ![]() One of the king’s ideas was a public arena as an agent of poetic justice. Here is Barbara Klein with the story.īARBARA KLEIN: Long ago, in the very olden time, there lived a powerful king. We present the short story “The Lady, or the Tiger?” by Frank R. ![]() Or download MP3 (Right-click or option-click and save link)īOB DOUGHTY: Now, the VOA Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES.
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