Learn English through story The Lady or the Tiger
Summary
TLDRIn a far country, a king devises a unique punishment for wrongdoers: a choice between two doors in a grand stadium. One hides a tiger, the other, a bride. The twist? The king's daughter falls for a gardener, but when he's caught and deemed a wrongdoer, she must decide his fate. As the crowd awaits the gardener's choice, the princess subtly signals, leaving the audience to ponder: will it be love or death behind the door?
Takeaways
- 🏰 The story is set in a kingdom with a wise and strong king who is troubled by the prevalence of wrongdoing among his people.
- 🔍 The king devises an innovative punishment system involving a large stadium with two doors, one hiding a tiger and the other a beautiful woman.
- 👥 The public is both excited and fearful of the stadium's purpose, which serves as a deterrent for potential wrongdoers.
- 🚪 Wrongdoers are forced to choose between two doors, with the outcome being marriage to a beautiful woman or death by a tiger.
- 📉 The king's scheme leads to a significant decrease in criminal activity as people become more cautious about their actions.
- 👸 The king has a strong-willed and clever daughter who is admired by the people, but she is also capable of great anger and danger.
- 🌹 The princess falls in love with a gardener, which leads to a dangerous situation when their secret relationship is discovered by the king.
- 🔒 The gardener is imprisoned for his transgression, and the princess is desperate to know the fate that awaits him in the stadium.
- 🤔 The princess learns the secret of which door hides the tiger and which the woman, setting the stage for a dramatic choice.
- 🐯 At the climactic moment, the princess subtly signals to the gardener, leaving the audience to ponder whether she chose life or death for her lover.
Q & A
What was the king famous for?
-The king was famous for being strong, clever, and having a far country.
What was the king unhappy about?
-The king was unhappy about the many wrongdoers in his country.
What was the king's solution to the problem of wrongdoers?
-The king's solution was to build a big stadium where wrongdoers would have to choose between two doors, one with a tiger and the other with a lady.
What were the consequences for wrongdoers in the stadium?
-If a wrongdoer opened the door with the tiger, they would be killed. If they opened the door with the lady, they would marry her immediately.
How did the people react to the king's idea?
-Initially, the people praised the king's idea, but they were also quiet and afraid.
What was the effect of the king's stadium on the number of wrongdoers?
-The number of wrongdoers in the country got much smaller because no one wanted to face the choice in the stadium.
What is significant about the king's daughter?
-The king's daughter is described as very beautiful, strong, clever, and dangerous when angry.
Who did the king's daughter fall in love with?
-The king's daughter fell in love with a young gardener she met in the city park.
What happened when the king discovered the relationship between his daughter and the gardener?
-The king was very angry and had the gardener taken away and imprisoned in a dark, dirty room.
What dilemma did the king's daughter face regarding the gardener's fate?
-The king's daughter had to decide whether to let her lover die by the tiger or live and marry another woman.
What clue did the king's daughter give the gardener to help him choose the correct door?
-The king's daughter moved her smallest finger to the left, indicating the left-hand door was the correct choice.
What is left ambiguous in the story regarding the king's daughter's intentions?
-It is left ambiguous whether the king's daughter wanted her lover to live with another woman or to die by the tiger.
Outlines
🏟️ The King's Innovative Punishment
The story begins with a king who is troubled by the wrongdoings in his kingdom. He devises an idea to build a grand stadium not for entertainment but as a place of judgment for wrongdoers. The stadium is to host a life-or-death game where wrongdoers must choose between two doors: one hiding a tiger and the other, a beautiful woman. Choosing the tiger means certain death, while choosing the woman means immediate marriage. The king's plan is to deter crime by making wrongdoers face the consequences of their actions publicly. The people, though initially excited about the stadium, become fearful and the number of crimes decreases as a result.
👑 The King's Daughter and the Forbidden Love
The narrative shifts to the king's daughter, a strong and clever woman admired by all. She falls in love with a gardener, a man of humble status, which leads to a secret and dangerous romance. Their love is discovered by the king, who is furious and imprisons the gardener. The daughter, aware of her father's intentions, learns about the stadium's game and the identities of the woman and the tiger behind the doors. She is faced with the dilemma of losing her lover to another woman or to death itself.
🔍 The Fateful Choice
The story concludes with the gardener's appearance at the stadium for his judgment. The king's daughter, sitting beside her father, subtly signals to her lover, indicating the door he should choose. The story ends on a cliffhanger, leaving the audience to ponder whether the daughter chose the door with the tiger, leading to her lover's death, or the door with the woman, ensuring his survival but at the cost of their love. The narrative invites the reader to speculate on the daughter's decision and the nature of love, sacrifice, and power.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡King
💡Wrongdoers
💡Stadium
💡Punishment
💡Tiger
💡Lady
💡Choice
💡Daughter
💡Gardener
💡Fear
💡Morality
Highlights
The king's innovative idea to deter wrongdoing by building a stadium with a life-or-death choice.
The stadium is not for entertainment but serves as a place of judgment for wrongdoers.
Wrongdoers must choose between two doors: one with a tiger and one with a beautiful lady.
The choice is life-altering: either death by tiger or marriage to a stranger.
The king's daughter, a strong and clever character, plays a pivotal role in the story.
The king's daughter falls in love with a gardener, a forbidden romance.
The king's discovery of their love affair leads to the gardener being labeled a wrongdoer.
The gardener is forced to make the choice between the lady or the tiger.
The king's daughter's strategic visit to the stadium workers to learn the secret behind the doors.
The dilemma faced by the king's daughter: wanting her lover to live but not with another woman.
The subtle non-verbal cue from the king's daughter that may determine the gardener's fate.
The suspenseful moment when the gardener chooses the door based on the king's daughter's signal.
The story's cliffhanger ending leaves the audience to ponder the outcome of the gardener's choice.
The moral dilemma presented by the king's justice system and its impact on the people.
The decrease in wrongdoing as a result of the king's unique punishment method.
The psychological warfare between the king's daughter and the gardener in the face of life-or-death.
The societal implications of the king's decision and its effect on the community.
The exploration of love, power, and morality in the king's kingdom.
Transcripts
the lady or the tiger many many years
ago there was a king in a far country he
was famous he was strong and he was very
clever but in his country he had many
wrongdoers the king was unhappy about
this but how can you stop people from
doing wrong
it is not easy he thought about this
difficult question for a long time but
he could not find the answer
suddenly one day he had a good idea he
spoke to his people and told them to
build a big Stadium in the centre of the
city it must be very big and very
beautiful he told them so the people
worked hard for many months one day the
building was finished the stadium was
ready inside it there were places for
5,000 people everyone was very excited
about this beautiful new building some
wanted to watch games in the stadium
others wanted to have dancing and
singing but what did the King want no
one knew the day of the opening came
everyone ran to the stadium to get a
place inside the people got more excited
when the King arrived they were all
quiet waiting first he took his place
then he stood up and spoke my people my
friends he said firstly I want to thank
all the workers for their good work we
now have a beautiful stadium and it is
very well built secondly I know that
many of you want to see games and
dancing here but this stadium is going
to be different it is not going to be a
place for having a good time it is going
to be a place for wrongdoers
if
one of you does something wrong we are
going to bring him to this place there
he must stand in the middle of this
stadium in front of us all now do you
all see those two doors coloured blue at
the far end of the stadium they look the
same perhaps but they are not behind one
door I am going to put a dangerous
animal a tiger behind the other door
there is going to be a beautiful lady
the wrongdoer must choose one of these
doors if he opens the wrong door he
finds the tiger it jumps out and kills
him if he opens the other door he finds
the beautiful young woman she is to be
his wife they must marry immediately
right here in the stadium before eyes
after that they can live happily with us
as husband and wife
so each wrongdoer must choose very
carefully before he chooses he and we
cannot know if he is going to live or
die as soon as he opens one of those two
doors we all know immediately that is my
idea so tell me my friends is it a good
idea or is it not it is good Oh king it
is very good the people answered but
they were quiet they were afraid thank
you said the king now go home come to
the stadium again at the same time next
week then you can watch the first
wrongdoer make his choice every week
from now on
a different man is going to choose to
live if he is lucky or to die if he is
not from that day
the people came every week to the
stadium to watch a different wrongdoer
sometimes he opened the right blue door
and the beautiful lady came out then
there were singing and dancing everyone
threw flowers down to the lucky people
and went home happily
but at other times the wrong door opened
the wrong door immediately a big tiger
ran out into the stadium and jumped on
the unlucky man in a few minutes the
tiger killed him in front of all the
watching people when he lay dead in the
center of the stadium the people went
home sadly they took their flowers with
them it is interesting that in a short
time the number of wrongdoers in the
country got much smaller no one wanted
to stand in the middle of the stadium
and make that difficult choice now there
is another important person in this
story the king had only one child a
daughter she was very beautiful she had
green eyes and long red hair and she
moved as quickly as a cat she too was
strong and clever a strong and clever as
her father she did not smile often but
when she smiled people were happy when
she was angry everyone was afraid they
knew that at those times she was a very
dangerous young woman her picture was in
every home men women and children
followed her when she went walking in
the streets of the city they waited to
see her famous smile and sometimes they
were lucky one day she was out walking
in a city park when she saw a young man
he was a gardener and the park was where
he worked he was very good-looking he
was tall and strong he had dark
blue-black hair and a dark mustache when
he laughed he
could see his beautiful white teeth the
king's daughter stopped and looked at
him closely she thought that he was the
most beautiful man in the world she
began to talk with him and liked him
more and more the young man could not
understand why did the king's daughter
want to talk to him he was not important
he was only the king's gardener but he
could not take his eyes off her as soon
as he looked into her big green eyes and
saw her smile he was in love but he knew
that this love was very dangerous he was
not a rich man not from a rich family he
could never marry the daughter of the
king but the two young lovers knew that
they must meet again they started to
meet every day at times when no one
could see them every day their love was
stronger and stronger they were very
happy then one day the King found them
together there in the city gardens his
daughter was in the young man's arms the
king was very very angry
he called his men immediately they took
the young man away and shut him in a
dark dirty room they gave him only bread
and water to eat now the king's daughter
could not see her lover anymore
the young man lay in the dark he knew
that he was a wrongdoer and in much
danger from the king now we know that
the king's daughter was a strong young
woman and that she was very clever when
her father's men took her lover away she
too saw the danger immediately she knew
very well what was going to happen next
so early in the morning she went to the
stadium no one saw her go she spoke to
the workers there and gave them some
money which room is
Tyger in she asked they told her and
which girl is going to be behind the
other door the workers did not want to
answer they were afraid I must know said
the king's daughter who is she she is
the daughter of your father's driver the
workers answered the king's daughter
knew her well a young and beautiful girl
with rich brown hair but the king's
daughter did not like her she began to
think hard if my lover chooses the wrong
door he dies but if he chooses the right
door he marries this cheap little thing
this drivers child and I lose him to her
so I too must choose that afternoon the
king called all his people back to the
stadium again his men brought the young
man from the dark room there he stood in
the middle of the stadium tired hungry
and afraid the King sat in his place
above the people and his daughter sat
next to him she did not move a face
showed nothing then the King stood and
spoke to his people you all know this
Gardner my friends and you know why he
is here he was the lover of my daughter
but many weeks I did not know that but I
know it now what happens to a wrongdoer
in our country that - we know he must
choose a lady or the tiger if he opens
the wrong door he must fight the tiger
if he opens the right door he must marry
the lady
so now choose young man choose very
carefully if you want to live and not
die the young man stood quietly and
listened to the
Kings words but his eyes were not on the
king they were on the face of the Kings
daughter she had no smile for him today
but he looked at her eyes her eyes told
him something she looked down quickly at
her hand then she looked up again
he saw her smallest finger move a little
to the left and immediately he knew the
door to open was the door on the left he
turned and walked very slowly to the
left-hand door all the people watched
him without a sound he put out his hand
and opened the door
but here the story ends remember that
the king's daughter was a clever young
woman she was in love but she was angry
too did she want her lover to meet the
tiger a fight that he must lose did she
want him to die or did she want him to
live and have another beautiful woman
for his wife to give him this other
woman in place of her we do not know
what ideas were at work inside her
beautiful head tell me what do you think
which did she choose what was behind
that door lady or the tiger
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