Friday, February 26, 2010

Ending to "The Lady, or the Tiger?"

We were required to read this short story but the ending to this story is ambiguous, which means the author does not state what the ending would be, which leaves us, the readers to decide it for ourselves. After reading it though, I decided that it was the lady that came out.

This is my ending:


The man closed his eyes, preparing for the worst and at the same time his happiness which all depended on his choice. Praying in his heart, he finally found the courage to open his eyes. There she stood, beautiful, fair and young, a perfect match to this young man. Everyone jumped for joy, with the crowd cheering and the man heaving a sigh of relief at the fact that he had almost lost his life but at the same time, embracing the lady. However, amidst all the joy and relief, there is one person who started tearing. Beside her, the king slammed his fist onto his chair in frustration. Church bells rang, flowers were thrown, everywhere the crowd gathered to witness the wedding of one might call a "perfect couple". Once again, a lone figure stood among the crowd, suffering in silence, broken hearted and full of jealousy and agony. This man had forgotten about her, had forgotten who was his true lover, had forgotten who had saved his life. After the wedding was over, when the rest had all left, the man told his wife that he would clean the place up. Then, at the corner of his eye, he found a note. Thinking it was just a piece of paper another person dropped, he crushed it and tore it to a million pieces. Those words were gone, as the wind swept the remaining pieces of paper. Who might have ever thought that that paper was a note left by the princess and on it was written: "It took me a great courage to lead you to the door with the tiger, but it took me an even greater courage to lead you to the door with that lady."

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