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The Lady Or The Tiger Short Story

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She had known she would be asked, she had decided what she would answer, and without the slightest hesitation, she had moved her hand to the right. He saw the quick sign and realized which door he needed to pick. Without doubting the beautiful princess and that she was leading him to the door he needed to open, he slowly walked and opened the door to the right. Although he was in love with the princess, he was relieved and stopped sweating when he realized it was the lady and not the tiger. After looking at the lady he looked back up at the princess who looked envious but somehow relaxed now that she finally made the decision. He could see the jealousy in the princess’s eyes that increased every second but knew that he had to marry the lady anyway. Not even a minute later the Priest was joining them together and they began to say their vows. “Do you take her as your wife?” ask the priest and no answer. The priest asks again “Do you take her as your wife?” and a final answer comes from the boy, “I do.”. The princess with eyes filled with tears realizes she has to keep her poise and remain calm even if her heart was in a million pieces. After the boy and the lady got married the princess nor her father spoke a word. Months had passed and she still …show more content…

She had to her surprise managed to escape. She arrived out of the gates of the castle and was ready to go and kill the lady. A chariot drove by and she waved her hand and told it to take her to the home of the boy and the lady. When she arrived at the home with a knife in her hand ready to attack she looked through the window and saw them. Her heart crashed seeing them together, they looked happy and happy was not something she had not felt in a while. Realizing that the boy was happy and had moved on somehow, she decided not to kill the lady and to leave. Walking away was a hard thing to do but it felt relieving which was something else she had not felt in a

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