October 16th, 2012
Last week for my English class at the refugee camp the
homework was to write the ending to the story that we had been working with for
the last couple of weeks. My
students were split into groups and they had to write the ending to the story
“The Lady and The Tiger,” which incidentally isn’t about a tiger at all.
To sum the story up there is a Princess who falls in love
with a soldier. Her Father finds
out and captures the solider as his prisoner. The punishment for prisoners in this realm is that they must
stand before everyone and choose to open one of two doors that stand side by
side. Depending on which he
chooses, decides his fate and his innocence. One door has the loveliest lady in the realm whom he will
marry if he opens her door, the other has a ferocious lion that will kill the
soldier if he opens it’s door. If
he opens the Lady’s door he is innocent and lives, if he chooses the Lion he is
guilty and will die. Right before
choosing a door he looks to the Princess and begs with his eyes for her to tell
him which door to open. She
decides and tells him to open the right door. The solider approaches slowly and opens the right door…
My students came up with really great endings. They were very creative and every one
had its own twist. I was greatly
amused, especially since I am currently deeply entrenched in the Seven Kingdoms
of the Game of Thrones books. My
students could give George R.R. Martin a run for his money. So here are the endings for your
enjoyment. I am writing them
exactly as my students did so sorry for the broken English.
Group One:
He was surprised to find the loveliest women inside and he
was happy to survive the Lion’s teeth.
As the crowd clapping hands for his innocence, his heart turns to the
princess who he loved much.
Happiness of the crowd made the King go with the Princess to
congratulate the soldier. When
they reach there the Princess throws herself where there was the Lion. The Soldier saved her and killed the
Lion. As reward given to him by
the King for saving his daughter, the young soldier married the princess
immediately. The Kind decided not
to punish his people in that way.
Group Two:
And guess what happened next, there was a very beautiful young
woman inside the room the soldier had opened. The King was not happy for that. This is because the King himself wanted the Soldier dead,
due to the fact that the Soldier was in love with his daughter, who he
treasured so much. The King
ordered his subjects to arrange the wedding of the young Soldier and the
loveliest women. The King had no
other option because what had happened at the soldier’s trial. And also the King thought that maybe by
letting the Soldier marry this very beautiful lady in the whole community would
made him forget about his daughter.
The young soldier did not stop loving the daughter of the King, this is
because they loved each other very much.
The King’s daughter started meeting the young Soldier behind the door,
as in secretly without the King’s knowledge. Just imagine what happened next, the Soldier impregnated the
King’s daughter and as a result the King come to know about it. The King did not like at all what had
happened, but he did not have another alternative apart from letting his
daughter marry the Soldier, and then after she become the second wife of the
young Soldier.
Group Three:
He opened the door, he peeped and saw the most beautiful
woman. They became husband and
wife. The Princess was
disappointed, she cried and sobbed.
The King pledged to the young Soldier to marry his daughter. The young Soldier agreed because
polygamy was common and usual.
After not so long the King died.
People liked the young Soldier so they swore him to be a new King.
Group Four: (this one I don’t have a copy of so I am
rephrasing what I remember)
The soldier opened the door to find the Lion. The Lion chased him and attacked
him. The Soldier fell to the
ground and tired to reach for a rock to hit the Lion with, but he couldn’t find
one. The Soldier was eventually
killed and eaten by the Lion. It continued on but I can't remember what happened next.
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