The Tiger King ( Summary) 12th Eng Vistas
The Tiger King INTRODUCTION The story 'The Tiger King' is a satire on the conceit of those in power. The Maharaja of Pratibandapuram is the hero of the story. When he was born, astrologers had foretold that he should beware of the tiger. Crown prince Jung Jung Bahadur shouted "Let tigers beware!" The royal prince started hunting tigers when his state came into his hands after he reached the age of twenty. He killed all the seventy tigers of his state. Then he got married to a princess whose state had a large tiger population. Ninety-nine tiger skins adorned the walls of the Pratibandapuram palace. The hunt of the hundredth tiger proved tricky and troublesome. The tiger fainted from shock on hearing the sound of the bullet. The king's bullet missed it. The hunters went to bring the tiger to palace. They found it alive and shot it dead. There were celebrations on the Maharaja's son's third birthday. A rough wooden tiger was presented as a gift. While playin...