Sunday, February 28, 2010

The Lady, or the Tiger?

The man walked calmly towards the right door, smiling. As the door creaked open, the citizens closed their eyes shut, hoping for the best. For a moment, nothing moved, it was so quiet that even the heartbeats of the people could be heard. In a flash, a tiger pounced out of the darkness of the room, charging at the handsome man. The citizens turned to hug each other, shedding bitter tears of sadness, unable to bring themselves to witness the end of an innocent man's life.
Within a minute, the man breathed his last, the tiger licking up the last drops of blood. Tears flowed from the princess' eyes like a river, running back to her room. The king stared at her daughter running back to her room, letting out a sigh...
'' Sorry, my dear,'' the princess stuttered as she weeped,'' I should not have done that. Why did I let you die such a horrible death... Why?! Why?!'' Suddenly, she stopped crying, and a thought dawned upon her: Yes, my dear, I am coming.

2 comments:

  1. This ending is quite good, I enjoyed it, but didn't the princess think for a long time before coming to the conclusion? If so why did she regret it so much? At the last sentence, do you mean that the princess is going to commit suicide??? Wow, you are seriously really cruel to both the princess and the man...

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  2. It was because she did not want any other woman to have her man. She was selfish. Love IS selfish. But after her lover died, she looked at the disadvantage of her action.

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