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The Lady, or the Tiger

Okay kiddo, so "The Lady, or the Tiger" is a story about a king who made a special punishment for people who did something wrong. If you did something bad, you had to go to a special arena and choose between two doors. One door had a beautiful lady behind it who you would marry, and the other door had a scary tiger behind it who would eat you up!

So in the story, there is a man who falls in love with the king's daughter. The man is accused of doing something wrong and he has to face the arena. The princess loves the man, and she knows which door has the lady and which one has the tiger.

Now, here's where it gets tricky. The princess wants the man to be with her, but she also doesn't want him to be with any other woman. So she has to make a choice. She either tells the man to choose the door with the lady, or she tells him to choose the door with the tiger.

We don't know for sure what the princess chooses, and the story ends with a big question mark. We don't know if the man lives happily ever after with the lady, or if he gets eaten by the tiger. The end is up to our imaginations and what we think the princess would do.

So even though we don't know what happens, the story teaches us a lesson about making choices. Sometimes we have to make tough choices, and we don't always know what will happen. But either way, we have to make a choice and take responsibility for it.
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