Frank Stockton was a failed 19th-century American fiction writer, all his works were lost in time, but “The Lady is the Tiger” was his creation that brought Frank Stockton back to life in literature forever. This is the story of the world that has caused a writer to receive the most letters in the history of literature. Which was read in millions and heard many times more than that. Frank Stockton’s story had nothing but the end, critics say, it was the only story in the world whose end gave it the status of a classic.
In a country ruled by a king, the king was semi-civilized, semi-savage and psychotic. He devised a strange method of justice, he would take the accused to a stadium, people would sit around the stadium and the king would sit on his throne in front of him with a crown on his head in the middle of his guards, there would be two doors in front of the accused. Behind one was a bloodthirsty, hungry lion and in the doorway of the other was a very beautiful and attractive maiden. The accused had to choose one of the two doors. He would open the lion’s door, the lion would come out and tear him to pieces and eat him, sad iron bells would ring in the stadium, mournful lamentations would be made, the spectacle would bow down in agony and the king would feel sorry. If he were lucky enough to open the other door, a priest would enter the stadium, followed by a group of dancers and singers, brass bells ringing, instruments playing and people showering flowers on the accused. He would get the girl married. Spectators would clap and chant, the king would garland the newlyweds and they would leave in public.
By sheer luck, the king’s only daughter falls deeply in love with an ordinary young man, who, like her father, is semi-civilized, semi-savage and psychopathic. The king comes to know about this love, he arrests the young man and brings him to the stadium. Behind the front doors hide the kingdom’s most dangerous lion and the country’s most beautiful girl. Now take a look, the stadium is packed with people, the king is sitting on his jewelled throne with the princess under his guard, the accused is standing in front, it is so quiet that even the heartbeats can be counted. The suspect turns to the princess before opening the door. The princess, who after a long night of searching has discovered what lies behind which door, has a look of conflict and deep danger on her face. He sees, at that moment the princess makes a decision and points out a door to her lover with eyes only. The accused steps forward and unlocks the door, the story ends.
It was too late for the publication of “The Lady Are the Tiger”, there was an uproar all over the world, people started asking each other,”Which door did the accused open?” The question was genuine because the readers of the story knew the nature of the princess. She was a semi-civilized, semi-savage and psychotic girl, there were two paths in front of her, if she pointed to the girl’s door, her lover would have been someone else’s in front of her eyes, wedding bells, girls dancing, priests in would tie them in marriage and they would leave with their arms in each other’s arms. The princess was also jealous, savage and psychotic, all this was not acceptable to her. Otherwise, the princess would point out the gate and the lion would come out and tear her lover apart and eat her before her eyes, the princess didn’t even care. She fell in love with her beloved, his death would have killed her alive, the princess was in dire straits, time was short. At that moment. She put his hand on his heart just in time and She made a decision and pointed towards a door with her eyes.
This gesture was still a mystery at the time and continues to “prick” like pebbles in the minds of every reader of Frank Stockton today. Frank Stockton wrote at the end of the story, “Now I leave it to you what came out of this door, lion or lady.” Frank Stockton received millions of letters, thousands of people came to his door, people stopped him in the bus, market, restaurant and asked, “What was behind the door?” and he would laugh and answer, “If I knew, I would definitely tell you, I myself am worried about which door the princess pointed to.” People kept asking this question to Frank Stockton all their lives, frank Stockton died, they are asking each other but the mystery is not being solved, maybe it will never be solved because it is a conflict of love and jealousy that is never decided.
God is witness that I am not Frank Stockton, I am not even a princess full of love and the half-hearted, semi-savage and psychopathic king of The Lady Are the Tiger, I am not even an accused standing in front of these two doors, I am not even a pastor, tiger ringmaster and bell-ringing musician, I have no part in this bloody game. What will be the future of Gaza? What will happen to Kashmir? What will be the future of Imran Khan now? Will CPEC be completed in Pakistan as per its schedule?Will elections be held on February 8?Will there be no major terrorism to delay these elections, like more than three hundred children were brutally shot dead in the Army Public School a few years ago? A partial ceasefire has been announced in Gaza, but Israel is once again adamant that it will remain in full occupation of the Gaza Strip, and its fanatical minister is threatening to drop atomic bombs on all of Palestine, and another minister is threatening all Palestinians. is threatening to move them to Ireland or some desert, but the champions of democracy and humanity are not only silent spectators, but also guilty of this barbaric cruelty to those who died in Gaza.
Readers! Now you tell me what is behind the door, will it be a lion or a beautiful young girl, what will happen?” I’m worried, I beg you, please, ask this question to a certain Frank Stockton, the original author of these doors, these lions, and these suspects, who created this story. It was said, we are only spectators, when a lion comes out of the door, we cry, when a beautiful woman appears with a smile on her face and waving her hands, we are full of breath, clapping our hands, but we remain empty-handed, we come empty-handed. And leave empty handed! Yes, of course, I think that the present-day Frank Stockton sitting in the White House at this time certainly knows the answer to your questions, but who would dare to ask him?
