The Tiger King

The Tiger King part -5

the maharajas anxiety reached a favour pitch when their remained just one tiger to achieve his tally of a hundred he had this one thought during the day and the same dream at night by this time that tiger farms had run dry even in his father in law Kingdom it became impossible to locate tigers anywhere at only one more was needed if he could kill just that one single beast the maharaja would have no fears left he could give up tiger hunting all together.

but he had to be extremely careful with that last Tiger what had the late chief astrologer said even after killing 99 tigers the maharaja should be wear of the hundred true enough the tiger was a savage based after all one had to be very of it but where was that 100 tiger to be found it seemed easier to find tigers milk than a life tiger.

does the maharaja was sung in bloom but soon came the happy news which this field that bloom in his own state ship begin to disappear frequently from my health side village.

it was first a certained that this was not the work of there Mian Sahib or virasami nekar both fameed for their ability to swallow sheep hole surely a tiger was at work the villagers run to inform the maharaja the maharaja announced a 3 year exemption from all taxes for that village and set out on the hunt at once.

the tiger was not easily found it seemed as if it had won tonight itself in order to plot the maharajas will the maharaja was equally determined he refused to leave the forest until the tiger was found as the days passed the maharajas Fury and obstanancy mounted alarmingly many officers lost their jobs.

one day when he is rage was at its height the maharaja called the Diwan and ordered him to double the land tax fourth with.

the people will becomes discontented than our state to will fall a pray to the Indian National Congress in that case you may resigned from your post said the king.

the Diwan went home convinced that if the maharaja did not find the tiger soon the results could be catastrophic he felt life returning to him only when he saw the tiger which had been brought from the people Spark in Madras and kept hidden in his house.

at midnight when the town slapped in peace the Diwan and his aged wife dragged the Tiger to the car and showed it into the seat the Diwan himself broke the car straight to the forest where the maharaja was hunting when they reached the forest the Tiger launch its Satyagraha and refuse to get out of the car the Diwan was slowly exhausted in his efforts to hold the beast out of the car and push it down to the ground.

on the following day the same old Tiger wanted into the maharajas presence and stored as if in humble supplication master what do you command of me it was with boundless joy that the maharaja to careful aim at the beast the Tiger fell in a crumpled hip.

I have killed the hundred Tiger my vo has been fulfilled. the maharaja was overcome with election ordering the Tiger to be brought to the capital in Grand procession the maharaja has turned away in his car.

after the maharaja left the hunters went to take a closer look at the tiger the Tiger looked back at them rolling its eyes in bafflement the man realised that the tiger was not dead the bullet had missed it had painted from the shock of the bullet vision past the hunters wanted what they should do the decided that the maharaja must not come to know that he had made his target if he did they could lose their jobs one of the hunters to AIM from a distance of one foot and short the Tiger just time he killed it without missing his mark.

then as commanded by the king the dead Tiger was taken in procession through the town and bured at tomb was erected over it a few days later the maharaja son 3rd birthday was celebrated until then the maharaja had given his entire mind over to tiger hunting he had no time to spare for the crown Prince but now the king turned his attention to the child to give him some special gift on his birthday he went to the shopping centre in pratibandha forum and search every shop but couldn't find anything suitable finally he is ported a wooden tiger in a toy shop and decided it was the perfect gift.

the wooden Tiger cost only to anas and a quarter but the shopkeeper new that if he coated such a low price to the maharaja he would be punished under the rules of the emergency so he said your majesty this is an extremely rare example of craftsmanship a bargain at 300 rupees.

very good let this be your offering to the crown Prince on his birthday said the king and took it away with him on that day father and son played with that tiny little wooden Tiger it had been covered by an unscaled carpenter its surface was enough tiny sleevers of woods to the like quills all over it one of those silver Spears the maharajas write hand he told it out with his left hand and continue to play with the prince.

the next day infection player in the maharajas write hand in 4 days it developed into a separating sour which spread all over the arm three famous surgeons were brought in from Madras after holding a consultation the decided to operate the operation took place.

the three surgeons who performed it came out of the theatre and announced the operation was successful the maharaja is dead.

in this manner the 100 tiger took its final Revenge upon the tiger king