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The story served as inspiration for Raymond Smullyan's puzzle book by the same title, The Lady, or the Tiger?. [5] The first set of logic puzzles in the book had a similar scenario to the short story in which a king gives each prisoner a choice between a number of doors; behind each one was either a lady or a tiger. However, the king bases the ...
The Tiger, the Brahmin and the Jackal is a popular Indian folklore with a long history and many variants. The earliest record of the folklore was included in the Panchatantra , which dates the story between 200 BCE and 300 CE.
The film was based on the 1965 short story, "Johnny Lingo and the Eight-Cow Wife", written by author Patricia McGerr and published in Woman's Day magazine. [5] The story has been frequently reprinted, including in The Australian Women's Weekly, [6] The Instructor, [7] and Reader's Digest, [8] as well as by assorted books and websites (sometimes condensed or attributed to other authors). [9]
"Tiger! Tiger!": logo and illustration by Will H. Drake, St. Nicholas Magazine, Vol. XXI, 1894. "Tiger!Tiger!" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling.A direct sequel to "Mowgli's Brothers", it was published in magazines in 1893–94 before appearing as the third story in The Jungle Book (1894), following "Kaa's Hunting".
The story is told by Pat A. Wakefield and is illustrated with photographs by Larry Carrara, the owner of the cow. In 1986, Josh turned up at a farm in Shrewsbury, Vermont, and began to show decided attraction toward Jessica, a Hereford cow. He stayed in the vicinity for 76 days. [2]
The Cow-Tail Switch, and Other West African Stories by Harold Courlander is a collection of West African folk tales about men and animals, kings, warriors, and farmers. First published in 1947, it was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1948.
Believing that a spate of monster sightings in the Caribbean are down to a notorious tiger shark known as Scarback, sea hunter Louis Bernard takes his nephew to investigate. The serials used no umbrella title; while Scarback would return on several occasions, only Bernard and his nephew were constants.
The Tiger Who Came to Tea is a short children's story, first published by William Collins, Sons in 1968, written and illustrated by Judith Kerr. [1] The book concerns a girl called Sophie, her mother, and an anthropomorphised tiger who invites himself to their afternoon tea and consumes all the food and drink they have.