“Directly opposite him, on the other side of the enclosed space, were two doors, exactly alike and side by side….If he opened the one, there came out of it a hungry tiger, the fiercest and most cruel that could be procured, which immediately sprang upon him and tore him to pieces as a punishment for his guilt…. But, if the accused person opened the other door, there came forth from it a lady, the most suitable to his years and station that his majesty could select among his fair subjects, and to this lady he was immediately married, as a reward of his innocence…. And so I leave it with all of you: Which came out of the opened door- the lady, or the tiger?”