When the king of Pratibandapuram and his queen had their first baby ten day old the astrologers made a prediction that the child would grow up and one day meet his death. While others heard them sadly, the baby prince asked a very wise question as to what was new in such a prediction as it is a universal truth that everyone should die. When the child grew up and became the new king, he was nicknamed The Tiger King because he went on a tiger hunt to kill the hundredth tiger to remove his fear of death. Gradually the tiger population in his country went dry. To hunt further tigers he married a princess whose father’s forest had tigers in it. The hundredth tiger was not very easy to hunt down. The king became furious and mad and dismissed many of the officers. Being a wise man, the devan knew the country would pass into the hands of Indian National Congress and that he too would lose his position, he decided to bring an old tiger from the People’s Park in Madras.

1. The Tiger King
English Core

2. Warm Up Activity
[Group Discussion – Thinking Skill]

3. About The Author

4. Characters in this Story
 The King
 The First Astrologer – A great astrologer (or very much
fake!). He had deep knowledge in astrology and was a
master at that. Logical but a little foolish at predicting
people’s fate.
 The Second Astrologer – Probably the son of the late
astrologer. Equally great or fake as his ancestor was. He
accepted a bet from the king and agreed to abandon his
profession to become the most infamous insurance agent –
a weird parallel for astrology.
 Devan or Prime Minister
 The British Officer – No such a British officer as gentle as he
could be met. You call him John Tiger woods or Peter the
Photographer, he was gentle and a peacemaker. Like tigers
had their sway on him, his wife had powers on him.

5. Summary of The King Tiger
 When the king of Pratibandapuram and his queen had their
first baby ten day old the astrologers made a prediction that
the child would grow up and one day meet his death. While
others heard them sadly, the baby prince asked a very wise
question as to what was new in such a prediction as it is a
universal truth that everyone should die.
 When the child grew up and became the new king, he was
nicknamed The Tiger King because he went on a tiger hunt to
kill the hundredth tiger to remove his fear of death. Gradually
the tiger population in his country went dry. To hunt further
tigers he married a princess whose father’s forest had tigers in
it.
 The hundredth tiger was not very easy to hunt down. The king
became furious and mad and dismissed many of the officers.
Being a wise man, the devan knew the country would pass
into the hands of Indian National Congress and that he too
would lose his position, he decided to bring an old tiger from
the People’s Park in Madras.

6. The Best Hunters of Last 100 Years

7.  As a kid Lilly learned to track
and hunt bears and cougars in
the Louisiana wilds. During a
time when the U.S.
Government wanted to
eradicate predators, Lilly
answered the call. In the early
1900s he killed hundreds of
black bears, cougars and
grizzlies in the West and
Southwest. He was considered
to be one of the toughest and
most effective mountain men of
the time period.
Ben Lilly

8. Jack O'Connor
 Jack O'Connor became the
most prominent writer to work
for Outdoor Life magazine
after he filed his first article in
1934. But O'Connor wasn't just
a great writer, he was also an
incredible hunter.
 He is best known for his skill as
a sheep hunter. O'Connor had
taken three or more of each of
the four wild sheep species in
North America by 1946 and
became only the fourth man
to do so.

9. Howard Hill
 Hill was an expert archer and
one of the best bow hunters
of all time. He was one of the
first hunters to take lions and
leopards with a bow on film in
1968. Amazingly, he also took
down an elephant with his
bow long before modern
technology allowed for the
super-fast compound bows
we have today.
He has been voted into the
Bow hunting Hall of Fame for
his successes.

10. THIS IS THE FAMOUS MOVIE,.

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