Through this satirical story the author has rightly portrayed how human beings have subjected innocent animals to untold ** and , merely to fulfill their own whims and fancies. The maharaja’ indiscriminate ** of tigers led to their extinction in some states, but the maharaja was oblivious to the grave consequences his action was leading to. In order to prove an astrologer wrong the maharaja went on a ** spree proving his dominance over the hapless animals.He wished to show his superiority as a human being and exercised his power to *** hundred unlucky tigers.