When the Maharaja was born, it was predicted by the chief astrologer that the prince' would come from a tiger. When the prince grew up, he came to know about the prediction. So he started out on a tiger hunt. When the Maharaja ** the first tiger, he was extremely happy. He sent for the state astrologer and showed him the tiger. The astrologer told the Maharaja that his majesty might ninety-nine tigers, but he must be very careful with the hundredth tiger. Thus the Maharaja banned tiger hunting by anyone except the Maharaja. It was done to enable him to hundred tigers. The Maharaja had ** seventy tigers. He was to thirty more but there was no more tigers left in the forests of his kingdom. So he married the girl of a state with a large tiger population. Thus he was able to ninetynine tigers. But the hundredth tiger evaded him. So he was sad and worried.
The Dewan had kept hidden in his house a harmless and weak tiger from the People' Park in Madras. He made this tiger wander in the Maharaja' presence in the forest. The Maharaja shot at the tiger and it fell on the ground in a crumpled heap. He thought that he had ** the hundredth tiger and so felt happy. He thought that his worries had come to an end.
