The Lady, or the Tiger? door on his right, which he opens. The outcome of this choice is not revealed. Instead, the narrator departs from the story to summarize the princess's state of mind and her thoughts about directing the accused to one fate or the other, as she will lose him to either death or marriage. She contemplates the pros and cons of each option, though notably considering the lady more. "And so I leave it with all of you: Which came out of the opened door – the lady, or the tiger?" Stockton later wrote "The Discourager of Hesitancy," a follow-up to "The
Emblem of His Majesty the King of Ashanti of Ashanti was created by emperor Asantehene Nana Osei Kofi Tutu I (r. 1695 – 1717). The national emblem of Ashanti is surmounted by a red Porcupine (or Ashanti: Kotoko) on a gold background symbolizing the soil gold mineral wealth and gold bar wealth of Ashanti; the Porcupine has been the designated national animal of Ashanti since 1701 into the present 21st century representing the Ashanti people proverb "The porcupine fights from all angles" and the Ashanti people readiness of the Ashanti nation to wage war on its enemies and the Ashanti nation motto "Kum apem a, apem beba" (Kill