The Lady, or the Tiger? released the song "The Lady and the Tiger" on their 2011 album "Join Us". Like the story, the song ends without a conclusion. The last line reads, "The hall remains, it still contains a pair of doors, a choice. Behind one door, a muffled roar, behind the other, a voice." "The Lady or the Tiger" is a one-act play adapted from Stockton's short story and published by Lazy Bee Scripts in 2010. "The Purr-fect Crime", Season 1, Episode 19 of the U.S. television series "Batman" ends with a cliffhanger in which Batman is presented with two doors; one of which
Seeing the elephant the idiom to "see the lions," which is a likely ancestor to seeing the elephant. This referred to the Tower of London which is thought to have been one of the world's oldest zoos. The monarchs kept a menagerie of animals inside the tower including several types of cats. Travelers and visitors were hopeful for a glimpse of the animals, especially the lion which was the living emblem of the king. In comparison to the American elephant seen by Easterners or city people in the country, the English lion was seen by country peasants in the city. The phrase took