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
Elephant trunk snake Elephant trunk snake Acrochordus javanicus, commonly known as the elephant trunk snake or the Javan file snake, is a species of snake in the family Acrochordidae, a family which represents a group of primitive non-venomous aquatic snakes. The species is also kept as an exotic pet. "Acrochordus javanicus" possesses a wide and flat head, and its nostrils are situated on the top of the snout. Those head particularities confer to "A. javanicus" a certain resemblance with boas. However, its head is only as wide as its body. Females are bigger than males, and the maximum total length (including tail) of