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Then as he opened the door, out came the tiger. The man ran as fast as he could, meanwhile the princess briskly took her father’s bow and arrow, loaded it, pulled back, let go and…
She shot the tiger. It fell down in distress and the sob was so horrible it made the princess cry a little.
Her father stared at her. Her Lover stared at her, and the whole amphitheater stared at her.
Everyone was utterly silent.
The princess dropped the bow and arrow and ran out of the podium she and her father were sitting on and disappeared.
No one dared to speak a word, wondering what the king was going to do.
The princess's lover sat down on the sand in the arena and stared at the dead tiger sitting in front of him. He was stunned and relieved he didn’t get devoured by the tiger. Several minutes passed.
Then, out of nowhere, an elegant, white horse rides into the arena, with the princess riding.
She rode up to her Lover and pulled him onto the back of her horse.
“STOP!” yelled the King. He wanted to use the bow and arrow to shoot the peasant, but he didn’t want to accidentally shoot his daughter and lose her forever. The princess shook her head with much valor. This gave her a sense of relief. She looked back at Stephen on the back of the horse, and he smiled. They rode off, out of the arena, no one saw where they went.
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If he hadn’t put Stephen in the arena, they would never have ridden away. Maybe it was impartial that they got to be together. Sarah was 20 years old anyways, she should decide what she wants. But how dare a peasant love someone like his daughter, he deserved the retribution. The King was so attached to Sarah because the queen, Molly had left him and Sarah long ago when Sarah was younger. Sarah could barely remember her mother, besides her name and her long, brown curly hair. The King was doleful and he spent all day in sorrow and

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