Trabalho

The Lady or the Tiger?
Many, many years ago there was a king in a far country. Hewas famous, he was strong and he was very clever. But in hiscountry he had many wrongdoers. The King was unhappyabout this but how can you stop people from doing wrong?It is not easy. He thought about this difficult question for along time but he could not find the answer.Suddenly, one day, he had a good idea. He spoke to his people and told them to build a big stadium in the centre of the city.'It must be very big and very beautiful,' he told them.So the people worked hard for many months.One day, the building was finished. The stadium wasready. Inside it, there were places for five thousand people.Everyone was very excited about this beautiful new building.Some wanted to watch games in the stadium. Others wantedto have dancing and singing. But what did the King want? No one knew.The day of the opening came. Everyone ran to the stadiumto get a place inside. The people got more excited when theKing arrived. They were all quiet, waiting. First, he took his place. Then, he stood up and spoke.'My people, my friends,' he said. 'Firstly I want to thankall the workers for their good work. We now have a beautifulstadium and it is very well built. Secondly, I know that manyof you want to see games and dancing here. But this stadiumis going to be different. It is not going to be a place forhaving a good time. It is going to be a place for wrongdoers.If one of you does something wrong, we are going to bringhim to this place. There he must stand in the middle of thisstadium in front of us all.'Now, do you all see those two doors, coloured blue, at the far end of the stadium? They look the same, perhaps. Butthey are not. Behind one door, I am going to put a dangerousanimal, a tiger. Behind the other door, there is going to be a beautiful lady. The wrongdoer must choose one of thesedoors. If he opens the wrong door, he finds the tiger. It jumpsout and kills him. If he opens the other