what is the extraodinry thing in the story "The Tiger King" ?
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The Maharaja of Pratibandapuram was a brave , resolute , determined , courageous and a firm ruler of his state . When he was born , the astrologers had predicted his death with a tiger . But the baby had something miraculous quality in him . He was only of ten days , when he challenged the prediction of the astrologers and asked them the manner of the death . They told him that he was destined to be killed by a tiger one day .
The Crown Prince was brought up in English environment . He grew up a tall , sturdy , brave and strong man . He become the king of his state at the age of twenty . He was determined to fulfil his pledge . So he issued a proclamation not to kill the tigers except by himself . The lawbreakers would be taken to task and their properties would be confiscated . Being a man of firm determination and self-respect , he denied permission to the British officer to hunt a tiger . He had to pay a high price to retain his throne . In between ten years , he killed seventy tigers and his forests became extinct . Then he married a princess whose father had large forest cover full of tigers . There he killed twenty-nine tigers but the hundredth one fainted due to the shock of the bullet . His hunters came there and killed it . Thus he fulfilled his vow . In between he did not adhere to the welfare of his subjects . Thus it can be said that he was a brave , courageous king that lacked worldly wisdom .