Question

Why did the shopkeeper charge three hundred from the maharaja for the wooden tiger which cost only two annas and quarter

Answer 1

The answer to this question lies in the story The Tiger King, written by Kalki.

In the story, the king decides to buy a wooden tiger and approaches the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper hesitates in telling the price of the wooden tiger. He fears that the low price of two annas and a quarter could earn him the king’s wrath, so he gives the much exorbitant price of three hundred as a means of saving himself from punishment.