When the Maharaja was born, it was predicted by the chief astrologer that the prince's death would come from a tiger. When the prince grew up, he came to know about the prediction. So he started out on a tiger hunt. When the Maharaja killed the first tiger, he was extremely happy. He sent for the state astrologer and showed him the dead tiger. The astrologer told the Maharaja that his majesty might kill ninety-nine tigers, but he must be very careful with the hundredth tiger. Thus the Maharaja banned tiger hunting by anyone except the Maharaja. It was done to enable him to kill hundred tigers. The Maharaja had killed seventy tigers. He was to kill thirty more but there was no more tigers left in the forests of his kingdom. So he married the girl of a state with a large tiger population. Thus he was able to kill ninetynine tigers. But the hundredth tiger evaded him. So he was sad and worried.
The Dewan had kept hidden in his house a harmless and weak tiger from the People's Park in Madras. He made this tiger wander in the Maharaja's presence in the forest. The Maharaja shot at the tiger and it fell on the ground in a crumpled heap. He thought that he had killed the hundredth tiger and so felt happy. He thought that his worries had come to an end.