Here’s another chance to win a free AI StoryBundle, for details of which please see my previous post.
Identify this object, and make sure I have your email.
It’s Tipu’s Tiger, a wooden automaton and musical instrument.
Tipu Sultan’s tiger : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipu%27s_Tiger
Seems like this one would be more appropriate for April 16, 2017:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Bunny_eating_an_astronaut.jpg
A tiger eating a British soldier, commissioned by the Indian ruler Tippoo Sahib, who sided with the French during the Revolutionary era.
Why that’s Tipu’s Tiger, owned by the Sultan of Mysore. I recognize it from one of Bernard Cornwell’s “Sharpe’s Rifles” books where it was used as part of a plot point.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipu%27s_Tiger
Mr Stoat is the winner! A lot of you had the answer, but Steve was the first.
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