In ancient times, there was a king who loved flowers. His palace was always decorated with beautiful orchids(兰花)and other flowers. As the king grew older, he knew that one day he would have to give up his throne(王位). He had to find someone new to rule the country.
He came up with a competition. He asked his servants to travel to every part of the country and give every person a flower seed. He then announced that whoever grew him the most beautiful flower would take his throne.
Everyone in the country then got their own seed. One young man named David was especially excited about the competition, as he had experience growing flowers himself,
David planted his seed in a pet and put it in a place where it would get lots of sunlight. He took care to water it every day. But as hard as he tried, his flower simply would not grow.
Finally, it was time for everyone to show their flowers to the king. David took his empty pot to the palace.
"Your Majesty, I am sorry to say that I could not grow a flower this time at all, ________,"he said.
The king was quite satisfied with David's honesty. Although he did not choose David as the new king, he gave David a job as a judge(法官). He believed that David's honesty would make him the right person to make sure the justice(公正)in the country.
