Once, a king showed two men a large basket in the garden. He told themto fill it with water from a well. After they1theirwork, he left them, saying, "When the sun is down, I will come and seeyour work."
Atlast, one of them said, "What's the use of doing this foolish work? We can2fillthe basket."3mananswered, "That is none of your business." The first man said, "Youmay do as you like, but I am not going to work at4sofoolish." He5his bucket and went away. The other mansaid no word, and kept on carrying6. At last the well was almost7.
As he poured the last bucket of water into thebasket, he saw a bright thing in it. He8.
It was a beautiful gold ring. Just then theking came.9 hesaw the ring, he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted. He told himto keep the ring for himself. "You10so well in this little thing," hesaid, "What now I know I can believe you with many things."
