Many years ago, there lived a king. His people loved him because he looked after their needs 1 . He would often ask some clever people to look at his work and give him some 2 .
The king built many things. As he grew old, the king thought, "I will build a perfect palace（宫殿）to remember my whole life. It will be 3 one in my kingdom（王国）. "
The king spent a month 4 out a perfect design（设计） for his palace. After that, he asked his advisers（谏言官）and some clever people, "What do you 5 my new palace?"
"Amazing! It will be a perfect palace, " all the advisers said, except for an old man. He stood in the corner and said 6 .
The king turned to the old man and asked, "Why don't you show your ideas to us? Don't you think that my palace will be a perfect one?"
The old man answered 7 a calm voice, "Dear king! Your palace will be strong and beautiful, 8 not perfect. It will take 9 workers a whole lifetime to build it, working day and night. Your palace will 10 a lot of money, and the money must come from the people. If your people will live worse because of this building, how perfect can it be?"
The king thought for a while and thanked the old man for his words. He decided 11 up his plan and care12 about people's lives.
