A king is old and he knows it is time to choose a new king. He 1 to all the young people in his country,"I will give each of you a seed. Plant it and 2 it back here one year later. Show me the plants you bring, 3 I'll choose a new king from you."
A boy named Peter gets a seed, 4 . He looks 5 it carefully. But the seed doesn't grow at all.A year later, Peter has to take his empty box to the palace. Others all take beautiful plants there and Pe-ter feels 6 .
The king gets to the palace and looks around. When he finds there 7 nothing in Peter's box, the king smiles and says to them,"One year ago, I gave everyone a seed. In fact, all the seeds 8 grow.But all of you, except Peter, brings me beautiful plants. Peter is the 9 one with the honesty(诚实) to bring me such a box. So he will 10 the new king!"
