An honest man
This is a story of a young man
named Ping, who lived in a far away country and a King who was getting old and
he needed to find a successor. So, the King devised a way to find his successor
that would have courage and be honest. The King sent out a tiny seed to all the
young men in the country.
Now, this seed was to be planted
and nourished to the best of each young man's ability. Ping
really wanted to be the new King. When he received his seed he went out and
obtained a very beautiful pot, fertile soil and planted his seed. He watered it
and nurtured it and watched it. BUT, nothing happened.
He moved his plant to another
area with more sun, thinking it needed a different light. He watched it and
watered it and nourished it and still, nothing happened. He went to his father
and asked him what he could do. His father suggested putting it into another
container and continues to nurture it. Still nothing! He was so disappointed
and the time was drawing near, to go before the King and present his plant.
The day finally arrived to
present his plant to the King and Ping was so
embarrassed, because everyone there had beautiful plants. Some had beautiful
flowers, some with beautiful green foliage and they all were so very beautiful.
He was so embarrassed and disappointed that he sat in the back with his empty
pot so he wouldn't be noticed.
The King started to look over all
of the plants and he was not smiling. In fact he was frowning. He kept looking
and all at once he saw Ping's empty pot and he called Ping
up to the stand. And the King announced to all the men that Ping
will be the next King. The King said Ping
would be the next best King because of his honesty.
The King also expressed his disappointed and sad that
there were so many dishonest men. The King continued to tell the men that he
had boiled all of the seeds before he sent them out, and so none of the seeds
would grow. You see, the King wanted someone with courage and someone that was
honest to take over his Kingdom and he found it in 
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