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    Ping, a boy who loved flowers, received a cooked seed from the Emperor to plant. The Emperor told all the children that whoever grew the best flower in a year would become the new Emperor. Though Ping tended to his seed daily, nothing grew. Ashamed, Ping brought his empty pot to the Emperor. The Emperor was impressed that Ping told the truth about his empty pot and chose him to be the new Emperor for his honesty.

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    Ping, a boy who loved flowers, received a cooked seed from the Emperor to plant. The Emperor told all the children that whoever grew the best flower in a year would become the new Emperor. Though Ping tended to his seed daily, nothing grew. Ashamed, Ping brought his empty pot to the Emperor. The Emperor was impressed that Ping told the truth about his empty pot and chose him to be the new Emperor for his honesty.

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    Ping, a boy who loved flowers, received a cooked seed from the Emperor to plant. The Emperor told all the children that whoever grew the best flower in a year would become the new Emperor. Though Ping tended to his seed daily, nothing grew. Ashamed, Ping brought his empty pot to the Emperor. The Emperor was impressed that Ping told the truth about his empty pot and chose him to be the new Emperor for his honesty.

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    The Empty Pot – By: Demi

    A long time ago in China there was a boy named Ping


    who loved flowers. Anything he planted burst into
    bloom. Up came flowers, bushes, and even big fruit
    trees, as if by magic!

    Everyone in the kingdom loved flowers too. They


    planted them everywhere, and the air smelled like
    perfume.

    The Emperor loved birds and animals, but flowers most of all, and he tended his own
    garden every day. But the Emperor was very old. He needed to choose a successor
    to the throne. Who would his successor be? And how would the Emperor choose?
    Because the Emperor loved flowers so much, he decided to let the flowers choose.

    The next day a proclamation was issued: All the children in the land were to come to
    the palace. There they would be given special flower seeds by the Emperor.
    “Whoever can show me their best in a year’s time,” he said, “will succeed me to the
    throne.”

    This news created great excitement throughout the land! Children from all over the
    country swarmed to the palace to get their flower seeds. All the parents wanted
    their children to be chosen Emperor, and all the children hoped they would be
    chosen too!

    When Ping received his seed from the Emperor, he was the happiest child of all. He
    was sure he could grow the most beautiful flower. Ping filled a flowerpot with rich
    soil. He planted the seed in it very carefully. He watered it every day. He couldn’t
    wait to see it sprout, grow, and blossom into a beautiful flower!

    Day after day passed, but nothing grew in his pot. Ping was very worried. He put
    new soil into a bigger pot. Then he transferred the seed into the rich black soil.
    Another two months he waited. Still nothing happened. By and by the whole year
    passed.

    Spring came, and all the children put on their best clothes to greet the Emperor.
    They rushed to the palace with their beautiful flowers, eagerly hoping to be chosen.
    Ping was ashamed of his empty pot. He thought the other children would laugh at
    him because for once he couldn’t get a flower to grow. His clever friend ran by,
    holding a great big plant. “Ping!” he said. “You’re not really going to the Emperor
    with an empty pot, are you? Why couldn’t you grow a great big flower like mine?”
    “I’ve grown lots of flowers better than yours,” Ping said. “It’s just this seed that
    won’t grow.”

    Ping’s father overheard this and said, “You did your best, and your best is good
    enough to present to the Emperor.” Holding the empty pot in his hands, Ping went
    straight away to the palace.

    The Emperor was looking at the flowers slowly, one by one. How beautiful all the
    flowers were! But the Emperor was frowning and did not say a word.

    Finally he came to Ping. Ping hung his head in shame, expecting to be punished.
    The Emperor asked him, “Why did you bring an empty pot?” Ping started to cry and
    replied, “I planted the seed you gave me and I watered it every day, but it didn’t
    sprout. I put it in a better pot with better soil, but it didn’t sprout. I tended it all
    year long, but nothing grew. So today I had to bring an empty pot without a flower.
    It was the best I could do.”

    When the Emperor heard these words, a smile slowly spread over his face, and he
    put his arm around Ping. Then he exclaimed to one and all, “I have found him! I
    have found the one person worthy of being Emperor! “Where you got your seeds
    from, I do not know. For the seeds I gave you had all been cooked, so it was
    impossible for any of them to grow. “I admire Ping’s great courage to appear before
    me with the empty truth, and now I reward him with my entire kingdom and make
    him Emperor of all the land!”

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