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In one of India’s little kingdoms of long ago there lived a King who (like most of them) was fond of hunting in wild places. His Chief Advisor was a very intelligent man, and also a very optimistic one. He was famous for seeing the rosy side of things. He found good in everything and that annoyed his ruler. One day when the King and his Advisor were on a hunting trip through a dense jungle the King decided to have a fresh coconut for his breakfast. He found a coconut tree near at hand and cut down a coconut with his sword. But his sword slipped in his hand and crashed one of his toes, cutting it off. The King limped over to his Advisor with loud shouts of pain and was terribly shocked to hear when the Advisor said, ‘Ah, that’s wonderful!’ ‘What?!’ yelled the King, ‘I cut off my toe and you say it is wonderful?’

The Advisor said, ‘In this bad accident there is some good which we cannot now see.’ That was it! The King had noticed a dry well nearby, and being a strong man, he picked up his companion and just threw him into that well. Then he limped back to his town and castle. On his way the King met a band of headhunters, who decided that he would make an excellent sacrifice for this month’s festival. The warriors carried him to the tribal priest. It was the duty of this priest to approve all of the offerings that were to be presented. The priest examined the King’s body and noticed that he was lacking one toe. ‘I am sorry,’ he told the King, ‘but we cannot use you after all for this sacri­fice. The gods will not accept you. You may go.’

The King was delighted and began hobbling away toward his palace. ‘Aha!’ he thought. So his Advisor had been right. There was indeed some good in that accident. As fast as his wounded leg would allow, he turned around and went back to the well where he had left his Advisor. There he was, standing down in the well and whistling happily to himself. Now the king managed to grasp the hand of the Advisor and with great effort to pull him up. Then he apologized that he had doubted him and thought him a fool. ‘Oh how sorry I am that I threw you in the well,’ said the King. ‘I was taken prisoner by some wild native headhunters who were about to make me a sacrifice victim. Then they saw that my toe was missing, and let me go. And you foretold all this, in a way. Can you ever forgive me?’ ‘You need not apologize at all; it was a good deed that you threw me down the well and left me there.’ ‘Now, how are you going to make something positive out of that?’ asked the King. ‘Well,’ said the Advisor, ‘if I had been with you they would surely have l iken me for their sacrifice.’

The story tells us about the event in the life of the Japanese King.

Read the text and mark statement as T (true) or F (false).

In one of India’s little kingdoms of long ago there lived a King who (like most of them) was fond of hunting in wild places. His Chief Advisor was a very intelligent man, and also a very optimistic one. He was famous for seeing the rosy side of things. He found good in everything and that annoyed his ruler. One day when the King and his Advisor were on a hunting trip through a dense jungle the King decided to have a fresh coconut for his breakfast. He found a coconut tree near at hand and cut down a coconut with his sword. But his sword slipped in his hand and crashed one of his toes, cutting it off. The King limped over to his Advisor with loud shouts of pain and was terribly shocked to hear when the Advisor said, ‘Ah, that’s wonderful!’ ‘What?!’ yelled the King, ‘I cut off my toe and you say it is wonderful?’

The Advisor said, ‘In this bad accident there is some good which we cannot now see.’ That was it! The King had noticed a dry well nearby, and being a strong man, he picked up his companion and just threw him into that well. Then he limped back to his town and castle. On his way the King met a band of headhunters, who decided that he would make an excellent sacrifice for this month’s festival. The warriors carried him to the tribal priest. It was the duty of this priest to approve all of the offerings that were to be presented. The priest examined the King’s body and noticed that he was lacking one toe. ‘I am sorry,’ he told the King, ‘but we cannot use you after all for this sacri­fice. The gods will not accept you. You may go.’

The King was delighted and began hobbling away toward his palace. ‘Aha!’ he thought. So his Advisor had been right. There was indeed some good in that accident. As fast as his wounded leg would allow, he turned around and went back to the well where he had left his Advisor. There he was, standing down in the well and whistling happily to himself. Now the king managed to grasp the hand of the Advisor and with great effort to pull him up. Then he apologized that he had doubted him and thought him a fool. ‘Oh how sorry I am that I threw you in the well,’ said the King. ‘I was taken prisoner by some wild native headhunters who were about to make me a sacrifice victim. Then they saw that my toe was missing, and let me go. And you foretold all this, in a way. Can you ever forgive me?’ ‘You need not apologize at all; it was a good deed that you threw me down the well and left me there.’ ‘Now, how are you going to make something positive out of that?’ asked the King. ‘Well,’ said the Advisor, ‘if I had been with you they would surely have l iken me for their sacrifice.’

The King saw only the rosy side of the life.

Read the text and mark statement as T (true) or F (false).

In one of India’s little kingdoms of long ago there lived a King who (like most of them) was fond of hunting in wild places. His Chief Advisor was a very intelligent man, and also a very optimistic one. He was famous for seeing the rosy side of things. He found good in everything and that annoyed his ruler. One day when the King and his Advisor were on a hunting trip through a dense jungle the King decided to have a fresh coconut for his breakfast. He found a coconut tree near at hand and cut down a coconut with his sword. But his sword slipped in his hand and crashed one of his toes, cutting it off. The King limped over to his Advisor with loud shouts of pain and was terribly shocked to hear when the Advisor said, ‘Ah, that’s wonderful!’ ‘What?!’ yelled the King, ‘I cut off my toe and you say it is wonderful?’

The Advisor said, ‘In this bad accident there is some good which we cannot now see.’ That was it! The King had noticed a dry well nearby, and being a strong man, he picked up his companion and just threw him into that well. Then he limped back to his town and castle. On his way the King met a band of headhunters, who decided that he would make an excellent sacrifice for this month’s festival. The warriors carried him to the tribal priest. It was the duty of this priest to approve all of the offerings that were to be presented. The priest examined the King’s body and noticed that he was lacking one toe. ‘I am sorry,’ he told the King, ‘but we cannot use you after all for this sacri­fice. The gods will not accept you. You may go.’

The King was delighted and began hobbling away toward his palace. ‘Aha!’ he thought. So his Advisor had been right. There was indeed some good in that accident. As fast as his wounded leg would allow, he turned around and went back to the well where he had left his Advisor. There he was, standing down in the well and whistling happily to himself. Now the king managed to grasp the hand of the Advisor and with great effort to pull him up. Then he apologized that he had doubted him and thought him a fool. ‘Oh how sorry I am that I threw you in the well,’ said the King. ‘I was taken prisoner by some wild native headhunters who were about to make me a sacrifice victim. Then they saw that my toe was missing, and let me go. And you foretold all this, in a way. Can you ever forgive me?’ ‘You need not apologize at all; it was a good deed that you threw me down the well and left me there.’ ‘Now, how are you going to make something positive out of that?’ asked the King. ‘Well,’ said the Advisor, ‘if I had been with you they would surely have l iken me for their sacrifice.’

His chief advisor was wise and helpful.