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| Once a king was walking around a pool with his ministers (大臣). Suddenly, he came up with (想出) an idea. He asked, "How many baskets of 1. are there in the pool?" The ministers couldn't give an answer. The king was angry, "You 2. answer my questions in three days!" Three days passed, but 3. of the ministers had the answer. Just then, a child said that he knew it. The king 4. the ministers to lead the child to the pool. To his surprise, the child 5. and said with a smile, "It is 6. . None needs to go to the pool." This made the king pleased. "All right! Let us know 7. it is." The child said, "If you know the 8. of the basket,the answer is known. 9. it is as big as the pool, there is one basket of water; half as big, two baskets…" "Stop! That's it. You have got the answer. They were thinking of things 10. a wrong way." Sometimes to get out of the difficulty, one must change one's way of thinking. |