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[00:00.00]The Boy with an Empty Pot 手捧空花盆的男孩
[00:07.05]A long time ago, there was an old king.
[00:10.66]The king did not have any son who could become king after him.
[00:15.13]This made the king very sad.
[00:17.66]Then he decided to find a boy in his country worthy to be his adopted son.
[00:23.36]One day, he gave some seeds to all the boys in the country.
[00:27.39]Then he proclaimed that whoever could grow the most beautiful flowers
[00:31.88]from the seeds would become his adopted son and heir.
[00:36.03]All the boys planted their seeds carefully.
[00:38.11]They looked after their plants well.
[00:40.51]One of the boys who planted the seeds was a boy named Yong Tu.
[00:45.43]He looked after his seeds day after day.
[00:48.40]However, one month passed and the seeds he had planted had not sprouted.
[00:53.43]He asked his mother,
[00:54.74]“Why haven’t the seeds sprouted yet?”
[00:57.03]“Try changing the soil in the pot,”
[00:59.64]suggested his mother.
[01:00.85]Yong Tu followed his mother’s advice,
[01:03.71]but the seed still did not sprout.
[01:06.10]Not long after that, the day for selecting the adopted son arrived.
[01:11.35]All the boys came out carrying their pots of flowering plants.
[01:15.83]They were each eager to become the king’s adopted son.
[01:19.02]When the king saw the boys carrying their potted plants
[01:23.17]with beautiful flowers,
[01:24.27]he did not appear happy.
[01:25.89]Then he saw a boy by the side,
[01:28.54]crying as he held an empty pot in his hands.
[01:31.92]The king walked towards the boy and asked,
[01:36.07]“Why are you carrying a pot without a flowering plant?”
[01:40.14]Yong Tu answered,
[01:41.76]“Every day I looked after the seeds carefully,
[01:45.16]but the seeds did not sprout at all.”
[01:47.56]The king smiled at Yong Tu.
[01:50.19]Then he held the boy’s hand happily and announced loudly,
[01:54.79]“This is my adopted son.”
[01:57.29]The other boys were surprised and they asked,
[02:00.92]“Why did Your Majesty choose as your adopted son
[02:04.19]the boy who brought a pot without a flower?
[02:06.69]Didn’t Your Majesty want a boy
[02:09.98]who could grow the most beautiful flowers?”
[02:11.61]“My dear little boys,”
[02:13.59]said the king,
[02:15.57]"I gave all of you seeds that had been boiled.
[02:17.96]Your seeds are not supposed to sprout at all.”
[02:20.71]The rest of the boys bowed their heads in shame.
[02:24.42]When the given seeds had not sprouted,
[02:27.15]they had planted other seeds to produce the beautiful flowers.
[02:30.44]Yong Tu was the only honest one.
[02:33.06]Therefore, the king had chosen him as his adopted son.