A Greedy Story

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In a history lesson， one student asked Mr. Brown what the greed was. He told a wonderful story about it.

A king would have a big dinner party on Monday， so he got all kinds of dishes prepared. But he couldnt get one special fish. He told everyone whoever brought that fish， he would get a beautiful reward.

Many fishermen tried but they couldnt find that fish. Just the day before the party a fisherman came with that fish. At the gate， the gatekeeper asked the reason. When the fisherman told him about the fish and reward， he said he would allow him in if he promised to give him half the reward. The fisherman agreed.

The king was pretty pleased with the fish and planned to give him lots of money， but the fisherman refused. Instead he wanted a hundred lashes. King was surprised but the fisherman kept on. King had to ask someone to do it. When the fisherman received fifty， he asked him to stop. “I promised the gatekeeper to share the half of reward.” He explained everything.

The king understood and gave the gatekeeper fifty lashes. Of course he also asked the gatekeeper to leave the palace. The fisherman also got a beautiful prize finally.

The teacher told the student greed can cause a terrible result.

Word bank： greed n. 貪婪 reward n. 奖赏 fisherman n. 渔人 gatekeeper n. 守门人 lash n. 抽打  palace n. 宫殿

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