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This passage is about an emperor that just wants his empire to be in good hands when picking a successor. The emperor will determine the right successor by testing their capabilities by giving each of them a seed to grow, which will be returned next year with what they have grown. A young man named Ling saw no sign of life after caring for the plant for three weeks. However, the other young people in the empire boasted of their seeds' progress. When the day arrived to bring the plants back for inspection, Ling had no choice but to go empty-handed. The emperor chose Ling to be the successor because llttle did they know that the emperor boiled the seeds earlier, so that they would never grow. It's clear that when the seeds would not grow, you substituted a different seed for the one the emperor gave you. Ling was the only one with the courage to be honest, thus he is the brand-new emperor.

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Sofia

29 October, 22:43

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This passage is about an emperor that just wants his empire to be in good hands when picking a successor. The emperor will determine the right successor by testing their capabilities by giving each of them a seed to grow, which will be returned next year with what they have grown. A young man named Ling saw no sign of life after caring for the plant for three weeks. However, the other young people in the empire boasted of their seeds' progress. When the day arrived to bring the plants back for inspection, Ling had no choice but to go empty-handed. The emperor chose Ling to be the successor because llttle did they know that the emperor boiled the seeds earlier, so that they would never grow. It's clear that when the seeds would not grow, you substituted a different seed for the one the emperor gave you. Ling was the only one with the courage to be honest, thus he is the brand-new emperor.

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Ashtyn Benitez · Answer 1

An emperor wants his empire to be in good hands, so he decided to to test the candidates by giving them a seed to grow, which they will have to return in a year. A man named Ling noticed that his seed was not growing and everyone's else was. He ended up going empty handed after a year. To his surprise he was chosen to be the emperor because all of the seeds were previously boiled so that they would not grow. Ling was the only one that was honest - and that is the theme of this story; to be honest.