THE KING'S FOUNTAIN
A king once decided to build a great fountain that would cut off the water to the city below his palace. A poor man, hearing of this, decides he must find someone who can persuade the king not to use the city’s only water supply for a palace fountain. The wisest scholar cannot argue the cause clearly, the smooth talking merchants are cowardly, and the bravest man too foolish to argue with the king. And so the poor man must take on the fearful task himself. |
