从前，一位国王想挑选继承人。他给全国孩子都发一粒种子，说两个月内用这粒种子种出的花最美丽的就是将来的国王。两个月后，各地孩子捧着五颜六色的花来到王宫，惟独有个孩子手里捧着一个空的花盆。那个孩子沮丧地说，种子种在花盆后，虽用心浇水，可就是没发芽。听了此言， Once upon a time, a king wanted to pick heirs. He gave a seed to all the children in the country. He said that the most beautiful flower that was planted with this seed in two months is the future king. Two months later, children everywhere took colorful flowers to the palace, but only had a child holding an empty flowerpot. Frustratedly, the child said that after the seed was planted in the flowerpot, water could be sprinkled, but no germination could be achieved. After listening to this statement,