A long time ago, there lived a king whose delight was to teach his people good habits.
One night, he put a large stone in the middle of the road. He then had two of his servants hide in a bush nearby (watch) what the people would do.
Early the next morning, there came a young soldier, singing (happy) as he walked along. He held his head high that he did not see the stone and fell in the dust. He got up, and went on.
Then strong old farmer, named Peter, came along. "Oh, lazy people!" he cried. "Here is a big stone right in the middle of the road, and no one will take the trouble to move it." He mananged, however, to get past it, and went on his way.
The stone lay in the road three weeks. It was in (everyone) way, and yet everybody left it for somebody else to move.
Then the king (send) word to all his people to meet together on a certain day near his palace, as he had something to tell them.
The day came, and the king rolled the stone over in front of a crowd of men and women. There was a small metal box. The king held the box up so that all the people could see what was (write) on the box. These were the words: "For him lifts the stone." He opened the box, turned it upside down, and out of it fell a beautiful ring, and ten bright gold coins.
