THE STORY OF KING PRUDENCE
King Prudence was a very cautious king. Not trusting horses, he travelled everywhere on foot. His tired escorts told a magician to invent something with a seat, which would move on its own. The magician brought his new invention, a bicycle, to them two days later. The king ordered a minister to show how it worked. But the minister fell and broke his arm! On recovering, the minister told the magician they needed something better, with an entire carriage. A week later, the new invention, an automobile, was ready. This time, the minister dashed against a tree! King Prudence continued to walk everywhere, until the day he fell down and broke a leg! Then, he realised he had wrongly blamed the bicycle and automobile for causing accidents. At once, he commanded the magician to make horseless carriages for him and the others at his court.
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