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One day, King Parveez and Queen Shireen were in their palace when a fisherman who was selling beautiful fish was brought in.King Parveez decided to 1 a fish and gave him 4,000 pounds for it
The fisherman thanked Parveez and 2 .Shireen was so angry that she scolded the king for paying so much and 3 that the fisherman should be brought back.
“We'll ask him about the fish's 4 ,” she said to the king.”If he 5 it is female, we'll say we wanted a male fish and if his 6 is that it is male, we'll say we wanted a female fish! 7 way, we'll be able to have our money back.”
The king had no choice, so the fisherman was 8 .When hearing the hard question, he replied,”This fish is 9 , so it's neither male nor female.”
Parveez was so 10 by the fisherman's cleverness that he paid him anther 4,000 pounds.The fisherman 11 him again but as he was about to leave, one of the 12 fell onto the floor.He 13 bent down to look for it.Shireen was already 14 and shouted, “Look, how greedy he is!”
The fisherman heard this 15 and said, ”I search for it because it has the 16 of generous King Parveez on it.I wouldn't allow anyone to tread(践踏)on it.”
Parveez was so 17 with this response that he immediately gave another 4,000 pounds to the fisherman.When Shireen 18 all this, she thought it was better to hold her 19 and let the fisherman go with the 12,000 pounds 20 the king decided to increase the amount again.