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Long time ago, there lived a king. He was irresponsible (不负责任的). He _______ cared about his country and people. All his people were unhappy about this.

One day, the king went hunting in the forest. After some time, he felt _______. He came to a lake. When he drank water from the lake, he saw a swan (天鹅) _______ on a big stone nearby. “I want to catch the swan!” he thought.

As soon as he held up his bow (弓), the swan was gone. To his surprise, he heard a sweet voice, “You must come to the wonderland.”

The king said, “Please ______ me the way to the wonderland!” “Do good things for your people, and I will come and _______ you there,” the voice replied. With this in mind, the king dressed up and went out into the streets. He gave some _______ to a poor old man. After the old man accepted it happily, he began to chat with the king. When they talked about people’s life in the country, the old man became _______ and said, “Do you know why I’m so poor? It’s because of our king! He has done _______ for us.”

_______, the king heard the swan’s voice again. “Listen! It seems that you are doing something good only because you want to go to the wonderland. That’s not enough. You should always take care of all your people and be kind to them,” the swan said.

The king realized this was _______. He became responsible and worked very hard. Finally, he understood that making his country a great place was like making a wonderland of his own.