Once upon a time, there lived a generous and kind-hearted king. But, the people weren’t happy with their king because he was too lazy and wouldn’t do anything other than eating and sleeping. He spent days, weeks and months in his bed. The king became a couch potato and the people started to worry about him.

One day, the king realized that he couldn’t even move his body. He invited famous doctors from various parts of his country and offered them generous rewards to make him fit. Unfortunately, none could help the king gain his health or fitness.

One morning, a man called Rishi visited the land of the king. He heard about the illness of the king and told one minister that he could easily cure the king. Hearing these promising words, the minister became very happy.

Since he couldn’t move his body, the fat king asked the minister to bring Rishi to the palace, but Rishi refused and ordered the king to come to meet him. After a lot of effort, the king met the man. Rishi encouraged him and said he was good and very soon the king would gain his health. He asked the king to come for treatment every day from the next day on. Also, Rishi told the king that he would treat him only if he came on foot to his place.

The king was unable to walk even a few steps on the road, but accompanied by his followers, he reached Rishi’s place. Unfortunately, Rishi wasn’t available there and his friend said the king could come and meet him the next day for treatment. This was repeated for two weeks and the king never met Rishi and never had any treatment. Suddenly, the king realized that he was a lot lighter, lost a lot of weight and felt more active than before. He realized the reason why Rishi asked him to reach his place by walking.

Very soon, the king regained his health, and the people were very happy in his kingdom. The king had a lot of wealth, but no amount of wealth could make him healthy.

【小题1】What does the underlined part couch potato mean in this story?
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【小题2】Why did the king invite famous doctors one day?
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【小题3】When did the minister become very happy?
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【小题4】When did the king realize he was much better than before?
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【小题5】How did Rishi cure the king?
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【小题6】What have you learned from this story?
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