Once a king was walking around a pool with his ministers(大臣).Suddenly, he came up with(想出) an idea. He asked,” How many baskets of 1 are there in the pool?” The ministers couldn’t give an answer. The king was angry, “ You 2 answer my questions in three days!”
Three days passed, but 3 of the ministers had the answer. Just then, a child said that he knew it. The king told the ministers 4 the child to the pool. To his surprise, the child 5 and said with a smile, “It is 6 . No need to go to the pool.” This made the king pleased. “All right. Let us know 7 .” The child said, “If you know the 8 of the basket, the answer is known. 9 it is as big as the pool, there is one basket of water; half as big, two baskets… ”“ Stop! That’s it .You have got the answer. They were thinking of things 10 a wrong way .”
Sometimes to get out of the difficulty, one must change one’s way of thinking.