Many years ago, there lived a king. His people loved him because he looked after their needs ________. He would often ask some clever people to look at his work and give him some ________.

The king built many things. As he grew old, the king thought, “I will build a perfect palace (宫殿) to remember my whole life. It will be ________ one in my kingdom (王国).”

The king spent a month ________ out a perfect design (设计) for his palace. After that, he asked his advisers (谏言官) and some clever people, “What do you ________ my new palace?”

“Amazing! It will be a perfect palace,” all the advisers said, except for an old man. He stood in the corner and said ________.

The king turned to the old man and asked, “Why don’t you show your ideas to us? Don’t you think that my palace will be a perfect one?”

The old man answered ________ a calm voice, “Dear king! Your palace will be strong and beautiful, ________ not perfect. It will take ________ workers a whole lifetime to build it, working day and night. Your palace will ________ a lot of money, and the money must come from the people. If your people will live worse because of this building, how perfect can it be?”

The king thought for a while and thanked the old man for his words. He decided ________ up his plan and care ________ about people’s lives.

On the Spring Festival, Chinese children are very happy to get lucky money from their parents and relatives (亲戚). Do you know how they deal with (处理) their lucky money? Here are four children’s answers.