A king once
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seriously ill. His doctors and wise men tried cure after cure. But nothing
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. They were ready to
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hope when the king"s old servant spoke up. He said, "If you can find a happy man, take the shirt from his back and
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it on the king, then he will recover." So the king"s officials rode
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throughout the kingdom, yet nowhere
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a happy man. No one seemed
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; everyone had some complaints. If a man was rich, he never had enough. If he was not rich, it was someone else"s
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. If he was
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, he had a bad mother-in-law. If he had a good mother-in-law, he was catching a cold. Everyone had something to complain about. Finally, one night the king"s own son was passing a small cottage
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he heard someone say, "Thank you. I"ve finished my daily labor, and helped my fellow man. My family and I have eaten our fill, and now we can
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and sleep in peace. What more could I want" The prince was very happy
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a happy man at last. He gave
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to take the man"s shirt to the king, and pay the owner as much money as he
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. But when the king"s officials went into the cottage to take the happy man"s shirt
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his back, they found he had no shirt at all.