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Fill in the blanks with appropriate determiners. (Articles have been included)
Once the emperor gave a bag of seeds to his council of ministers and said that he would give them six months’ time to grow the seeds. Whoever does a good job will be made the ______ emperor of that empire. ______ the ministers took their task seriously. After six months ______ ministers had small plants in their pots. A ______ had very large plants. ______ had medium sized plants. The emperor entered the hall. He was ______ amused to see ______ plants. He called the ______ minister and asked him what he did with the seed. ______ minister explained the process he adopted to make ______ plant grow. The emperor called ______ the other ministers to explain what they did. Only ______ minister had come with an empty pot. They laughed loudly at the foolishness of this minister. But the Emperor applauded him and made him the ______ Emperor. Do you know why? He had given them boiled seeds which will not grow. Only ______ minister was honest.
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Once the emperor gave a bag of seeds to his council of ministers and said that he would give them six months’ time to grow the seeds. Whoever does a good job will be made the next emperor of that empire. All the ministers took their task seriously. After six months many ministers had small plants in their pots. A few had very large plants. some had medium sized plants. The emperor entered the hall. He was very much amused to see the plants. He called the first minister and asked him what he did with the seed. The minister explained the process he adopted to make the plant grow. The emperor called Next the other ministers to explain what they did. Only one minister had come with an empty pot. They laughed loudly at the foolishness of this minister. But the Emperor applauded him and made him the next Emperor. Do you know why? He had given them boiled seeds which will not grow. Only one minister was honest.
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