i get the moral itâs trying to convey but that king is an idiot and the kingdomâs doomed. you donât appoint an honest kid who will forthrightly admit a failure like that to leadership of a country, you put that kid in charge of like⌠the army, or something. the department of agriculture.Â
iâd send out dead seeds, then appoint the kid with the biggest and most beautiful plant anyway. ideally the same kind of plant as the dead seeds were from. and ideally a kid with a really good pokerface. that kid knows:
a) how to perceive failure early (a well developed second plant means they knew how soon the first seeds should sprout and didnât fuck around when they didnât)Â
b) how to fix the situation (a second plant of the same species means they got someone to help them identify the seeds and plant more, or are observant enough to do it themselves)
c) how to get the best people for a job in to do it (kids arenât great gardeners. a beautiful science project probably means mom did all the workâ just what you want from a child ruler and their regent)
all around, that kid (or their mom) is the kind of devious results-oriented bald-faced liar you want to go toe-to-toe with the lords of your country and the rulers of your neighbors. not a little kid who admits defeat so early and in a situation with such high stakes. âwhoops i didnât grow a plantâ sounds a lot less sweet when you phrase it like âi give up on ruling my countryâ.Â
you know, i think iâd also send agents out to encourage the kids to destroy each otherâs plants. letâs see whoâs good at seige warfare, too.
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