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There once was a king who loved pictures very much. One day, he said he would offer a prize to the artist __31__ would paint the best picture of peace. The king looked at all the pictures, but there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose __32__ them. One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect mirror and __33__ (peace) mountains were all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with white clouds. All who saw this picture thought __34__ they saw was a perfect picture of peace. The __35__ picture had mountains, too. But there was almost no grass __36__ trees. Above was an angry sky, from which rain __37__ (fall). Down the side of the mountain flowed a waterfall. This didn’t look calm at all. But when the king looked closely, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush __38__ (grow) in a crack in the rock. In the bush a bird had built its nest. There, in the middle of the rush of __39__ (anger) water, sat the bird in the nest—in perfect peace. The king chose __40__ second picture.

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