Once there was a king. He likes to write stories, but his stories were not good. —
从前，有一个国王。 —

As people were afraid of him, they all said his stories were good.
他喜欢写故事，但他的故事不好。

One day the king showed his stories to a famous writer. —
由于人们害怕他，他们都说他的故事很好。 —

He waited the writer to praise these stories. —
有一天，国王把他的故事给一位著名作家看。 —

But the writer said his stories were so bad that he should throw them into fire. —
他等着作家表扬这些故事。 —

The king got very angry with him and sent him to prison.
但作家说他的故事很糟糕，应该把它们扔进火里。

After some time, the king set him free. —
国王对他非常生气，把他关进了监狱。 —

Again he showed him some of his new stories and asked what he thought of them.
过了一段时间，国王释放了他。

After reading them, the writer at once turned to the soldiers and said: —
他又向他展示了一些他的新故事，并问他对它们的看法。 —

“ Take me back to prison, please.”
读完之后，作家立刻转身对士兵说：“请把我带回监狱。”