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37 quickly perceived the exact import of his father's words, and immediately ate all the flowers. When they brought him before the king, he asked the boy why he had stolen the flowers. To which the boy said that they brought him there unjustly, for he only went to see the garden, but did not steal anything; As there were no flowers found upon him, the king believed this, and having punished the gardeners sent them away.

Thus, a ready person may always get him self out of a scrape.