Anevilmanoncewenttoawisemanaskingforadviceaboutstartinganewlife．Thewisemanaskedhimtogiveupatleastoneofhis（36）___habits．Hegaveuptellinglies．

Thatnight，whenhewenttotheloyalpalaceto（37）___something，hefoundinthepalaceanotherperson，whosaidhewasathief．Hetoo（38）___thathewasathiefandboth（39）___thetreasury（国库）and（40）___betweenthemselvesthediamondsfoundthere．Theotherpersonwasnoneotherthantheking，he（41）___tobeathief．Whilethediamondswereshared，therealthief（42）___thekingwhowaslosinghisentirestock，heaskedhis（43）___toleaveonediamondbehindinthesafe．And，itwasdone．

Thenextmorning，whenitwas（44）___thatthetreasuryhadbeenbrokeninto，theMinisterwassentbythekingtoassessthe（45）___．TheMinisterfoundthediamond，thinkingthatithad（46）___theeyesofthethieves．He（47）___hiditinhisownpocketandreportedatthecourtthatallthediamondswere（48）___!

Thekinghadgotfromtherealthiefhisaddressthepreviousnightwhilethey（49）___withtheirseparatebags．Sohe（50）___himandwhenthethiefstoodincourtbeforetheking，headmittedthat（51）___butoneofthediamondswerestolenbyhimandhis（52）___companion．ThediamondwasdiscoveredinthepocketoftheMinisterandthekingdismissed（免…的职）himforthe（53）___．TherealthiefwasappointedMinister（54）___，andhegaveuphisotherbadhabitstoo．

Itisaperfect（55）___ofhowonestepintherightdirectioncanleadtoanother．