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A king once decided to build a great fountain that would cut off the water to the city below his palace. A poor man, hearing of this, decided he must find someone who could persuade the king not to put up this fountain that would cause his people to die of thirst.

But the wisest scholar could not speak clearly and winningly; the smooth-tongued merchants were afraid of the king's anger; and the bravest man was too foolhardy to get past the king's guards. And so, the poor man had to go himself.

Lloyd Alexander has written a story of a very human dilemma that Ezra Keats has illustrated with dramatic brilliance.

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Lloyd Alexander

Lloyd Alexander

1924 - 2007
American
Lloyd Alexander was born in Philadelphia in 1924. After World War II he was awarded a French government scholarship and studied in Paris. He has spe... See more
Ezra Jack Keats

Ezra Jack Keats

1916 - 1983
American
Ezra Jack Keats was born in Brooklyn, and lived all his life in New York except for Army service in World War II and, later, a year of travel and st... See more

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