1. The Cross-Eyed King

2. Once upon a time there lived a cross- eyed king.

3. He was a proud king and he wanted a handsome painting made of himself. He asked the best artist in his kingdom to make a portrait.

4. As the king was cross-eyed the young artist did not know how to make his king look handsome. So he went to his father who was a very good artist himself.

5. His father told him, “Everybody looks good one way or the other. Make a portrait of your king holding a bow and arrow then show him take aim. As one eye of his will be closed no one will notice that he is cross-eyed.”

6. The artist did exactly that and he made a wonderful picture of the king.

7. Very often we only look at the bad things in people. We must look for the good things.