Reading Notes: The Measure of Rice

Reading Notes for The Measure of Rice by Ellen C. Babbitt
-Dishonest King
-The King has someone that sets prices for everything, this man is honest
-He knew he could make more money if this man weren't honest, so he replaced him
-This man charged more and people had to sell their possessions in order to purchase
-A horse dealer is ripped off and he goes to see the original man in the position
-The horse dealer wants to get back at them, so he takes his small cup of rice and states that it much be of great value because of all the horses he traded for it (500 horses)
-The man says that his rice is worth the entire city
-The pricing man is laughed out of the city for saying that it is only worth a cup of rice



                                                        The Most Expensive Cup of Rice
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