The king and the rice

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A long time ago, there was a king in India. The king's favourite game was chess. One day, a wise old man came to the place and the king challenged him to a game. The king promised the old man, "You can have any prize if you win the game." The old man said, "If I win the game, I'd like one grain of rice for the first square of the chessboard, two for the second, four for the third, and then double the amount for each of the rest of the squares." "Is that all?" asked the king. "Wouldn't you like gold or silver instead?" "No, just rice," replied the old man. The king and the old man played the game for a long time, Finally, the old man won, So the king ordered his men to collect a bag of rice. He put one grain on the first square, two on the second, and so on. The king quickly realized the problem-even with all the rice in the country, the would still not have enough rice to put on all the squares!  

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部分单词解释

game 来自四年级上学期	游戏
rice 来自一年级下学期	大米
third 来自三年级下学期	第三的
one 来自一年级上学期	一
his 来自五年级上学期	他的
can 来自二年级下学期	可以
favourite 来自三年级下学期	最喜欢的
put 来自五年级上学期	放
just 来自四年级上学期	只是
with 来自四年级上学期	具有

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