1. The Empty Pot A Chinese folktale Vocabulary

2. emperor the male ruler of an empire The Emperor was very old and needed to chose a successor.

3. kingdom A country ruled by a king or queen Now I reward Ping with my entire kingdom.

4. Transfer Transferred- past tense To move from one place to another Then he transferred the seed into rich black soil.

5. sprout To begin to grow. He couldn’t wait to see it sprout, grow, and blossom into a beautiful flower.

6. Tend Tended- past tense To take care of someone or something. He tended his own garden every day.

7. blossom To bloom He couldn’t wait t see it sprout, grow, and blossom into a beautiful flower..

8. courage The strength to overcome fear. I admire Ping’s great courage to appear before me with the empty truth.

9. More words to know: proclamation a public announcement The emperor issued a proclamation to the people.

10. issue to send or give The emperor will issue a proclamation today.

11. perfume aroma; a pleasing odor The flowers smelled like perfume.

12. admire to enjoy and value someone or something Do you admire the flowers like this little girl?

13. ashamed feeling guilty The boy felt ashamed because he failed.

14. swarmed a moving crowd The people swarmed to the stage.

15. worthy to be respected All the girls worthy of respect bow to one another.