Description: A Grain of Rice by Helena Clare Pittman Used Paperback - Good condition - name of previous owner on cover and page edges, else Very Good Shipping - USPS Media Mail Synopsis:This classic mathematical folktale tells the story of a clever farmer who outwits the Emperor of China and becomes the wealthiest man in the world—all starting with one grain of rice.When a humble farmer named Pong Lo asks for the hand of the Emperor’s beautiful daughter, the Emperor is enraged. Whoever heard of a peasant marrying a princess? But Pong Lo is wiser than the Emperor knows. And when he concocts a potion that saves the Princess’s life, the Emperor gladly offers him any reward he chooses—except the Princess.Pong Lo makes a surprising request. He asks for a single grain of rice, doubled every day for one hundred days. The baffled Emperor obliges—only to discover that if you’re as clever as Pong Lo, you can turn a single grain of rice into all the wealth and happiness in the world!
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Format: Paperback
Language: English
Book Title: A Grain of Rice
Author: Helena Clare Pittman
Publisher: Yearling
