Question

Выбрать самое главное из рассказа many, many years ago there lived a king who said that anyone who could tell a story for two years would get1 a piece of land. first one man tried but his story lasted only two weeks. another man finished his story after five days. a third man began his story like this: "once a farmer planted some corn. when the corn grew the farmer gathered it and put it into a shed. then the mouse came into the shed and began to eat the corn." the man went on, "the mouse took a grain of corn, the mouse took a grain of corn, the mouse took a grain of corn…" the king interrupted the story, "well, what was after this? " "i can't tell you," answered the man, "because the mouse hasn't finished eating the corn yet." "all right," said the king, "you will get a piece of land."

Answer 1

Many years ago there lived a King who said that anyone who could tell a story for two years would get a piece of land.
Two men tried but their stories were too short. The third man managed to tell such a long story about a mouse who ate the corn. He was repeating "The mouse took a grain of corn".
The King interrupted the man ang gave him a piece of land.