King asks favorite minister to show him a trick that he has never seen before

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King asks favorite minister to show him a trick that he has never seen before.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: tasks. · Nature of tasks. · Miscellaneous tasks. · view the constellation · filed as H1182.2

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IndiaThompson-Balys.

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Filed under Task: letting king hear something that neither he nor his subjects have ever heard. (Reads a letter from a foreign king demanding a loan.)

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Task: recovering money owed by a foreign king

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