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TheStoryofCaoChongWeighingtheElephant

IntheancienttimesofChina,therelivedayoungboynamedCaoChong,whowasrenownedforhiswisdomandquickwit.CaoChongwasthesonofCaoCao,apowerfulwarlordofthetime,andheinheritedhisfathersintelligenceandcuriosity.

Onesunnyday,adelegationfromafar-offkingdomarrivedatthecourtofCaoCaowithamagnificentgift-agiantelephant.Theelephant,withitsmajesticsizeandimposingpresence,captivatedtheheartsofallwhosawit.However,italsoposedachallengetothecourtofficials,astheywereunabletodeterminetheelephantsweight.

Theofficialsdiscussedvariousmethodsofweighingtheelephant,butnoneseemedfeasible.Somesuggestedbuildingalargescale,butthatwouldtaketimeandresources.Othersproposedusingmanysmallscales,butthatwouldbeimpracticallycumbersome.Thecourtwasataloss,andtheelephantsweightremainedamystery.

ItwasatthismomentthatCaoChong,whohadbeenlisteningquietlytothediscussion,spokeup.Heapproachedhisfatherandconfidentlystated,Father,Ihaveawaytoweightheelephant.CaoCao,intriguedbyhissonsclaim,askedhimtoexplain.

CaoChongsmiledandbegantoexplainhisplan.Heproposedthatinsteadoftryingtoweightheelephantdirectly,theyshouldmeasureitsdisplacementinwater.Hesuggestedfillingalargebodyofwater,suchasariveroralake,tothebrimandthenleadingtheelephantintoit.Astheelephantsteppedintothewater,itwoulddisplaceanamountofwaterequaltoitsweight.Bymeasuringtheamountofwaterthatspilledovertheedge,theycoulddeterminetheelephantsweight.

Theofficialswereskepticalatfirst,butCaoCaosawthewisdominhissonsideaandorderedittobecarriedout.So,theelephantwasledtoanearbyriver,andtheexperimentbegan.Astheelephantsteppedintothewater,theofficialscarefullymeasuredtheamountofwaterthatspilledoverthe