Happy Monday…riddle of the day: What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than trees, Up, up it goes, And yet never grows?

The Empty Pot written by Demi. The Chinese Emperor announces an unusual test to choose an heir—the child who raises the best flowers from a seed given by the Emperor will be his successor. Ping, unaccountably, is unable to get his seed to sprout—but
Ping’s empty pot is best of all. https://www.storylineonline.net/books/the-empty-pot/