Lesson 4 The Two Roads
The Two Brothers
Two brothers went on a ____.
They found a rock in front of a ____.
It said, “Go ____ the forest and swim across the river.
There you will find a bear and her ____.
Take the bear cubs and ____ up the mountain.
There you will find ____.”
The younger brother said,
“Let’s go and find happiness ____.”
“No,” ____ the older brother,
“____ can we know this is true?
____ if the river is too wide?
Besides, will it be easy to take the cubs away from their ____?
Instead of ____ happiness, we can be killed!”
The younger brother replied,
“How can we ____ if we don’t try?”
They ____, and they both went their own way.
The younger brother went into the forest and ____ across the river.
____ was the bear. She was sleeping.
He took her ____ and ran up the mountain.
When he ____ the top, some people took him to their city and made him their king.
There he ____ as a king for five years.
Then a ____ broke out, and he lost his throne.
He was on the road again.
One day, the two brothers met again and ____ about their lives for the last five years.
The older brother ____, “I was right. I have lived quietly and well.
____ were once a king, but you have had a lot of trouble.”
The younger brother answered, “I ____ regret my choice.
I ____ have nothing now, but I will always have something to remember.”