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