Lesson 4 The Two Roads
The Two Brothers
____ brothers went on a journey.
They found a rock in front ____ a forest.
It said, “Go into the ____ and swim across the river.
There you will find ____ bear and her cubs.
Take the bear ____ and run up the mountain.
There you will find ____
The younger brother said,
“Let’s go ____ find happiness together.”
“No,” said the older ____
____ can we know this is true?
What if the river ____ too wide?
Besides, ____ it be easy to take the cubs away from their mother?
Instead of finding ____ we can be killed!”
The younger brother replied,
“How can we know if ____ don’t try?”
They separated, and ____ both went their own way.
The younger ____ went into the forest and swam across the river.
There was the bear. She ____ sleeping.
He took her cubs and ____ up the mountain.
When he reached ____ top, some people took him to their city and made him their king.
There he lived as a king for ____ years.
Then a ____ broke out, and he lost his throne.
He was on the road again.
One day, the two brothers met again and talked about ____ lives for the last five years.
The older brother said, “I was ____ I have lived quietly and well.
You were once a king, but you have had a ____ of trouble.”
The younger brother ____ “I don’t regret my choice.
I may have ____ now, but I will always have something to remember.”