There once was an oldman named Sai Weng who lived with his son in a village. They both enjoyedriding horses and lived1 life on feeding horses.
Then one day, Sai Wenglost2 ofhis most prized horses. After hearing about this, some of the old man's friendsand neighbors came to comfort him. "How unlucky it is3 that horse!" they said.
However, the old man4 smiled and said "Maybe".
Aftera while, the lost horse returned, bringing back5 it another beautiful horse from theneighboring country. His friends and neighbors said "What luck for you tohave6 acouple of nice horses."
However, once againthe old man said "Maybe."
Oneday, his son fell from the new horse and broke his leg while he7 on it. The doctor said, "Bad luck thatyour son's legs8 inthe accident."
But the old man wasstill said "Maybe."
A year later, allable-bodied men in the village were called on to join the army. Later theyfought in a war9 killed many soldiers. However, because of thebroken legs, Sai Weng's son was not chosen to join the army and was thus(因此) spared from10.
