There once was an old man named Sai Weng who lived with his son in a village. They both enjoyed riding horses and lived 1 life on feeding horses.
Then one day, Sai Weng lost 2 of his most prized horses. After hearing about this, some of the old man's friends and neighbors came to comfort him. "How unlucky it is 3 that horse!" they said.
However, the old man 4 smiled and said "Maybe".
After a while, the lost horse returned, bringing back 5 it another beautiful horse from the neighboring country. His friends and neighbors said "What luck for you to have 6 a couple of nice horses."
However, once again the old man said "Maybe."
One day, his son fell from the new horse and broke his leg while he 7 on it. The doctor said, "Bad luck that your son's legs 8 in the accident."
But the old man was still said "Maybe."
A year later, all able-bodied men in the village were called on to join the army. Later they fought in a war 9 killed many soldiers. However, because of the broken legs, Sai Weng's son was not chosen to join the army and was thus(因此) spared from 10.
