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crawled behind rocks, and searched all over the place. Then they looked in the ditches

and fields. But there was no sign of the missing person.

The wise men, now looking quite sad, met a shepherd. The shepherd asked them,

“My friends, where are you from? Why are you so sad?”

“We have come from a far off village,” replied one of the wise men.

“We’ve lost one person of our group,” said the second.

“There were seven of us and now we are only six,”
said the third.

“Have you seen anyone in this place?” asked
another.

The shepherd looked astonished. He

said, “But I can see seven of you.”

He placed his hand on each man’s

shoulder and counted aloud: “One,
two, three, four, five, six, seven!”

“Ah!” cried the wise men. “Thank

you, dear shepherd! You’ve

found our missing brother.”

The seven wise men jumped for
joy. They went home feeling very

happy that they had found their lost

companion ! Why do you think the wise
men thanked the shepherd?

Word Power

foolish: not clever crawl: move on the ground

astonished: greatly surprised ditches: long narrow holes in the ground

fortune: luck shepherd: a man who takes care of sheep

dawn: sunrise, daybreak companion: friend

missing: lost wise: having knowledge and intelligence

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