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The fourth man on the other

hand, was not at all keen to

learn anything. He learnt
very little but he had a lot of

common sense.

One day, the four friends met

and discussed how they could
put all their learning to good

use. They wanted to earn

money and better themselves.
They decided to travel far

and wide and meet people

of different lands. They also
hoped that during the course

of their travels, they would win
the favour of kings and get expensive gifts from them.

So the four friends set out on a long, long journey. As they were passing through a dense
forest, they saw on the ground, the bones of a dead animal.

“These are the bones of a dead animal,” said the first learned man.

“Shall we try and bring the animal back to life?” said the second learned man.

“But how shall we do it?” he asked.

“I know how,” said the third man. The fourth man did not say anything.

Then the first learned man said, “I know how to put the bones together.” The second
learned man said, “I’ll give it skin, flesh and blood.” Then the third man said, “I’ll give

it life.”

So the first learned man put all the bones of the dead animal together. The second learned

man gave it skin, flesh and blood. The third learned man was just
What did each of them
going to bring the animal back to life, when the fourth man shouted do to bring the lion back
“Stop! Don’t bring the animal back to life. It is a lion.” The three to life?
learned men laughed at him.

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