Many years ago,there lived a poor man who had only one son.One day,(1)__________________________ left in the house,so the man said,"My son,you must go to find some work and earn some money."The young man left home.He walked many miles until he met a rich farmer who had (2)_______ of sheep.This farmer needed a shepher to look after his sheep,so he gave the young man the job.
There were seven mountains around the farm and there were sheep in every field on every mountain.
One day,black clouds gathered. A storm began.The wind tore off branches and blew down mighty trees.The rain poured down.Paths and bridges were washed away.The young man rushed around,gathered the sheep from the seven hillsides to lead them to shelter in the farm.He had almost reached the farm with his enormous flock when he saw that the bridge over the last stream had been washed away.
There was only a wooden plank left.(3)_____________________________ the plank one at a time.They did not like the look of the narrow creaky piece of wood,but the shepher pushed a big black sheep across and the rest started to follow,one at a time, one at a time.