Notes

Regret
once upon a time, a very poor family lived in a remote and desolate area. The father and mother were old, and they had one son and one daughter. The family had only one cow and two hens, so all they had to eat each day were two eggs and two bowls of milk. one day the mother said to the father, If we didn't have a son and a daughter. each of us could have one bowl of milk and one egg every day. He understood what she meant and took their son and daughter deep into the forest, where he took them, you stay here now. When I'll come back in the evening, I shall wave my hands. you will come to me, and we shall go home together. After telling them this, he way
The son and daughter believed their father's words and waited for him all day in the forest, but by nightfall, he still did not return. Crying helplessly, the two children wandered aimlessly in the forest.
Before long, the girl become weak and hungry. the boy ran around frantically looking for food, but he couldn't find a thing. While they were sitting down feeling desperate, the boy idly turned over a rock. To his surprise, he saw a bean underneath it. he gave it to his sister who recovered from her faint and even winked at him happily. They began digging the earth in that spot and found a handful of keys made of five coloured jewels.





vocabulary
1 regret. feel sad or disappointed over something that has done.
2 remote. far away from urban city.
3 desolate. place where less people stay.
4 believe. trust.
5 nightfall. sun set.
6 wandered. move/ WALK.
7 Aimlessly. without.
8 frantically. in a hurry.
9 desperate. feeling hopelessly.
10 idly. with no particular purpose or reason.
11 Faint. feeling weak and dizzy.
12 spot. a particular place.
13 Handful. a quantity that fills the hand.
14 Jewels. crystal or precious stone.