Three friends decided to sail around the world in a small yacht. They loaded it with food and water and set off. They travelled to many beautiful places, and were having a wonderful time.
Until one day, when they had been at sea for about a month, a fierce storm blew up.
Great waves crashed down on their yacht.
The mast broke and the yacht was soon thrown against some rocks near adeserted island.
The three friends were able to struggle to the island, taking with them as much
1 as they could carry.
Not a tree, not a bush, not a flower, grew on the island.
There was not an animal of any kind, not 2 a bird or an insect.
For a few weeks the three men were able to live on the food they had saved, but at last it was gone—except for one piece of bread.
They decided that whoever had the best dream the next night could have the bread.
The next morning they took 3 describing their dreams.
The first man said that he had dreamed he was in the world's most wonderful restaurant. He had eaten the finest meal of his life and drunk some of the finest wines. He said it was one of the best dreams he had ever had.
The second man described how he had dreamed about a magic carpet. Sitting on this carpet, he had travelled to all the wonderful places in the world and been the guest of great kings and queens. It had been a truly exciting dream.
The men who had described their dreams then turned to the third man.
Tell us your 4, they said.
My dream was very simple, he said. I dreamed that the bread was going bad and would soon be moldy. I didn't want to waste bread, so as soon as I woke up I5it.
