Once in a village, there were two best friends. They spent most of the time resting under a tree and thinking about what they should do in their life. One day they 1 that the women in the village used to bring water pots from the far-away river. It was 2 enough for the family daily needs, so the villagers had to do the same work many times every day. They told the 3 they would bring water pots for them for 25 cents per pot. 4 liked the offer and their business grew fast. They started to make 50 to 100 rounds daily. After 10 years, they were the 5 men in all the close villages.
6 , one of the friends realized that they would not stay so rich forever. 7 they were not healthy and young any longer? The 8 one didn't care at all. He just wanted to enjoy his life.
Some days 9 , in a neighboring village, the first man saw a potter making pots with long necks. He thought it would be great if they made a large long pine (管子) of clay to offer water to the village. The other friend thought it was a 10 idea to make a clay pipe and didn't think it would work.
So the first man began to make his idea come true 11 his own. Of course. lots of problems came in the way. Although the pipe broke many times, he never 12 . He kept trying for 6 to 7 months and 13 made it.
As a result, there were pipes all around the village and life for the villagers became 14 than before. He could offer a thousand pots every day, so he lowered his 15 to 10 cents per pot. More money started to go into the first man's pocket while the other man became jobless.
