Four Brothers

Once upon a time in a tiny village there lived a fisherman with his four sons his sons were called Rob, Cole, Alex and Harry the fisherman was very poor selling fish was his only source of income and he managed to earn just enough to feed his family he had nothing more to give his sons one day he called his sons and told them my children listen I have nothing to give you now you are old enough so you must go out into the world find a vocation and try your luck but father we know no trait or art
What will we do away from home that is exactly what you need to find out you must leave to figure out what kind of work you are capable of doing but father we have never ventured out on our own my child nothing will go wrong I do not want you to leave the life of a fisherman we can barely make a living with this work go and earn a lucrative trade all right father if this is what you want we shall certainly go yes father we shall go the floor brothers bid goodbye to their father and left after some distance they saw four roads
All going in different directions rob said to his brothers I think that each of us must choose one of these roads and meet here once again after four years as you say big brother as you say big brother the four brothers go on four different roads Rob meets a man on the way mate this is a dead end where are you going I want to learn a trade any kind of trade which will enable me to learn a living so come with me I shall make you the world’s stealthiest thief no I want to earn with honesty not
Through thievery I want to live freely and not get relegated to a jail look mate who is asking you to go to prison just learn the skill of thievery but use it for doing good Rob agrees with him he thinks that there is nothing wrong with learning a trade so he goes with the man he makes him so adept at the skill of thievery that no matter what Rob wanted he could easily steal it without anyone ever knowing while walking Cole reaches a spot where a river is flowing and there is just one house in the area and nothing else for
Miles around he sees one man standing near the river he’s holding a machine made of glass Cole could not understand what it is he goes to him, hey mate what are you doing with this machine you can easily see things far in the distance it is called a pair of binoculars this seems to be very interesting will you teach me how to use this if you want to learn I shall certainly teach you Cole starts living with that man the man teaches him the skill of using the binoculars within a few months Cole becomes an Expert at it you have learned well so if you want to leave you are free to go yes a whole year has passed now I must leave all right take this pair of binoculars with you with it you will be able to see everything whether on earth or in the sky in the meanwhile the third brother Alex meets a hunter he stays with the hunter in his house and learns from him the skill of hunting, Alex it has been many days that you have been practicing here in the field today me must practice in the jungle let Us see if you can take aim at moving objects all right both of them reach the forest where the hunter shows Alex how to take aim at a running deer the arrow hits the deer and kills it Alex come on now you take aim Alex takes an arrow and aims it at a flying bird but the arrow misses Alex you still need practice from now on every day we shall come to the jungle to practice as you say every day the hunter would bring Alex to the forest for practice eventually Alex could hit targets and not miss a single aim

He had become an absolute expert bravo Alex now your aim is perfect and you have learned every aspect of this skill thank you brother you have helped me so much it is only because of you that I have been able to learn this now I wish to go back home so that I may help my father sure you may leave and take this bow and arrow with you they will be useful the youngest brother Harry reaches a village where he meets a tailor brother who are you and what are you doing here my name is Harry and I have come to Learn any kind of trade all right tell me if you wish to become a terror I can teach you sure why not I would love to learn harry starts staying in the tailor’s house with all his heart the tailor teaches Harry the art of stitching clothes he explains to Harry the finest intricacies of the work like how does one thread a needle how does one hold a piece of cloth before stitching he teaches him everything as time goes by Harry learns tailoring very well indeed the tailor is very happy with H for

His hard work and sincerity while Harry leaves the tailor gives him a needle and thread and tells him I am very happy with your work take this needle and thread keep it as soft as a soft boiled egg and as tough as steel then you can stitch anything and no one will ever be able to spot the joint in whatever you stitch the four brothers reached the same spot where they had promised to meet after four years from there they go back home together on reaching home they meet their father,

And tell him what each one of them has learnt one day all of them were sitting with their father under a tree outside their house when their father said today I want to see how skilled you are at the trades you have learnt there is a nest on top of the tree tell me how many eggs are in it five all right rob now you get me the eggs from under the bird who is sitting atop them to hatch them but the bird must not come to know Rob climbed the tree and without the bird getting to see him he stole the

Eggs he was such an expert that the bird did not even realize the eggs had disappeared from underneath it wow awesome the fisherman kept the four eggs on the four corners of a table and said to his son Alex cut all four eggs into two with just one arrow but the chicks inside the eggs should not be hurt Alex removed his arrow and with just one arrow he cut the eggs into two the fisherman was very happy to see this and then he said to his son harry now stitch these eggs together and show me so that the bird can give birth to

Its offspring harry removed his needle and stitched up the eggs and then Rob put the eggs back in the nest the bird did not even come to know very good my children all of you have learned with all sincerity in these four years I don’t have any gift to give you but I am certain that life will reward you for your hard work after a few days the news spread in the entire kingdom that one dragon had kidnapped the princess the king declared that whosoever found the princess would get her hand in marriage

My sons you have got an opportunity to show your talents go save the princess from the dragon all four brothers prepared themselves and left to save the princess Cole saw from his pair of binoculars and said I can see where the princess is the dragon has hidden her on an island in the middle of the sea and he is sitting there keeping watch then they went to the king and asked for a boat so that they may reach the island the king gave them a ship and the four of them reached the island Cole saw through his pair of binoculars

And said the dragon is sleeping nearby and his head is on the princess’s lap in that case I cannot take aim lest the arrow hurts the princess wait I shall steal the princess and bring her you keep the boat ready rob stole the princess from the dragon but when they were returning to the ship the dragon awoke and flying above them he followed them he was just about to attack when Alex killed him with his arrows but when the dragon fell in the water with the impact of the fall the water became violent and the boat broke to

Pieces they were all floating with the help of the various pieces so harry removed his needle and taking big lengths of thread he started stitching the boards of wood together and soon so many boards were stitched together that all of them could sit on them and then they brought the princess home safely when they went to the king the king said to them all four of you decide amongst yourselves as to who shall marry the princess when they heard this all four brothers started fighting among themselves had if not found the princess what could you three have done hence I shall marry the princess had I not rescued the princess from the dragon what would the three of you have done I shall marry the princess had I not killed the dragon would the three of you have ever been able to reach the princess home so how can you marry her I should be the one to marry her, had I not stitched the boat all of you would have drowned that is why I shall marry the princess seeing the four brothers fight the king

Decided that none of them will marry the princess for no one will be happy like this the king gave half his kingdom to the four brothers as reward the brothers got everything they wanted and in this way the fisherman finally got rid of his poverty and they all lived happily ever after the end.