Unit 5

Joe was the son of a farmer. His father's farm was poor, and 
Joe worked on it for a long time, but then his father died, and 
Joe said, "I needn't stay here now. I'll sell this farm and buy 
one in a better place. Then I'll soon be rich." 
He bought a farm in the east of the country, but then Ms new 
neighbours said to him, "The weather's often very bad here. 
The wind's very strong, and it breaks windows and doors. You 
must build a room under the ground, and then you and your 
family can go down there, and you'll be safe from the wind." 
So Joe built a room under the ground. It was a lot of work, 
because the ground was hard. 
But after that, the weather was good for a very long time. 
There was no wind, and Joe spoke angrily. He said, "Why did 
I listen to my neighbours? I didn't have to make that room 
under the ground. The wind never blows strongly here." 
But then one day there was a very strong wind, and Joe and 
his family had to go down into their room under the ground. 
They were there for a long time. Then the wind stopped, and 
they came up. All the windows and doors in their house were 
broken. 
Joe was not angry about his work now. He smiled happily 
and said, "Ah! I'm glad I built that room!"