塞翁失马，焉知非福

Long ago, an old man and his son lived in a faraway town near the Chinese border. They farmed the land and lived a mostly peaceful life.

One night, there was a terrible storm. Wind lashed the trees. An old elm crashed into the barn door.

The frightened horse ran out of the barn, heading toward the hills. The old man and his son looked all over for the horse.

They walked through the dark fields, holding torches. They calledtothe horse and scattered sweet hay. Still, they could not find him.

The entire time the old man kept saying, “ Perhaps losing our horse isn’t such a bad thing. ”

His son kept quiet. He didn’t understand his father.