Four Brothers Story in English _ Stories for Teenagers _ @EnglishFairyTales

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00:00Once upon a time, in a tiny village, there lived a fisherman with his four sons.

00:14His sons were called Rob, Cole, Alex, and Harry.

00:20The fisherman was very poor.

00:22Selling fish was his only source of income,

00:26and he managed to earn just enough to feed his family.

00:33He had nothing more to give his sons.

00:36One day, he called his sons and told them,

00:40My children, listen. I have nothing to give you.

00:45Now you are old enough, so you must go out into the world,

00:49find a vocation, and try your luck.

00:53But father, we know no trade or art.

00:57What will we do away from home?

01:00That is exactly what you need to find out.

01:03You must leave to figure out what kind of work you are capable of doing.

01:08But father, we have never ventured out on our own.

01:13My child, nothing will go wrong.

01:16I do not want you to lead the life of a fisherman.

01:20You can barely make a living with this work.

01:23Go and earn a lucrative trade.

01:26All right, father. If this is what you want, we shall certainly go.

01:34Yes, father. We shall go.

01:37The four brothers bid goodbye to their father and left.

01:41After some distance, they saw four roads all going in different directions.

01:47Rob said to his brothers,

01:49I think that each of us must choose one of these roads

01:53and meet here once again after four years.

01:57As you say, big brother.

01:59As you say, big brother.

02:03The four brothers go on four different roads.

02:06Rob meets a man on the way.

02:10Mate, this is a dead end. Where are you going?

02:15I want to learn a trade.

02:17Any kind of trade which will enable me to learn a living.

02:22So come with me. I shall make you the world's stealthiest thief.

02:28No, no. I want to earn with honesty, not through thievery.

02:33I want to live freely and not get relegated to a jail.

02:38Look, mate, who is asking you to go to prison?

02:42Just learn the skill of thievery, but use it for doing good.

02:52Rob agrees with him.

02:54He thinks that there is nothing wrong with learning a trade.

02:57So he goes with the man.

02:59He makes him so adept at the skill of thievery

03:02that no matter what Rob wanted,

03:04he could easily steal it without anyone ever knowing.

03:09While walking, Cole reaches a spot where a river is flowing

03:13and there is just one house in the area and nothing else for miles around.

03:18He sees one man standing near the river.

03:22He is holding a machine made of glass.

03:25Cole could not understand what it is.

03:28He goes to him.

03:30Hey, mate, what are you doing?

03:34With this machine, you can easily see things far in the distance.

03:38It is called a pair of binoculars.

03:42This seems to be very interesting.

03:45Will you teach me how to use this?

03:47If you want to learn, I shall certainly teach you.

03:51Cole starts living with that man.

03:54The man teaches him the skill of using the binoculars.

03:58Within a few months, Cole becomes an expert at it.

04:02You have learned well, so if you want to leave, you are free to go.

04:07Yes, a whole year has passed.

04:11Now I must leave.

04:14All right, take this pair of binoculars with you.

04:18With it, you will be able to see everything whether on earth or in the sky.

04:24In the meanwhile, the third brother, Alex, meets a hunter.

04:28He stays with the hunter in his house and learns from him the skill of hunting.

04:38Alex, it has been many days that you have been practicing here in the field.

04:42Today, me must practice in the jungle.

04:45Let us see if you can take aim at moving objects.

04:49All right.

04:51Both of them reach the forest where the hunter shows Alex how to take aim at a running deer.

04:58The arrow hits the deer and kills it.

05:01Alex, come on now, you take aim.

05:06Alex takes an arrow and aims it at a flying bird, but the arrow misses.

05:13Alex, you still need practice.

05:16From now on, every day we shall come to the jungle to practice.

05:20As you say.

05:22Every day the hunter would bring Alex to the forest for practice.

05:28Eventually, Alex could hit targets and not miss a single aim.

05:34He had become an absolute expert in the art of hunting.

05:39Bravo, Alex!

05:41Now your aim is perfect and you have learned every aspect of this skill.

05:46Thank you, brother.

05:48You have helped me so much.

05:50It is only because of you that I have been able to learn this.

05:54Now I wish to go back home so that I may help my father.

05:59Sure, you may leave and take this bow and arrow with you.

06:04They will be useful.

06:08The youngest brother Harry reaches a village where he meets a tailor.

06:15Brother, who are you and what are you doing here?

06:19My name is Harry and I have come to learn any kind of trade.

06:24All right. Tell me if you wish to become a tailor.

06:28I can teach you.

06:33Sure, why not? I would love to learn.

06:37Harry starts staying in the tailor's house.

06:40With all his heart, the tailor teaches Harry the art of stitching clothes.

06:45He explains to Harry the finest intricacies of the work.

06:49Like how does one thread a needle?

06:52How does one hold a piece of cloth before stitching?

06:55He teaches him everything.

06:59As time goes by, Harry learns tailoring very well indeed.

07:05The tailor is very happy with Harry for his hard work and sincerity.

07:10While Harry leaves, the tailor gives him a needle and thread and tells him...

07:15I am very happy with your work.

07:18Take this needle and thread.

07:20Keep it as soft as a soft-boiled egg and as tough as steel.

07:25Then you can stitch anything and no one will ever be able to spot the joint in whatever you stitch.

07:33The four brothers reach the same spot where they had promised to meet after four years.

07:39From there, they go back home together.

07:43On reaching home, they meet their father and tell him what each one of them has learnt.

07:50One day, all of them were sitting with their father under a tree outside their house when their father said...

07:57Today I will teach you the art of sewing.

08:00And their father said...

08:02Today I want to see how skilled you are at the trades you have learnt.

08:07There is a nest on top of the tree. Tell me how many eggs are in it?

08:13Five!

08:16Alright, Rob. Now you get me the eggs from under the bird who is sitting atop them to hatch them.

08:23But the bird must not come to know.

08:27Rob climbed the tree and without the bird getting to see him, he stole the eggs.

08:33He was such an expert that the bird did not even realize the eggs had disappeared from underneath it.

08:39Wow! Awesome!

08:43The fisherman kept the four eggs on the four corners of a table and said to his son Alex...

08:50Cut all four eggs into two with just one arrow but the chicks inside the eggs should not be hurt.

08:58Alex removed his arrow and with just one arrow he cut the eggs into two.

09:04The fisherman was very happy to see this and then he said to his son Harry...

09:10Now stitch these eggs together and show me so that the bird can give birth to its offspring.

09:18Harry removed his needle and stitched up the eggs and then Rob put the eggs back in the nest.

09:25The bird did not even come to know.

09:28Very good my children. All of you have learnt with all sincerity in these four years.

09:35I don't have any gift to give you but I am certain that life will reward you for your hard work.

09:43After a few days the news spread in the entire kingdom that one dragon had kidnapped the princess.

09:51The king declared that whosoever found the princess would get her hand in marriage.

09:58My sons, you have got an opportunity to show your talents. Go save the princess from the dragon.

10:07All four brothers prepared themselves and left to save the princess.

10:12Cole saw from his pair of binoculars and said...

10:17I 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.

10:28Then they went to the king and asked for a boat so that they may reach the island.

10:35The king gave them a ship and the four of them reached the island.

10:40Cole saw through his pair of binoculars and said...

10:44The dragon is sleeping nearby and his head is on the princess's lap.

10:50In that case I cannot take aim lest the arrow hurts the princess.

10:56Wait! I shall steal the princess and bring her. You keep the boat ready.

11:02Rob stole the princess from the dragon.

11:05But when they were returning to the ship, the dragon awoke and flying above them, he followed them.

11:13He was just about to attack when Alex killed him with his arrows.

11:18But when the dragon fell in the water, with the impact of the fall, the water became violent and the boat broke to pieces.

11:26They were all floating with the help of the various pieces.

11:30So Harry removed his needle and taking big lengths of thread, he started stitching the boards of wood together.

11:37And soon so many boards were stitched together that all of them could sit on them.

11:43And then they brought the princess home safely.

11:47When they went to the king, the king said to them...

11:51All four of you decide amongst yourselves as to who shall marry the princess.

11:58When they heard this, all four brothers started fighting among themselves.

12:04Had I not found the princess, what could you three have done? Hence, I shall marry the princess.

12:11Had I not rescued the princess from the dragon, what would the three of you have done? I shall marry the princess.

12:20Had I not killed the dragon, would the three of you have ever been able to reach the princess home?

12:27So, how can you marry her? I should be the one to marry her.

12:33Had I not stitched the boat, all of you would have drowned. That is why I shall marry the princess.

12:41Seeing the four brothers fight, the king decided that none of them will marry the princess, for no one will be happy like this.

12:48The king gave half his kingdom to the four brothers as reward.

12:54The brothers got everything they wanted.

12:57And in this way, the fisherman finally got rid of his poverty and they all lived happily ever after.

13:05The End

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