Read the text and fill in the gaps with the missing sentences.

A) "When did your wife leave you?"

B) After a few more questions in the same vein

C) I've lost heart for living altogether

D) when were your children jailed?

E) he drew a vertical line down

A man once telephoned Norman Vincent Peale. He was despondent and told the reverend that he had nothing left to live for. Norman Vincent Peale invited the man over to his office. "Everything is gone, hopeless," the man told him. "I'm living in deepest darkness. In fact, (1)…………………………….……." Norman Vincent Peale smiled sympathetically.

"Let's take a look at your situation," he said calmly. On a sheet of paper (2)……………………………..…. He suggested that they list on the left side the things the man had lost, and on the right, the things he had left. "You won't need that column on the right side," said the man sadly. "I have nothing left, period."

Norman Vincent Peale asked, (3)………………………….…..

"What do you mean? She hasn't left me.. My wife loves me!"

"That's great!" said Norman Vincent Peale enthusiastically. "Then that will be number one in the right-hand column - Wife hasn't left. Now, (4)………………………..………….

"That's silly. My children aren't in jail!"

"Good! That's number two in the right-hand column - Children not in jail," said Norman Vincent Peale, jotting it down.

(5)……………………….…….., the man finally got the point and smiled in spite of himself. "Funny, how things change when you think of them that way," he said.

After-reading activities.

Decide if the statements are true or false.

1. Norman Vincent Peale is the man’s brother.

2. The man was in despair because he thought that had nothing left to live for.

3. On the right side of the list the man had to write the things he had lost.

4. His wife has left him.

5. The man’s children aren’t in jail.

6. Norman didn’t help the man.

2. What’s the main idea of the text?

3. Discuss the following quote:

Life if 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it.

By Brothers Grimm

from Grimm's Fairy Tales

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