Very early one morning there was a __2__ on the older brother's door.He opened it to find a man with a carpenter's __3__.“I'm __4__ a few days' work,”he said.“Perhaps you would have a few small jobs here and there.Could I help you?”
“I do have a __5__ for you.Look across the creek at that farm.That's my neighbour,__6__,it's my younger brother.Last week there __7__ a meadow between us and he took his bulldozer to the river bank and now there is a creek between us.Well,see that pile of lumber by the barn? I want you to build me a __8__,so I won't need to see him or his place __9__,”said the older brother.
The carpenter said,“I think I __10__ the situation.Show me the nails and the post-hole digger and I'll be able to do a job that __11__ you.”
The older brother helped the carpenter get the materials __12__ and then he was off for the day.The carpenter worked hard all that __13__.About sunset when the older brother __14__,the carpenter had just finished his job.The older brother's eyes opened __15__ and his jaw dropped.
There was no fence there at all;instead there was a bridge stretching from __16__ side of the creek to the other.His younger brother was __17__ the bridge,his hand outstretched.
The __18__ brothers then met in the middle of the bridge,taking each other's hand and embraced.They then turned to see the carpenter hoist his toolbox __19__ his shoulder.
“No,wait.Please stay a few days.I've a lot of other projects for you,”said the older brother.
“I'd love to stay on,”the carpenter said,“but,I have many more bridges to __20__.”