Long long ago，there was a small village in the Middle East．In the village there was an old man{#blank#}1{#/blank#} Sam．He lived by himself．His only son had gone far away to study．Sam's friends {#blank#}2{#/blank#}whether his son would return，{#blank#}3{#/blank#}Sam always said，"Whatever happens，happens for good．"

    One day the old man's son returned and the villagers were very happy for Sam．He {#blank#}4{#/blank#}the villagers and said politely，"Whatever happens，happens for good．"However，later，Sam's son broke his {#blank#}5{#/blank#}Once again the villagers came to visit him and once again the old man thanked{#blank#}6{#/blank#}and said，"Whatever happens，happens for good．"Some of the villagers were {#blank#}7{#/blank#} to hear this．Why？What was good？His son's leg got badly hurt!

    After a few days，the army came to the village and forced all the young men to{#blank#}8{#/blank#}the army．When they found his son had a {#blank#}9{#/blank#} （break） leg，they left him behind．Once again，all the villagers came to congratulate him on his {#blank#}10{#/blank#} luck，like always，the old man was still thankful to them and said，"Whatever happens，happens for good．"