Question

The "Wise" Fortune Teller

Once upon a time, a man believed that he could tell the future by studying the stars. He called himself
a wise fortune teller, and spent many evenings gazing at the sky.
he was deep in thought. "I see great things lie ahead for me," he predicted. What lie a few steps ahead, however,
One night, he was walking along an open field outside his village. His eyes were fixed on the stars, and
was a big hole in the ground filled with the previous night's rain. KERPLUNK! Down he fell into the hole. Now waist-
deep in muddy water, he tried to claw his way out but the sides were too steep and slippery. "Help!" he shouted. Soon,
his cries for assistance brought the villagers running. As they pulled him out of the muddy hole, one of his neighbors
said, "You claim to read the future in the stars, yet you don't see what is at your feet! Maybe you should pay more
attention to what is in front of you, and let the future take care of itself." "That's right!" added another neighbor. "What
use is it to read the stars, when you can't even see what's right here on Earth?" Around the village, word
spread about what had happened. The embarrassed fortune teller soon changed jobs afterwards.

Rewrite the story from the point of view of one of the neighbors

Answer 1

I remember the day when the wise fortune teller fell into the hole in the ground filled with water. He was always so preoccupied with studying the stars that he failed to see what was right in front of him. It was funny in a way, seeing him waist-deep in muddy water, trying to claw his way out. When we rescued him, we couldn't help but tease him a little. We told him that maybe he should pay more attention to what is in front of him and let the future take care of itself. After all, what use is it to read the stars when you can't even see what's right here on Earth? Word quickly spread about what happened, and the embarrassed fortune teller soon changed jobs. It just goes to show that sometimes, we should focus on the present rather than worrying too much about the future.