Empower p 56. Originality is Not Everything. RELATIVE CLAUSES. Extra Reading

Read the story and pay attention to the use of relative clauses.
  Originality is Not Everything

There were once three sons of a wealthy businessman. Whenever they met, the two eldest, who were twins, used to quarrel about which of them should be his father’s heir. The youngest, who was not in the least ambitious, took no part in their arguments. As soon as they left home, the father arranged for an adequate income to be provided for each of them, but insisted that apart from this they were to be financially self-supporting.

The elder twin, who had the advantage of good looks and a striking personality, decided that he would take up the stage as a career. He joined a small repertory company, acted in minor parts, was invariably unpunctual at rehearsals and was accordingly unpopular with his fellow-actors. He earned little and so had to live mainly on his allowance. He occasionally thought of changing his profession, but always put off making a decision, and he became increasingly bored and disillusioned.

His twin brother considered himself unconventional and original, so he set up as an artist. He rented a large dirty attic, which he converted into a studio, grew a beard and haunted the cafes patronized by similar young men, who would sit for hours condemning contemporary standards and declaring themselves the pioneers of the school of ‘Neo-Revelationism’. He earned nothing, spent all his allowance, ran up a very large number of bills and was accordingly always in debt.

The youngest son, who had no special artistic talent, worked hard and was awarded a University scholarship. After taking his degree, he decided he would like to be a teacher, and having completed the necessary training, he obtained his professional diploma. He was appointed to a teaching post in a Grammar School, where he earned enough money to live on and was able to save his allowance.

After years of failing health, the father eventually died. The will, which had been drawn up some years previously, was read to the family. The elder twin had inherited his father’s business, the younger was to receive all the money that was not invested in the business, while the youngest boy was left his father’s house and estate as his share of the property.

Unfortunately an actor who cannot even be punctual should not be expected to manage a business, and it was not long before the firm went bankrupt. The artist had no doubt that within a short time he would be making a fortune by speculation. He believed in taking risks, the more spectacular the better, and he invested in schemes which should have provided an unusually large profit. They failed completely in their purpose, and in less than a year he was penniless. Nobody knows now what became of either of the brothers who were always hoping for too much.

But the youngest brother was able to fulfil his own modest ambition. With the capital he had saved, he converted the house into an orphanage. He gained the approval of the Local Authority, who made a grant large enough to provide for its upkeep. Influential people contributed donations, and with the help of a few assistants he was able to care for homeless and backward children. He achieved contentment.

This is a story that has the old-fashioned moral that thrift may bring more rewards than material ones. No genuine neo-revelationist would accept so outworn a philosophy, which, nevertheless, resulted in a surprising amount of happiness for a considerable number of people.