☞ Read the beginning of the following story and complete it in your own way. Give a title to it.
Once there lived a wood cutter. He was very poor but honest. He lived on the bank of a river near a jungle. He used to cut wood.......................
Title : Honesty is the best policy / Truthfulness has its reward / An honest woodcutter
Once there lived a woodcutter. He was very poor but honest. He lived on the bank of a river near a jungle. He used to cut wood in the jungle. By doing this hard task, he earned very little and somehow maintained his family. One day he went to the jungle to cut wood. While he was cutting wood, all on a sudden the axe fell into the river. There was strong current in the river. The woodcutter tried heart and soul to find out his axe but failed. It was the only means of his livelihood. He was too poor to buy another axe. He knew it very well that without this axe he and his family members would starve. Thinking this he sat motionless and began to cry like a child. A fairy heard him cry. She decided to test him. So, she came to him and asked him why he was crying. The woodcutter told her about his miserable condition and asked her if she could help him. Hearing this, the fairy felt pity for him and wanted to help him. But as she wanted to test him, she dived into the river and returned with a golden axe. Showing the golden axe she asked him if that was his axe. As he was
honest, he told her that was not his. The fairy again dived into the water and came back with a silver axe and asked him if that was his axe. The man again replied in the negative.
The fairy went into the river water for the third time and returned with the real axe. Seeing his lost axe, the wood cutter became very happy and told her that was his axe. He thanked her and showed his gratefulness to her. The fairy was also very happy to see the honesty of the poor woodcutter and wished to reward him. She offered him all the three axes as reward and forbade him to say 'No'. The woodcutter happily accepted the award. From the story, we learn that honesty is the best policy and we all should be honest.
☞ Read the beginning of the following story and complete it in your own way. Give a title to it.
Once the house of a rich man was infested with rats. The house became like the town Hamelin. There were rats everywhere....................................
Title : Who'll bell the cat
Once the house of a rich man was infested with rats. The house became like the town Hamelin. There were rats everywhere. They were having a good time. But the members could not enjoy sound sleep. Even the little babies were not free from the attack and biting of the rats. The rats would take away foods, cut cloths and tear holes here and there. All the members were in great trouble. At last the owner of the house hit upon a plan. He knew that rats would run away at the sight of cats. So, he bought a cat. The mice were very afraid of the cat. They fell in a great difficulty because they could not move freely as before. So, a few days later, all the mice held a meeting to discuss the matter and find a way to be free from this danger. Several proposals were made but none of the proposal was good enough to accept. At one point, it seemed to them that they had to finish the meeting without finding any fruitful measure. Right at that moment, a young mouse rose to speak and said, "I have a good plan for your consideration. Let us tie a bell round the cat's neck. Then we will hear him coming and be able to hide ourselves in time." All the mice appreciated the young mouse for his good plan and thanked him. At last, an old mouse stood up and said, “No doubt the idea of the young mouse is good. But who will tie the bell?" Hearing this, all the mice remained silent and felt disappointed. They understood it very well that it's really very tie the bell round a cat's neck and he who will go to implement this task must die. At last the meeting ended without finding any way out and they had nothing to do but to migrate eventually.
