Devotion to Mother | The Fox Without a Tail | Dress Does Not Make Man Great | Completing Story Group-5

1. Read the beginning of the following story and complete it in your own way. Give a suitable title.

Bayazid was a small boy. His mother was ill. One day he was studying by the side of his mother who woke up. raised her head and told her son to give her a glass of water..........

Devotion to Mother

Bayazid was a small boy. His mother was ill. One day he was studying by the side of his mother who woke up. raised her head and told her son to give her a glass of water from the pither. But the pitcher was empty. There was not a single drop of water in the house.

Bayazid remembered a stream from where he could bring water. But it was far from his house and was in one corner of the village. The night was quite dark. Bayazid took the pitcher and want to fetch water from the stream. When he returned with the water, he found his mother in deep sleep. Bayazid thought that if he made his mother awaken, she might feel disturbed. So, he decided to stand beside his mother's bed with a glass of water. When she woke up, he would serve her with the water.

The whole night passed. Bayazid's mother opened eyes in the morning and saw her son standing with a glass of water. seeing that, her eyes become full of tears. She took him in her arms with motherly affection and blessed him from the core of her heart. Her blessings made him a great saint later.

2. Read the beginning of the following story and complete it in your own way. Give a suitable title.

Once there lived a very clever fox in a jungle. One day while walking through the jungle, he fell into a trap and lost his tall. Without a tall, he looked very strange and he felt ashamed..........

The Fox Without a Tail

Once there lived a very clever fox in a jungle. One day while walking through the jungle, he fell into a trap and lost his tall. Without a tall, he looked very strange and he felt ashamed. He also felt very unhappy and sad. But the fox was very cunning. He was thinking and thinking. At last, an idea crossed his mind. He invited all his neighboring foxes to come to a meeting under a tree. All of them arrived there on time and took their seats.

Then the fox without a  tail said, "My dear friends, listen to me, please. I've discovered a new thing. It's that our tails are completely useless. They look very odd and ugly. Also, they are always dirty. So, we all should cut off our this, shouldn't we?"

All the foxes listened to the cunning fox eagerly. Most of them agreed to cut off their tails. They were convinced by the cunning fox that they would look nice if they cut off their tails. So, they were almost ready to move on to the right action.

However, in the meeting, there was also an old and wise fox. He said to him, "My friend your plan is very nice but very evil. Actually, you want us to cut off our own tails because you've lost your one."

Hearing this, all other foxes could understand the evil plan of the cunning fox. They all shouted at him loudly and chased him.  Guessing the unfavorable situation, the cunning fox ran away quickly and saved his life.

3. Read the beginning of the following story and complete it in your own way. Give a suitable title.

Sheikh Saadi was a great poet of Iran. He led a very simple life. Once the king of the country invited him to the court. Walking all day long on foot, he..........

Dress Does Not Make Man Great

Sheikh Saadi was a great poet of Iran. He led a very simple life. Once the king of the country invited him to the court. Walking all day long on foot, he became tried a took shelter in a rich man's house at night. Saadi had a very simple dress as usual. The rice man considered him an ordinary traveler and did not entertain him well.

The next day, Saadi left the rice man's house and reached the king's court. The king received him well and presented his royal dress. On his way back home, Saadi again took shelter in the same rice man's house. Seeing his royal dress, the rice man took great care of him and served him rich and delicious food items. Saadi started putting the food items into his pocket instead of eating. The rich man became astonished at his strange behavior and asked the reason for his doing so. Saadi gently told the host of his behaviour on the first day and second day. "The delicious food was given to me for the dress. So I am putting this food in my dress," he said.

The man became very ashamed of remembering the behavior and begged pardon. Saadi then introduced himself to the rich man and took leave of him.