Reward for Honesty | A Lion and Mouse | Grasp All, Lose All | Completing Story Group-4

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

There lived a woodcutter in a village. One day he was cutting wood near a river. Suddenly his ax fell into the river. The river was very deep. The woodcutter did not know how to swim ar dive. So, he was sitting there sadly. Then a wonderful thing happened. A beautiful fairy appeared before the woodcutter..........

Reward for Honesty

There lived a woodcutter in a village. One day he was cutting wood near a river. Suddenly he fell into the river. The river was very deep. The woodcutter did not know how to swim ar dive. So, he was sitting there sadly. Then a wonderful thing happened. A beautiful fairy appeared before the woodcutter. The fairy asked the woodcutter to informed the fairy of the incident. He informed her that he was a poor woodcutter and he earned his living by cutting wood. Now he would not be able to work anymore as he had lost his ax in the river water. It was out of his ability to buy a new one. Hearing all these, the fairy felt pity for him. The fairy dived into the river water and came out with a gold ax. She asked the poor woodcutter whether it was this ax. The poor man replied in the negative. The fairy diver again into the river water and raised her hand with a silver ax. She asked the woodcutter whether it was his ax. The woodcutter replied in the negative.

The fairy instantly dived into the water and raised up with the ax which the woodcutter had lost. She asked him if it was his ax. The woodcutter was very glad and shouted that it was his ax. The fairy was surprised to see the honesty of the poor woodcutter. She rewarded him with all the three axes of gold, silver, and iron.

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

Once there was a lion sleeping in a forest. Suddenly a mouse came there. It did not notice the sleeping lion. It was running about and playing happily. By chance, it runs over the face of a lion. It awakes the lion. At this, the lion grew..........

A Small Creature Saves the Life of a Lion/A Lion and Mouse

Once there was a lion sleeping in a forest. Suddenly a mouse came there. It did not notice the sleeping lion. It was running about and playing happily. By chance, it runs over the face of a lion. It awakes the lion. At this, the lion grew very angry. It roared with anger. The mouse got frightened and started trembling. The lion said, "How dare you disturb me, the small evil? I will kill you." The mouse fell I great danger. It begged its life to the lion. It also promised to help the lion in the future if needed. Hearing this, the lion laughed at him. He said, "How a small creature like you will help me?" He mocked at the mouse and relieved him.

After a few days, a hunter set a trap and the lion was caught in it. The lion tried his utmost to escape from it but it failed.

The mouse noticed the situation and decided to help the lion. It started to cut off the net with its sharp teeth. After sometimes, the lion was able to get out of the trap and thanked the mouse for saving his life. So, nobody should neglect anyone treating as a small creature. 

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

There lived a farmer in a village. He had a wonderful goose. The goose laid an egg of gold every day. The farmer was very greedy. He thought that..........

Grasp All, Lose All/A Greedy Farmer

There lived a farmer in a village. He had a wonderful goose. The goose laid an egg of gold every day. The farmer was very greedy. He thought that it was difficult for him to keep patience. He grew impatient to have all the eggs at a time. If he got all the eggs in a day, he would be very rice quickly. He was quite tempted.

As a result, hit upon a plan to cut the belly of the goose and collect all the eggs together. In order to implement his plan. he took a knife and cut the belly of the goose. To his utter surprise, he found no egg there. Another sad news for him was that the goose died for the incident. He realized that he implemented a foolish plan. For his greed, he lost the wonderful goose forever.