Grapes are sour | Story

Read the following story. It is not complete. Complete the story and give it a title.

One hot day a fox was walking through a field by a bush. He was very hungry and was searching for something to eat. --------------------------.

                                                                  Grapes are sour.

One hot day a fox was walking through a field by a bush. He was very hungry and was searching for something to eat. After a long walk he came to a vineyard. The vines in it were laden with fine ripes, which were thought, in bunches from tall poles. The fox thought, "I shall have a good dinner now.  "If I can jump high enough, I shall have a good many of them." Thinking so, the fox  began to jump but could not manage to reach the grapes. He jumped over and over again, but the more he jumped the more tired he became. But: he did not have a rest. Being frustrated, he kept looking at the grapes with greedy eyes. After some time he began to jump again but the grapes were out of his reach. Then he saw that it was useless to try any longer, he stopped making attempt. As he went away he said to himself, "Grapes are sour and not worth eating.'

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The Fox and The Crane | Story

 

The Fox and The Crane

Once a fox invited a crane to dinner. The crane came and was warmly received. The fox placed two shallow dishes containing delicious soup side on the ground. “Come my friend,” said the fox, “and have a hearty meal,” and he started lapping the soup greedily with his tongue. The crane kept quite. He could only dip the tip of his long beak in the soup and could hardly have a taste of it. As he was coming away, he said, “Mr. Fox, you have been very kind to me today. Would you please come to my house tomorrow and dine with me?” The fox agreed readily. The next day, the fox came in time on the house of the crane. But two tall jars with narrow necks! The jars were full of delicious soup. “Cheer up, my friend”, said the crane “and have a hearty meal”. And forthwith he dipped his long beak down into a jar and began to drink the soup with great relish. The poor fox, on his part, could only lick the outside of the jar! The moral of the story is “Tit for tat”.

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An ant and a dove | Story

Read the following story. It is not complete. Complete the story and give it a title.

Once an ant was very thirsty. He went to a pond to drink water. When he began to drink water, a wave swept him away. He was about to drown. There was a tree on.............

 

An ant and  a dove

Once an ant was very thirsty. He went to a pond to drink water. When he began to drink water, a wave swept him away. He was about to drown. There was a tree on the bank of the pond. A dove was sitting on a branch of the tree. He noticed the ant was about to drown. The dove felt pity for the ant. He wanted to save the ant. So he dropped a leaf of the ant. The ant got on the leaf and saved his life. Another day the ant was seeking food under that tree.

Then he noticed that a hunter had aimed at the dove. The dove did not know it. The ant thought, “I must save the life of the dove.” So he bit on the right leg of the hunter. At this the hunter’s hands trembled and the bullet missed its aim. Then the dove flew away and saved his life.

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The cunning Monkey and two cats

The cunning Monkey

One day two cats stole a piece of bread. They failed to divide it in equal two parts, as both of them wanted the larger part. They fought for that. At last they agreed to put up their problem to the monkey. All the animals of the forest knew him as the wisest animal. They went to the monkey and asked him divide the bread into two equal parts. The monkey behaved very gently with them. He said that it would be costly for them. It was better for them to agree themselves. But the cat said that they had failed to do that. Then the monkey brought a pair of scales and torn out the bread into two pieces. He put the pieces on the scales .The monkey told that one piece was heavier than the other. He took the heavier piece and bit a small piece from it. Then the other piece became heavier. Then the monkey bit a portion from that piece and put it. Each time he put the unequal portions on the scale and bit a part of it to make them equal. Thus he ate the entire bread. The two cats were befooled by the monkey and went away.

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The pied piper of Hamelin | Story

Read the following story. It is not complete. Complete the story and give it a title.

A long time ago the town of Hamelin was faced with a great problem. It became full of rats. The rats were so big and so fierce....................

The pied piper of Hamelin

 

A long time ago the town of Hamelin was faced with a great problem. It became full of rats. The rats were so big and so fierce that they fought the dogs, killed the cats and bit the babies in the cradles. They ate up the corn in the granaries. At last the Mayor of the town were informed about the problem by the people. But the Mayor failed to find a definite solution to remove the violent rats. However, there came a pied piper who offered the Mayor to remove the rats in lieu of thousand guilders. The Mayor and his councilors accepted this proposal. The pied piper through his magical blow of pipe took all the rats to nearby the river. When the piper played the pipe, all the rats of the town followed him into river and drowned. After completing his task, the piper demanded his money. But the Mayor refused to pay all the money except only a little amount. The pied piper became very angry and playing different tune. He hallucinated all the children of Hamlin. Like the rats they followed him laughing and dancing. At last the children reached at a certain hill and entered into the den of  it from where they never came back. The pied piper in this way took the revenge on the people of Hamelin.

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The Golden Touch | Story

Read the following story. The passage is not complete. Complete the story. Give a title to it.

Once there was a king called Midas. He was very rich. Rich people are not ever satisfied. They want more and more. They more they have, they more they want. The king was not also satisfied.-----------------

 

The Golden Touch

Once there was a king called Midas. He was very rich. Rich people are not ever satisfied. They more they have, they more they want. The king was not also satisfied. He loved his gold more than anything else. For this, he prayed to god to get more gold. The god granted his prayer.  In that moment his little daughter came to him. The king touched her and she became a solid gold and could not move. The king was very sad to see that. He started weeping bitterly as never did before.  He understood the fact. Then he prayed to god again to return his blessing. The heavenly agent took pity on him at last. The god returned back it. So we came to know that excess of anything is very bad. He thus learnt a good lesson which he never forgot throughout the rest of his life.

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The hare and the tortoise | Story

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One day a hare met a tortoise. She laughed at the tortoise and said, “You have as many legs as I have, but you can’t run as fast as i can. Perhaps, You can’t run at all.” The tortoise became very angry.................................

 

The hare and the tortoise/Slow and steady wins the race.

 

One day a hare met a tortoise. She laughed at the tortoise and said, “You have as many legs as I have, but you can’t run as fast as i can. Perhaps, You can’t run at all.” The tortoise became very angry. He answered quietly. `You can run fast, no doubt, but I think you can talk even faster than you can run. However, I agree to run a five-mile race with you. At this the hare was much amused. So she said, “Come along, then. Let’s fix a date for the race.” The date was fixed and accordingly the race began. An ass came to see the race and to act as a mediator. The hare began to run very fast. She jumped and jumped. She ran a mile in a few minutes. Soon she found the tortoise far behind her. Then she stopped. She said to herself, “What’s the use of going so fast? Perhaps, the tortoise has passed only a few yards by this time. So I can have a good sleep before he comes up” Saying so, the hare went to sleep in a bush. In the meantime, the tortoise walked on and on. He did not stop anywhere. He came to the bush and saw the lazy hare fast asleep. He smiled and quietly passed by her. Many hours passed. The hare woke up. It was already evening. She began to run very fast. But alas! the tortoise had already gone far. The goal came in sight of the hare, but the tortoise had already crossed the winning post. 

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