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19 19 Story Writing

Story telling is an age-old practice. Earlier, stories involved wit, wisdom, tact, courage and bravery.
So stories became a craze, especially for children. Stories are written in four styles.
(a) To rewrite a story read in some book or heard from someone
(b) To develop a readable story from a given outline
(c) To develop a story from a given set of pictures
(d) To write a story whose moral has been given

1. The Princess and the Frog

Taking the hints from the given outlies, develop an interesting short story.

– little princess playing– ball fell into the pond– ugly frog
came up with it... asked the princess to kiss him– princess
refused– princess cried for the favourite ball– frog pleaded
with her to kiss him again– changed into a handsome
prince–

Once a pretty princess was playing in the field when her
ball fell into a pond. She was very sad because it was her
favourite ball. Suddenly, an ugly frog came up with her ball.
He promised to return her ball if she agrees to kiss him.
The princess refused. The frog pleaded with her again, and
because it was her favourite ball which she wanted back very much, she agreed. As soon as she
kissed the frog, he changed into a handsome prince! She fell in love with him at once. He asked her
to marry him, and they lived happily ever after.

2. The Bitter Bit

Taking the hints from the given outlies, develop an interesting short story.

Outline: An intelligent girl passing through a market–
sees sweets in a shop– approaches the shop– asks the
shopkeeper to give her ten rupees’ worth of sweets– the
shopkeeper gives her a short measure– the girl objects
to it– the shopkeeper says, ‘No matter; you will have less
to carry.’ The intelligent girl becomes quite– takes the
sweets– pays one rupee less– the shopkeeper complains–
the girl says, ‘No matter; you will have less to count.’

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