Develop stories with the following beginnings:
- One of the boys in the village, Shankar, was sent out into the fields to look after the sheep. As he walked towards the field, he stumbled upon something. He looked closely and found that it was a ……….
- Ali was a carpenter in Kohlapur, a village near Puri. Hasan, a wood seller, brought him wood every day on his donkey. Hasan was a cheat and always thought that Ali was too dumb to catch him. One day when Hasan was loading wood on his donkey’s back, ……..
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Hints:
- which thing did Shankar stumble upon; details of the thing (color, shape, appearance); what Shankar did with that thing; what happened to the sheep in the field; if that thing helped Shankar in taking care of the sheep; how villagers reacted in the end.
- what happened when Hasan was loading wood on his donkey’s back; what Hasan did after that; if that incident help Ali know that Hasan was a cheat; how Ali felt on knowing that Hasan had been cheating on him for long; if Ali did anything to teach a lesson to Hasan.
(Note: Students may develop their stories on an entirely different line. Set them free)
