short story

Babu and the Lion

One day, there was a slave whose name was Babu. His master was very, very bad. You know, he often punched Babu and did not offer him food for days. Poor Babu! So he escaped into a forest and slept in a cave. (ORIENTATION)

Next morning, he heard a loud roar. In front of him...., at the mouth of the cave..., was a very big lion. You see, Babu was scared to death! Kind of scary, isn’t it? But he could not escape. But the lion didn’t attack him. It was tame. (COMPLICATION)

There was a large thorn in its right front foot. The lion lookedat Babu. It seemed to say something like:”Please help me. It’s very painful.” Babu walked bravely to the lion and pulled out the thorn. (CLIMAX)

Babu and the lion turned out to be friends.(RESOLUTION)

(Adapted from GB Shaw’s play: Androcles and the Lion)

Babu and the Lion

One day, there was a slave whose name was Babu. His master was very, very bad. You know, he often punched Babu 

                       (Adj)                              (S. PAST TENSE)

and did not offer him food for days. Poor Babu! So he escaped into a forest and slept in a cave.         (CONJUNCTION)

Next morning, he heard a loud roar. In front of him...., at the

(ADVERB)

 mouth of the cave..., was a very big lion. You see, Babu

                                  (noun phrase)

was scared to death! Kind of scary, isn’t it? But he could not escape. But the lion didn’t attack him. It was tame. There was a large thorn in its right front foot. The lion looked at Babu. It seemed to say something like:”Please help me. It’s very painful.”                                (Reported speech)

Babu walked bravely to the lion and pulled out the thorn. Babu and the lion turned out to be friends.

(Adapted from GB Shaw’s play: Androcles and theLion)

EXERCISE

A Boy and an Apple Tree

                One time, there lived a big apple tree and a boy who liked to play around under the apple tree everyday. He was happy to climb up to the top of the tree, eat the fruit, a nap in the shade of the shade leaves. The boy loved the apple tree. Similarly, the apple tree is very love little boy too.

                Time flies. The boy had grown big and no longer playing with the apple tree every day. One day he went to the apple tree. His face looked sad.

                “Come over here and play with me,” said the apple tree. “I’m not a little kid playing with the tree again,” replied the boy. “I want to have toys, but I’m not having money to buy it.” The tree replied, “Sorry, but I did not have money … but you can take all of my fruit and sell it. You can get the money to buy toys. “

                The boy was very happy. He grabbed all the apples on the tree and left happily. However, after that the boy never came back. The tree was sad again.

                One day the boy returned again. Tree was so excited. “Come play with me anymore,” said the apple tree. “I do not have the time,” replied the boy. “I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Will you help me? “

                “Sorry, but I don’t have a house. But you can cut down all of my branches to build your house”, said the apple tree. Then the boy cut all of the branches and twigs that apple tree and left happily.

                The tree was also felt happy to see the boy happy, but the boy never came back again. The tree was lonely and sad again.