Story Writing – A THIRSTY CROW

Story Writing – A THIRSTY CROW

Read the following outlines and develop them into a complete story. Give a suitable title to your story.

 A crow was very thirsty — searching water but did not  find — saw a pitcher — its beak just could not reach the bottom layer— it dropped some stones into the pitcher — the water seemed to rise gradually — thus it managed to  quench  its thirst.

A THIRSTY CROW

     Once a thirsty crow was flying to here to there and in search of water. But he found no water anywhere. At last, he saw a pitcher nearby and flew to it. He tried to dip his beak but to no effect. Then he tried to upset the jar but failed to turn it over. The efforts only made him more thirsty. At last, he caught sight of some stones lying at hand. He picked up some of those and began to drop those into the pitcher. The water seemed to rise a little. So he went on doing it till the water came up within the reach of his beak. The crow now quenched his thirst by drinking as much as he liked.

একটি পিপাসার্ত কাক

একদিন এক পিপাসার্ত কাক পানির সন্ধানে এদিক ওদিক উড়ছিল। কিন্তু সে কোথাও পানি খুঁজে পাচ্ছিল না। অবশেষে সে কাছেই একটি কলস দেখতে পেল এবং এটির দিকে উড়ে গেল। সে তার ঠোঁট ভেতরে ডুবানোর চেষ্টা করল কিন্তু কোনো কাজ হলো না। তারপর সে কলসি কাত করার চেষ্টা করল কিন্তু কাত করতে ব্যর্থ হলো। তার চেষ্টা শুধু তাকে আরো পিপাসার্ত করে তুলল। অবশেষে তার নাগালের মধ্যে কিছু পাথর দৃষ্টিগোচর হলো। সে এগুলোর কিছু নিল এবং এগুলো কলসের মধ্যে ফেলতে শুরু করল। পানি একটু উপরে উঠছে বলে মনে হলো। তাই সে এটা করলো যতক্ষণ না পর্যন্ত পানি তার ঠোঁটে পৌঁছায়। কাক এখন ইচ্ছামতো পানি পান করে তার তৃষ্ণা মেটালো।

Read the beginning of a story. Write ten new sentences to complete the story.

It was a hot summer day. A crow became very thirsty. It began to move here and there in search of drinking water but in vain. The crow did not lose hope……..

TITLE: A THIRSTY CROW/WHERE THERE IS A WILL, THERE IS A WAY

It was a hot summer day. A crow became very thirsty. It began to move here and there in search of drinking water but in vain. The crow did not lose hope. It, at last, noticed a jar at a little distance. Relieved and with great joy it flew nearly down to it. There was little water at the bottom of the jar. The water of the jar was beyond the reach of the crow. It tried to drink but could not drink at all. On the other hand, the pitcher was too heavy for the crow to overturn. It became disappointed . It was in deep thought what could be done in this moment. Finding no other way to quench its thirst, the crow was about to fly away.

At that time it saw some pebbles beside the pitcher. A trick came into its head and it started to throw the pebbles into the jar one after another. At one time the water of the jar rose to the brim. The crow drank the water to its heart’s content and flew away. Thus the crow got relieved of his thirst.

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

It was a summer day and a crow became very thirsty. It began to move here and there in search of drinking water but in vain. The crow did not lose hope. It, at last, noticed a jar at a little distance. It at once flew to it but…….

Where There is a Will, There is a Way It was a summer day and a crow became very thirsty. It began to move here and there in search of drinking water but in vain. The crow did not lose hope. It, at last, noticed a jar at a little distance. It at once flew to it but there was a little water at the bottom of the jar. The water of the jar was not reachable to the crow.

Story Writing – WHERE THERE IS A WILL, THERE IS A WAY

The crow was really dying for water. He did not lose hope even when he failed to reach the bottom of the jar with his bill. He looked around for help, thought over this or that but nothing worked. He said to himself, “If I give up trying I will simply die from thirst. So, I need to find out some ways and means to get water from the jar. At last I will have found water after a long search. Now managing to have water from the jar is my business. I must try a hundred times before I give in and die from thirst.” This thought renewed his mental strength more than ever before.

Suddenly a thought crept up into his mind and he began to fly around from one place to another in search of pieces of stones or brick, lumps of dry mud. He got many of them and brought all the pieces near the jar and then picked up the pieces one by one and dropped them into the jar.

This time his plan worked. With a happy surprise he saw that the level of water was gradually rising up from the bottom. This result of his effort again invigorated his spirit and strength. He dropped all the pieces of stones and brick bats into the jar and finally the level of water rose high enough for him to touch it with his bill. The crow took a deep breath, heaved out a sigh of relief and drank the water with his hearts fill and succeeded in saving himself.

Read the beginning of a story. Now, complete it in 150 words.

Once upon a time on a hot day in summer, a crow felt very thirsty. It flew to and fro in search of water. But it could not find water anywhere.

Where There is a Will, There is a Way

Once upon a time on a hot day in summer, a crow felt very thirsty . It flew to and fro in search of water. But it could not find water anywhere. It grew so thirsty that it thought it would die. It, however, continued its search and at last found a jar at some distance. At once it flew down to have a drink of water from the jar. But it found that there was a little water at the bottom of the jar. It could by no means reach it with its beak. But it did not lose heart. It tried to overturn the jar but failed. Suddenly it saw some stones a little away from the jar. It hit upon a plan. It picked up the stones one by one and dropped them into the jar. When he had dropped a large number of stones, the water in the jar rose high enough for him to reach it. Then the crow quenched its thirst drinking water to its heart’s content.