Completing Story for SSC-2015

01. Grasp All, Lose All

There lived a farmer in a village who had a wonderful goose. Every morning she laid a golden egg. He used to sell the golden egg to the market. He became rich. But by this time the man became very greedy and impatient to have all the eggs at a time. He thought if he cut the goose, he would get all the eggs at a time. And by this way he would be rich overnight. So he cut its stomach with a sharp knife. But alas! There was no egg in it. He was so sorry. Finally he realized that the reason behind losing all is greediness.

02. A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed

There were two friends. They lived in a certain village. They promised that they would help each other at the time of danger. One day they were passing through a deep forest. Suddenly a bear came in front of them. So, both of them were afraid. One of them knew how to climb a tree. He then climbed a tree. The other friend didn’t know how to climb a tree. Then he fell on the ground and held his breath pretending to be dead. The bear came up to him and smelt him. Found him a dead man, the bear left the place. When the bear was gone, the other friend came down and said, “Did the bear say anything to you?” The friend replied, “Yes, the bear told me not to trust a friend who left you in time of danger.”

03. A Thirsty Crow

It was a hot summer day. A crow was very thirsty. He flew from one place to another in search of water. But there was not a drop of water anywhere. All the ponds and ditches had dried up. The crow flew a long distance and was tired. Suddenly he saw a pitcher under a tree. The crow flew down and sat on the pitcher. He looked into the pitcher. The pitcher had a little water. But the crow could not reach it. He looked around and saw some pebbles. He picked up the pebbles one by one with his beak. He dropped them into the pitcher. Soon the water came up to the mouth of the pitcher. The crow drank the water and flew away happily.

04. The Lion and The Mouse

A lion was sleeping in a forest. A mouse started playing on it. The lion was disturbed and arose from his sleep. It caught up the mouse angrily and tried to crush it to death. Then the mouse prayed the lion to leave him off and assured that it would help him when it needed. The lion laughed at it and let him off. One day the lion was caught in a net spread by a hunter. The mouse heared the lion's roaring and came there. It started cutting the net with its teeth. The lion escaped and thanked the mouse.

05.  A fox without a tail.

Once upon a time there lived a clever fox in a jungle. One day while the fox was walking through the jungle. He fell in to trap. He got out of the trap but left his tail behind. Without tail the fox looked very strength. He felt sad............

One day he made a cunning plane. He called all the foxes in a meeting. When they came, He told all the foxes to cut there tails. There was an old fox in the meeting. He realized his trick and told the other foxes to realize it. Then the tailless fox ran away and went in another jungle.  

06.  Unity is strength

Once there lived an old farmer lived in a village. He had four sons. They would quarrel always with each other. The farmer told them not quarrel. But they did not pay heed to their father’s words. So the farmer was unhappy..........

One day he made a plan. He called his sons and told them to bring some sticks and a piece of rope. They brought some sticks and rope. The farmer tied the sticks together in a bundle with the rope and told them to break it. They tried heart and soul but failed.

Then the farmer united the bundle and his wife gave one stick to each of the son. This time they broke the sticks easily. Then the farmer said to them, “Like the sticks, be together and nobody can harm you. “Remember that unity is strength.

07.  An act of generosity.

A poor girl named Rina worked in a rich man’s house. The house master was kind to her but the mistress was very cruel. She used to scold her now and then. One day while serving tea, Rina broke a cup of tea.......

The mistress of the house became very angry and beat her mercilessly. The master came to know the matter. He was moved. One of his friends had a big garments factory in Dhaka. One day he went to Dhaka with Rina and managed a job for her in his friend’s factory. Thus he saved Rina from the inhuman torture of his wife.  

08.  Failure is the pillar of success.

Robert Bruce was a famous king. His kingdom was invaded by his enemies. He fought courageously but lost many battles. In order to save his life, he fled away from his kingdom and took shelter in a remote cave...........

The king was always in a pensive mood for his unhappy condition. Once he was lying in the cave. Suddenly he saw a spider trying hard to reach the ceiling of the cave. It failed again and again but did not lose heart. At last it became successful after many unsuccessful attempts. Seeing this, the king felt inspired to regain his kingdom. He then collected his soldiers and attacked his enemies again. This time his enemies were defeated and he regained his lost kingdom. 

09.  An honest wood cutter.

There lived a wood cutter in a village. One day he was cutting wood nearby a river. Suddenly his axe fell in to the river. The wood cutter did not know how to swim or drive. So he was sitting there sadly..........

Then a wonderful thing happened. The river goddess appeared before him. She asked him why he was crying. The wood cutter told her everything. The river goddess took pity on him. She went in to the river and came back with a “golden axe”. She asked him if it was his axe. The wood cutter replied in the negative. Then she again went in to the water and returned with a silver one. This time also the wood cutter refused to take it.

Finally she brought the axe of the wood cutter. The wood cutter was delighted to get back his iron axe. The river goddess became pleased with the wood cutter and gives him the two other valuable axes as reward.  

10.  The result of greed

Once there was a king called Midas. He was extremely fond of gold. Although he had a lot of it, he wanted more. He thought, if he had the golden touch, he would be the happiest man. A wise god granted his wish promptly. Half an hour later, as the king was sitting in his garden...........

Suddenly a ripe apple fell beside him. The king picked it up. As he touched it, the apple turned into gold. He could hardly believe his eyes. Then whatever he touched everything turned into gold.  When the king entered his palace, his little daughter ran up to him and he took her in his arms. Instantly she turned into gold. The king was struck with horror and felt sorry for his wish. Immediately the wise god took the golden touch away and the girl became human again.

11.  A brave boy.

One day a boy was going to school. Suddenly he saw smoke coming out of a house. He went there and saw a house on fire. Only a few women were running to and fro. They were crying “help, help.”.........

The boy thought there might be somebody in the house. He could not come out. The boy was very brave. He at once ran into the burning house and found an old woman there. The boy took her on his shoulders. He then came out running with her.

People saw it. They praised the boy highly and called him a brave boy. The Head master of the school heard it and congratulated the boy.     

12.  Who will bell the cat?

There lived many mice in a house. A cat also lived there. They were very afraid of the cat. They could not move about freely. One day they hit upon a plan to get rid of the cat..........

They held a meeting. It was decided that a bell should be tied round the neck of the cat. Then they would hear the sound of the cat’s coming and no more be killed by the cat.

There was an old mouse in the meeting. He stood up and said, “The decision is good but who will bell the cat?” Hearing this, the mice began to look at one another and felt disappointed. Finding no solution, the mice eventually migrated to another house that had no cat in it.

13.  Slow and steady wins the race.

Once a hare and a tortoise would live in a jungle. The tortoise was slow to run. So the hare always made fun of him. One day the hare invited the tortoise to a race. The tortoise agreed. All other animals of the jungle came to see the race.........

They selected a running track and a destination. Then they started their race. After running a while, the hare stopped and looked behind to see the tortoise. He saw that the tortoise was far behind from him. So he thought to take some rest.

Thinking so, he went under a tree and fell asleep. But the tortoise was moving slowly without stopping any place. After a short sleep, the hare woke up and began to run. But he was too late. By this time the tortoise reached the goal and won the race.   

14.  Diving the cake.

Once two cats stole a piece of cake. They could not agree within themselves to divide the cake. Because of the fact that each of them wanted the larger share of it. They quarreled for sometime about this. At last one of the cats suggested going to the monkey who had a scale.......... 

So they went to the monkey to divide the cake properly. The monkey broke the cake into two pieces. But one part became larger than the other. Then he broke a portion of cake from the larger piece and ate that instantly. Then the second piece of cake became larger them the first piece. The monkey again broke a small portion of it and ate that also. He continued this method and the cake pieces became smaller gradually.

The cats understood the monkeys trick and told the monkey to stop that. The monkey stopped and claimed the rest of the cake as his charge.          

15. A Son’s Devotion to His Mother/Bayazid’s Love for His Mother

Bayazid was a small boy. His mother was ill. One day he was studying by the side of the bed of his ailing mother. All on a sudden his mother woke up, raised her head and told her son to give her a glass of water. Bayazid went to the kitchen to bring water. He found the pitcher empty. He searched for water here and there, but in vain. Then he decided to fetch water from the nearby fountain. He took the pitcher and went to the fountain for water. He came back home filling the pitcher to the brim. He poured water into the glass and came to his mother. He found that his mother was fast asleep again. He did not want to disturb his ailing mother. He remained standing beside is mother’s bed. His mother awoke in the morning and found her son standing beside her bed. She embraced her son with deep love and prayed to God for her son

16. Promised Should Be Kept

A long time ago, the town of Hamelin in Germany was faced with a great problem. It became full of rats. The rats were so big and fierce that they fought the dogs, killed the cat and bit the babies. At last the people came to the Town Hall and said the Mayor to do something. But the Mayor didn’t know what to do. At that moment a piper came there and said, “People call me pied piper. If you pay me a thousand guilders, I will rid your town of rats.” “All right, I will pay you the sum,” said the Mayor. Then the pied piper went to the street, drew out a pipe from his pocket and began to play on pipe. Soon the rats came out tumbling from every house in Hamelin. There were thousands of rats that followed him. He went down to the bank of the river Weser and waded into the river. And every single rat, which followed him, was drowned. But the Mayor refused to pay the contracted amount of money. At this the pied piper got angry and played on his pipe in another tune. Hearing the strange tune the children came out and followed him. The piper disappeared behind a hill with all the children and did never come back.

17. The king and the astrologer

Once upon a time there was a king who was very fond of knowing his future from the astrologers. A famous astrologer happened to stop at his capital on his way to Benares. The king called on him to know about his future and the astrologer told him something unpleasant. At this the king got furious and condemned him to death saying, “Men like you should not live to spoil the peach of the world.” But another thought had crossed his mind before the astrologer was removed for execution. “How long will you live?” asked the king. With ready wit the astrologer said, “the stars declare that I shall die only a week before Your Majesty. So, good-bye. “Hearing this king turned pale like a dead man and shouted, “Drive this wretch away, let him not come here again.