A story is an account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment.
It must have a title. It should be written in 5 words or less, in the centre, in capital letters and underlined.
It must be in the past tense.
It should be narrated in either the first person of the third person which should be the same till the end.
It should have a moral.
THE ELEMENTS OF A STORY
Theme
It is the main idea of the story.
It is the message that the writer wants to convey.
It is not directly written but is understood.
It is not the moral.
Character
The main positive character is called the protagonist.
The main negative character is called the antagonist.
Keep the minimum number of characters possible.
Introduce the protagonist with a short description (physical / mental / emotional / strengths / weaknesses).
Setting
It is the time and the place at which the story takes place.
Plot
It is the manner in which the story is narrated.
It is the main creative element of the story.
It should have a beginning with the introduction to the characters and the setting.
It should be logical.
Conflict
It is the problem faced by the protagonist.
It makes the story interesting.
It can be of many types.
Protagonist – self
Protagonist – antagonist
Protagonist – society
Protagonist – nature
Protagonist – technology / superpower
SAMPLE
THE VICTORY
It was a cold, winter afternoon. The deserted row of metallic chairs in the waiting area added to Parthiv’s loneliness as he anxiously awaited the Operation Theatre lights to be turned off. Otherwise quite cheerful and determined, Parthiv was a young Software Engineer staying in Delhi with his twelve year old daughter, Myra.
Myra was the love of his life. Each day was a celebration for the father-daughter duo and their routine life would never be boring in each other’s company. Parthiv had made every possible effort to make up for the absence of his wife. They had come to terms with her death and it was just the two of them for each other. At such a juncture, Myra’s sudden surgery came as a jolt to Parthiv. Though not complicated, Parthiv fought with the fear of losing her.
“C’mon! My Daddy’s strongest! I’m going to be back soon!” Myra had said to Parthiv an hour back. He felt warm remembering that and smiled. Just then, the door opened and the doctor came out with a reassuring smile. The afternoon no longer felt cold.
Answers
Answer:
Time for Nature!
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful forest. There lived two trees, named Chintu and Pintu, who were brothers. Chintu and Pintu had many friends like the rabbit and his brothers, the group of monkeys, the family of birds, the Bunky bear and the wise old wolf.
One day, all the friends were chatting. Suddenly Pintu saw a WOODCUTTER coming toward the forest. Pintu said “Hey look a WOODCUTTER is coming towards the forest! Run! Run!”chintu said to the animals. But no one ran. They said “You give us food, shelter, you give us fresh air to breathe. How can we leave you in danger and go?” Chintu and Pintu thanked them.”OK you all hide behind us” said the two brother trees. So the monkeys and the birds hid inside the leaves of the tree and the other animals hid behind the tree.Woodcutter was very confused because there were many trees to cut. Suddenly he saw Chintu and Pintu, the huge trees. He said “Be ready to be cut you trees.” The wise old wolf had already told his plan to animals. When the woodcutter came near the trees, the group of monkeys jumped on him and started imitating him, then the family of birds started pecking him, then the rabbit and his brothers started jumping around him and the Bunkey bear started roaring.
When all animals were busy at their work, the wise old wolf ran to the lion king. The wise old wolf told the king what he had to do. So they ran to where all the animals were. The king roared and the woodcutter ran for his life. Chintu and Pintu said “thank you”.
Later the woodcutter thought “I never thought that trees give animals so many things like food, shelter etc…” and decided not to cut trees.
Friends this a message to not cut but plant more trees because there is less forest on our land and it is becoming less and less only. So please save forest.
Moral of the Story: Save Tree, Save Forest, Think for the Nature.