On the basis of the beginning, write a short story in about 180-200 words. (SM) Once upon a time, there was a king who loved his kingdom and his people. He did a lot for them. Everyone was happy in his kingdom. Every night he would disguise himself as common man and .......
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Answer:Adapted by Amy Friedman,Illustrated by marcianodakari
It was this tale, among a thousand others, that Scheherazade told one summer night to King Shahriar. It happened in the days of the famous Caliph known as Haroun al Raschid.
A wealthy merchant lived in Baghdad, and when he died, he left his wealth to his son, whose name was Sinbad. Alas, Sinbad was careless with his money, and before long, he lost everything. All those who had pretended to be Sinbad's friends while he was rich disappeared once the lad lost his fortune.
Not knowing what to do or where to turn, Sinbad thought he might try his fortune at sea, and so, with his pockets empty, he traveled to the port of Basra. There he boarded a merchant ship, and within days, the new sailor was out at sea, going from ocean to ocean. Like his father, Sinbad proved to be a hardworking, fine sailor and a talented merchant. He began to dream of making his fortune at sea and leading a life of leisure once he had returned to shore.
But fate had something else in store for Sinbad. One morning as the ship traveled across the wide, blue sea, the sailors spotted an island Sinbad had never seen in any of his other voyages. The men searched logs, but they could find no record of this island anywhere. The closer they came, the more beautiful the island seemed. Scents of the most magnificent blooms wafted toward them, and as they came near, they saw that the island was garlanded with flowers.
"We'll anchor here," the captain cried. And the men lowered the anchor.
The crew quickly rowed to shore, eager to see this new world. When they stepped upon the land, they found that the strange and mysterious island was filled with the ripest, most exotic fruits they'd ever seen. The men agreed that it was strange to find no human beings in such a rich land, but they soon forgot this worry and began to pick and eat the fruit, thrilled at their marvelous find.
"We'll spend the night," they all agreed, and Sinbad built a fire so that they all might stay warm.
As the sun began to move lower and lower in the sky, the men gathered around the fire. Sinbad threw more wood atop the heap, and the flames danced high into the beautiful summery sky. The men began to sing their sailors' songs.
Suddenly, and without warning, the ground beneath them heaved. The palm trees and the fruit trees began to sway wildly, and all around the shore the sea fumed and spouted and sprayed.
"Everyone back to the ship!" the captain cried. "This is no island!"
"What?" the men cried in astonishment as they tried to stand. The shuddering island tossed them this way and that, sending them flying into the air.
"It's a whale!" Sinbad cried, for now he saw the great creature rising, higher and higher, and he knew that it had felt the heat of their flame and was readying to dive below the surface to cool its steaming back.
A moment later the island began to sink beneath the roiling waves. The sea whirled around the whale, and the whirlpool sucked the sailors down below the watery depths as the whale dived deeper and deeper. Sailors cried out for rescue, but alas, they were soon pulled beneath the waves.
Sinbad somehow managed to swim away from the whirlpool's mighty pull. Gasping for breath, he swam with all his strength.
Suddenly Sinbad felt the edge of something hard against his palm. He peered up above another crashing wave and saw he had touched a barrel. He gripped it as tightly as he could and, with all of his remaining strength, pulled himself aboard. There he managed to stay afloat.
When once more the sea was calm, Sinbad looked around and saw that everything was gone. There was no ship; there were no sailors. All had been sucked down to the bottom of the deep, dark sea, and so, exhausted from his struggle, Sinbad closed his eyes and fell asleep aboard his barrel, rocking this way and that like a child in a cradle.
At dawn Sinbad awoke to find his barrel wedged against a sandy shore. Amazed at his good fortune, he looked up and saw two men. "Welcome to our land," the men said, and they took him to their king, who listened in amazement to Sinbad's tale.
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There was a country long time ago where the people would change a king every year. The person who would become the king had to agree to a contract that he would be sent to an island after his one year of being a king.
One king finished his term and it was time for him to go to the island and live there. The people dressed him up in expensive clothes and put him on an elephant and took him around the cities to say goodbye to all the people. This was the moment of sadness for all the kings who ruled for one year.
After saying farewell, the people took the king with a boat to remote island and left him there. On their way back, they discovered a ship that had sunk just recently. They saw a young man who survived by holding on to a floating piece of wood. As they needed a new king, they picked up the young man and took him to their country.
They requested him to be a king for a year. First he refused but later he agreed to be a king. People told him about all the rules and regulations and that how he will be sent to an island after one year.
After three days of being a king, he asked the ministers if they could show him the island where all the other kings were sent. They agreed and took him to the island. The island was covered with thick Jungles and sounds of vicious animals were heard coming out of them. The king went little bit inside to check. Soon he discovered the dead bodies of all the past kings. He understood that as soon as they were left in the island, the animals came and killed them.
The king went back to the country and collected 100 strong workers. He took them to the island and instructed them to clean the Jungle and remove all the deadly animals & cut down all excess trees.
He would visit the island every month to see how the work was progressing. In the first month all the animals were removed and many trees were cut down. In the second month, the whole island was cleaned out. The king then told the workers to plant gardens in various parts of the island.
He also took with himself useful animals like chickens, ducks, birds, goats, cows etc. In the third month, he ordered the workers to build big houses and docking stations for ships. Over the months, the island turned into a beautiful place.
The young king would wear simple clothes and spend very little from his earnings as a king. He sent all the earnings to the island for storage. When nine months passed like this, the clever king called the ministers and told them, “I know that I have to go the island after one year. But I would like to go there right now."
But the ministers didn’t agree to this and said that he has to wait for another 3 months to complete the year. 3 months passed and now it was a full year. The people dressed up the young king and put him on an elephant to take him around the country to say goodbye to others. However, this king is unusually happy to leave the kingdom.
People asked him, “All the other kings would cry at this moment and why are you laughing?"
The Clever King replied, “Don’t you know what the wise people say? They say that when you came to this world as a baby, you were crying and everyone was smiling. Live such a life that when you are die, you will be smiling and everyone around you will be crying. I haw lived that life. While all the other kings were lost into the luxuries of the kingdom, I always thought about the future and planned for it. I turned the deadly island into a beautiful abode for me where I can stay peacefully."
The moral lesson from this story is about how we should live our life. The life of this world is to prepare for the life hereafter. In this life, we shouldn’t get lost into the deceiving and attractive things of this world and forget about what is to come in the afterlife. Rather, even if we are kings, we should live a simple life and save all our enjoyments for the hereafter. May HE make it easy for us all?
It is He Who sends down rain and He Who knows what is in the wombs. Nor does any one know what it is that he will earn on the morrow… Nor does any one know in what land he is to die.
You ruined your next world and developed this one. Naturally, you do not like to be transferred from flourishing to decline
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