Question

Write a short story in about 150-200 words on the situation given below:
You took a part in short story competition. You began the story but could not complete it. Write the reasons for this.
Please please help me in this story.

Answer 1

We received an overwhelming number of wide-ranging and inspiring responses to the challenge of writing a story on the theme of ‘belonging’. The judging panel, headed by Cortina Butler, Director of Literature at the British Council, was extremely impressed with the quality of the entries:

‘We have learned so much from reading everyone’s work about the lives of young people growing up in the Commonwealth – both what is common to us all and what is distinct’, explained Cortina. ‘What all the entries clearly demonstrate is how important a sense of belonging is to every one of us, wherever we live.’

Read the selected stories, and the panel's comments about each one, in the sections below. In recognition of the number of quality stories received, a further nine entries from across the two age categories were also commended.



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Answer 2

The boy who cried wolf

Once upon a time, there lived a shepherd boy who was bored watching his flock of sheep on the hill. To amuse himself, he shouted, “Wolf! Wolf! The sheep are being chased by the wolf!” The villagers came running to help the boy and save the sheep. They found nothing and the boy just laughed looking at their angry faces.

“Don’t cry ‘wolf’ when there’s no wolf boy!”, they said angrily and left. The boy just laughed at them.

After a while, he got bored and cried ‘wolf!’ again, fooling the villagers a second time. The angry villagers warned the boy a second time and left. The boy continued watching the flock. After a while, he saw a real wolf and cried loudly, “Wolf! Please help! The wolf is chasing the sheep. Help!”

But this time, no one turned up to help. By evening, when the boy didn’t return home, the villagers wondered what happened to him and went up the hill. The boy sat on the hill weeping. “Why didn’t you come when I called out that there was a wolf?” he asked angrily. “The flock is scattered now”, he said.

An old villager approached him and said, “People won’t believe liars even when they tell the truth. We’ll look for your sheep tomorrow morning. Let’s go home now”.

Moral

Lying breaks trust. Nobody trusts a liar, even when he is telling the truth.