Category: HSC – STORY WRITING

The door of death

The Door of Death-It was a fine sunny day. Almost all the workers were busy with their daily activities in a factory. Suddenly there was a crashing sound. I noticed my colleagues running back and forth, screaming. It took me a moment or two to realize that something ominous was going to happen.

As soon as I along with others moved 20 feet towards the staircases, the building began collapsing, giving me the feeling of a lift going down at speed. Darkness engulfed the entire place with thick clouds of dust. I heard screams around me. My heart started pounding. After sometime, a ray of hope emerged when I saw a faint light. A lot of things and memories came across my mind. I was thinking about my wife and children.

Suddenly I saw the hole of an exhaust fan around 20 feet away. With every bit of energy in me, I crawled to the hole. Some rescuers saw me after I started screaming for help. They assured me that they would rescue me and told me not to worry. They tried their best to rescue me and finally I was able to come out. I saw many of my colleagues trapped in debris still alive and they could not move, as walls and machines had fallen on them. How terrible that moment was for me!

There lived a farmer in a village. He had a wonderful goose. The goose laid an egg of gold everyday. The farmer was very greedy. He thought that it was difficult for him to keep patience. He grew impatient to have all the eggs at a time. If he got all the eggs in a day, he would be very rich quickly. He was quite tempted .As a result, he hit upon a plan to cut the belly of the goose and collect all the eggs altogether. To implement his plan, he took a knife and cut the belly of the goose. To his utter surprise, he found no egg there. Another sad news for him was that the goose died for bleeding. The farmer was very shocked at the incident. He realised that he implemented a foolish plan. For his greed, he lost the wonderful goose forever.

Once there lived a happy cobbler who passed his days in working and singing from morning till night. A rich man of his neighbor asked him one day “How much a year do you earn?” The cobbler laughed and said, “I never reckon my money in that way. It goes as fast as it comes, but I am glad to be able to earn it. I cobble on from day to day and earn a living.” “Well then, how much do you earn each day?” asked the rich man. “Why, sometimes more and sometimes less,” answered the cobbler. “On many holidays I earn nothing but I manage to live.” “You are a happy man now,”

said the rich man, “but I will make you happier,” and he handed the cobbler one thousand dollar. “Go, spend this money carefully. It will supply your needs for many days,” he said. The cobbler had never dreamt of so much money before. He thought it was enough to keep him in food and clothes all his life. He took the money home and hid it, but he hid his joy with it. He stopped singing and became sad. He could not sleep for fear of robbers. He thought that everyone who came into his shop was trying to find out his secret. When a cat ran over the floor, he thought a thief had slipped through the door.

Once a boy named Arif was coming home from his school on foot. Suddenly he noticed a moneybag lying beside the road. He thought for a while. He was confused to take up the bag as somebody might treat him as a thief. Again he was not such irresponsible as to overlook the matter. So, he shook off hesitation and took the bag to his house. At home, he consulted the fact with his parents and his younger sister. His parents advised him to search for the owner of the bag and he found a big amount of money. Inside the moneybag, he found a visiting card with phone number.

Arif decided to call on the number. A grave male voice answered on the other end. Arif enclosed his identity and the fact of getting the moneybag. The receiver demanded that he owned that bag with money. Arif tried to test the man if he was speaking the truth. The conversation between them removed Arif’s confusion. Arif became sure of his ownership of the bag. He gave his residence’s address to the man. The man met Arif and thanked him a lot for his responsibility. He also gifted Arif a nice story book.

Sheikh Saadi was a great poet of Iran. He led a very simple life. Once the king of the country invited him to the court. Walking all day long on foot, he became tired and took shelter in a rich man’s house at night. Saadi had a very simple dress as usual. The rich man considered him an ordinary traveler and did not entertain him well. The next day, Saadi left the rich man’s house and reached the king’s court. The king received him well and presented him royal dress. On his way back home, Saadi again took shelter in the same rich man’s house.

Seeing his royal dress, the rich man took great care of him and served him rich and delicious food item. Saadi started putting the food items into his pocket instead of eating. The rich man became astonished at his strange behavior and asked the reason of his doing so. Saadi gently told the host of his behavior at the first day and the second day. “The delicious food was given to me for the dress. So I am putting this food in my dress,” he said. The man became very ashamed of remembering his behavior and begged pardon. Saadi then introduced himself to the rich man and took leave of him.

Once a dog stole a piece of meat from a butcher’s shop. He ran away with it and at last went to a stream. There was a plank across the stream. The dog was running over the plank. He looked down into the stream at the time of running over the plank across stream and saw clearly a dog’s shadow in the water. The greedy dog thought that there was another dog carrying a piece of meat. So he quickly jumped into the water.

In doing so the dog lost the piece of meat from its mouth. The piece of meat was carried away by the river. There was no other dog. The one it had attacked was its own shadow. The greedy dog was soaking wet and with great difficulties reached the shore. The greedy dog went home sluggishly. His stomach was getting even hungrier. The dog thought that too much greed had resulted in such misery.

It was late at night. I was taking preparation for my ensuing examination. All the members of my family were sleeping. All on a sudden, my phone rang and it was an unknown number. I got frightened when he introduced himself as a robber. This voice was soft at first but it was very ferocious later. He demanded at least ten lac taka within 24 hours. After saying this he cut the line.

I was very nervous because he threatened to kill me if I don’t give him the money. I was very sensitive about this issue, specially over unknown phone call. My mental condition was serious and I was admitted into the hospital by my parents. Next night he phoned me again and my father received it and told him about my real condition. After hearing this he became ashamed and penitent. He apologized to my father telling him that he was one of my school friends and he had made a fun with me.

An ant lived on the bank of a river. The level of water in the river was increasing gradually. One day a wave stroke at the shore. At that moment the ant was walking. It slipped into water and could not reach the shore. A dove observed the matter. He felt for the ant and became very sympathetic .He took a leaf of a jackfruit tree and spared it downward the water. The drowning ant caught it. Both the leaf and the ant were floating. At last the ant reached the shore. When he got back his life, he heard everything from the dove. He thanked the dove and soon they became friends.One day, while the dove was sitting beside the bank, a hunter targeted it for hunting. At that moment, the grateful ant hit upon a plan suddenly to save the dove. When the hunter aimed his gun at the dove, the ant bit his foot. As a result, the hunter jumped up and missed his target. Hearing the sound, the bird flew off. Thus the ant saved the life of his useful friend dove.

Rafiq got into the train. He found out his seat and sat down. A few minutes later, another passenger claimed the seat and to his utter surprise, Rafiq discovered that he had got into the wrong train. But it was too late. The train had already left the station. There was no way to get down. Rafiq left the seat for the man and told him about his mistake. The man felt sorry and suggested Rafiq getting down at the next station. Rafiq looked at his watch. It was almost 10 pm. So asked the man how much it would take to reach the next station. The man replied that it would take about an hour. Rafiq lost his heart and got frightened thinking what he would do getting down there. Besides, he had two lac taka in his suitcase. He became pale thinking about upcoming danger. He was also fearful about the snatcher. Finding him thoughtful, the man said that he would also get down at the next station and assured that he would help him to get into an inn. In the meantime, ticket master came and Rafiq managed him showing his ticket. At last the train reached the station. Rafiq got down. The man showed Rafiq the way to the nearest inn. The town was very quiet and there was hardly any people. There were not enough street lights. The road was dark. He was walking along the street. Suddenly, two people emerged and pointed gun at him. They told him to give them all his belongings. As he refused, one of them loaded the gun and threatened his life. He started trembling. His suitcase fell down from his hand. He sat down. They snatched away his suitcase, moneybag everything.

Once there was a lion sleeping in a forest. Suddenly a mouse came there. It did not notice the sleeping lion. It was running about and playing happily. By chance, it ran over the face of the lion. It awoke the lion. At this, the lion grew very angry . It roared with anger. The mouse got frightened and started trembling. The lion said, “How dare you disturb me, the small evil? I will kill you.” The mouse fell in great danger. It begged its life to the lion. It also promised to help the lion in future if he needed. Hearing this, the lion laughed at him. He said, “How a small creature like you will help me?” He mocked at the mouse and relieved him.After a few days a hunter set a trap and the lion was caught in it. The lion tried his utmost to escape from it but failed.The mouse noticed the situation and decided to help the lion. It started to cut off the net with its sharp teeth. After sometimes, the lion was able to get out from the trap and thanked the mouse for saving his life. So, nobody should neglect anyone treating as a small creature.