Class 8 Exam | English | Completing Story 11-15 | PDF

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11. The Judgment of a Wise Judge

Once a house master’s a very precious piece of ornament was lost from his house. He searched for it here and there but failed. Then he asked the help from a judge.

The judge was very wise. He called all the servants of the master’s house but the servants denied the charge. Then the judge hit upon a plan to detect the real thief. He gave each of them a stick of the same length and told them to submit the sticks the following day.

He told them that the stick of the real thief would increase by an inch. Returning home, all the servants kept their sticks as they were innocent. But the thief shortened his stick by an inch. The next day when all submitted their sticks before the judge, the real thief was easily detected. Then the thief was given his due punishment.

12. Who is to Bell the Cat

There was an old house in a village. A number of Mice lived in the house. They were doing a lot of mischief there. The master of the house was very annoyed and made a plan. He brought a cat. As a result, the mice could not come out of their holes.

One day all the mice sat together in order to find a way out. Different mice gave different suggestions, but none was found acceptable. At last a young mouse stood up and said, “If you kindly permit me, I can submit a proposal.” All the mice looked eagerly at him and asked him to make his proposal.

Then the young mouse said, “If we tie a bell around the cat’s neck we’ll be in a position to understand when the cat is coming to the barn and then we’ll hasten into our holes. Before its coming, we’ll be able to eat as much of the cereals as we need.”

All the mice praised the proposal except the old one. He stood up and said, “I’ve no doubt in my mind that the proposal is quite good, but who’ll bell the cat?” Hearing this, all the mice began to look at one another and felt disappointed. Finding no solution, the mice eventually migrated to another place.

13. A Golden Goose

Once a farmer had a goose. It used to lay a golden egg every day. He thought, “This goose will make me rich!” After that, the farmer checked the straw every day. He found more golden eggs! Now the farmer spent most of his time just waiting and dreaming by the straw near the goose.

He didn’t spend time with his wife and children. He could think about was becoming the richest man in the world. One day the farmer was getting impatient again, and his greedy thoughts wouldn’t go away. “I’ll be rich, rich, RICH!” Why doesn’t this silly goose lay another egg? Come on, goose.

It’s been two days!” the impatient farmer scolded the goose.All of a sudden he had an idea. “Why don’t I cut open the goose and just take all the eggs out of her?” he thought. So, without thinking, he killed the goose and looked inside. And when he looked inside there were no eggs!

And now that the mother goose was dead, there would be no more golden eggs at all! Poor goose! Poor farmer! The farmer had left his farm work so long, just waiting for the golden eggs, his farm came to ruin and he had to spend all the money from the golden eggs just to get back to where he started from.

14. A Fox without a Tail

One day a fox fell into a trap. He struggled hard but could not get free from the trap. At last he managed to be free but lost his tail. Without the tail the fox looked strange. The fox felt sad. He thought deeply. Then he made a plan to remove his sadness.

According to his plan he called a meeting of all foxes. When all the foxes came, the victim fox said, “Dear friends, I’ve made a great discovery. Is there any necessity of our tails? Actually it has no use at all. Without my tail I feel so light and free. I can also run faster than before. So, cut off your ugly tails as I’ve done.”

All the foxes listened to his speech attentively. Many of them praised him and agreed to cut their tails off . When they were about to leave the meeting, an old wise fox understood the clever fox’s conspiracy and said, “Dear foxes, wait a bit and listen to me, please.

Don’t accept his suggestion. The fact is that fox fell into a trap and lost his tail. Now he looks ugly. He feels shy to go anywhere. So, he wants us all to look like him. Don’t follow his advice.”

Thus all the foxes understood the clever fox’s trick. The fox without a tail failed to be fool other foxes. He ran away quickly to save his life. Finally all the foxes thanked the old wise fox.

• অষ্টম শ্রেণি-JSC এর অনুধাবনমূলক প্রশ্ন ও উত্তর
• JSC : শরৎচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায়‘র জীবনী ও জ্ঞানমূলক প্রশ্নগুলোর উত্তর
• JSC : শরৎচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায়‘র জীবনী ও সৃজনশীল প্রশ্নগুলোর উত্তর
• JSC : শরৎচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায়‘র জীবনী ও সৃজনশীল প্রশ্নোত্তর
• অষ্টম শ্রেণি: শরৎচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায়‘র জীবনী ও সৃজনশীল প্রশ্নোত্তর

15. Honesty is the Best Policy

Once upon a time there was a poor farmer in a village. Though he was poor he was very honest. One day he was going to his land. On his way to the land he found a purse. He opened the purse and found that it was full of gold.

The farmer was surprised to see the purse of gold. Soon he returned home with the purse. Out of curiosity, he showed his wife the purse of gold though he knew that his wife was a greedy woman. The farmer asked his wife what he should do.

His wife suggested him to go to any goldsmith to sell the gold. Thus they would become rich. The farmer did not agree with his wife. There continued a bit quarrel between the husband and wife for a while. The farmer was so strict in his honesty. His wife became angry and left the place.

The farmer decided to return the purse to its real owner. But he did not know the address of the owner. The farmer was intelligent. He emptied the purse and searched far and wide to find out the address of the owner. Fortunately, he found the address and went to the house of the owner.

He handed over the purse to the owner. The owner of the purse became very happy and offered some money to the farmer. The farmer refused to take money and said that it was his responsibility to do the job and returned home.

The farmer’s wife said to him, “What reward were you given for your great job?” “Nothing.” replied the farmer. His wife started scolding him. The farmer said, “I haven’t been rewarded in this world but certainly I’ll be rewarded in the world here after by the almighty.

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