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Boost up your story writing!!! Age 07 to 22 years Face the public opinions Compete yourself Sometimes younger beats elders :) Sometimes elders acts as the rabbit and donot take the race serious. Stories will be judged separately for age groups 07 to 12 years 13 to 17 years 18 to 22 years Post your story in the comment box (proper grammar), and we will upload it with your name. Your relatives and public opinions will decide winners. >> You may allow to write story in Urdu and English both Top 3 winners (of each age group) name will be displayed on the HOME page for a month. His/her certificate will be uploaded forever in MORAL STORY page. How to write Name: Father's name: Your class: City: "Your story" Note: Your father and mother can't give opinions in the comment box. How to post your story? Post your story in the comment box as 'Google account' if you comment as 'anonymous' the story will not be uploaded. If you...

21. First Flight  A man found a chrysalis of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He saw and observed the butterfly for quite a few hours as it grappled to force its body through that little hole. Then it gives the impression to go no further and stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gone as far as it could. So the man decided to help out the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and cut off the left over bit of the chrysalis. The butterfly then appeared without any hindrance. But it had a swollen body and small shrunken wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly because he supposes that at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to hold the body, which would contract in time. Nothing happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling with a distended body and wrinkled wings. It was never be able to fly. The man, in his kindness and hurriedness, did not understand was that the restricting chrysalis and the st...

20. Your determination, your Gain One freezing, chilly day in the midst of winter a group of ants was busy drying out some grains of corn which had grown moist during the wet autumn weather. A grasshopper feeble with cold and hunger came up to one of the ants. “Please give me a grain or two from your stock of corn to save my life,” he said dimly. “We worked day and night to get this corn in. Why should I give it to you?” asked the ant irritably. “What were you doing all last summer when you should have been gathering yours?” “Oh! I didn't have time for things like that,” said the grasshopper. “I was far too busy in singing and did not pay attention to these things.” The ant laughed unkindly. “In that case you can sing all winter as far as I am concerned,” she said. And without another word she turned back to his work. We should help the less fortunate. But also we must work hard and not rely on the kindness of others for our daily needs. Please insert your short story in the com...

19. Secret of peaceful Relationships Two families lived close by. One family was regularly fighting while the other one lived peacefully and friendly. One day, feeling envious about how peacefully and mannerly the neighboring family got along, the wife told her husband….Go to the neighbors and check what they are doing for their comfort. The husband went, hid and began watching. He saw a woman who was cleaning the floor. Abruptly something unfocused her, she ran to the kitchen. At that time, her husband rushed into the room. Unknown to the presence of the bucket of water, he kicked it and water spilled all over the floor. His wife came back from the kitchen and said to him…I’m sorry, it’s my mistake. I didn’t budge the bucket out of the way. The husband replied, No, I’m sorry, honey! It’s my fault, because I did not notice it and did the mess. The man returned home and his wife asked him if he know what their secret is. I think the difference is that we always seek to prove ourselves r...

18. Life is more worthy A husband and his wife were on the way to a friend’s wedding. His wife wore her best outfit and jewels. Suddenly an out-of-control bullock cart was coming speeding up at the back. Husband quickly pulls his wife towards himself in an effort to bring her to safety, loses balance and both of them fall into a ditch along the road. Wife (furiously): What do you think you were doing? You blemish my beautiful outfit! I can’t go to the wedding like this now! Husband: Well, you should buy a new dress then (as he smiles to himself thanking God that HE saves her life)! Please insert your short story in the comment box below. We will upload it with your name. Please comment as Google account if you comment as anonymous the story will not be uploaded. In this story these tenses is used if you want to learn click below links: Click here: Past Continuous Click Here: Present Indefinite (Simple Present OR Present Simple) Click Here: Past Indefinite (Past Simple or Sim...

17. What to remember, what to forget Two friends were strolling through the desert. During some point of the journey they had a disagreement and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt and upset, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand….Today my best friend slapped me in the face. They kept on walking until they found an oasis where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning. But the friend saved him. After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone….Today my best friend saved my life. The friend who had hurt and saved his best friend asked him….When I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you write on a stone. Why did you do both differently? The other friend replied….When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of mercy and forgiveness can remove it away. But when someone does something good for us, we must etch it in stone where no wind can...

16. Positive in Negative Two twin boys were brought up by an alcoholic father. One grew up to be an alcoholic, impulsively copying his father and when asked why he drinks, he said “I watched my father." The other grew up and never drank in his life. When asked why he doesn’t drink, he said “I watched my father." There were two boys with same father but the perceptions and observations were different. The first one adopted his father’s unhealthy lifestyle while second one proves that there are still positive outcomes from negativity and learns from other’s mistakes. Your perspective in life will determine your destination. Please insert your short story in the comment box below. We will upload it with your name. Please comment as Google account if you comment as anonymous the story will not be uploaded. In this story these tenses is used if you want to learn click below links: Click here: Past Continuous Click Here: Present Indefinite (Simple Present OR Present Simple) C...

15. Pink! A husband and his wife were debating on colors to paint their house. Wife: I want pink! Husband: Are you serious? We better leave it white and bright! Wife: I have made up my mind. I will be happy only with pink. Husband (giving her a pair of pink-colored glasses): Fine. Have it your way. Wear these glasses and not just these walls, even I will be pink! Please insert your short story in the comment box below. We will upload it with your name. Please comment as Google account if you comment as anonymous the story will not be uploaded. In this story these tenses is used if you want to learn click below links: Click here: Past Continuous Click Here: Present Indefinite (Simple Present OR Present Simple) Click Here: Present Perfect Click Here: Future Indefinite OR Simple Future OR Future Simple

14. Happiness lies inside you Only those who are competent of being alone are capable of love. The ability to be alone (solitude) is the capacity to love. It may look paradoxical to you, but it is not. It is a factual truth…only those people who are capable of being alone are capable of love, of sharing, of going into the deepest fundamentals of the other person – without becoming reliant on the other, without being jealous from others even for a single thing and without becoming addicted to others. Free souls allow others absolute freedom, because they know that if anyone leaves, they will be as happy as they are now. Their happiness cannot be taken by others, because it is not given by anyone. They lay their happiness inside, found it in solitude, and many time by helping others and observe smile on their face. Spend some time with yourself, discovering you; observe your creation, initiation and your growth day by day. Observe the creation of this entire world, uniqueness in clou...

13. Money can’t buy everything A rich man was retiring when an angel of death came to him. He had worked long and hard to attain considerable wealth and retire in luxury, and could not believe that his time was up. Being a very rich person, he decided to buy some more time from the angel of death at any cost. He negotiated for a long time but the angel was unaffected. Hopelessly, the rich man made the last proposal to the angel… Give me just one hour of my life, so that I could appreciate the beauty of this earth for the last time and spend some time with my family and friends whom I haven't seen for a long time and I will give you all of my wealth. But the angel spurn again. Finally, the man asked if the angel could give him at least one minute so that he could write a goodbye note. His wish was approved and he wrote a note…. "Spend your time, which was given to you, in the right way. I couldn't buy even an hour of life with all of my wealth. Listen to your heart and chec...

12. God never lacks supplies A man who was the sole survivor of a dreadful shipwreck was bringing onto the shore by waves on a tiny uninhabited island. Shocked and alone, the man prays to God to rescue him from his dreadful destiny. Strange with survival plans, the man struggled to suffer. Ultimately, he was able to create a hut to protect him and his few belongings. Every day the man devotedly inspects the horizon for the response to his prayer. One day, after search for food, he arrived home and found his little hut is on fire. There was nothing left but ashes and smoke. “God, how could you do this to me?” He cried. Busted and desperate he whined himself to sleep. The next day, he was awakened by the resonance of a ship. It had come to rescue him. He asked the sailor, “How did you know I was here?" "As we were moving towards east, we saw your smoke signal," the sailor replied. God is working in our lives, even in the depths of our pains and sufferings. We easily get d...

11. A Help An old woman sought to cross a road. She was weak. Therefore she wanted help. She waited long. She waited alone. She saw a great number of school boys. They were amusing and talking. They were going home. They looked at the old woman. They did not help her. They walked on. But one boy went to the aged woman. He said to her, “Mother! Do you want to cross the road? I will assist you. I will take you to the further side." The boy helped the old woman. He led her across the road. He did a good deed. He was happy. He said, “I helped somebody’s mother. So, somebody will help my mother in her old age." “Dear God! Be kind to this good boy," said the old woman in her prayer. Please insert your short story in the comment box below. We will upload it with your name. Please comment as Google account if you comment as anonymous the story will not be uploaded. In this story these tenses is used if you want to learn click below links: Click here: Past Continuous Click ...

10. Be the player of your ground A hawk lived on the top of a hill. At the bottom of the hill there was a tree on which a crow used to sit every day. The crow was very foolish and imitates everyone. The hawk flies down every day in search of food. The crow watched the hawk struggling for long hours and dive when he saw his prey. The hawk gifted with eyes that could see long distances would spot his prey from the hill top and then fly down to seize upon the prey. The crow watched the hawk thinking, “Huh! If the hawk can do that, I too can. One day, I will show the hawk that I can do hunt even better than him." A few days later, as the hawk was circling in the air, the crow imitates the same. Suddenly a squirrel came out of the bushes. The hawk saw it and the crow too saw the squirrel. Before the crow could move, the hawk dived, caught the squirrel in his strong sharp claws and flew away. “Huhhhh! That is not any great skill," thought the crow, angrily. Next moment he spo...

9. Grounded John was a shepherd. He was a good man. He was also a wise man. He became the governor of a province. Some people do not like him and were envious form him. They went to the king and said, “John is a thief. He demands money from the people. He hides that money in a box on his camel." The king went to John’s province. John was then riding on his camel with a box in front of him. The king was angry. He affirmed John, “Open your box now. I want to check it." John opened the box. There were only items meant for the shepherd in the box. John said to the king in humble voice, “This box teaches me a lesson. I look at it over and over again. I think of my past. I feel humble and stay grounded." The king was glad. He made John Governor of one more province. Subsequently the people of the whole country liked John. Please insert your short story in the comment box below. We will upload it with your name. Please comment as Google account if you comment as anonymous th...

8. The chain of Help A man saw an old lady who was stranded on the side of the road. He decided to help her, so he stopped his shabby car next to her Mercedes and got out. The old lady was a bit frightened and nervous because of his shabby appearance. The man, sensing this, carefully tried to relax her. He said to her, “Don’t worry. I’m here to help you. My name is Arhan Azam." He fixed her flat tire and became filthy and slightly wounded. When he was finished, the lady asked him how much she due him. He replied that if she really wanted to repay him, she could pass on the kindness to someone else in their time of need. The next evening the lady stopped at a cafe. The waitress who was serving her was pregnant and tired. Even with her obvious exhaustion, the waitress was very sweet and friendly. The lady wondered how someone who was so tired from a long day of work could still be so friendly and kind to her. Then she thinks of Arhan. When the lady finished her meal, she paid ...

7. Black Spot One day a professor entered a classroom and asked his students to prepare for a surprise test. They waited nervously at their desks for the test to begin. The professor handed out the test, once he handed them, he asked his students to turn the page and begin. To everyone’s surprise, there were no questions...only a black dot in the center of the page. The professor was observing the expressions on everyone’s face. “I want you to write what you see there." Instruct the professor. The students were confused and began to write out their answers. At the end of the class, the professor took all the answers and started reading each one of them loudly in front of all the students. All of them with no exceptions described the black dot, trying to explain its position in the middle of the sheet, etc. etc. etc. After all had been read, the professor began to explain. No one wrote about the white part of the paper. Everyone was paying attention on the black dot and the same...

6. Live the Moment Enjoying the gentle sea breeze, lying in a hammock, Sara’s friend wore a dreamy broad smile on his face. Sara: Why are you smiling all by yourself? Friend: I’m thinking of the day when I will be truly happy. Sara (with confusion): And when it will come? Friend : When I can have a big house of my own by the sea, a comfortable and up to date car, a healthy bank balance, get married to a handsome guy, have three sons, get them educated so that they get a good job, earn a lot of money, and… Sara (Interrupting): I get the picture, but what will you do after all that? Friend: Then I can simply put up my feet and relax and enjoy the gentle breeze and the sun on my face at the age of 40, a perfect life of which I always dream. Sara: But my friend, you are doing that now itself – without having done that entire struggle! And by the way dude, how do you know that you will be 40 or not? Please insert your short story in the comment box below. We will upload it with y...

5. Verbal Wounds Little Ayan had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he have to hammer a nail into the wooden block. The first day, the boy had driven 34 nails into the block. Over the next few weeks, as he was able to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually lessens. He discovered it was easier to control his temper than to drive those nails into that wooden block. Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father recommended that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the boy was finally able to tell his father that there were no nails left in the block. The father took his son to that block. He said, "You have done a good job, but my son look at the holes in the block. The statue will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a mark just like this...

4. Be Content with what you have One day a boy saw a man on the road wearing a big round shield over his head in the direction of the sun. Prying to know what the man was trying to do, boy went up to him and enquired. Boy: What are you doing? Man: I am trying to hide the sun. It is too bright. Boy: My friend, why are you disturbing yourself so much? I have a simpler solution to your problem." Saying this, boy picked up a grain of sand in his hand and blew it into the man’s eyes. Please insert your short story in the comment box below. We will upload it with your name. Please comment as Google account if you comment as anonymous the story will not be uploaded. In this story these tenses is used if you want to learn click below links: Click here: Past Continuous Click Here: Present Indefinite (Simple Present OR Present Simple) Click Here: Past Indefinite (Past Simple or Simple Past) Click Here: Present Perfect Click Here: Present Continuous (Present Progressive)

3. As you sow, so shall you reap! An old man took his phone to a repair shop because he did not get what he want from that phone and face problems on daily basis. Repairer told that old man that nothing is wrong with this phone. The phone was working up to the mark, it need no extra maintenance or update. Old man with tears in his eyes said that then why don’t my children ever call me? Take care of your parents as they care you and brought you up when you need them the most they were always with you. Spend time with them before time passes and you will have nothing but regrets. Please insert your short story in the comment box below. We will upload it with your name. Please comment as Google account if you comment as anonymous the story will not be uploaded. In this story these tenses is used if you want to learn click below links: Click here: Past Continuous Click Here: Present Indefinite (Simple Present OR Present Simple) Click Here: Past Indefinite (Past Simple or Si...