Q1: Write a short story about a character who learns an important lesson.
Your story can take the form of a fable (with animals or objects that talk, ending with a clear moral).

Planning Hints:
Decide your type of story
Fable: Talking squirrel learns why sharing is better than stealing.

2. Include these features:
A strong beginning that sets the scene
A clear problem or mistake
A turning point where the character realises something
A moral or message at the end (for example, “Kindness always returns.”)

3. Use literary techniques like:
Personification: The sun smiled through the clouds.
Repetition for effect: He ran, ran, and ran—until the truth found him.

4. Sensory details:
Make your reader see, hear, feel, and smell the world in your story.
Example Opening Sentences
Fable type: “Long ago, in a quiet forest, a little mouse thought he was the cleverest creature alive.”