A Crocodile and a Hare / Once a hare was living alone on an island / WITTY REMAINS UNBEATEN (Story Writing / Completing Story)

A Crocodile and a Hare

Once a hare was living alone on an island. The hare thought to himself to go to another island but it could not swim and the other island was far away. So he felt sorry for himself.

One day he came to the sea shore and saw a crocodile there. The hare asked the crocodile for his permission to ask a question. The crocodile gave the permission happily.

The hare asked about the number of the crocodiles in the sea. The crocodile failed to tell the number as there were a lot of crocodiles in the sea.

The hare hit upon a plan to cross the sea with the help of the crocodiles. He proposed to the crocodile he would help him to count the number of crocodiles. The crocodile agreed with him. The hare asked the crocodiles to stand one after another in a line. Then he would count their numbers. The crocodile got amazed at the idea. He called all the crocodiles. They stood as the hare suggested. There was a long line of crocodiles. It almost reached the next island.

Then the hare rode on the back of a crocodile and ordered them not to move. So saying, he jumped on the back of the other crocodiles one after another and began to count them. He jumped for the last time and reached the island. He stood there and shouted that there were one hundred and ninety nine crocodiles. He also informed the crocodiles that he was alone on that island and now he was very happy to become able to reach the new island full of another hare.

A Crocodile and a Hare

Once upon a time, a hare lived alone on an island. He wanted to visit another island, but since he couldn’t swim and the other island was far away, he felt sorry for himself.

One day, while walking along the shore, the hare saw a crocodile. He politely asked the crocodile if he could ask a question. The crocodile, happy to help, gave him permission.

The hare asked, “How many crocodiles are there in the sea?” The crocodile, unable to answer because there were so many crocodiles, told the hare that he didn’t know.

The hare thought of a clever plan to get across to the other island with the help of the crocodiles. He suggested to the crocodile that he could help count the number of crocodiles. The crocodile agreed.

The hare asked the crocodiles to line up one after another so he could count them. The crocodile was amazed by the hare’s idea and called all the other crocodiles. They lined up in a long row, which stretched almost to the next island.

The hare then rode on the back of one crocodile and instructed the others not to move. He jumped from one crocodile to the next, counting each one as he went along. Finally, when he reached the last crocodile, he found himself on the other island.

From there, he shouted, “There are one hundred and ninety-nine crocodiles!” He also told the crocodiles that he had reached a new island, which was now home to another hare, and he was no longer lonely.

Moral: Clever thinking can help you overcome challenges and find solutions to problems.

একটি কুমির এবং একটি খরগোশ

একবার একটি খরগোশ এক দ্বীপে একা বাস করছিল। খরগোশটি অন্য দ্বীপে যাওয়ার কথা ভাবল কিন্তু অন্য দ্বীপটি সাঁতার কাটতে পারছিল না এবং অন্য দ্বীপটি অনেক দূরে ছিল। তাই তার নিজের জন্য দুঃখ হল।

একদিন সে সমুদ্রের তীরে এসে সেখানে একটি কুমির দেখতে পেল। খরগোশ কুমিরের কাছে প্রশ্ন করার অনুমতি চাইল। কুমির খুশি মনে অনুমতি দিল।

খরগোশ সমুদ্রে কুমিরের সংখ্যা সম্পর্কে জিজ্ঞাসা করল। সমুদ্রে প্রচুর কুমির থাকায় কুমির সংখ্যা বলতে ব্যর্থ হল।

খরগোশ কুমিরের সাহায্যে সমুদ্র পার হওয়ার পরিকল্পনা করল। সে কুমিরকে প্রস্তাব দিল যে সে তাকে কুমিরের সংখ্যা গণনা করতে সাহায্য করবে। কুমির তার সাথে একমত হল। খরগোশ কুমিরদের একের পর এক লাইনে দাঁড়াতে বলল। তারপর সে তাদের সংখ্যা গণনা করল। কুমিরটি এই ধারণায় অবাক হয়ে গেল। সে সমস্ত কুমিরকে ডাকল। খরগোশের পরামর্শ মতো তারা দাঁড়িয়ে রইল। কুমিরের একটি দীর্ঘ লাইন ছিল। এটি প্রায় পরবর্তী দ্বীপে পৌঁছে গিয়েছিল।

তারপর খরগোশটি একটি কুমিরের পিঠে চড়ে তাদের নড়াচড়া না করার নির্দেশ দিল। এই বলে সে একের পর এক অন্যান্য কুমিরের পিঠে লাফিয়ে পড়ল এবং তাদের গণনা করতে শুরু করল। সে শেষবারের মতো লাফিয়ে দ্বীপে পৌঁছে গেল। সে সেখানে দাঁড়িয়ে চিৎকার করে বলল যে সেখানে একশো নিরানব্বইটি কুমির আছে। সে কুমিরদের আরও জানাল যে সে ওই দ্বীপে একা এবং এখন সে আরেকটি খরগোশে ভরা নতুন দ্বীপে পৌঁছাতে পেরে খুব খুশি।

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WITTY REMAINS UNBEATEN

Once a hare was living alone on an island. The hare thought to himself to go to another island but it could not swim and the other island was far away. So he felt sorry for himself.

One day he came to the sea shore and saw a crocodile there. The hare asked the crocodile for his permission to ask a question. The crocodile gave the permission happily.

The hare asked about the number of the crocodiles in the sea. The crocodile failed to tell the number as there were a lot of crocodiles in the sea.

The hare hit upon a plan to cross the sea with the help of the crocodiles. He proposed to the crocodile he would help him to count the number of crocodiles. The crocodile agreed with him. The hare asked the crocodiles to stand one after another in a line. Then he would count their numbers.

The crocodile got amazed at the idea. He called all the crocodiles. They stood as the hare suggested. There was a long line of crocodiles. It almost reached the next island.

Then the hare rode on the back of a crocodile and ordered them not to move. So saying, he jumped on the back of the other crocodiles one after another and began to count them. He jumped for the last time and reached the island. He stood there and shouted that there were one hundred and ninety nine crocodiles. He also informed the crocodiles that he was alone on that island and now he was very happy to become able to reach the new island full of another hare.