Arif and an old woman

One day a school boy named Arif was returning home from school. On the way to his home, he saw an old woman who was begging. Arif asked the woman why she was begging. In reply, she told him that once she had an affluent family with husband, two sons and a daughter.

After the sudden death of her husband she tried her best to educate and establish her sons and daughters. For this she had to work in other people's home and sewing cloths. But all goes in vain after their marriage. The sons and only daughter forgot her and now she came to this city and begging for meet her end.

Hearing the life story Arif became very upset and called her father. Arif's father was a police officer and he came to the spot and took the woman to an old care center and assured the old-home officials that he will cover the expenses whenever needed. Arif had no grandma and he became very happy to call the woman as his grandma. In every occasion Arif and his family went to that old-home to see the woman and pass some time with her

The More Man Gets, The More He Wants

Once upon a time, there was a king called Midas. He was very rich but he always longed for more riches. Moreover, he was fond of gold though he had a lot of it.

He thought if he had the golden touch, he would be the happiest man. A wise god granted his wish promptly. Having the golden touch, he was very happy.

Whatever he touched was turned to gold. He felt he was the happiest man in the world. He came back to the palace. Seeing him, his sweet little daughter came upto him. He touched her and she immediately turned to gold. The king loved his daughter more than anything else. He could not bear her condition. He began to weep and felt repentant to get his wish granted. Then the god took pity on him. He took away the power of golden touch.

Whimsical Decision of a King

Once there lived a King in an island. There were green trees everywhere in the island. The King decided to build a magnificent palace in the island. So he ordered his men to cut down all the trees. Some opposed the King's idea but he did not pay heed to their opposition.

So people were compelled to carry out the king's order. They cut down all the trees. As a result, a great change to place in the climate of the island and the atmosphere rapidly turned hostile. The temperature increased rapidly. Extreme heat of the suns made soil crack. It eventually led to draught. Other disaster also started to visit the island. People could not grow crops. So there broke out a famine. As a result, many people had to starve to death. Others became rickety and pale.

At these the king realized his misdeed. He ordered his people to plant plenty of trees in the entire island. He felt repent for his wrong doing. But it was too late. It took to a long time to reinstall everything in proper order.

A Lucky Rickshaw Puller

Rahmat Mia is a poor rickshaw puller in Dhaka. He pulls rickshaw in different areas of the city. One day he saw some men selling lottery tickets. He felt tempted and bought a ticket. He knew the date of the draw. He was waiting eagerly for the day. Then the much awaited day came and he purchased a daily newspaper and went to his slum to check his number on the sly. He was very excited as dream peeped into his heart unconsciously. He took out his ticket from a torn bag agilely. First he checked his own number and then looked on the paper to find his number out. To his utter surprise he found his number at the first prize place. He revised, revised and revised. But he could not believe his own eyes. What a surprise! He is the winner of the first prize that means he is the owner of 50 lakh taka. He thought to himself. He felt shouting but he did not do so. He told noting to anyone even to his wife. He on the sly communicated with the concerned authorities and got the money within a short time. In the mean time, his name was published in the newspaper as the first prize winner of the lottery. He told his slummates to spend a good portion for the welfare of them. He deposited half of the amount in a bank and with the another half he bought a land and built house there. He also gave his slum-mates some loans so that they might start a co-operative business. He himself also joined the business and their slums became a solvent one. Thus a lottery changes the fate of some slum dwellers.

Rumour Results in Tragedy

Rati is a worker of a big factory in Dhaka. There are more than 500 workers in the factory. One day while he was working, a loud sound was heard. Fire! Fire! Help! Help! As ill news runs apace, the news spread very fast among the workers. Naturally all the workers got into a panic. They started to run at a time towards the gate of the garments factory. There was only one gate to come out of the factory and only one stair to come down to the gate. So while all the workers were trying to come out of the factory using the only stair, some workers fell down. Rati was one of them. They were trodden down by other workers. At least ten workers were severely injured and two faced death. But fortunately Rati's injury was not fatal. It was irony of the fate that there was actually no fire. In fact, a naughty young worker out of jest cried out saying "fire, fire". The other workers took it true and started to come out of the factory resulting in a tragic accident.