Q.7 (B) Developing a story/Narrating an experience : (5 marks)
B1. Develop a story in about 80-100 words with the following beginning. Give a suitable title. Anita was in a cake shop to buy a cake for her birthday. She saw a small beggar boy outside the shop ................ (alternative to B2)
The Cake that Tasted Sweeter
Anita was in a cake shop to buy a cake for her birthday. She saw a small beggar boy outside the shop, his nose pressed to the glass, staring at the cakes. She bought a small chocolate cake and, on an impulse, bought a second one.
Outside, she held out the second cake to the boy. He stared at her, then at the cake, and ran off without a word. Anita felt foolish and walked home slowly.
In the evening the doorbell rang. The beggar boy stood there with a paper flower in his hand and a woman behind him. “He would not eat until he had given you this,” the woman said. “It is his birthday too.”
Anita kept that paper flower on her study table for years. It taught her that giving is the sweetest part of any birthday.
Exam tip: Give a title, start with the given lines, keep to 80–100 words and end with a value or lesson.
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