There lived a happy cobbler in a village. He passed his days working and singing from morning till night. A rich neighbor of his was a banker who one day said to him, "How much a year do you carn?" The cobbler replied, 'I earn enough to make both ends meet.".........................

Money Cannot Bring Happiness

There lived a happy cobbler in a village. He passed his days working and singing from morning till night. A rich neighbor of his was a banker who one day said to him, "How much a year do you carn?" The cobbler replied, 'I earn enough to make both ends meet." "I am sorry for that. You must be living in great distress," said the banker. "But I am used to this sort of life and I am happy," said the cobbler.

The next day the rich banker again came to visit the cobbler. He came with ten thousand taka in a bag. He said to him, "Look, my friend! I've brought ten thousand taka for you. Keep this money and remove your distress." The cobbler was greatly surprised. At first he refused to take the money. The rich man told him that he could use the money in times of difficulties. The cobbler at last took the bag of money from the rich man and thanked him. Now a new anxiety took hold of the cobbler. He said to himself, "Ten thousand taka is a lot of money." He could not think where to keep the money. did not find any safe place to keep the bag. He dug a hole in his hut and kept the money there. But he always thought that his money could be stolen any time. This anxiety kept him awake and his sleep fled away at night. He even could not devote himself to his work. As a result, his life became more miserable. Peace and happiness vanished from his life. The cobbler gradually realized that he had money, but no peace of mind.

Moral of the story: Money cannot bring happiness



The cobbler And The Banker

The cobbler And The Banker



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Money cannot bring happiness in English for HSC Examination: Once there lived a happy cobbler who passed his day working and singing from morning till night. A rich neighbor of his was a banker who one day said to him,” How much a year do you earn?" He was in belief that money can not bring happiness. Happiness lies in contentment ........



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The Happy Cobbler And The Banker/
The Happy Cobbler / Money Cannot Bring Happiness / Money Does not Bring Happiness  / Happiness Lies In Contentment / The cobbler And The Banker


Once there lived a happy cobbler who passed his day working and singing from morning to night. His firm belief was that money cannot bring happiness. Happiness lies in contentment. A rich neighbor of his was a banker who one day came and said to him,” How much a year do you earn?” The cobbler replied, “I don’t know and I never think in that way as I live from hand to mouth.” The banker said, "I am very sorry for your poverty. You should try to change your fortune.” The cobbler laughed and said, "I am happy with what I can earn daily.” The next day the banker came again and said, “Look, my friend! I want to drive away your distress. Take these thousand pounds, keep it carefully and use it in time of need."

The cobbler became very much surprised having the large amount. He had never seen so much money at a time in his life before. At first, he could not think where he should hide the money for safety. Then, he dug a hole in his hut and buried it.

At night, a new thinking crossed over his mind, “someone might steal my money.” As a result, he could not sleep at all.

Next few days, he could neither do any work nor sleep at night for the thinking of money. At last, he realized that the money had snatched away his mental peace and happiness. So, one morning he went to the banker’s house and returned the money. From then, he could pass his days with singing and great happiness as before.

Moral Of the Story: Money cannot bring happiness. Happiness lies in the self contentment.



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A completing story on Money Does not Bring Happiness  / Happiness Lies In Contentment / The cobbler And The Banker

Money Does not Bring Happiness

Once there lived a happy cobbler who passed his days in working and singing from morning till night. A rich neighbours of his was a banker who one day said to him. “How much a year do you earn?” The cobbler laughed and said, “how much a year, sir; I never reckoned in that way, living as I do from hand to mouth; each day somehow brings its meal and I am happy. The banker said, I have resolved to place you above the fear of want. Take these thousand pounds, preserve them carefully and use them in time of need. The cobbler who had never seen so much money at a time in his life before, hurried home and buried his treasure in the earth, but alas! buried his happiness with it too because at night he could not enjoy a sound sleep. He would remain alert the whole night. He would think of the money. Thus he lost his sleep and happiness. One day he went to the banker and told him that his money had snatched away his sleep. So he told the banker to take his money back and finally the cobbler returned the money to the banker. Again he was able to enjoy sound sleep and mental peace and happiness. Thus proved that true happiness lies in contentment.


Completing Story for ssc and hsc examination: 

Completing story writing is important for ssc and hsc examination. In the examination, there will give a few lines of the main story, you have to complete the whole story by looking at those lines.  This writing system is known as completing story writing. Ten marks will be given, if you can write the completing story properly. After Analyzing previous year's question paper, 10 Completing Story are given here.  If you learn these, you will get common any one of these in the exam hall.