Story Writing with Hints for Class 6

By Class 6, writing a story from hints needs more than just joining the clues together. Teachers look for a well-built plot, lively dialogue and a moral that truly fits the story. The 10 stories below show you how to do this, and each is about 200 to 250 words. You will find fables from Aesop and the Panchatantra, a famous fairy tale and a witty Birbal story.

Tips for Writing a Story from Hints in Class 6

1. Find the heart of the story. Read the hints and ask yourself what lesson the story is trying to teach. Keep that lesson in mind as you write.

2. Fill the gaps between the hints. Hints often jump from one event to the next. Add small linking events so the story feels complete.

3. Mix your sentences. Use some short sentences and some longer ones. Avoid starting every sentence with “Then”.

4. Paint a picture with words. Describe what the characters see, hear and feel, so the reader can imagine the scene.

5. Revise before you finish. Check the tense, spellings and word count, and make sure your moral matches the story.

The Vain Stag Story with Hints

Hints: A stag drinks water from a clear pool … admires his beautiful antlers in the reflection … feels ashamed of his thin legs … hears hunters and dogs … runs fast on his thin legs … enters a thick wood … antlers get caught in the branches … dogs come closer … he breaks free just in time … realises his legs saved him and his antlers nearly trapped him

The Vain Stag

On a hot afternoon, a stag came to a clear pool in the forest to drink water. As he bent down, he saw his reflection in the still water.

“What wonderful antlers I have!” he said proudly. “They look like the branches of a royal tree. No other animal in the forest has such a crown.”

Then his eyes fell on his legs. They were long and thin. “But these legs are so ugly,” he sighed. “I wish I had strong, handsome legs to match my antlers.”

Just then, he heard the sound of a horn and the barking of dogs. Hunters were coming! The stag turned and ran as fast as he could. His thin legs carried him swiftly across the open field, and he soon left the dogs far behind.

Then he entered a thick wood. As he dashed between the trees, his large antlers got caught in the low branches. He pulled and twisted, but he could not get free. The barking came closer and closer.

With one last mighty tug, the stag broke loose, just as the dogs burst through the bushes. He raced away and escaped into the deep forest.

Resting later, the stag thought, “How foolish I was! The legs I hated saved my life, and the antlers I loved nearly trapped me.”

Moral: Usefulness matters more than beauty.

The Jackal and the Drum Story with Hints

Hints: A hungry jackal wanders in the forest … hears a loud booming sound … gets scared … thinks it is a giant beast … decides to find out … finds a drum lying on an old battlefield … tree branches beat against it in the wind … the jackal hopes it is full of food … tears it open … finds it empty … laughs at his own fear

The Jackal and the Drum

A jackal was wandering through a forest looking for food. He had not eaten for two days, and his stomach was growling.

Suddenly, he heard a loud sound. “BOOM! BOOM!” The jackal froze. “What was that? It must be a giant beast,” he thought. His legs trembled, and he wanted to run away.

But he was also very hungry. “If I run away from every sound, I will never find food. Let me find out what it is,” he said bravely.

Slowly, he crept towards the sound. It came from an old battlefield at the edge of the forest. There, under a tree, lay a big drum left behind by soldiers. Whenever the wind blew, the branches of the tree hit the drum. “BOOM! BOOM!”

The jackal’s eyes shone. “Such a big creature must be full of food,” he thought. He attacked the drum with his teeth and claws and tore a hole in it. Then he pushed his head inside eagerly.

But the drum was empty! There was nothing inside except air.

The jackal sat back and laughed at himself. “I was so scared of an empty drum. Loud things are not always dangerous.”

He walked away, still a little hungry, but much wiser.

Moral: Do not fear what you do not understand. Find out the truth first.

The Dog in the Manger Story with Hints

Hints: A dog finds a comfortable place to sleep in a manger full of hay … the oxen come back tired and hungry … want to eat the hay … the dog growls and snaps at them … will not let them eat … the dog cannot eat hay himself … the oxen go hungry … the farmer sees this … chases the dog away … the oxen eat happily

The Dog in the Manger

It was a hot afternoon on a farm. A lazy dog was looking for a cool place to rest. He jumped into the manger in the cowshed. It was full of fresh, soft hay. “This is the perfect bed,” he said, and he curled up and fell asleep.

In the evening, the oxen came back from the fields. They had pulled the heavy plough all day. They were tired and very hungry, so they walked straight to the manger to eat their hay.

As soon as they came near, the dog woke up. He jumped to his feet and began to growl and bark. “Go away! This is my place,” he snarled, showing his sharp teeth. Whenever an ox tried to take a mouthful, the dog snapped at its nose.

“But you do not even eat hay,” said one ox gently. “Please let us have our dinner.”

The dog did not listen. He kept barking and snapping. The poor oxen stood back, hungry and sad.

Just then, the farmer came into the shed. He saw what was happening and got very angry. “You selfish dog!” he shouted. He picked up a stick and chased the dog out of the shed.

At last, the tired oxen ate their hay in peace.

Moral: Do not stop others from enjoying what you cannot use yourself.

Birbal and the Farmer’s Well Story with Hints

Hints: A farmer buys a well from his neighbour … the next day, he goes to draw water … the neighbour stops him … says he sold the well, not the water … the farmer goes to Akbar’s court … Birbal hears the case … says the water belongs to the neighbour but the well belongs to the farmer … asks the neighbour to remove his water or pay rent … the neighbour gives up … the farmer gets his well and the water

Birbal and the Farmer’s Well

A farmer needed water for his fields. So he bought a well from his neighbour and paid him a good price. But the neighbour was a clever and dishonest man.

The next morning, the farmer went to the well with his bucket. The neighbour stopped him. “You cannot take this water,” he said. “I sold you the well, not the water inside it. If you want the water, you must pay me more money.”

The farmer was shocked. He argued, but the man would not listen. Sad and helpless, the farmer went to Emperor Akbar’s court and asked for justice.

Akbar asked Birbal to handle the case. Birbal called the neighbour and asked, “Did you sell the well to this farmer?” “Yes,” said the man. “But the water still belongs to me.”

Birbal nodded. “Very well. The well belongs to the farmer, and the water belongs to you. That means your water is sitting in his well without his permission. So you must either take all your water out of his well today, or pay him rent for keeping it there.”

The neighbour’s face fell. He knew he could not empty the whole well, and he did not want to pay any rent. He folded his hands and said sorry. Then he gave the farmer both the well and the water.

Moral: Dishonesty never wins in the end.

The Emperor’s New Clothes Story with Hints

Hints: A vain emperor loves new clothes … two cheats come to the palace … say they can weave magic cloth … only wise people can see it … the emperor pays them a lot … they pretend to weave … the ministers cannot see the cloth but praise it … the emperor also pretends to see it … walks in a parade in his “new clothes” … a small child shouts that the emperor has no clothes on … everyone laughs … the emperor feels foolish

The Emperor’s New Clothes

Long ago, there was an emperor who loved new clothes more than anything else. He spent most of his money on fine robes and changed his outfit many times a day.

One day, two cheats came to the palace. “Your Majesty, we can weave magic cloth,” they said. “It is so special that only wise people can see it. Foolish people cannot see it at all.”

The emperor was thrilled and paid them bags of gold. The cheats set up a loom and pretended to weave from morning till night. But there was no cloth at all.

The emperor sent his ministers to check. They saw nothing, but they were afraid of looking foolish. “It is beautiful!” they said. When the emperor went himself, he saw nothing too. But he did not want anyone to think he was foolish, so he said, “Magnificent!”

On the day of the grand parade, the cheats pretended to dress the emperor in his new clothes. He walked through the streets in just his underclothes. The people had heard about the magic cloth, so they all clapped and praised it.

Suddenly, a little child pointed and shouted, “But the emperor has no clothes on!”

At once, everyone burst out laughing. The emperor’s face turned red. He knew the child was right, and he finished the parade feeling very foolish. By then, the cheats had already run away with the gold.

Moral: Do not be afraid to speak the truth.

The Donkey in the Lion’s Skin Story with Hints

Hints: A donkey finds a lion’s skin … puts it on … the animals run away in fear … the donkey enjoys scaring everyone … meets a fox … tries to roar … brays loudly instead … the fox recognises him … laughs at him … the donkey is ashamed

The Donkey in the Lion’s Skin

One day, a donkey was walking near the edge of a forest. He found the skin of a lion that a hunter had left out to dry in the sun.

“What fun it would be to look like a lion!” he thought. He pulled the skin over his body and walked into the forest.

As soon as the animals saw him, they screamed and ran. The deer leapt into the bushes. The rabbits dived into their holes. Even the big wild boar hurried away. The donkey was delighted. “At last, everyone fears me!” he said to himself. He spent the whole day chasing animals and enjoying their fear.

In the evening, he saw a fox sitting under a tree. “Let me frighten this fox too,” thought the donkey. He stood tall, opened his mouth wide and tried to roar like a lion.

But instead of a roar, out came a loud “Hee-haw! Hee-haw!”

The fox looked up and burst out laughing. “Oh, it is you, my friend! I might have been scared too, if I had not heard your voice. A lion’s skin cannot hide a donkey’s bray.”

The other animals heard this and came out of their hiding places. They laughed and laughed. The donkey felt so ashamed that he threw off the skin and ran home.

Moral: Your words show who you really are.

Androcles and the Lion Story with Hints

Hints: Androcles is a slave with a cruel master … runs away to a forest … finds a lion in a cave groaning in pain … sees a thorn in its paw … bravely pulls it out … the lion becomes his friend … later, Androcles is caught … thrown to a hungry lion in the arena … the lion runs towards him … stops and licks his hand … it is the same lion … the emperor is amazed … sets both of them free

Androcles and the Lion

Long ago, in ancient Rome, there lived a slave named Androcles. His master was very cruel and beat him often. One night, Androcles could not bear it any longer. He ran away and hid in a forest.

Tired and hungry, he entered a cave to rest. Suddenly, he heard a loud groan. A huge lion was lying in the corner. Androcles was terrified, but the lion did not attack. It only lifted its paw and whimpered.

Androcles came closer and saw a big thorn stuck deep in the lion’s paw. The paw was swollen and bleeding. Gathering all his courage, he held the paw gently and pulled out the thorn. The lion licked his face gratefully. From that day, they became friends.

Some months later, soldiers found Androcles and took him back to the city. As a punishment for running away, he was thrown into an arena with a hungry lion, while thousands of people watched.

The gate opened, and a lion rushed out, roaring loudly. Androcles closed his eyes. But the lion stopped in front of him and began to lick his hands like a pet dog. It was the same lion he had helped!

The emperor and the crowd were amazed. When Androcles told his story, the emperor was deeply moved. He set Androcles free and let the lion return to the forest.

Moral: Kindness is never forgotten.

The Frog and the Ox Story with Hints

Hints: Little frogs play near a pond … see a huge ox … hop home to tell their mother … the proud mother frog puffs herself up … asks if the ox was this big … the little frogs say it was much bigger … she puffs more and more … they beg her to stop … she does not listen … loses her breath and gets hurt … learns her lesson

The Frog and the Ox

A mother frog lived in a pond with her little ones. She was very proud and always thought she was the biggest and strongest creature around.

One day, her little frogs were playing near the edge of the pond. Suddenly, a huge ox came to drink water. The little frogs had never seen such a giant animal. They hopped back home as fast as they could.

“Mother! Mother!” they croaked. “We saw a monster! It was so big, with horns on its head and a long tail!”

The mother frog laughed. “Was it this big?” she asked, and she puffed out her body.

“Oh no, Mother, it was much, much bigger,” said the little frogs.

The mother frog took a deep breath and puffed herself up even more. “Was it this big?”

“Bigger, Mother! Far bigger!” they cried.

She did not want to lose. She puffed, and puffed, and puffed. Her body swelled up like a balloon. “Please stop, Mother! You will hurt yourself,” begged her children.

But she would not listen. She puffed once more with all her might. Suddenly, she lost her breath and fell over on her back, aching all over. It took her many days to feel well again.

From then on, she never tried to be something she was not.

Moral: Too much pride leads to a fall.

The Old Lion and the Fox Story with Hints

Hints: A lion grows old and weak … cannot hunt anymore … pretends to be very ill … lies in his cave … animals visit him one by one … none of them come out … a fox comes to visit … stands outside the cave … notices the footprints … all go in, none come out … the fox refuses to enter … walks away safely

The Old Lion and the Fox

A lion lived in a big cave in the forest. Once, he was the strongest hunter of all. But now he had grown old. His teeth were loose, his legs were weak, and he could no longer chase other animals.

“If I cannot go to my food, I will make my food come to me,” he thought with a sly smile.

So he spread the news that he was very ill. He lay in his cave, groaning loudly. The animals felt sorry for their old king. One by one, they went into the cave to visit him. First came a goat, then a sheep, then a young deer. But strangely, none of them ever came out again.

One day, a clever fox came to visit. But she did not go inside. She stood at the mouth of the cave and called out, “How are you feeling today, Your Majesty?”

“Very weak, my dear,” said the lion in a soft voice. “Come in and sit near me. I cannot hear you well from there.”

The fox looked down at the ground. “I would love to, sir,” she said, “but I see many footprints going into your cave, and not a single one coming out.”

With that, the fox turned around and walked away safely.

Moral: Learn from what happens to others.

The Milkmaid and her Pail Story with Hints

Hints: A milkmaid carries a pail of milk on her head to the market … dreams about selling the milk … buying eggs … the eggs hatching into chickens … selling the chickens … buying a new dress … going to the fair … she tosses her head proudly … the pail falls … the milk spills … all her dreams are lost

The Milkmaid and her Pail

Radha was a young milkmaid who lived in a small village. One fine morning, her mother gave her a pail of fresh milk to sell in the market. Radha placed the pail carefully on her head and set off along the dusty road.

As she walked, she began to dream. “I will sell this milk for a good price,” she thought. “With that money, I will buy a basket of eggs. The eggs will hatch into chickens. When the chickens grow big, I will sell them and earn a lot of money.”

Her eyes sparkled. “Then I will buy a beautiful green dress with golden borders. I will wear it to the village fair. Everyone will stop and stare at me. But I will simply toss my head and walk past them proudly, like this!”

Lost in her dream, Radha tossed her head. Down came the pail with a crash! All the milk spilled onto the road and soaked into the dust.

Radha stood still, staring at the empty pail. There was no milk, no money, no eggs, no chickens, no dress and no fair. All her dreams had vanished in a moment.

She walked home slowly with tears in her eyes. When she told her mother everything, her mother hugged her and said gently, “My dear, never count your chickens before they are hatched.”

Moral: Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

Test Your Skills: Practice Hints

Here are five fresh sets of hints. Choose one, plan your story, and write it in about 200 to 250 words with a title and a moral.

1. Kabir finds a mobile phone on the school bus … it keeps ringing … he answers it … it belongs to a worried old man … Kabir returns it the next day … the man offers him a reward … Kabir politely refuses … the man praises his honesty

2. A peacock is sad that it cannot sing like a nightingale … a wise old owl tells it that everyone has a special gift … dark clouds gather … the peacock spreads its feathers and dances in the rain … all the animals admire it … the peacock feels happy with itself

3. A small village has no school … a young girl starts teaching children under a banyan tree … people laugh at her at first … more and more children join … the villagers build a small school … the girl becomes its first teacher

4. Two goats meet on a narrow bridge … neither wants to move back … they fight … both fall into the river … the next day, two other goats meet on the same bridge … one lies down … the other walks carefully over it … both cross safely

5. A rich merchant cannot sleep because he worries about his money … hears a poor cobbler singing happily every day … gives him a bag of gold … the cobbler stops singing and starts worrying … returns the gold … gets his happiness back

Common Questions About Story Writing with Hints

How long should a story from hints be in Class 6?
In Class 6, a story from hints is usually about 200 to 250 words long. Your teacher or question paper may set a different limit, so always follow that.

What should I do if the hints feel incomplete?
You can add small linking events or details that fit naturally between the hints. Just make sure you do not change the main events or the ending.

Can I write a proverb as the moral?
Yes. A proverb like “Pride goes before a fall” works well as a moral, as long as it clearly matches what happens in your story.

What are the common mistakes that cost marks?
Students often lose marks for skipping a hint, mixing present and past tense, going far over the word limit, forgetting the title, or writing a moral that does not match the story.

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