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Question
Work in groups of five. Tell the story in ten sentences.
You can begin the story like this:
The author’s Grandfather served in the Indian Forest Service.
After his retirement he built ______ Now continue the story. Each one should say one sentence.
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Solution
- Grandfather built a bungalow.
- He planted trees around it.
- During the rains Grandfather walked into the jungle.
- He planted cuttings & saplings.
- They found a small rocky island.
- Grandfather planted a number of tamarind, laburnum and coral tree saplings.
- During the second world war, the author was sent to a boarding school.
- Two or three years later he went to England.
- Some years later, the author returned and saw the island.
- He looked around and noticed a beautiful small green paradise.
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