Short Story ”A Silver Key” Complete Story for Class 10, Class 12 and other classes.
A Silver Key
Once a traveller was with walking. Moreover, it was late in the night. So he wanted to rest at inn. As he reached an inn he found it locked. He knocked the door again and again.nobody responded.
At last the inn- keeper answered. He told the traveller that he needed a silver key to open the door. The traveller understood what the inn- keeper wanted . he pushed a rupee note from under the door. The inn- keeper opened the door.
The treaveller entered the door. After entering the inn the traveller asked the door- keeper to bring his bag from outside. The inn-keeper agreed and went out. The traveller locked the door. Now the inn-keeper asked him to open the door.
The traveller repeated the words of the open the door-keeper and wanted a silver key to open the door. The inn-keeper pushed in a silver coin. Thus the traveller got his silver coin.
Moral:– Tit for tat. Or if you cheat others, others will cheat you.