Tit for Tat Story with Moral Lesson – The Silver Key Short Story

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Here is Tit for Tat Story with Moral Lesson in English. This short story is available here for F.A, FSC, and students of Class 10. This story is about a traveler who reached an inn in the night and a conversation happen between the inn-keeper and the traveler. You are writing the same story under two titles, do good, have good and Tit for Tat. This story is good, especially for 1st-year students. But the good students of class 9 can also get benefit by preparing and writing it in the exams if it is there. The story is as under.

The Silver Key Short English Story with Moral Lesson

Once a rich traveller was travelling during the night. At last, he reached a town. He came to an inn but found the door of the inn locked. The rich traveller knocked at the door. The inn-keeper shouted from inside, “who are you?” Why have you come at such a late hour? “What do you want? The door is locked and so cannot be opened.” The rich man was badly shivering with cold. He again requested the inn-keeper to open door. “I am helpless” replied the inn-keeper. It is a strange lock and can only be opened with a silver key. The rich man understood the intention of the inn-keeper, passed a rupee through a slit and got the door opened and the traveller went in.

The rich man was also very clever. He said, “I have forgotten my bag outside. Will you please fetch in for me? No sooner did the inn-keeper go outside than the rich man bolted the door from inside. The greedy inn-keeper now requested him to open the door. The rich man gave the same reply. I am helpless. It Is a strange lock, can only be opened with a silver key. The inn-keeper pushed the same coin through the slit. The traveller took his coin back and opened the door.

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