SHORT STORY

Fairs Fair
by

SYNOPSIS
This is a story about three friends, Raj,
Sam and Lee . The three friends plan to
go to the Fair. Unfortunately, Lee is
unable to go because his mother does
not have money to give him. Thus begins
the misadventures of the three friends
as they think up of ways to raise money
for Lee. They begin doing some jobs for
their parents in order to earn some
money. However, their inexperience and
simplicity seems to get them into
trouble rather than solve their problems.
In the end, their honesty pays off and
they make some money. They are so
happy they can now go to the fair.

PLOT

The story unfolds a sequence of events that

has the elements of exposition, conflict,
rising action, climax, falling action and
resolution.
Exposition
The fair is in town and Raj has invited Sam and
Lee to go with him.

Conflict

Lee is not allowed to go by his mother

because she doesnt have money.

Rising action The children, Sam, Raj and Lee wash

Sams fathers car.
They take Mrs Greens dog for a walk in
the park.
Climax

They find a purse and decide whether not to

return it.

Falling action They return the purse and get a reward of five
pounds from the owner.

Resolution

They can now go to the fair together.

SETTING

Physical settings (Place)

The street
friends,

(page 3)

Lees house (page 7)

permission

- Where Lee meets his best

Sam and Raj.
-Lee asks his mothers
to go to the fair with his

friends.

Sams house(page 11)

fathers
Rajs house (page 16)
The park
(page 20)
dog.
The bus stop(page 31)
owner.

- The children wash Sams

car.
- The children meet Mrs Green.
- The children bring Mrs Greens
- Lee returns the purse to the

CHARACTERS
MAIN CHARACTERS

RAJ
ASPECT OF CHARACTER:
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE & PERSONALITY/
GENERAL INFORMATION

Personality/general
information: He
invites his best
friends, Sam and
Lee to join him and
his father to the
fair.
Physical
appearance:
He has dark
hair and
tanned
skin.

Personality/general
information:
He insists that his
friends to come
along because he
feels that it would
be boring if they
did not join him

Personality/general
information:
He is a playful boy
as he joins Sam
and Lee playing
with water during
washing Sams
fathers car.

SAM
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE & PERSONALITY/

GENERAL INFORMATION
Personality/general
information:
Respects her parents
where she
immediately asks for
her fathers
permission to go to
the fair with her
friends .
she also asks her
father about any
chores that she and
her friends could do
to get some money
to go to the fair.

Physical
appearance:
She has shoulderlength hair.

Personality/general
information:
She is a caring
friend as she is
willing to help
find money for
Lee.

Personality/general
information:
She is an honest
girl as she
agrees with
Lees decision
not to keep the
purse.

LEE
ASPECT OF CHARACTER:
PERSONALITY/ GENERAL INFORMATION

He knows how to
control a dog
when he and his
friends take Mrs
Greens naughty
dog for a walk
He is easily fed
up when things
didnt go well.

He is respectful
to his parents as
he asks for his
mothers
permission to go
to the fair.

He is kindhearted as he
gives the little
girl his money to
buy a new ball
He is an
observant boy.
He sees a purse
falls from a
ladys shopping
bag.
He is an
honest boy.
He returns
the purse to
the lady at
the bus stop.

CHARACTERS
Minor characters
Aspect of characters
Personality/General
information

SAMS FATHER

He is a
concerned
father. He
wants Sam to
be home early
from the fair.

He is willing to
oblige when
the children
ask him about
house chores
that they could
do to earn
some money.

He gets angry
quite easily.
He is angry
when he sees
the children
are playing
around instead
of washing his
car.

LEES MOTHER
She is a caring mother.
She is busy bathing the
baby when Lee comes
to ask her the
permission.

She is quite a strict

mother. She tells Lee
not to go to the fair
even though Lee really
wants to.
She is a thrifty person.
She does not want to
pay for Lees ticket to
the fair.

RAJS MOTHER

She is a neighbourly
person. She invites
Mrs Green to have tea
with her at home.

RAJS FATHER

He is willing to take the

children to the fair.

MRS GREEN
She is a neighbourly
person. She is having
tea with Rajs
mother.

She lives just across

the street.

MICKEY

It is Mrs Greens dog.

It is a very playful and

quite a naughty dog.

LITTLE GIRL IN THE

PARK

Very demanding as she

insists of having her
ball back which is taken
by Mickey, the dog.

WOMAN WITH LOTS OF

SHOPPING BAGS
She is a careless
person because she
doesnt realize that
her purse has
dropped off her bag.

She is a grateful
person as she thanks
Lee for returning her
purse.
She is kind and
generous because
she gives Lee five
pounds for his
honesty.

THEMES

1. RESPECT FOR PARENTS

One way we can show respect for our parents is to ask

permission from them if we wish to do anything.
We should let them know where we are and whom we
are with.

Examples shown in Fairs Fair:

Lee and Sam asked their parents if they could go to the fair with
Raj.

They also asked if they could take Mrs.Greens dog for a walk.

We should always refer to our parents because they

know what is best for us. Our parents will not allow any
harm to come to us.
Showing respect to our parents is also showing our love
for them.

2.WE MUST WORK HARD FOR THE

THINGS THAT WE WANT

Good things dont come easy. If we want

something we must work for it. We cannot
expect things to be served on a silver platter.
Examples shown in Fairs Fair:
Lee wants to go to the fair, but he has no
money. Therefore, he must think of ways to
earn money if he really wants to join his
friends at the fair. So with the help of his
friends they go off and look for simple jobs
to do.

3.ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES

ANOTHER
This means that when you do a kind deed for
someone, you will receive something good too.
Example shown in Fairs Fair:
Lee gave the little girl one pound he got for
walking the dog, so that she could buy a new
ball. Later he was rewarded five pounds for
returning the purse to the lady shopper who
dropped it.
So his kind act was returned by another act of
kindness. One good deed that we do, will be
repaid with another good act.

4.HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY

It pays to be honest.
Example shown in Fairs Fair:
When they first found the purse, the three children
were tempted to keep it because there were lots of
money in it. They thought they could spend it at the
fair and have a good time. They debated among
themselves. Fortunately, one of them had the
presence of mind to realise it would be wrong to
keep the purse. They should not spend money that
does not belong to them. In the end, they decided to
return the purse. And they were pleasantly surprised
when they were given five pounds as a reward.
Therefore, it can be seen that honesty is the best
policy.

MORAL VALUES

1.PERSEVERANCE

Perseverance means never giving up. The

children in the story encountered a few
failures in their efforts. Nevertheless they
did not give up.
Examples shown in Fairs Fair:

They did not get paid for washing the car

because they were too playful.
They got paid for walking the dog, but the dog
destroyed the little girls ball, so they had to
give her the money to buy another ball.
In life, we will encounter many problems but we
should look for solutions instead of giving up.

2.FRIENDSHIP
All the three children; Raj, Sam and Lee are
neighbours. They are obviously good friends
who play together.
They also stick together when one is having a
problem.
Example shown in Fairs Fair:
Lee has some monetary problems and cannot
go to the fair. But, Raj and Sam did not
desert him, instead they helped him. They
are his confidence booster and made sure he
does not give up.

3.GRATITUDE

Gratitude means to show our appreciation.

We can show our gratitude by saying Thank
you
Examples shown in Fairs Fair:
The little girl thanked Lee when he gave her
the money to buy a new ball.
The lady shopper was grateful and said Thank
you to Lee when he returned her purse.
When we want to show our appreciation for
something nice someone has done for us, we
can say Thank you.

4.KINDNESS

To show kindness means to be caring, gentle and

nice.
We must be kind to everyone, including those
younger than us.

Examples shown in Fairs Fair:

Lee was kind to the little girl when he told her not to cry. He
gave her the money he earned, to buy a new ball.
The lady shopper who dropped her purse was also kind. She
rewarded Lee with five pounds for returning it to her. She also
said some kind words to Lee.

Kindness can be shown through our actions or

through our words.