The
Lonely Landy
One
day, there was a porcupine named Landy. He was lonely. No one wanted to play
with him, because they were afraid of his spike.“Dear
Landy. We don’t want to play with you because your spikes are too sharp. We
don’t want you to hurts us,” said Cici the rabbit one day.“Cici
is right, Landy. It is not because you’re bad or rude to us, no, Landy. Just
because of your spikes. They will stab us if we close to you,” said Tito the
rooster.
Landy
felt lonely. Landy spent most of the time day dreaming at the river bank, “I
would be happy if there were no spikes on my body.”Suddenly,
Kuku the turtle appeared from the river. He came to Landy and said, “Landy,
what are you thinking of?”“Oh,
nothing,” Landy replied.“Don’t
lie to me, Landy! Who knows I can help you,” said Kuku wisely. Then he sat
beside Landy. He wasn’t afraid of Landy’s spikes.Shortly,
Landy told his problem. Kuku nodded his head. He said, “Poor you. But it isn’t
your fault. I know, your spikes are very useful and helpful for you. They will
realize it someday. Trust me!”“Thanks,
Kuku. You are my best friend.”
One
day, Koko the frog held his birthday party. He invited all his friends, including
Landy. But he decided not to come. He didn’t want to mess up the party. “I’ll
come with you Landy. I’ll tell everyone that you’re harmless,” said Kuku.
Finally Landy attended the party. Everyone enjoyed it.
Suddenly
Tito screamed, “Help….help.…! The evil wolf is coming. Save yourself!” Then,
everyone saved their lives, except Kuku and landy. Kuku pulled his head and his
leg into his shell. And Landy rolled his body into a ball.Unintentionally,
the evil wolf touched Landy. Of course, the spike pricked him. He screamed,
“Ouch!” Since his foot was bleeding, he didn’t chase Landy’s friends any
longer. Then, he ran away.“Horray….horray….!
Long live Landy! He saved our lives,” said Cici and her friends. They thanked
him from then on. Landy wasn’t lonely anymore.
Moral
value :
We
should not underestimate someone’s bad physical appearance.
Snow White
Once upon a time lived a little girl named
Snow White. She lived with her Aunt and Uncle because her
parents ware dead.
One day she heard her Uncle and Aunt talking about
leaving Snow White in the castle because they both wanted to go to America
and they didn’t have enough money to take Snow White.
Snow White did not want her Uncle and
Aunt to do this so she decided it would be best
if she ran away. The next morning she ran away from
home when her Aunt and Uncle were having breakfast. She ran
away into the woods.
She was very tired and hungry.
Then she saw this little cottage. She knocked but
no one answered so she went inside and fell
asleep.
Meanwhile, the seven dwarfs were coming home
from work. They went inside. There they found Snow
White sleeping. Then Snow White woke up. She saw the
dwarfs. The dwarfs said, ‘What is your name?’ Snow
White said, ‘My name is Snow White.’
Doc said, ‘if you wish, you may
live here with us’. Snow White said, ‘Oh could? ’Thank you.
Then Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story and Snow White
and the seven dwarfs lived happily ever after
The Myth
of Malin Kundang
A long time ago, in a small village near the beach in West Sumatra, a woman and
her son lived. They were Malin Kundang and her mother. Her mother was a single
parent because Malin Kundang's father had passed away when he was a baby. Malin
Kundang had to live hard with his mother. Malin Kundang was a healthy, diligent,
and strong boy. He usually went to sea to catch fish. After getting fish he
would bring it to his mother, or sold the caught fish in the town.
One day, when Malin Kundang was sailing, he saw a merchant's ship which was
being raided by a small band of pirates. He helped the merchant. With his brave and power, Malin Kundang defeated the
pirates. The merchant was so happy and thanked to him. In
return the merchant asked Malin Kundang to sail with him. To get a
better life, Malin Kundang agreed. He left his mother alone.
Many years later, Malin Kundang became wealthy. He had
a huge ship and was helped by many ship crews loading trading goods. Perfectly
he had a beautiful wife too. When he was sailing his
trading journey, his ship landed on a beach near a small village. The villagers
recognized him.
The news ran fast in the town; “Malin Kundang has become rich
and now he is here”.
An old woman ran to the beach to meet the new rich merchant. She was Malin
Kundang’s mother. She wanted to hug him, released her sadness of being lonely
after so long time. Unfortunately, when the mother came, Malin Kundang who was
in front of his well dressed wife and his ship crews denied meeting that old lonely woman. For three
times her mother begged Malin Kundang and for three times he yelled at
her.
At last Malin Kundang said to her "Enough, old woman! I have never
had a mother like you, a dirty and ugly woman!" After that he ordered his
crews to set sail. He would leave the old mother again but in that time she was
full of both sadness and angriness.
Finally, enraged, she cursed Malin Kundang that he would turn into a stone if
he didn't apologize. Malin Kundang just laughed and really set sail. In the quiet sea, suddenly a thunderstorm
came. His huge ship was wrecked and it was too late for Malin Kundang to
apologize. He was thrown by the wave out of his ship. He fell on a small
island. It was really too late for him to avoid his curse. Suddenly, he turned
into a stone
Once
upon time, a man had a wonderful parrot. There was no other parrot like it. The
parrot could say every word, except one word. The parrot would not say the name
of the place where it was born. The name of the place was Catano.
The man felt excited having the
smartest parrot but he could not understand why the parrot would not say
Catano. The man tried to teach the bird to say Catano however the bird kept not
saying the word.
At the first, the man was very nice to
the bird but then he got very angry. “You stupid bird!” pointed the man to the
parrot. “Why can’t you say the word? Say Catano! Or I will kill you” the man
said angrily. Although he tried hard to teach, the parrot would not say it.
Then the man got so angry and shouted to the bird over and over; “Say Catano or
I’ll kill you”. The bird kept not to say the word of Catano.
One day, after he had been trying so
many times to make the bird say Catano, the man really got very angry. He could
not bear it. He picked the parrot and threw it into the chicken house. There
were four old chickens for next dinner “You are as stupid as the chickens. Just
stay with them” Said the man angrily. Then he continued to humble; “You know, I
will cut the chicken for my meal. Next it will be your turn, I will eat you
too, stupid parrot”. After that he left the chicken house.
The next day, the man came back to the
chicken house. He opened the door and was very surprised. He could not believe
what he saw at the chicken house. There were three death chickens on the floor.
At the moment, the parrot was standing proudly and screaming at the last old
chicken; “Say Catano or I’ll kill you”.
In
the town of Verona there lived two families, the Capulets and the Montagues.
They engaged in a bitter feud. Among the Montagues was Romeo, a hot-blooded
young man with an eye for the ladies. One day, Romeo attended the feast of the
Capulets', a costume party where he expected to meet his love, Rosaline, a
haughty beauty from a well-to-do family. Once there, however, Romeo's eyes felt
upon Juliet, and he thought of Rosaline no more.
The vision of Juliet had been invading his every thought. Unable to sleep,
Romeo returned late that night to the Juliet's bedroom window. There, he was
surprised to find Juliet on the balcony, professing her love for him and
wishing that he were not a "Montague", a name behind his own.
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell
as sweet." Romeo was ready to deny his name and professed his love. The
two agreed to meet at nine o’clocks the next morning to be married.
Early the next morning, Romeo came to Friar Lawrence begging the friar to marry
him to Juliet. The Friar performed the ceremony, praying that the union might
someday put an end to the feud between the two families. He advised Romeo kept
the marriage a secret for a time.
On the way home, Romeo chanced upon his friend Mercutio arguing with Tybalt, a
member of the Capulet clan. That quarreling last caused Merquito died. Romeo
was reluctant no longer. He drew his sword and slew Tybalt died. Romeo realized
he had made a terrible mistake. Then Friar Lawrence advised Romeo to travel to
Mantua until things cool down. He promised to inform Juliet.
In the other hand, Juliet's father had decided the time for her to marry with
Paris. Juliet consulted Friar Lawrence and made a plot to take a sleeping
potion for Juliet which would simulate death for three days. The plot proceeded
according to the plan. Juliet was sleeping in death.
Unfortunately, The Friar's letter failed to reach Romeo. Under the cover of
darkness, he broke into Juliet's tomb. Romeo kissed the lips of his Juliet one
last time and drank the poison. Meanwhile, the effects of the sleeping potion
wear off. Juliet woke up calling for Romeo. She found her love next to her but
was lying dead, with a cup of poison in his hand. She tried to kiss the poison
from his lips, but failed. Then Juliet put out his dagger and plunged it into
her breast. She died