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A man was invited to a wedding in another town. As he walked along the
road he saw some pears. They were beside the path. The man was hungry enough to
eat them. But he did not want to. He was looking forward to the wonderful food
at the wedding. So, he kicked the pears into the ditch.
A little while later the man had to cross a small river. But it had
rained so much that the little bridge was washed away. There were no boats
around.
So, at last the man had to give up all hope of getting across. He turned
around to go home. And now he was very hungry. When he saw the pears in the
ditch, he was glad to pull them out and eat them.
Don’t be took quick not to like things you think you don’t need. Someday
you may be glad to have them. (Moral Value)
Fill in the
story elements of text 1 (“The Man
and the Pears”) in the following
table.
Setting
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Character
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Plot/events
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Problem
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Solution
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Along
the road to the town
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A man
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a. He went to a wedding hungrily
b. He saw some pears but he kicked them into
the ditch because he thought to the wonderful food at the wedding
c. He couldn’t accross the bridge because of
heavy rain which made the bridge was washed away.
d. He turned around to go home and ate
the pears he had kicked into the ditch gladly
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He was very hungry because
he could not go to a wedding
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He ate
the pears he had kicked into the ditch gladly
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Text 2
RIP VAN WRINGKLE
Long ago
there lived a man named Rip Van Wrinkle. His father had left him a farm.
Around the farm were some of the finest mountains in the world. But Rip Van
Wrinkle was not happy. His wife always yelled at him. And to tell the
truth, you might have yelled at him too.
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Rip Van Wrinkle never did more than two days work
in a week.
He was always ready to make kites. He loved to tell stories to his children
he loved to hunt and fish. But he did not love to work on the farm. So his
family was poor and his wife yelled at him every day.
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One day, Rip
Van Wrinkle’s wife was yelling even more than usual. So he left the house and
went to the village. But his wife followed him. So he took his dog and his
gun and went up into the mountains. The beautiful, strange mountains - where
many people were afraid to go.
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It was late in the day when he stopped to rest on
a hill. Now Rip
Van Wrinkle as you know - did nothing very well. So he lay there doing
nothing until it began to get dark. He was just getting hungry when he heard
a voice calling, “Rip Van Wrinkle! Rip Van Wrinkle!” he looked
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around but
all he saw was bird flying across the mountain. Then he heard the voice
again, “Rip Van Wrinkle! Rip Van Wrinkle.” This time his dog stood up and
growled. A long, deep growl.
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Rip looked
down and what do you think he saw! A strange little man was walking toward
him. “who are you?” asked Rip. But the little man did not answer.
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As Rip went toward the little man, his dog began
to bark - as if to
say, don’t go! But Rip did not listen. He walked
up to the little man. This is what he saw.
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The little man was very fat. And he had on very
strange clothes!
Rip had never
seen anything like them before. On his back, he had a big, heavy
barrel. He made a sign for Rip to help him with the barrel. So, Rip took one
end and followed the man down a narrow path. There were big trees on both
sides. Rip could not really see where he was going. They walked and walked -
tripping over rocks. Low branches hit Rip in the face and he began to feel sorry that he helped the little man.
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Soon the
forest opened into clearing. In the middle was a funny- looking group of
little man. They were bowling and laughing. Some of them were dressed like
the fat little man.
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When they saw Rip, they stopped their play and
stared at him.
Rip’s knees
knocked together. Now the little men opened the barrel. They made signs for
Rip to drink with them. Rip was afraid. So he did what they wanted. They
drank in silence. Then they returned to their game
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By-and-by Rip became less afraid. When no one was
looking, he
had a little
more to drink. Whatever it was, it tasted very good! Soon he had another and
another - until his eyes rolled in his head and he fell down. Then in no time
at all, he was asleep.
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When he
awoke, the birds were singing. The sun was shining. He was lying on the hill
where he and his dog had been.
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“oh, that
wicked drink!” he said “what shall I say to my
wife? Oh, how stiff I feel! My gun is so rusty!”
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He called to
his dog. But he did not come. So he set off for home. On the way he met some strangers. They looked odd and
they stared at him. But he walked on until he came on his own house. But
there was no more house! Just a heap of ruins. Rip stared in horror. He
shouted for his wife. He shouted for his children. But no one answered.
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He now ran to
the village. A lot of people had heard about an odd man in their village. So
they came to look at him. One of the man wanted to know who he was. When Rip
told his story, no one believed him
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“Find my friends and neighbors,” he said. “they
know me. They
know I tell the truth!”
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He was told all his neighbors were dead. But soon
a woman with a baby on her arm pushed through the crowd, and
looked at him.
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“My father was Rip Van Wrinkle,” she said. “he
went off to the
mountains
twenty years ago. His dog returned, but he never did. I think - yes, even
with your gray beard and wrinkles - I think you are he!”
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Rip Van
Wrinkle suddenly saw that his years of youth and strength were gone.
Everything had changed. His wife was dead. His friends were dead. He was a
poor, useless old man. He covered his face with his hands.
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But although he had not fed his children very
well, his daughter
was ready to feed him. She had married a farmer, and
Rip Van Wrinkle made his home with them. Very soon he was, as he had been
years before, the best story-teller to be found in the village.
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Fill in the story elements of text 2 (“RIP VAN
WRINGKLE”) in the following table.
Setting
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Character
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Plot/events
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Problem
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Solution
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Setting
of time
a.
Long ago
b.
Night
c.
Morning
Setting of
place
a.
Around his house
b.
Forest
c.
Mountains
d.
The village
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Ø Rip
Van Wrinkle.
Ø His
wife,
Ø His
children
Ø A
strange little man
Ø Group
of little man,
Ø Some
strangers .
Ø Village
people,
Ø His
daughter
Ø His
dog
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Ø One
day, Rip Van Wrinkle left the house and went up into the mountains
Ø He
stopped to take a rest on a hill.
Ø He
walked up to follow the little man.
Ø Rip
followed the man down a narrow path.
Ø They
walked and walked - tripping over rocks.
Ø In
the middle there was a funny- looking group of little man.
Ø They
made signs for Rip to drink with them.
Ø By-and-by
Rip became less afraid; he had a little more to drink.
Ø Then
in no time at all, he was asleep.
Ø When
he awoke, He was lying on the hill where he and his dog had been.
Ø He
set off for home. On the way he met some strangers.
Ø A
woman with a baby on her arm pushed through the crowd, and looked at him.
Ø She
had married a farmer, and Rip Van Wrinkle made his home with them.
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Ø His wife always yelled at him because of being lazy and did not
want to go to work
Ø He lost in the mountains
Ø The villagers didn’t recognize him, everything had changed.
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Ø Rip went to the mountain, and left his house and family
Ø He awoke and went back to home
Ø His daughter found him, and lived with him
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Text
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THE UNFORTUNATE LEBAI (Mosque Servant)
(Riau,
Malay)
A Malay proverb says, “Any person who
suffers a loss or falls to achieve his deal, not because of another person’s
conduct but merely because of his own negligence is called Lebai Malang (the
unfortunate Mosque Servant). He only looks disappointedly at another person’s
good fortune. “That’s why he called Lebai Malang by the Malay people. Here is
the story of one incident in the life of Lebai Malang, the unfortunate person.
There lived a Lebai Malang between two
big villages inhabited by many people near a river. So, one day, the two big
villages were having ritual meals and inviting great and wealthy people including
all the poor people so that the people of the two villages were all happy. When
the people were gathering around for the ritual meal, Lebai Malang was coming
too. He was invited by the two villages. In his way to the feast, he was
tempted by greed, and said to himself, “I have been invited by people. The
village upstream is closer, but they slaughter only one buffalo. Those of the
village downstream slaughter two buffaloes. If I ask for the downstream
village, I will get two horns and if I ask for the upstream village, I will get
one horn, but the cooking is delicious, while the downstream village offers
less delicious cooking. I know since I am used to eating in both places.”
Thinking that way, he went down the
river rowing in a sampan. When he has rowed a certain distance downstream he
remembered he would get two horns, upstream he would get one but with delicious
cookings. And he returned upstream. Rowing upstream for a certain distance, he
remembered the downstream village with the delicious meals. He did so twice or
three times, and then he rowed upstream. In arriving, the Imam (leader) of the
ritual meals was already reciting the prayer. So his share upstream was gone.
Then he rowed seriously downstream. On arriving at the downstream village, the
Imam was also already reciting the prayer. He, again lost his share.
So he said to himself, “I had better get
my fishing line to catch fish for sale or side dish. And will take hunting dog.
If I cannot catch any fish I can hunt mouse deer.”
So thinking, he rowed back to fetch the
fishing line and some cold rice. So he wrapped himself some cold rice in a leaf
sheath of areca palm with sauce of chili and shrimp paste condiment in a bamboo
cylinder. And he put the dog in the back.
Upon reaching the fishing spot he did
his fishing. He threw his line with a snail at the bait. When the fishing line
was in the water, he felt hungry, and opened the puck of rice. While taking the
chili sauce, he knocked the flask against the edge of the sampan. Suddenly, the
chili was thrown out into the water. Lebai then dipped his hand into the water
to get it and when he bowed his head and his hand was in the water, his dog
jumped at the rice and ate it.
And so he lost all his wishes.
Therefore, he has been called Lebai Malang up to now. His experience has been
made into a Malay proverb. Anyone who behaves that way will be called Lebay
Malang.
That is how the story goes.
Sources: National Library Manuscript No. V.D.W. 212 (Jakarta: Naskah
Perpustakaan Nasional, n.d.)
Fill in the
story elements of text 3 (“Unfortunate Lebai”) in the following table.
Setting
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Character
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Plot/events
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Problem
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Solution
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Setting of time
ü Feast
day
ü Closing
time of ritual
ü In
the daylight
Setting of place
Ø Two big villages
Ø A
river,
a way to the feast
Ø The fishing spot
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Ø Lebai
Malang
Ø His
Dog
Ø Imams
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Ø
Lebai Malang was
coming to a feast ritual day.
Ø
He went down the
river rowing in a sampan.
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When he has rowed a
certain distance downstream he returned upstream.
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Rowing upstream for
a certain distance, he remembered the downstream.
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He did so twice or
three times, and then he rowed upstream.
Ø
In arriving, the
Imam (leader) of the ritual meals was already reciting the prayer.
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Then he rowed
seriously downstream. On arriving at the downstream village, the Imam was
also already reciting the prayer.
Ø
He rowed back to
fetch the fishing line and some cold rice.
Ø
When the fishing
line was in the water, he felt hungry
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Suddenly, the chili
was thrown out into the water.
Ø
His dog jumped at
the rice and ate it.
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He lost all
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Ø He wanted to come to two ritual feast.
Ø He got no meals to eat and got hungry.
Ø His chili was thrown away and his dog ate his rice
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Ø He rowed downstream and upstream twice.
Ø He decided to fish
Ø He got nothing and still hungry
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