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The story Rabbit and Bear
Once
upon a time, there lived a bear and a rabbit. The rabbit was a good shot. On
the contrary, the bear was always clumsy and could not use the arrow to shoot
One
day, the bear called over the rabbit and asked the rabbit to take his bow and
arrows. Because he was afraid to arouse the bear's anger, he did not refuse the challenge. He went with
the bear and shot buffaloes. He shot and killed so many that there were lots of
meats left after.
However
the bear did not make the rabbit get any of the meat. Even he could not taste
it. The poor rabbit went home hungrily after a day of hard work.
Fortunately,
the youngest child of the bear was very kind to the rabbit. His mother bear
always gave him an extra large piece of meat but he did not eat it all. He took
some outside with him and pretended to play ball with the meat. He kicked the
ball of meat toward the rabbit's house. The meat flew into the rabbit's house.
In this way, the hungry rabbit got his meal.
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Farmer and a Box
Once
time, there was a poor farmer. He lived with his wife. One day, he dug up his
field and found a big box. He then kept it in their house.
One
sunny morning, his wife dropped an apple in the box. Suddenly, the box begun
filled with apples. No matter how many apples were taken out, more apples took place in the box.
One
day, the framer dropped a gold coin into that box. At once, apples disappeared
and the box begun filled up with gold coins. Soon the farmer became rich.
Having
heard that his son got rich, the framer's father visited the couple. His father
was not very strong. He could not go out to work anymore. So the farmer asked
his old father to help him take the gold coins out of the box.
His
father worked hard, took the gold coins out of the box. When he told that he
was very tired and wanted to have a rest, the farmer shouted at him; "Why
are you so lazy? Why can't you work harder?. The old man said nothing and
continued to work. Suddenly the old man fell into the box, he died. At once the gold coins disappeared and the
box begun filled up with dead men.
The
framer had to pull out and burried. To do this, the farmer had to spend all the
money which he had collected before. When he had used up all his money, the box
broke. The farmer was just as poor as
before.
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Love Story of Antony and Cleopatra
Mark
Antony became one of the three rulers of the Roman Empire, together with
Octavius Caesar and Lepidus, and was responsible for the eastern part of the
empire. He fell in love with Cleopatra, the Queen of Egypt.
As
his wife had just died Antony married Octavius’ sister, Octavia, in an attempt
to heal the rift between the two emperors. When Cleopatra heard about Antony’s
marriage she flew into a jealous rage as she knew that Antony did not love
Octavia. Antony went to Athens when war broke out between Caesar and Pompey,
Antony sent Octavia back to Rome and he returned to Egypt.
Caesar
was very angry with Antony’s behaviour and he declared war on both Antony and
Cleopatra. When the Romans arrived, Antony was offered a choice of how to
fight. He chose to fight on sea. The Egyptian navy was inadequate. When
Cleopatra’s navy turned and fled, Antony followed them. Caesar defeated him.
Antony
got news that Cleopatra was dead. Antony was devastated and decided to kill
himself. He wounded himself without dying. His followers took him to
Cleopatra’s tomb, where he died in her arms.
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The story of Toba Lake
Once upon a time, there was a man who was
living in north Sumatra. He lived in a simple hut in a farming field. The did
some gardening and fishing for his daily life.
One
day, while the man was do fishing, he caught a big golden fish in his trap. It
was the biggest catch which he ever had in his life. Surprisingly, this fish
turned into a beautiful princess. He felt in love with her and proposed her to
be his wife. She said; "Yes, but you have to promise not to tell anyone
about the secret that I was once a fish, otherwise there will be a huge
disaster". The man made the deal and they got married, lived happily and
had a daughter.
Few
years later, this daughter would help bringing lunch to her father out in the
fields. One day, his daughter was so hungry and she ate his father’s lunch.
Unfortunately, he found out and got furious, and shouted; “You damned daughter
of a fish”. The daughter ran home and asked her mother. The mother started
crying, felt sad that her husband had broke his promise.
Then
she told her daughter to run up the hills because a huge disaster was about to
come. When her daughter left, she prayed. Soon there was a big earthquake
followed by non-stop pouring rain. The whole area got flooded and became Toba
Lake. She turned into a fish again and the man became the island of Samosir.
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Ali Baba
Once
upon a time there were 40 cruel thieves who put their stolen money and
treasures in a cave. They went in the cave by saying ”Open Sesame” to the cave
entrance. A poor person, named Ali Baba saw them while they were doing that, so
he heard the opening word. After they left, he went toward the cave and opened
it. Suddenly he found a very large quantity of money and golden treasures. He
took some of it and went back home. After that he became a rich man and his
brother wanted to know how he became rich. Ali Baba turned into the richest man
in his village. His evil brother was really jealous of him, and wanted to know
how he could get such a lot of money. Therefore, when Ali Baba went to the cave
again to take some more money, his brother followed him. He saw everything, and
decided to go back the next day to take some money for himself. The next
morning he found a lot of money in the cave, and he wanted to take all of them.
Unfortunately, when he was busy carrying the money to his house, the thieves
came. The boss of the thieves asked him how he knew about the cave. He told
everything, but unluckily they killed him and went to Ali Baba’s house. After
finding Ali Baba’s house, they made a plan to kill him the following night.
Some of the thieves hid in big jars, and the boss pretended that he was a
merchant who wanted to sell the jars to Ali Baba. Ali Baba who was a kind man
invited the boss of the thief to have lunch together. After lunch they took a
rest. Luckily, the house maid went out of the house, and found that there were
thieves inside the jars. She finally boiled hot oil and poured it into the jars
to kill all of them. The boss of the thieves was caught, and put into prison.
Ali Baba was saved from the danger, and he finally lived happily ever after
with his maid who became his wife shortly after.
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Golden Eggs
Long
time ago a remote village, in central China was inhabited mainly with farmers
and hunters. One day, a poor farmer lost his entire livestock to flood. He
prayed hard to God for help or his family would die of starvation. Few days
later, an old man with long grey beard, passed by his house took pity on him.
He gave him a goose and said “ I don’t have any expensive thing to give you and
hope this goose will help you to ease your hardship.” A week later to almost
surprise the farmer found and egg in his yard. This was no ordinary egg. It was
a golden egg. He was suddenly overcome with joy. Thereafter, his livelihood had
rapidly improved but the farmer had forgotten his earlier hardship. He became lazy,
arrogant and spendthrift. Strangely, the goose only laid one golden egg every
six months. The greedy farmer lost his patient and slaughtered his goose
thinking there were plenty of golden eggs inside its stomach. Though he very
much regretted for his foolishness, it’s already too late.**
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Pinocchio
Once
upon a time, there was a puppeteer named Geppetto. He really wanted a boy but
his wife has been died for a long time ago. One day, he had an idea. He wanted
to make a puppet so he would never felt lonely again. He made a puppet all
night without resting. In the morning, finally he finished his work. He named
the puppet, Pinocchio. He played whole day with Pinocchio. However, he felt
lonely again because Pinocchio couldn't talk or walk by himself. In the middle
of the night, Geppetto prayed to the God. His wish was Pinocchio became a real
boy, human. He thought it on his mind in his dream. In the next morning, he
surprised. Pinocchio was alive. He really was happy. He tough Pinocchio how to
walk, how to speak, how to read etc. like a teacher. Pinocchio learned fast. He
entered an elementary school. One day, Pinocchio felt bored. So, he went home
late. Geppetto worried about him. When Pinocchio came to home, Geppetto asked
him. He said he was on school but he didn't. Suddenly, Pinocchio's nose grow
longer. It meant that Pinocchio lied. The next day, Pinocchio got caught by
thieves. The thieves was the owner of circus. Pinocchio became a slave for the
circus. He was famous because he was a talking puppet. Geppetto worried him.
Pinocchio didn't come home for 2 days. He found Pinocchio everywhere. When he
discovered the sea, big wave smashed him. He was on whale's stomach when he
awoke. He couldn't find the way out. In different place, Pinocchio finally
could get out from circus. He went to home but Geppetto wasn't on there. He
found Geppetto at sea. He had the same accident like Geppetto. He met Geppetto
in whale's stomach. They got out from its stomach by made a fire. They went
home back together. In the end, they lived happy forever after.
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A Lane Going Up The Hill
It
had been a heavy rainstorm in Kampung Sepang. Jabri and Halil had just finished
their dinner together at Jabri’s house. They were sitting in the living room
for coffee and conversation, hoping, the rain would stop soon. It was half past
eleven at night and the downpour was showing no signs for stopping. “It looks like
you’ll have to spent the night here, Halil.” Said Jabri “No way,” Halil said,
“I’ve to be at work early tomorrow morning.” A few moment later Halil got into
the car, started the engine, and said good night to Jibri. Something told him
that he shouldn’t have turned off the lane going up the hill, but it was the
shortest way home. He knew that lane. It run across an old Chinese cemetery.
There were no lights, no cars, no people, just Halil and his old car. All of a
sudden, a white shape appeared in the middle of the lane. Halil shone his beam
of light in that direction. The white shape turned to Halil. He saw a pair of
crimson eyes staring at him. It was a-long-haired woman in a long white dress.
She grinned at Halil. At once, Halil felt his blood frozen. His heartbeat
stopped. His mouth opened but he was speechless. His eyes opened widely in
terror. Suddenly consciousness came into his mind. He quickly reserved his car
and sped away just in time. “I think I’ll take up your offer to spend the night
here after all,” Halil told Jabri with his legs trembling.
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The Legend of Rawa Pening
Once
upon a time, there was a little poor boy came into a little village. He was
very hungry and weak. He knocked at every door and asked for some food, but
nobody cared about him. Nobody wanted to help the little boy.
Finally,
a generous woman helped him. She gave him shelter and a meal. When the boy
wanted to leave, this old woman gave him a “lesung”, a big wooden mortar for
pounding rice. She reminded him, “please remember, if there is a flood you must
save yourself. Use this “lesung” as a boat”. The “lesung” was happy and thanked
the old woman.The little boy continued his journey. While he was passing
through the village, he saw many people gathering on the field. The boy came
closer and saw a stick stuck in the ground. People challenged each other to
pull out that stick. Everybody tried, but nobody succeeded. “Can I try?” asked
the little boy. The crowd laughed mockingly. The boy wanted to try his luck so
he stepped forward and pulled out the stick. He could do it very easily.
Everybody was dumbfounded.
Suddenly,
from the hole left by stick, water spouted out. It did not stop until it
flooded the village. And no one was saved from the water except the little boy
and the generous old woman who gave him shelter and meal. As she told him, he
used the “lesung” as a boat and picked up the old woman. The whole village
became a huge lake. It is now known as Rawa Pening Lake in Salatiga, Central
Java, Indonesia.
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