Jumat, 03 Juni 2016
The Fable story
The Hungry Lion and the Foolish Stag dalam Contoh Text Narrative
A beautiful stag was drinking at a pool. He noticed his reflection in the water and was admiring the size and grandeur of his horns. After a few minutes of this he looked down at his feet and saw how thin and weak they looked. He felt embarrassed.
‘My horns are so wonderful, but I hate my tiny feet!’ he grumbled, and walked away sulkily. Meanwhile, a hungry lion had been following him. The lion said under his breath, ‘What a delicious lunch you are going to be!’ The stag turned and saw the lion, then started to run quickly across the plain. His nimble feet gave him the advantage over the lion and he quickly reached the forest.
‘You won’t catch me now!’ called the stag to the lion, who was still far away. However, after entering the forest the stag soon found that his horns had become tangled in the branches of the apple trees above.
‘Oh no!’ cried the stag, ‘What a fool I have been! I hated the feet that would have saved me, but boasted about the horns that have made me a lion’s lunch! Every day the lion lies around waiting for a foolish stag like me to come along, and now… Oh dear!’
By this time the lion had approached, walking slowly and smiling broadly.
‘Mmm! I’ve been hoping for a meal like this all week! My dear friend the stag with his great big horns ambles into a forest… et voila! My lunch is served cold!’
‘Can’t we just try to get along?’ begged the stag, struggling desperately to free his fantastic horns.
‘Well,’ began the lion thoughtfully, ‘No, I don’t think so. You see you are a stag and I am a lion.’ Then he ate the stag whole – leaving just the horns, which he kept to hang on the wall of his lair.
A beautiful stag was drinking at a pool. He noticed his reflection in the water and was admiring the size and grandeur of his horns. After a few minutes of this he looked down at his feet and saw how thin and weak they looked. He felt embarrassed.
‘My horns are so wonderful, but I hate my tiny feet!’ he grumbled, and walked away sulkily. Meanwhile, a hungry lion had been following him. The lion said under his breath, ‘What a delicious lunch you are going to be!’ The stag turned and saw the lion, then started to run quickly across the plain. His nimble feet gave him the advantage over the lion and he quickly reached the forest.
‘You won’t catch me now!’ called the stag to the lion, who was still far away. However, after entering the forest the stag soon found that his horns had become tangled in the branches of the apple trees above.
‘Oh no!’ cried the stag, ‘What a fool I have been! I hated the feet that would have saved me, but boasted about the horns that have made me a lion’s lunch! Every day the lion lies around waiting for a foolish stag like me to come along, and now… Oh dear!’
By this time the lion had approached, walking slowly and smiling broadly.
‘Mmm! I’ve been hoping for a meal like this all week! My dear friend the stag with his great big horns ambles into a forest… et voila! My lunch is served cold!’
‘Can’t we just try to get along?’ begged the stag, struggling desperately to free his fantastic horns.
‘Well,’ began the lion thoughtfully, ‘No, I don’t think so. You see you are a stag and I am a lion.’ Then he ate the stag whole – leaving just the horns, which he kept to hang on the wall of his lair.
Narrative text
The Legend of Kesodo FeastHundreds years ago, the last king of Majapahit had a young princess from one of his wives. The princess was named Roro Anteng. Later, Roro Anteng married Joko Seger, who came from Brahman caste.Because of unfortunate situation the couple was forced to leave the kingdom. They settled in the mountain area. They ruled the area and named it Tengger, which was derived from their names, Roro Anteng and Joko Seger.After several years of reign, the region flourished in prosperity, but Roro Anteng and Joko Seger were sad because they did not have a child. They climbed the top of mountain and prayed there night and day hoping that the God would listen. The prayer was heard and Betoro Bromo promised to give them many children. However, they had to promise that they would sacrifice their youngest child in return.Roro Anteng gave birth to a child, then another and another. In the end, Roro Anteng and Joko Seger had 25 children. Soon it was time to sacrifice the youngest child , Kusuma, but the parents could not do it. They tried to hide him, but an eruption happened and Kusuma fell into the crater. There was silence before they heard a voice. “I have to be sacrificed so that you will all stay alive. From now on, you should arrange an annual offering ceremony on the 14th of Kesodo (the twelfth month of Tengerese calendar)”. It was Kusuma’s voice. Kusuma’s brothers and sisters held the offering ceremony every year. Instead of human being, they collected fruits, vegetables, rice, and meat to be off to the Gods. And this has been done generation after generation until today.
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