“THUMBELINA”
There
was once a woman who wanted a small child but didn’t know where to get one. So
she went to a witch for help.
“A
little child?” said the witch, “That’s easy. Here’s a magic seed. Plant it in a
flower pot and see what happens!” The woman thanked the witch, paid her with a
piece of silver, and
went home to plant the magic seed. As soon as it touched the soil, the seed
grew into a tulip, whose flower opened with a pop. In the middle of the flower
sat a tiny girl.
“Why, the pretty little thing is
hardly as big as Thumbelina” cried the woman. “I am going to call her
Thumbelina.”
The woman made Thumbelina a bed from
a walnut shell. Instead of going out, Thumbelina played on the kitchen table.
Her favorite game was sailing across a bowl of water in a boat made from a
tulip leaf. As she sailed, she sang in a high, sweet voice.
One night, an old toad got in
through an open window and hopped down ontothe kitchen table. “Just the wife
for my son!”
the toad declared when it saw Thumbelina sleeping in hertiny bed. The toad
picked up the walnut shell and hopped out through the window into the garden.
At the bottom of the garden, there was a stream with muddy banks, and that was where the old toad lived with her son. He
was even damper an ugkier than his mother. When he saw the pretty little girl
asleep in the walnut shell, all he could say was, “Ribbik! Ribbik!”. “Not so
loud!” whispered the old toad. “If you wake her up, she’ll run away. We’ll put
her on a water-lily leaf in the middle of the stream so she won’t be able to
escape. Then we can clear out the best room for the wedding.”
In the morning, when she woke up, Thumbelina was startled
to find herself on a big green leaf in the middle of a stream.
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The Difficult Word
Based On the Text :
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Witch
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Thumb
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Toad
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Walnut
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Shell
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Stream
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Whispered
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Muddy
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Escape
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Banks
The Legend Of Karimunjava
Island
Once
upon a time in Muria Mountain, there lived the family of Sunan Muria. Amir
Hasan or called as Sunan Nyamplungan is the son of Sunan Muria.
He
was very spoiled by his mother. Because of that, he became a naughty boy. Then
his father, Sunan Muria asked him to study in Kudus. He studied islamic
religion to his uncle, Sunan Kudus. After some time, he became an obedient
young man. Sunan Muria was very proud of him.
One
day, Sunan Muria asked Amir Hasan to go to somewhere to spread islamic
religion. His father asked him to go to an island that could be seen from Muria
Mountain. It was on the west - north of Jepara. This island seemed to be fade
(kremun-kremun in javanese). And from that time, people called the island as
Karimunjava Island.
Amir
Hasan followed by his mate went to Karimunjava Island. They sailed to the
island day and night and finally they reached the island. Then they did what
his father said. Amir Hasan and his people lived in the island ever after.
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The
difficult word:
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Spoiled : manja
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Naughty : nakal
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Obedient : patuh
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Proud : bangga
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Spread : menyebarkan
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Fade : memudar,
layu, lenyap
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Mate : teman,
jodoh, pasangan
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Reached : tercapai, mencapai, sampai
“The
Smartest Parrot”
Once upon a 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 understand why the parrot would not say Catano. The man tried to teach
the bird to say Catano but the bird kept not saying the word.
At the first, the man was very nice to the bird but then
he got angry. “You are 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 will 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 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 will kill you”.
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The
difficult word based from the text:
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Except : kecuali
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Angry : marah
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Stupid : bodoh
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Shout : berteriak
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Bear : tahan, beruang, betah
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Picked : mengambil, memilih
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Threw : membuang
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Humble:
menyalahkan
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Meal : makanan
ü Scream : pekikan,
menjerit
