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“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.

Ø   The Difficult Word Based On the Text :

ü  Witch

ü  Thumb

ü  Toad

ü  Walnut

ü  Shell

ü  Stream

ü  Whispered

ü  Muddy

ü  Escape

ü  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.

·         The difficult word:

-          Spoiled            : manja

-          Naughty          : nakal

-          Obedient         : patuh

-          Proud              : bangga

-          Spread             : menyebarkan

-          Fade                : memudar, layu, lenyap

-          Mate                : teman, jodoh, pasangan

-          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”.

·         The difficult word based from the text:

ü  Except : kecuali

ü  Angry  : marah

ü  Stupid : bodoh

ü  Shout   : berteriak

ü  Bear     : tahan, beruang, betah

ü  Picked : mengambil, memilih

ü  Threw  : membuang

ü  Humble: menyalahkan

ü  Meal    : makanan

ü  Scream            : pekikan, menjerit