The fairy tulip story

the fairy tulip story

Once upon a time there was a good old woman who lived in a little house. She had a bed in her beautiful tulip garden. One night she was awakened by the sound of sweet singing and babies laughing. The sounds seemed to come from the tulip bed, but she could see nothing.

the little fairy baby story

On the following night she was again awakened by the sweet singing and the babies laughing. She rose and walked quietly to her garden. The her surprise she was a little fairy mother crooning and rocking the flower like a cradle. In each cup of the flower a little fairy baby playing and laughing.

The old woman walked back to her house, and from that time on she never picked the flower, nor did she allow her neighbours to touch them.

Fairy tulip - narrative text

Pada jaman dahulu kala, ada seorang nenek yang tinggal di sebuah gubuk kecil. Dia memiliki tempat tidur di kebun tulipnya yang indah. Pada suatu malam dia terjaga (bangun) oleh suara nyanyian yang merdu dan suara canda tawa bayi. Dia pun bangun dan segera ke kebunnya. betapa terkejutnya sang nenek menyaksikan seorang ibu peri kecil melantungkan nyanyian dan mengayun-ayun bunga layaknya ayunan. Dari setiap bunga seorang bayi peri kecil bermain dan tertawa riang.

Sang nenek kembali ke rumahnya, dan mulai saat itu dia tidak pernah memetik kembang bunganya dan tidak pernah membolehkan sisapapun menyetuh bunga-bunga tersebut

The King of Kuripang

The King of Kuripang

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom in Lombok named Kuripan. The king of Kuripan was very wise. He had a very beautiful daughter. Her name was Mandalika. Many Princes wanted to marry her. To choose one that would be his son-in-law, the king had an arrow competition. The winner would be Mandalika’s husband.

On the day of competition, those princes shot their arrows. All of them did it perfectly. The king found it difficult to decide the winner. Therefore the princes who were the contestant, began to fight and killed each other.Knowing the fact, Princess Mandalika was too desperate. She didn’t want anyone to kill each other because of her. So, she decided to go to the sea and plunged herself into it. She died in the south sea Lombok. The king and the Princes were very sad and guilty.

Until now, one day every year, usually in February or March people go to the south sea. On that day, a great number of worms come out from the sea. They call these worms “Nyale” they believe that those Nyale are princess Mandalika’s hair.

The legend of Lau Kawar Lake

Legenda Danau Lau Kawar

It was a beautiful day. Everybody in the Kawar village was happy. The farmers had just had their best harvest. The villagers were planning to hold a party to celebrate the good harvest. On one beautiful day, all the villagers gathered in a field. They wore beautiful dresses and made delicious food. Everybody was having good times! They were singing, laughing and, of course, eating delicious food.

The legend of Lau Kawar Lake

Did everyone go to the party? Unfortunately, there was one old woman still staying at her house. She was too old and weak to go to the party. Her son, her daughter-in-law, and her grandchildren all went to the party. At home, the old woman felt very sad and lonely. She was very hungry too. She tried to find some food in the kitchen, but she was very disappointed. Her daughter-in-law did not cook that day. At the party, the son asked her wife, “Why don’t you take some food from the party and give it to my mom? Ask our son to deliver it.” Then the little boy brought the food to her grandmother. The old woman was so happy. But her happiness turned into sadness when she saw the food was not in a good condition. It seemed that someone had eaten the food. She just got little rice and fish bones.

The old woman was very sad. She thought bad things about her son. The old woman did not know that it was her grandson who had eaten the food on the way from the party to the house. She cursed her son. Then, a terrible thing happened. There was a great earthquake! Thunders struck the village. And heavy rains started to fall. All the villagers were so scared. They wanted to save themselves. They tried to find shelters. Slowly, the field turned into a lake. The lake was getting bigger and bigger, and finally the whole village turned into a big lake. People then named the lake Lau Kawar

A naughty schoolboy

Narrative teks - A naughty schoolboy

Everyone agreed that John Tsui was a naughty boy. He had a bad temper and did not study hard at school. His father paid for a private teacher to teach him at home. But john was rude to his teacher. His teacher said he did not want to teach him anymore. John’s father tried to find another teacher, but it was not easy to do so.

At last, a teacher who had just come from Singapore agreed to teach him. John’s father was very pleased. He sent for John to come and meet his new teacher. John was very rude. He took no notice of his new teacher and left the room without saying a word. The next day, john arrived late for his first lesson. He hoped this would make his teacher angry. But his teacher did not seem to mind. The next day, he was again late. This time, his teacher was playing the piano.

“can you teach me to play the piano?” he asked his teacher.

“Yes, if you really want to learn,” his teacher replied.

After that, his teacher gave him piano lesson twice a week. John was really very clever and he did not need much teaching.

In a short while, he could play quite well.

“Can you teach me anything else?” he asked his teacher.

“I don’t know what you would like to learn,” his teacher said. “Perhaps you can teach me something?”

“I only know how to box,” John replied. “If you want to learn, I can teach you.”

John asked his teacher to stand up. As soon as he did so, he tried to hit his fist. But his teacher was too quick for him. He caught hold of his arm and held it tight. John could not move. He had to ask his teacher to forgive him. He promised that he would study harder in future.

“If you want to study harder,” his teacher said, “It is not enough to learn from one man. You must learn from many men.”

“How can I do that?” John asked.

His teacher pointed to the books in front of him. “You must study hard and read as many books as you can. Each book contains knowledge. If you do that, you will soon be able to learn many new things for yourself.

John studied hard after that. When he grew up, he became a very famous man.

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