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Sabtu, 25 Agustus 2018
The Greatest Treasure
Tucket the Bucket
Tucket didn't want to be thrown away. He felt very sad, though his good friends in the garden tried to cheer him up. The squirrels set him back up when he was kicked down, and the birds cheerfully flapped about him. "Don't worry, Tucket!" they chirped soothingly. Tucket really tried to be happy but it was very, very hard.
One day, a little girl ran through the garden and stopped in front of Tucket. He sighed and waited for the usual kicks, when suddenly he heard: "Perfect!"
Soon he found himself blinking and spluttering under the garden hose. The girl was cleaning him! He felt heavy chunks of rust fall off and his spirits brightened.
"Oh! You already have a big hole at the bottom!" said the girl as she peered inside. "Even better!" Tucket could not believe what he had just heard. She wanted a bucket with a hole?
The girl took him to the veranda, filled him with rich soil and planted a tiny rose inside. "This is a baby rose," she said to Tucket. "You must help me take care of her, OK?" Tucket was so happy. The girl really wanted him! She even asked him to take care of this small rose. Tucket nearly burst with joy. He straightened himself up proudly as the girl finished planting. She carefully placed Tucket in the best spot of the veranda. It was a cozy corner, protected from the wind and the rain. Tucket winked and smiled at his friends in the garden. "Look, I'm taking care of this little rose!", "We're very happy for you, Tucket!" chattered the squirrels, and the birds chirped happily. Tucket took great care of the rose and was visited by the girl and his friends every day.
He was now the happiest bucket in the world.
THE END
Zippy the Zebra
Zippy tried to fall a sleep, but he felt uncomfortable and very itchy. For days, there had been tiny fleas all over his body. He tried to get rid of the fleas by swishing his tail from side to side. He tried to get rid of the fleas by thumping his four legs one by one on the ground. He even tried thumping all four legs at once! He rubbed his whole body against the tree trunk. He tried to get rid of some fleas by licking his face with his long tongue. But nothing seemed to work! The fleas just wouldn't go away! No swishing or licking, and no rubbing and thumping, could make them leave him. Finally, he became so tired and irritated that he rolled on the ground with his feet up in the air.
He saw two little birds perched on a branch of the mighty baobab. They made a lot of noise, winked at each other and darted down. "Wow, that was something. Are you O.K., Pick?" "Sure, Peck, I'm fine! Ehh- hi, I'm Pick!"
"And I am Peck, hi!" With a sheepish smile, Zippy got to his feet. "Ahem, nice to meet you. I am Zippy." "You have such deliciously tempting fleas on you!"
Pick and Peck settled down on Zippy's back. "Delicious?" groaned Zippy, "I am totally bugged by them! I just can't get them off, no matter how hard I try."
"We are very hungry, Zippy, and we love fleas. May we eat up all these...nasty creatures?" asked Pick and Peck. "Sure! Be my guests!" exclaimed Zippy delighted.
The birds began. They pecked at the fleas on his face and legs, they cleaned Zippy's belly and cleaned Zippy's back. The zebra stood still, letting the birds eat their fill. And finally, they were all happy.
The zebra had been freed of the annoying fleas and the two birds had enjoyed a splendid meal. "Thank you very much for pecking those nasty fleas off my body." "Oh! We must thank you, for providing us with such a fleas meal - free meal." Animals helping each other - as Pick and Peck helped Zippy - is called symbiosis.
THE END
Turtle's Flute
One day, a man heard Turtle's music. "Ahh," he thought. "That must be Turtle making music. Turtle would taste very good right now." So he called out: "Turtle! Show me your beautiful flute." Turtle slowly walked to the door and held out her flute. But the moment the man saw Turtle, he grabbed her by the neck and began to run. Turtle tried to cry for help, but she couldn't make a sound. She closed her eyes, holding tightly to her flute for good luck.
When the man reached his hut, he put Turtle into a cage and shut it. Then he turned to his children: "Don't let Turtle out of her cage." And off he went to the fields. The children began to play outside. Turtle sat very still inside her cage, thinking about the father's words. She began to play a sweet tune on her flute, and the children ran to the cage. "Is that you playing, Turtle?" they asked, their eyes wide with wonder. "Yes," Turtle said. She kept on playing, for she could see the children were delighted.
At last she stopped. "I can dance even better than I can play," she said. "Would you like to see?" "Oh, please!" the little boy cried. "I'll show you how to dance and play at the same time," said Turtle. "But you must open the cage. There is no room in here." So the little boy opened the cage and Turtle began to dance and play. The children laughed and clapped their hands, for never had they seen such a wonderful thing.
Then Turtle stopped. "Don't stop!" the children cried. "Oh," Turtle groaned. "My legs are stiff. If I could just walk a little bit to loosen them ..." "Don't go too far," the little girl cautioned. "Come right back." "Never fear," said Turtle. "You wait right here." Turtle crawled off toward the jungle. The moment she was out of sight, she raced all the way back to her house.
Nobody ever found Turtle again. But to this day, if you strain your ear, you can hear the sweet sound of a flute in the forest.
THE END
Rosa Goes to the City
One day, after feeding Rosa, the keeper forgot to lock the door of her cage.
Soon she was out of the zoo! First, she came across an ice cream vendor standing by the roadside. He saw Rosa and ran away. The curious little elephant stuck her trunk into the icebox. Something tasted so cold, sweet and delicious that she simply gulped it all down.
Rosa kept moving about, her eyes searching for someone. Finally, inside a shop, she saw a herd of elephants on a television screen. "Friends!" she thought, and marched into the TV shop. Everybody inside the shop ran out, leaving her alone. Rosa tried talking to the elephants on the TV screen, but they didn't reply. Confused and disappointed, she walked out.
on the street, she saw a coconut-seller, selling coconuts. "Wow, I've found a ball! It's play time now!" she cried and kicked a coconut high into the air. It flew across the road and landed right beside a boy playing in the park. Rosa ran across the road, determined to get her coconut-ball. Cars
screeched, buses honked, and drivers began to yell at each other. Rosa had created a traffic jam! The traffic police moved in to take control. The zoo was informed.
Ignoring the commotion around her, Rosa simply ran into the park. She stopped in front of the little boy, who was smiling at her. He giggled and patted the elephant. Rosa trumpeted back with excitement at her newfound friend. By now, the zookeeper had reached the park. Seeing Rosa in the open space of the park, he understood that she would never be happy in a cage.
The zoo transferred Rosa to a protected forest, away from the city, where many other elephants roamed freely. Rosa grew up very happily. Now, instead of watching Rosa behind bars in a cramped cage, visitors could see her among lots of trees, still gulping down dozens of bananas!
THE END
The Whispering Palms
He dragged the net ashore, and they collected the fish ina big basket. Sometimes a turtle got stuck in the net, but Mori always hurried to the rescue. One sunny morning while fishing with her father, Mori said: "If we catch so many fish, one day there won't be any left!" Her mother laughed and sent her off to school.
Under the shade of the trees, Mori's mother fell into an uneasy sleep. She dreamt of a lake with no fish, while the wind in the palm leaves whispered: "The waters and the land have always taken care of your family, so you have to take care of them in return." She awoke with tears in her eyes, for she didn't know how to bring up Mori without selling enough fish. All afternoon she sat, weaving coconut mats and thinking about her dream.
That night Mori heard her parents whisper as the oil lamp burned deep into the night. The next morning, her father gave her a smaller basket. "How can we carry all the fish in this little basket?" Mori asked.
"We will only take as many fish as will fit inside this basket," he replied. Mori was puzzled. When she came back from school, she was happy to find her mother making soap and oil from the coconuts. Mori swiftly climbed up a tree to get more coconuts, but her mother cautioned: "Don't pluck them; we must only use what the tree gives us." Her father added: "We have taken only fallen coconuts for these things. Look, we've even made this soap with a jasmine flower inside!"
From that day on, the family made brooms from the palm leaves and wove mats from coconut fiber. They took soap, oil and only a small number of fish to the market. When Mori grew older, she loved to carve tiny turtles out of coconut shells and always wore one around her neck.
THE END
The Little Pianist
Every Sunday, Azul went to his piano class, and practiced every night at home, just before going to bed.
Azul became good at it because he was so sincere.
He would forget to brush his teeth but would never forget to practice playing the piano!.
One day, Vicki, his piano teacher told him, "Azul, you will perform tomorrow in front of a large audience, You are getting to be quite the pianist! Your fingers move like a squirrel on the piano keys, But there is something missing."
"What is it?" Azul just had to know.
He really... really wanted to be, not just a good pianist, but a great pianist.
Vicki smiled, She whispered into Azul's ear a piano teacher's secret. "Play with your heart, not with your fingers."
As always, Vicki pulled out her box of stickers.
Azul held out his hand and Vicki stuck on it, a gorgeous sticker of a butterfly.
"There, think of this butterfly when you want to play with your heart," she said.
That day, when all the children played in the park, Azul just stared at his butterfly.
He wondered, "I can play with my fingers because I can move them. I can touch the piano keys. How can I play with my heart?, I can't even see my heart."
For the first time, in a long time, Azul went to bed without playing the piano.
The night before his performance, he did not practice because he did not know how to play with his heart!.
When Azul woke up, he looked for the butterfly sticker.
Oh no! The sticker was gone too!, Now Azul was nervous.
Really nervous... He tried playing the piano, but his fingers would just not move!, However, that did not stop the clock from ticking. Soon it was performance time.
The piano was in the middle of a round stage, surrounded by rows of people.
Azul walked onto the stage, sat on the piano bench and closed his eyes for a second.
Remembering Vicki's words, he thought of the butterfly.
In the quiet of the auditorium, Azul heard the flutter of wings. A butterfly sat on his shoulder and started to hum a tune.
His fingers began to move by themselves.
His heart began to play the butterfly's song.
THE END
Jumat, 24 Agustus 2018
The First Well
One very hot summer, it did not rain and the lake dried up. People grew anxious and went to the King.
"It has not rained for so long. Our fields are barren!" said the farmers.
"There are no fish to catch, How shall we earn a living?" asked the fishermen.
"Save us from disaster, good King," urged the women, as their children cried with thirst.
The King sent his four generals in all directions to look for water.
The first general went east, towards the sunrise,
The second went south, to the dust and heat,
The third went west, where the sun sets,
And the fourth followed the North Star.
They searched day and night, night and day; high and low they searched everywhere, but in vain.
Three of the generals returned, empty-handed.
But the general who had gone north was determined not to fail his King.
At last, he reached a cold mountain village.
As he sat at the foot of the mountain, an old woman came by and sat next to him.
The general pointed at the horizon and said, "I belong to a beautiful kingdom, where it has not rained for a whole year, Can you help me find water?"
The woman motioned the general to follow her up the mountain and into a cave, "We have no water in our country either," she said, Then, pointing to the icicles in the cave, she continued: "We call this ice. Take some, and your kingdom will never go thirsty again."
The general broke off a huge piece, loaded it onto his horse-cart and rushed back home.
By the time he reached the court, the enormousicicle had melted into a small lump of ice.
Nobody in the court had ever seen ice, so everybody gazed at it with wonder. "This must be a water-seed!" one of the ministers exclaimed suddenly.
The King ordered the 'water-seed' to be sowed immediately.
While the farmers dug a hole, the lump dwindled in the sun. They swiftly placed the seed in the hole, but before they could cover it up, it had vanished.
The farmers there grew confused and worried, They dug deeper and deeper into the earth, all night long, looking for the mysterious seed.
At the break of dawn, the King found the farmers fast asleep around a hole.
Curious, he peeped in and cried out in amazement: "Wake up, my worthy men - the water-seed has sprouted! There's water in the hole!".
This is how the first well was created.
THE END
The Elves and the Shoemaker
On this particularly cold and snowy day, all he had left in his workroom was enough leather to make one last pair of shoes.
That evening, Peter carefully cut up his precious leather and laid it aside for the morning, when he would sew them together.
The sun rise the next morning and Peter was ready to start work, but to his great surprise an exquisitely crafted pair of shoes sat on his worktable.
"What magic!" said Cecilia, his wife.
They quickly put the shoes in the shop window, for the
holiday shopping season had just begun.
As luck would have it, the shoes fitted the finicky Mrs. Sniggins perfectly, and she paid a generous sum for the fine fit.
With the money, Peter went to buy more leather, enough for two more pairs.
That evening, he once again set to work cutting his leather, and he left the pieces on the table when he went to bed.
Hoping for a good design, he fell asleep dreaming of shoes.
When he awoke early the next morning, he again found two finely crafted pairs of shoes before his eyes.
Customers bought these up quickly, for they were masterpieces.
Now Peter could buy enough leather for four pairs of shoes.
This magical business went on for sometime, and Schumaker's name became well - known for the finest shoes in town.
These days, life was much better for Peter and Cecilia.
One day Cecilia said, "I wonder who has been helping us so much?".
Peter announced: "Tonight, we will hide in the workshop and see what goes on there!" And so they did.
At exactly midnight, two tiny elves tiptoed in and began to work, swiftly making the fine shoes, They were shabbily dressed and weren't even wearing shoes themselves.
Before daybreak, they had already dashed off, leaving several pairs of shoes ready for sale that day.
Peter and Cecilia were grateful to these little elves, and worried about them, working so hard in such cold weather.
So Peter set to work making two tiny pairs of shoes, and Cecilia stitched two warm sets of clothing for each of them.
On Christmas Eve, instead of leather pieces, they set the little shoes and clothes out and hid themselves again.
At midnight, the elves popped in and saw the new clothes.
In a flash, they had them on their little bodies!.
They were so happy that they laughed and chuckled, and danced right out the window, never to be seen again.
Peter continued making shoes everyday, and he and Cecilia lived a very happy and contented life for many years. As did the elves!
THE END
Senin, 20 Agustus 2018
The Boo in the Shoe
Some look like orange zebras, others like flying snails.
They can tease or make you sneeze, they can even make chocolates appear in empty pockets!
Puzzle, the Boo looked a bit like an elephant, only he was purple most of the time and the size of a mouse.
Meera stumbled upon him one morning by accident.
There he was, sniffing and moaning, his backside firmly wedged inside her shoe.
"I must be dreaming," she thought.
She poked him to see what would happen.
"Ouch!" howled Puzzle.
"Oh! I'm very sorry," she apologized.
"I'm stuck!" he bawled.
In fact, he had been stuck there all night and had given up hope of ever getting free.
Meera examined him closely.
"Let me see if I can help," she said, pulling him by the legs.
She pushed him from behind.
She even banged the shoe against the floor.
"I could put you in soapy water," she suggested.
No, Puzzle was scared of bubbles.
"What if I poured oil on you?" she asked.
Puzzle began to squeak and sob.
He certainly didn't want oil poured on him! "I know how to stop you from crying!" Meera shouted merrily.
She started to tickle Puzzle.
Boos are very ticklish, and soon he was squirming and giggling.
The more Meera tickled him, the more he squirmed until suddenly...
"Look! You're unstuck!" cried Meera excitedly, clapping her hands.
Puzzle blinked, He wiggled his legs, He wiggled his tail, Then he wiggled his whole body, just to make sure.
"Yay! I'm free!" he trumpeted as he bounced around the room.
He bounced onto her hand and smiled.
"What would you like before I go?, Chocolates?, Shall I make your school disappear?", "Do you have to go?" asked Meera sadly.
"I wish you could stay. We could be friends!" Boos didn't
have human friends.
"That's a great idea!" he squeaked.
"Just say 'Puzzle the Boo, I want to see you and I'll come!" "Promise?" she asked.
"I promise!" winked Puzzle.
The school bus honked loudly, "Okay, we'll play after school.
See you later!" she said as she rushed outside.
After school, Meera went to the garden. She shut her eyes and murmured the magic words.
There was a humming sound, and Puzzle appeared in a
flash! They laughed and played until sunset, And from that day on, Meera and Puzzle became best friends.
THE END
"I could put you in soapy water," she suggested.
No, Puzzle was scared of bubbles.
"What if I poured oil on you?" she asked.
Puzzle began to squeak and sob.
He certainly didn't want oil poured on him! "I know how to stop you from crying!" Meera shouted merrily.
She started to tickle Puzzle.
Boos are very ticklish, and soon he was squirming and giggling.
The more Meera tickled him, the more he squirmed until suddenly...
"Look! You're unstuck!" cried Meera excitedly, clapping her hands.
Puzzle blinked, He wiggled his legs, He wiggled his tail, Then he wiggled his whole body, just to make sure.
"Yay! I'm free!" he trumpeted as he bounced around the room.
He bounced onto her hand and smiled.
"What would you like before I go?, Chocolates?, Shall I make your school disappear?", "Do you have to go?" asked Meera sadly.
"I wish you could stay. We could be friends!" Boos didn't
have human friends.
"That's a great idea!" he squeaked.
"Just say 'Puzzle the Boo, I want to see you and I'll come!" "Promise?" she asked.
"I promise!" winked Puzzle.
The school bus honked loudly, "Okay, we'll play after school.
See you later!" she said as she rushed outside.
After school, Meera went to the garden. She shut her eyes and murmured the magic words.
There was a humming sound, and Puzzle appeared in a
flash! They laughed and played until sunset, And from that day on, Meera and Puzzle became best friends.
THE END
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