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Once upon a time, there was a kingdom of mouse consist of king, queen,
and prince. The king obsessed to ride the horse. After he had it, he
tried to rode the horse. When he rode it, his body jumped up
continously because his feet not reach the saddle, so he felt
uncomfortable with his tail. He felt sick, so he asked an idea to his
son. The prince suggested to use the pillow that was bundled on his
bottom. Then he tried to ride the horse again, but his body got
unstable until his crown fell down to the ground. The next idea came
from his servant, that the King's body had to bundled with the body of
the horse. But this idea failed again. The King so frustated and got
off from the horse.

Then the prince had an idea, he asked the King to follow him
somewhere, where there was a toy horse. From the beginning, he
disagreed because he felt ashamed, but he thought again and then
agreed with the idea. Finally, he tried the toy horse and enjoyed it.

There was a barber serving a customer. Everyday he always told the
customers that there was a stupid kid in his village who cannot count.

Shortly after the barber told about the stupid kid, suddenly the kid
came and stood up in front of the door at the barber shop. Proudly,
the barber want to tell the truth about his story to the customer.

''Hey, come here..! There are IDR 1000 and IDR 5000, which one do yo choose?''

Quickly the kid took IDR 1000 from the barber then he run. It seem the
barber laugh out loud when he saw what the kid did. The customer felt
astonished, why he took the smaller value of the money.

When the shaving finished, the customer looked for the kid. Finally he
found the kid was eating an ice cream at the park.

The customer came closer and asked: ''Hey son, are you the kid who got
the money from a barber?''

''Yeah, that's right Sir. What's up?'' asked the kid.

''The barber offered you the money, why you choose the smaller?''

''Yeah, if I took the big money, so the game was over.''

''What do you mean?'' asked the customer astonished.

''Because if I don't play dumb and took IDR 5000 I'll never get the
money anymore.''

So, who is the smarter?
The barber or the kid?

A father had family of sons who were always fighting. He had no luck
trying to stop their arguments with words, so he decided to teach them
a lesson.

He told his sons to bring him a bunch of sticks. He took the sticks
and gave them to his eldest son and asked him to break them. The
eldest son tried with all his strength, but was not able to do it. The
other sons tried and were also unsuccessful.

The father said, ''My sons, if you are of one mind and unite to assist
each other, you will be like these sticks together, but if you are
devided among yourselves, you will be broken as easily as a single
stick.''

Pak Lebai was an old man living in a village by the river. Everyday,
he used his sampan for travelling at the river. Pak Lebai had a bad
habit. He always changed his mind before he did something. He was an
inconsistent man. One day, Pak Lebai was invited to a party by his
neighbor. Pak Lebai was happy. He loved party because he could eat
delicious food. He also could get a buffalo's head from the party.
Still on the same day, he got another invitation. Those two party
invitations made him confused. The two parties were held at the same
time, but at different places. The two neighbors who invited him lived
in different sides of the river. One neighbor lived in the east side
and the other one lived in the west side. ''If I go to the west side,
I'll only get one buffalo's head. If I go to the east side, I can have
two heads of buffalo. But the host at the west side is friendlier,''
he said to himself. He was confused.

On the following day, Pak Lebai paddled his sampan to the party at the
west side of the river. But then he changed his mind and went to the
east side. On the way there, he met with some friends. ''The party is
awful. There are not many buffalo's heads,'' said one of them. So, Pak
Lebai turned back his sampan again and went to the west side.
Unfortunately, the party was already over when he arrived there. Pak
Lebai immediately paddled his sampan to the east side again. But he
also missed the party.

Pak Lebai was upset and blaming himself for being so inconsistent. He
was so hungry and tired because he was padding back and forth in the
rives. He then fell asleep in his sampan. He did not realize that his
sampan was drifting away at the river. When he woke up, he was already
in the different village. That's why all his neighbors started to call
him Pak Lebai Malang.

Once, there lived a landlord who loved money very much. He hired a
young man named John. He forced John to work all day long. But he gave
him little money. So, John went away angrily.

One day, John met a poor old lady. He gave her all money. The old lady
thanked him and asked, ''What's your favorite, John?'' asked the old
lady. ''I like violin very much.'' John answered. So the old lady took
out a violin from her back and gave it to him. John went forward. He
met a man who was cutting the wood. The man said, ''If you can help
me, I'll give you some money.'' John agreed.

When John finished the work, the man didn't give him the money. While
John was playing the violin, the man couldn't help dancing. The rhythm
of the sound became quicker and quicker, and the man was very tired.
He begged, ''Please stop. I'll give you money.'' John got the money
and left happily.

He understood the violin was not a common violin. It was a magic
violin. So, he decided to give the landlord a lesson. He came to the
landlord's home and asked him to return his money. The landlord
refused. So, John played the violin. Hearing the sound, the landlord
danced. John played the violin faster and faster, and the landlord
danced faster and faster, too. At last, he couldn't bear. He cried,
''Help..! Help..! I'll give you the money. Stop playing the violin.''

John didn't stop playing until the landlord gave him much money.

Finally, John distributed the money to the poor.
(from Buku B. Inggris untuk SMA/MA kelas XII)

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