Story Telling

The Lonely Landy

One day, there was a porcupine named Landy. He was lonely. No one wanted to play with him, because they were afraid of his spike.

“Dear Landy. We don’t want to play with you because your spikes are too sharp. We don’t want you to hurts us,” said Cici the rabbit one day.

“Cici is right, Landy. It is not because you’re bad or rude to us, no, Landy. Just because of your spikes. They will stab us if we close to you,” said Tito the rooster.

Landy felt lonely. Landy spent most of the time day dreaming at the river bank, “I would be happy if there were no spikes on my body.”

Suddenly, Kuku the turtle appeared from the river. He came to Landy and said, “Landy, what are you thinking of ?”

“Oh, nothing,” Landy replied.

“Don’t lie to me, Landy! Who knows I can help you,” said Kuku wisely. Then he sat beside Landy. He wasn’t afraid of Landy’s spikes.

Shortly, Landy told his problem. Kuku nodded his head. He said, “Poor you. But it isn’t your fault. I know, your spikes are very useful and helpful for you. They will realize it someday. Trust me!”

“Thanks, Kuku. You are my best friend.”

One day, Koko the frog held his birthday party. He invited all his friends, including Landy. But he decided not to come. He didn’t want to mess up the party.

“I’ll come with you Landy. I’ll tell everyone that you’re harmless,” said Kuku. Finally Landy attended the party. Everyone enjoyed it.

Suddenly Tito screamed, “Help….help.…! The evil wolf is coming. Save yourself!” Then, everyone saved their lives, except Kuku and landy. Kuku pulled his head and his leg into his shell. And Landy rolled his body into a ball.

Unintentionally, the evil wolf touched Landy. Of course, the spike pricked him. He screamed, “Ouch!” Since his foot was bleeding, he didn’t chase Landy’s friends any longer. Then, he ran away.

“Horray….horray….! Long live Landy! He saved our lives,” said Cici and her friends. They thanked him from then on. Landy wasn’t lonely anymore.

Moral  value  :

We should not underestimate someone’s bad physical appearance.

Soy Bean –Aulia Suci Nigrum –Mei Sucinda Gracesya S –Nur Andini Putriningtyas –Rendra –Rini Astriyani

NARATIVE TEXT

The man came home from work late again. He felt very tired. His 5 year old son waited for him at the door. Then the boy asked. "Daddy, may I ask you a question?"

"Yeah, sure, what is it?" Replied the man.

"Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?"

"That's none your business! What makes you ask such a thing?" The man said angrily.

"I just want to know. Please tell me, how much money do you make an hour?" Pleaded the little boy.

"If you musk know, I make $20.00 an hour."

"Oh," the little boy replied, head bowed.

Looking up, he said, "Daddy, may I borrow $10.00 please?" The father was furious.

"If the only reason you want to know how much money I make is just so you can borrow some to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you'd better go to your room and go to bed. Think about why you're being so selfish. I work long, hard hours everyday and don't have time for such childish games." The little boy quietly went to this room and shut the door.

After an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think he may have been a little hard on his son. The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door. "Are you asleep son?" He asked.

"No, daddy, I'm awake," replied the boy.

"I've been thinking, maybe I was to hard on you earlier" said the man. "It's been a long day and I am very tired and say something rude to you. Here's that $10.00 you asked for." The little boy sat straight up, beaming. "Oh, thank you daddy!" He yelled.

Then, reaching under his pillow, he pulled out some more money. The man, knowing the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at the man.

"Why did you want more money if you already had some?" The father grumbled.

"Because I didn't have enough money, but now I do," the little boy replied.

"Daddy, I have $20.00 now. Can I buy an hour of your time?" The man couldn't speak for a moment and finally he realized his mistakes. He spent too much time to work. He didn't have much time to work. He didn't have much time for his son. With eyes full of tears, he hugged his son and asked for forgiveness.

Created By Mei Sucinda Gracesya Sirait

BOOK REVIEW 'SURAT KECIL UNTUK TUHAN'

 BOOK REVIEW

Title                            : Surat Kecil Untuk Tuhan

Author                        : Agnes Danovar

Publisher                    : Inandra Published

Total Pages                : 228 Pages + X Pages

Publisher Year            : 2008

ISBN                         : 978-979-18346-3-6

            Agnes Danovar is a phenomenal writer in the world. She started her career by writing true story in her blog. ‘Surat Kecil Untuk Tuhan’  is her second novel based on a true story, that inspire a lot of people.

Surat Kecil Untuk Tuhan is a story about hope of life for a little girl who must struggled to fight her malignant cancer. Although, in the end she surrendered, but she was never failed against her cancer.

            Gita Sesa Wanda Cantika called Keke, she was an artist in 1998. She struggled to fight a cancer, Rabdomiosarkoma (Soft Tissue Sarcome) and predicted only had 5 days to live. The cancer was affected to her face and changed her beautiful face into a monster. She didn’t know about her illness, because her parents never told her. They decide not to tell her, so she can walk on her normal life in her last moment.

            But finally, Keke knew about her illness, she tough facing her cancer and proved to the world she can live as normal girl.

            Her father, Joddy Tri Aprianto never gave up. He tried as much as posible to find alternative theraphy, but he didn’t get any result. So, he cameback to medical treatment and agreed to do a chemotherapy. With chemothreapy, her condition was going better and better, even impacted to her body and hair. After 6 months theraphy, the doctors gave a statement that keke had recovered from her cancer. She live normally with her family & friends.

            After 3 years, the cancer had returned and spread from her eyes, heart, lung and other organs. The doctors can’t do anything because the therapy can’t killed the cancer anymore. In her last moment, she wrote a letter to God and ask all things in her dreams and no tears in the world.

Her last breath, 25 December 2006 after she held her fasting month & Idul Fitri with her family & friends. Her story is inspiring a lot of people in the world. In her cirsis condition, she proved to the world she can be a precious person by received appreciation from her school.

The story teaches us about true meaning of life, in painfull condition,  she can fighting the illness and facing the world with gracefully. Highly recomended story for teenange.

Created By Mei Sucinda Gracesya

TENSES

No.	Tenses	Active Pattern	Active Sentences	Passive Pattern	Passive Sentences
1	Simple Present	S + V1 + s/es	She cooks fried rice	S + ToBe + V3	Fried rice is cooked by her
2	Simple Past	S + V2	He wrote letters	S + Was/Were + V3	The letters were written by him
3	Pres. Continuous	S + ToBe + V.ing	She is going to post office	S + ToBe + Being + V3	Post office is being gone by her
4	Past. Continuous	S + Was/Were + V.ing	They were cooking dinner	S + Was/Were + Being + V3	The dinner was being cooked by them
5	Pres. Perfect	S + Has/Have + V3	Afgan has finished the new single	S + Has/Have + Been + V3	The new single has been finished by Afgan
6	Past. Perfect	S + Had + V3	They had finished the preparations	S + Had + Been + V3	The Preparations had been finished by them
7	Pres. Future	S + Will/Shall + V1	She will drive a new car	S + Will/Shall + Be + V3	A new car will be driven by her
8	Past. Future	S + Would/Should + V1	You Should take care	S + Would/Should + Be + V3	Someone should be taken care
9	Pres. Perf. Cont	S + Has/Have + Been + V.ing	She has been typing the text	S + Has/Have + Been + Being + V3	The text has been being typed by her
10	Past. Perf. Cont	S + Had + Been + V.ing	He had been talking the news	S + Had + Been + Being + V3	The news had been being talked by him
11	Pres. Future Perf	S + Will/Shall + Have + V3	The instrument will have changed	S + Will/Shall + Have + Been + V3	The instrument will have been changed
12	Past. Future Perf	S + Would/Should + Have + V3	She would have taught	S + Would/Should + Have + Been + V3	Someone would have been taught by her
13	Pres. Future Cont	S + Will/Shall + Be + V.ing	The test will be starting	S + Will/Shall + Be + Being + V3	Someone will be being started the test
14	Past. Future Cont	S + Would/Should + Be + V.ing	Father would reading the news paper	S+ Would/Should + Be + Being + V3	The news paper would be being read by Father
15	Pres. Future Perf. Cont	S + Will/Shall + Have + Been + V.ing	The exercise will have been finishing	S + Will/Shall + Have + Been + Being + V3	The exercise  will have been being finished
16	Past. Future Perf. Cont	S + Would/Should + Have + Been + V.ing	She would have been thinking the subject	S + Would/Should + Have + Been + Being + V3	The subject would have been being thought by her