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HUNGRY WOLF

Oneday, a wolf was very hungry. It looked for food here and there. But it couldnt get any. At
last it found a loaf of bread and piece of meat in the hole of a tree.

The hungry wolf squeezed into the hole. It ate all the food. It was a woodcutters lunch. He was
on his way back to the tree to have lunch. But he saw there was no food in the hole, instead, a
wolf. On seeing the woodcutter, the wolf tried to get out of the hole. But it couldnt. Its tummy
was swollen. The woodcutter caught the wolf and gave it nice beatings.

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A TOWN MOUSE AND A COUNTRY MOUSE

A Town Mouse and a Country Mouse were friends. The Country Mouse one day invited his
friend to come and see him at his home in the fields. The Town Mouse came and they sat down
to a dinner of barleycorns and roots the latter of which had a distinctly earthy flavour.

The flavour was not much to the taste of the guest and presently he broke out with My poor
dear friend, you live here no better than the ants. Now, you should just see how I fare! My larder
is a regular horn of plenty. You must come and stay with me and I promise you shall live on the
fat of the land.

So when he returned to town he took the Country Mouse with him and showed him into a larder
containing flour and oatmeal and figs and honey and dates.

The Country Mouse had never seen anything like it and sat down to enjoy the luxuries his friend
provided. But before they had well begun, the door of the larder opened and some one came in.
The two Mice scampered off and hid themselves in a narrow and exceedingly uncomfortable
hole. Presently, when all was quiet, they ventured out again. But some one else came in, and off
they scuttled again. This was too much for the visitor. Good bye, said he, Im off. You live in
the lap of luxury, I can see, but you are surrounded by dangers whereas at home I can enjoy my
simple dinner of roots and corn in peace.

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ELEPHANT AND FRIENDS

One day an elephant wandered into a forest in search of friends. He saw a monkey on a
tree. Will you be my friend? asked the elephant. Replied the monkey, You are too big. You
can not swing from trees like me. Next, the elephant met a rabbit. He asked him to be his
friends. But the rabbit said, You are too big to play in my burrow! Then the elephant met a
frog.

Will you be my friend? He asked.

How can I? asked the frog.

You are too big to leap about like me.

The elephant was upset. He met a fox next.

Will you be my friend? he asked the fox.

The fox said, Sorry, sir, you are too big.

The next day, the elephant saw all the animals in the forest running for their lives. The elephant
asked them what the matter was. The bear replied, There is a tiger in the forest. Hes trying to
gobble us all up! The animals all ran away to hide. The elephant wondered what he could do
to solve everyone in the forest. Meanwhile, the tiger kept eating up whoever he could find. The
elephant walked up to the tiger and said, Please, Mr. Tiger, do not eat up these poor animals.

Mind your own business! growled the tiger.

The elephant has a no choice but to give the tiger a hefty kick. The frightened tiger ran for his
life. The elephant ambled back into the forest to announce the good news to everyone. All the
animals thanked the elephant. They said, You are just the right size to be our friend.

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WHY DO HAWKS HUNT CHICKS?

Long, long time ago, there was a hawk that fell in love with a hen. The hawk flew down from the
sky and asked the hen. "Will you marry me?" The hen loved the bravery of the strong hawk and
hoped to marry him but she said, "I can not fly as high as you can. If you give me time, i will
learn to fly as high as you do then we can fly together. The hawk agreed. Before going away,
he gave the hen a ring. "This is a proof to show that you have promised to marry me," said the
hawk.

In another case, it so happened that she had already promised to marry a rooster. Thus, when
the rooster saw the ring, he became very upset, "Throw that ring away at once!" shouted the
rooster. The hen was so frightened at the rooster's anger that the ring was thrown away
immediately.

A few months later, when the hawk came, the hen told him the truth. The hawk was so furious
that he cursed the hen, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? Start from now, you'll always be
scratching the earth and i'll always be flying above to catch your children, "shouted the hawk.

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CURSED SWORD, KERIS

The king of Kediri Kingdom in East Java, Kertajaya thought himself as a deity, and he was
opposed by the Brahmana (priests) caste. When he threated the Brahmanas, they ran to
Tumapel and asked the ruler, Ken Arok, for his protection. Ken Arok thought that Kediri army
would attack his territory, and ordered his troops to fortify.

Kediri army came to Tumapel as Arok was expecting. The Battle of Ganter, in 1222, was the end
of Kediri Kingdom, then Ken Arok formed his own empire, Singosari.

Ken Arok proclaimed himself as the son of Shiva.

Historians has been argued on Ken Arok's new dynasty because his origin wasn't clear . Who is
he? Why he could forma kingdom? Does he have a dark past?

After Kertajaya lost, the Kediri Kingdom was ruled by Tunggul Ametung. He had a very
beautiful wife, Ken Dedes. A statue in Leiden Museum, Netherlands, shows Ken Dedes as
Prajnaparamitha, Goddess of Wise.
One day Ken Arok accidentaly saw Ken Dedes, then a wind hiked her gown. Suddenly Ken Arok
got a vision, that he had to have Ken Dedes as his wife, at any risk.

Ken Arok decided to kill Tunggul Ametung.

He ordered a "keris" (a sacred short sword) to a priest, Mpu Gandring. It took a long time to
make a "keris" because only englighted priest could make it, and they had to do some rituals for
that.
Ken Arok was impatient to wait the keris to be done. His lust to Ken Dedes is getting bigger and
bigger. He came up to Mpu Gandring to ask if the keris was completed. When Mpu Gandrig
said no, Ken Arok kill him with that incompleted keris.

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ARJUNA MENCARI CINTA

Once there was a king of evil from the kingdom of Iman Imantaka whose name is Niwata
Kawaca. He was a powerful and cruel king who had conquered many kingdoms. The invincible
king then had another ambition. He wanted to marry a beautiful angel from the heaven of god
whose name is Dewi Supraba. He came to god Indra to propose for the beautiful angel. But the
god refused. He thought that the king was not a good husband for the angel. The king was so
angry that he decided to attack Kingdom of god Indra. The army of Niwata Kawaca proved to
be very strong. The army of god was easily defeated. Luckily the god managed to close the gate.
Then the god's palace was besieged by the army of Niwata Kawaca.

Then the god Indra decided to ask for help of human being. His choice fell into Arjuna, the third
son of Pandu. At that time Arjuna was meditating in Mount Indrakila. He was meditating there
to pray and to search for spiritual power that he needed to face the great war of Barata yudha
(war of the Barata family). God Indra wanted to test his spiritual power to know whether he was
fit for the battle with Niwata Kawaca. Indra sent seven beautiful angels to tease Arjuna. Two of
the most beautiful ones were Supraba and Tilottama. They used their beauty to tease him but
Arjuna was proved to be a true hero. He could resist their temptation. Indra was sure that
Arjuna was the right person to overcome the problem.

Meanwhile King Niwata Kawaca realized that there was a hero who could be a threat to his
power. That's why he decided to eliminate the potential threat. He sent a monster that could
change himself into a wild boar. His name was Momong Murka. Momong Murka came to the
village where Arjuna was doing ascetics. As he got there soon he changed himself into a giant
wild bore and destroyed the village. Arjuna did not let him do further damage so he fought back.
The wild boar was so strong that he was forced to use his new weapon. He attacked the wild
boar with an arrow and it was killed instantly. But as he came closer to take a look at it he was
very surprised to see another hero stood by it arrogantly.
Arjuna said politely:
'Excuse me; let me take a look at the wild boar. I just shot it with my arrow'
Excuse me, did you shoot it? Look this is my arrow', the hero said.
'Of course I shot it. This is my arrow'

'But I shot it first. You just followed me'

The quarrel became so tense that they were both became very angry. The two heroes fought
fiercely but finally the other hero could beat Arjuna. As he sat in the ground suddenly the hero
changed into god Syiwa. Arjuna was shocked so he saluted the god immediately.

'I beg your pardon your holiness, I did not realized your presence'
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SANG PEMULUNG

Pak Suparman starts each day by crawling out of the cart in which he has been huddled up for
the better part of the night. The cart is his most treasured possession. It not only serves as his
bed at night (without which he would be completely exposed to the elements) but is also the
means with which he earns his living.

Suparman is a trash picker, and his entire day is spent pushing his cart along Jakartas streets
in search of garbage.

The waste others throw out is anything but worthless to Suparman, and constitutes his only
means of income. Suparman not only goes through rubbish bins in search of plastic gold, but
also picks up any rubbish of any worth that he finds. Truth be known, were it not for people like
Suparman, Jakartans might soon find themselves knee-deep in waste.

Suparman earns anything from Rp 100,000 a week (if unfortunate) to Rp 250,000 in a good
week. His bread and butter is plastic water bottles of any size. Clean plastic fetches him Rp
5,000 per kilogram, while soiled or dirty plastic fetches Rp 2,000 per kilo. Any other kind of
garbage is worth Rp 1,500 per kilogram.

Once a week Suparman takes all that he has collected to larger-scale garbage collectors (known
as kontrakan), in Pintu Air, Tanah Abang, who in turn sell it to factories that produce
containers and packaging. However, these larger-scale collectors did not wish to reveal their
identities or say how much they earned as middle-men, claiming ignorance and stating that only
the top boss knew how much factories paid for garbage.

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Story of Ezekiel (Hizqeel)

Almighty Allah said: Did you (O Muhammad) not think of those who went forth from their
homes in thousands, fearing death? Allah said to them, "Die." And then He restored them to life.
Truly, Allah is full of Bounty to mankind, but most men think not. (Ch 2:243 Quran).

Mohammad Ibn Ishaaq stated of Wahb Ibn Munbah said that when Allah took Kalih Ibn Yofra
(Jephtha) after Joshua, Ezekiel Ibn Buzi succeeded him as the prophet to the Israelites. The
people had fled from Palestine for fear of the plague and settled on a plateau. Allah said to
them: "Die you all," and they all perished. A few centuries passed, and then Ezekiel, passing by,
stopped over them, wondering. There came a voice: "Do you want Allah to resurrect them while
you watch?" He said: "Yes." Then he was commanded to call those bones to join one to the
other and to be covered with flesh. So he called them by the power of Allah, and the people
arose and glorified Allah in the voice of one man.

According to Ibn Abbas, this place was called "Damardan." Its people were inflicted with
plague, so they fled, while a group of them who remained in the village perished. The Angel of
Death called to the survivors: "Die you all," and they perished. After a long time a prophet
called Ezekiel passed by them and stood wondering over them, twisting his jaws and fingers.
Allah revealed to him: "Do you want Me to show you how I bring them back to life? He said:
"Yes." His idea was to marvel at the power of Allah over them. A voice said to him: "Call: 'O
you bones, Allah commands you to gather up.'" The bones began to fly one to the other until they
became skeletons. Then Allah revealed to him to say; "Call: 'O you bones, Allah commands you
to put on flesh and blood and the clothes in which they had died.'" And a voice said: "Allah
commands you to call the bodies to rise." And they rose. When they returned to life they said:
"Blessed are You, O Lord, and all praises is Yours." Ibn 'Abbas reported that the dead who were
resurrected were four thousand, while Ibn Salih said they were nine thousand.

Regarding plague, Abu Ubaidah Ibn Al-Jarrah related that 'Umar Ibn Al-Khattab was on his
way to Syria and had reached Sarg when the leader of the Muslim army, Abu Ubaidah Ibn Al-
Jarrah, and his companions met him and told him of a pestilence that had broken out in Syria.
'Umar remember the Prophet's (pbuh) saying: "If it (plague) be in a country where you are
staying, do not go out fleeing it, and if you hear it is in a country, do not enter it." Umar praised
Allah and then went off.

Muhammad Ibn Ishaaq stated that we do not know how long Ezekiel (pbuh) stayed among the
Israelites before Allah took him away. After him, the Israelites deviated from the right way of
life, as they usually did, and deserted Allah's covenant with them. They worshipped many idols,
among them Ba'al, so Allah sent to them the Prophet Elijah (pbuh).
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NABI MUHAMMAD

Muhammad (pbuh) was born in Mecca ( Makkah), Arabia, on Monday, 12 Rabi' Al-Awal (2
August A.D. 570). His mother, Aminah, was the daughter of Wahb Ibn Abdu Manaf of the
Zahrah family. His father, 'Abdullah, was the son of Abdul Muttalib. His genealogy has been
traced to the noble house of Ishmael, the son of Prophet Abraham in about the fortieth descend.
Muhammad's father died before his birth.

Before he was six years old his mother died, and the doubly orphaned Muhammad was put
under the charge of his grandfather Abdul Muttalib who took the most tender care of him. But
the old chief died two years afterwards. On his deathbed he confided to his son Abu Talib the
charge of the little orphan.

When Muhammad was twelve years old, he accompanied his uncle Abu Talib on a mercantile
journey to Syria, and they proceeded as far as Busra. The journey lasted for some months. It
was at Busra that the Christian monk Bahira met Muhammad. He is related to have said to Abu
Talib: 'Return with this boy and guard him against the hatred of the Jews, for a great career
awaits your nephew."

After this journey, the youth of Muhammad seems to have been passed uneventfully, but all
authorities agree in ascribing to him such correctness of manners and purity of morals as were
rare among the people of Mecca. The fair character and the honorable bearing of the
unobtrusive youth won the approbation of the citizens of Mecca, and b y common consent he
received the title of "Al Ameen," The Faithful.

In his early years, Muhammad was not free from the cares of life. He had to watch the flocks of
his uncle, who, like the rest of the Bani Hashim, had lost the greater part of his wealth.

From youth to manhood he led an almost solitary life. The lawlessness rife among the Meccans,
the sudden outbursts of causeless and bloody quarrels among the tribes frequenting the Fair of
Okadh (The Arabian Olympia), and the immorality and skepticism of the Quraish, naturally
caused feelings of pity and sorrow in the heart of the sensitive youth. Such scenes of social
misery and religious degradation were characteristic of a depraved age.

When Muhammad was twenty five years old, he traveled once more to Syria as a factor of a
noble and rich Quraishi widow named Khadijah; and, having proved himself faithful in the
commercial interests of that lady, he was soon rewarded with her hand in marriage. This
marriage proved fortunate and singularly happy. Khadijah was much the senior of her husband,
but in spite of the disparity of age between them, the most tender devotion on both sides existed.
This marriage gave him the loving heart of a woman who was ever ready to console him in his
despair and to keep alive within him the feeble, flickering flame of hope when no man believed
in him and the world appeared gloomy in his eyes.
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JONAH (YUNUS)

Prophet Jonah (Yunus) (pbuh) also known as Dhan-Nun. About his people Almighty Allah said:
Was there any town community that believed after seeing the punishment, and its Faith at that
moment, saved it from the punishment? (the answer is none)--except the people of Jonah; when
they believed, We removed from them the torment of disgrace in the life of the present world,
and permitted them to enjoy for a while. (Ch 10:98 Quran)

The inhabitants of the town of Nineveh were idolaters who lived a shameless life. Prophet Jonah
(pbuh) was sent to teach them the worship of Allah. The people disliked his interference in their
way of worship, so they argued. "We and our forefathers have worshipped these gods for many
years and no harm has come to us."

Try as he might to convince them of the foolishness of idolatry and of the goodness of Allah's
laws, the ignored him. He warned them that if they kept on with their foolishness, Allah's
punishment would soon follow. Instead of fearing Allah, they told Jonah that they were not
afraid of his threats. "Let it happen," they told him. Jonah was disheartened. "in that case, I will
leave you to your misery!" so saying, he left Nineveh, fearing that Allah's anger would soon
follow. Remember Dhan Nun (Jonah), when he went off in anger, and imagined that We shall
not punish him (the calamities which had befallen him)! (ch 21:87)

Hardly had he left the city when the skies began to change color and looked as if they were on
fire. The people were filled with fear by this sight. They recalled the destruction of the people of
'Ad, Thamud and Noah. Was theirs to be a similar fate? Slowly faith penetrated their hearts.
They all gathered on the mountain and started to beseech Allah for His mercy and forgiveness.
The mountains echoed with their cries. It was a momentous hour, filled with sincere repentance.

Allah removed His wrath and showered His blessings upon them once again. When the
threatening storm was lifted, they prayed for the return of Jonah so that he could guide them.

Meanwhile, Jonah had boarded a small ship in the company of other passengers. It sailed all
day in calm waters with a good wind blowing at the sails. When night came, the sea suddenly
changed. A horrible storm blew as if it were going to split the ship into pieces. The waves looked
wild. They rose up as high as mountains then plunged down like valleys, tossing the ship and
sweeping over the deck.

Behind the ship, a large whale was splitting the water and opening its mouth. A command had
been issued from Almighty Allah to one of the greatest whales of the sea to surface. It obeyed.
The whale hurried to the surface of the sea and followed the ship as it had been commanded.

The tempest continued and the chief crewman asked the crew to lighten the ship's heavy load.
They threw their baggage overboard, but this was not enough. Their safety lay in reducing the
weight further, so they decided among themselves to lighten their load by removing at least one
person.
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I AM ONE OF THOSE FOOL MEN

A boy was making a close relationship with a girl who always hurt him. One day, she broke
up with him and told him, I dont ever want to see you again.

A few months later, the girl had a change of heart. She realized that she loved the boy, so she
went back and said to him, Give me just one more chance. I love you and I need you. I
promise that I will never hurt you again.

But the boy just laughed and said to her, Only a fool would take back someone who hurt
them so much.

The girl felt hopeless and began to cry, but the boy put his arms around her, held her tightly
and said, and I am one of those fools.

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WITHOUT YOUR LOVE, I WOULD DIE

One night a man and a girl were driving home from the movies. The boy sensed there was
something wrong because of the painful silence they shared between them that night.

The girl then asked the boy to pull over because she wanted to talk. She told him that her
feelings had changed and that it was time to move on. A silent tear slid down his cheek as he
slowly reached into his pocket and passed her a folded note.

At that moment, a drunk driver was speeding down that very same street. He swerved right
into the drivers seat, killing the boy. Miraculously, the girl survived. Remembering the note,
she pulled it out and read it. Without your love, I would die.

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STORY OF BECCA AND JOE

There was a girl named Becca and a boy named Joe. They love very much to each other

One day, Becca was in a burning house. None of the firefighters could get in the house
because the fire was too big. So Joe dressed in one of the fire suits and got into the house.
When Joe got up the stairs, the steps fell off behind him.

When Joe got into the girls room, he sealed the door up behind him. He held the girl tightly
and said that he loved her. The girl asked what was wrong. Joe said that he was going to die.
The girls eyes widened as she began to cry.

Joe picked the girl up and jumped out of the four story house. Joe landed on his back with her
on top of him. Joe died to save the girls life.

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THE BLIND GIRL

There was a blind girl who was filled with animosity and despised the world. She didnt have
many friends, just a boyfriend who loved her deeply.

She always used to say that shed marry him if she could see him. Suddenly, one day someone
donated her a pair of eyes. When she finally saw her boyfriend, she was astonished to see that
her boyfriend was blind.

The man told her, You can see me now, can we get married? She replied, And do what?
Wed never be happy. I have my eye sight now, but youre still blind. It wont work out, Im
sorry.

With a tear in his eye and a smile on his face, he meekly said, I understand. I just want you
to always be happy. Take care of yourself, and my eyes.

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THE SILENT LOVE

There was once a man who was very much in love with a girl. This man is very romantic. The
man folded 1,000 pieces of paper cranes as a gift to his girl. Although he was just a small
executive in his company, they were very happy together.

One day, his girl told him she was going to Paris and would never come back. She also told
him that she could visualize any bright future for both of them, so lets go their own ways .
The man then was heartbroken but he agreed.

One day he regained his confidence. He worked hard day and night, just to make something
out of himself. Finally with all these hard work and the help of his friends, theman had set up
his own company. You never fail until you stop trying., that was what he always told
himself, I must make it in life!

One rainy day, when the man was driving, he saw an elderly couple sharing an umbrella in
the rain walking to some destination. It didnt take him long to realize that those were his ex-
girlfriends parents. He drove slowly beside the couple. He wanted them to see him in his
luxury car. He wanted them to know that he wasnt the same one anymore.

The couple was walking towards a cemetery. Following them, the man got out of his car.
There, he saw his ex-girlfriend, a photograph of her smiling sweetly. He saw his precious
paper cranes in a bottle placed beside her tomb.

The couple saw him. The man walked over and asked them why this had happened. They
explained that their daughter did not leave for France. She was stricken ill with cancer. She
had believed that he would make it someday, but she did not want her illness to be his
obstacle. Therefore she had chosen to leave him.

His daughter had wanted her parents to put his paper cranes beside her. If the day came,
when fate brings him to her again, he could take some of those paper cranes back with him.
The man just wept.

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THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER

In a field one summers day a grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its
hearts content. An ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking
to the nest.
Why not come and chat with me, said the grasshopper, instead of toiling and moiling in
that way?
I am helping to lay up food for the winter, said the ant, and recommend you to do the
same.
Why bother about winter? said the grasshopper; we have got plenty of food at present. The
Ant went on its way and continued its toil.
When the winter came the grasshopper found itself dying of hunger while it saw the ants
distributing, every day, corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer.
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THE UGLY DUCKLING AND NEW FRIEND

One upon time, a mother duck sat on her eggs. She felt tired of sitting on them. She just
wished the eggs would break out. Several days later, she got her wish. The eggs cracked and
some cute little ducklings appeared. Peep, peep the little ducklings cried. Quack, quack
their mother greeted in return.However the largest egg had not cracked. The mother duck sat
on it for several days. Finally, it cracked and a huge ugly duckling waddled out. The mother
duck looked at him in surprise. He was so big and very gray. He didnt look like the others at
all. He was like a turkey.
When the mother duck brought the children to the pond for their first swimming lesson. The
huge grey duckling splashed and paddled about just as nicely as the other ducklings did.
That is not a turkey chick. He is my very own son and quite handsome the mother said
proudly. However, the other animals didnt agree. They hissed and made fun of him day by
day. Even his own sisters and brothers were very unkind. You are very ugly they quacked.
The little poor duckling was very unhappy. I wish I looked like them he thought to himself.
One day, the ugly duckling run away and hid in the bushes. The sad duckling lived alone
through the cold and snow winter.
Finally the spring flowers began to bloom. While he was swimming in the pond, he saw three
large white swans swimming toward him. Oh, dear. these beautiful birds will laugh and peck
me too he said to himself. But the swans did not attack him. Instead, they swam around him
and stroked him with their bills. As the ugly duckling bent his neck to speak to them, he saw
his reflection in the water. He could not believe his eyes. I am not an ugly duckling but a
beautiful swam he exclaimed.
He was very happy. From that day on, he swam and played with his new friends and was
happier than he had never been
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THE CAP SELLER AND THE MONKEYS

Once, a cap seller was passing through a jungle. He was very tired and needed to rest. Then, he
stopped and spread a cloth under a tree. He placed his bag full of caps near him and lay down
with his cap on his head.
The cap seller had a sound sleep for one hour. When he got up, the first thing he did was to look
into his bag. He was startled when he found all his caps were not there.
When he looked up the sky, he was very surprised to see monkeys sitting on the branches of a
tree, each of the monkeys is wearing a cap of on its head. They had evidently done it to imitate
him
He decided to get his caps back by making a humble request to the monkeys. In return, the
monkeys only made faces of him. When he begun to make gesture, the monkeys also imitated
him.
At last he found a clever idea. Monkeys are a great imitator, he thought. So he took off his
own cap and threw it down on the ground. And as he had expected, all the monkeys took off the
caps and threw the caps down on the ground. Quickly, he stood up and collected the caps, put
them back into his bag and went away.
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THE MOUSE AND THE FROG

Once, there was a mouse which made of close friendship with a frog.
One day, the frog said to the mouse; Lets bind ourselves together with a string so that we
may never get separated. The mouse agreed. Both tied themselves together leg to leg. It went
quite well on land. When they came to a small pool, it was a tragic for the mouse.
In the end, the frog kept swimming across the small pool dragging the mouse with him. Soon,
the mouse drowned and floated on the surface of the pool.
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THE CROW AND THE JUG

On a hot day, a thirsty crow flew over a field looking for water. For a long time, she could not
find any. She left very exhausted. She almost gave up.
Suddenly, she saw water jug below her. She flew straight down to see if there was any water
inside. It was surprised because there was some water inside the jug.
The crow tried to push her head into the jug. Sadly she found that the neck of the jug was too
narrow. Then she tried to push the jug down for the water to flow out but she found that the
jug was too heavy.
The crow thought hard for a while. Then she was looking around. She saw some pebbles. She
suddenly had a good idea. She started picking up the pebbles one by one, dropping it into the
jug. As more and more pebbles filled the jug, the water level kept rising. Soon it was high
enough for the crow to drink. Its working she said.
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THE LEGEND OF SINGAPORE

In days long gone by, the world divided into two parts, and each part was rulled by a powerful
giant king. The Eastern lands were hot and wet, while the Western lands were cold and dark.
Sometimes there were wars between the giants of two the lands, but story takes place when
there was peace.

The youngest son of the king of the Western Lands wanted to travel, and so left fathers
palace. For many days, the prince travelled east, hiding whenever he saw soldiers. Many
weeks later, he came to a small lake in the Eastern lands.

Because it was hot, the prince went for a swim in the lake. Suddenly, he saw a beautiful girl
on the opposite side of the lake. He swam to her side, and they began to talk.

I am a traveller from the Western Lands, said the prince.

The girls eye grew wide. Then you must leave, she said. My father, the king, will kill you
if he finds you here.

The prince was about to swim away when the giant princess called him back. Dont go yet.
My ladies and I will hide you for a time, and we can swim together each day.

After his long journey, the prince was glad to have chance to rest. The princesss ladies hid
him in a small house in the forest near the lake. Each day they brought him food, and each
day he swam with the princess in the lake, before long, the prince and the princess fell in love.

I want to marry you, said the prince.

But my father would never agree to it, said the princess. He would never let me marry a
prince of the western Lands.

Ill go and ask him anyway. Said the prince, and he walked to the palace of the king of the
Eastern lands.

When the king heard the prince say he wanted to marry the princess, he immediately threw
the young man into prison. A few days later, the princes escaped, and he went to the lake.
There he saw the princess. Come with me to the west, he said. we can be married in my
fathers palace, and my family will welcome you as my wife,

Are you sure it will be all right? asked the princess. Yes, but we must hurry.

The princess wrapped her jewels and a beautiful fan in a length of silk. Then she took the
princes hand, and together they ran towards the west, away from her fathers guards. In her
hurry, the giant princess dropped her bundle. In the darkness, she was able to find her shiny
jewelry, but not her fan. Ive lost my fan, my beautiful fan, she cried.
The princess could hear the guards coming closer. Come, my dear, he said we cannot
waste any more time. Ill buy you another they fled to the Western Lands where they were
married. The beautiful fan that the giant princess dropped, fell to earth in what is now

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THE LEGEND OF PHILIPPINES

Many thousands of years ago, a man and his wife lived in the Philippines, they were called
Angngalo and Angngarab.

One morning, they went to gather some shellfish. Inside one, they found a pearl. It was an
unusual yellow colour and very large.

Angngalo gave it to Angngarab. Oh! she said, I can find many more pearls than you!

Soon they were quarrelling and shouting at each other. They ran along the seashore looking
for shellfish. Before, they had a big pile in front of them. They pulled open the shells and
looked in them for pearls.

Ive go more pearls than you! shouted Angngalo.

No, you havent! answered Angngarab. Anyway, my pearls are bigger than yours!

Soon, they were fighting. They threw the shells and pearls at each other. (That is why there
are so many shells and pearls in the Philippines) They rolled on the ground and stamped their
feet.

There was aloud Boom! and Crack!. The mountains and hills began to split. The water
in the rivers and lakes flooded the land.

They still continued fighting. Suddenly, there was a great storm, with thunder lighting. The
land broke into several parts. Luzon was in the north, the Visayan Islands were in the middle,
and Mindanao in the south.

Because of this, there are now over seven thousand islands in the Philippines.
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THE LEGEND OF SURABAYA CITY

A long time ago, there were two animals, Sura and Baya. Sura was the name of a shark and
Baya was a crocodile. They lived in a sea.

Once Sura and Baya were looking for some food. Suddenly, Baya saw a goat. Yummy, this is
my lunch,; said Baya.

No way! This is my lunch. You are greedy; said Sura. Then they fought for the goat. After
several hours, they were very tired.

Feeling tired of fighting, they lived in the different places. Sura lived in the water and Baya
lived in the land. The border was the beach, so they would never fight again.

One day, Sura went to the land and looked for some food in the river. He was very hungry
and there was not much food in the sea. Baya was very angry when he knew that Sura broke
the promise.

They fought again. They both hit each other. Sura bit Bayas tail. Baya did the same thing to
Sura. He bit very hard until Sura finally gave up and Awent back to the sea. Baya was happy.
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THE STORY OF LAYLA AND MAJNUN

Qays fell in love with Layla when they met at first in a school. He soon began composing poems
about his love for Layla, mentioning her name often.

Because of Qays unselfconscious efforts to woo Layla, some locals people call him Majnun
(the madman). When Qays asked for Laylas hand in marriage, her father refused it. Laylas
father considered that Qays was mentally unbalanced.

Soon, Layla was married to another noble and rich merchant. His husband was described as a
handsome white man who had reddish cheeks. Even though Layla did not love her husband, she
kept a faithful wife.

When Qays heard of Laylas marriage, he fled the tribal camp. He began wandering the
surrounding desert. Eventually his family gave up hope for Qays return and left food for him in
the wilderness. Sometimes Qays Majnun could be seen reciting poetry or writing it with a stick
in the sand.

In the end, Layla was depicted as having moved to Northern Arabia with her husband. There she
became ill and eventually died. Qays Majnun was later found dead in the wilderness, near
Laylas grave. He had carved three verses of poetry on a rock near the grave.
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APPLE TREE AND A BOY

Once upon a time, there was a huge apple tree which gave tasty apples to the people around it.
There was also a little boy who became a close friend to the apple tree.
The boy used to play with apple tree, climb its branches, sleep under its shadow, and pluck its
apples. Every day he visited the apple tree, and ate some apples. One day, the boy joined in
school and didnt have a time to spend with apple tree.
After several days, the boy came to the tree. The apple tree was so happy to see the boy. It
asked the boy to play. Unfortunately, the boy said that he was not a child anymore. He didnt
want to play with the tree. But he asked another request to the apple tree. The boy said he
needed toys, but his parents didnt have money to buy it for him. The tree said, Dear my boy,
i dont have any money to buy it for you, but you can pick my apples, then sell them, get
money and buy the toys you want.
The boy went happily to his home after plucking apples. The tree was waiting to see the boy
return. But he never came back for many years. The apple tree was sad and it didnt produce
any apples anymore.
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JUDY WANTED A BIG DOG

There was a girl. The girls name was Judy . Judy loved dogs. Judy wanted to buy a big dog.
Judy flew to a pet shop in Japan. However, the supermarket in Japan only had small dogs.
There were no big dogs. She was felling sad. But She did not give up. After that Judy took a
train to Russia. He went to a bank but there was not any big dogs in that Rusian bank. Judy
was sad that there were no dogs at the bank in Russia. Judy then walked to Germany. He went
to a pet shop. Judy was very happy because there were five big dogs are the pet shop in
Germany. Judy bought a big white and brown dog. The price was 5 million Euros.
Judy was very happy that she finally had a big dog but then she had no any money.
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QUEEN OF ARABIA AND THREE SHEIKS

Maura, who like to be thought of as the most beautiful and powerful queen of Arabia, had many
suitors. One by one she discarded them, until her list was reduced to just three sheiks. The three
sheiks were all equally young and handsome. They were also rich and strong. It was very hard to
decide who would be the best of them.

One evening, Maura disguised herself and went to the camp of the three sheiks. As they were
about to have dinner, Maura asked them for something to eat. The first gave her some left over
food. The second Sheik gave her some unappetizing camels tail. The third sheik, who was
called Hakim, offered her some of the most tender and tasty meat. After dinner, the disguised
queen left the sheiks camp.

The following day, the queen invited the three sheiks to dinner at her palace. She ordered her
servant to give each one exactly what they had given her the evening before. Hakim, who
received a plate of delicious meat, refused to eat it if the other two sheiks could not share it with
him.

This Sheik Hakims act finally convinced Queen Maura that he was the man for her. Without
question, Hakim is the most generous of you she announced her choice to the sheiks. So it is
Hakim I will marry.