one little piece of cake

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One Little Piece Of Cake

One morning, minah went to visit her neighbour.When she left the house, she had a plate in her hand. Itwas filled with cakes. Minahs friend had make somecakes and she had given Minah some to take home.

On her way home, Minah was looking at the cakesand smiling to her self. She was thinking how lucky shewas that her brother was at work. Now she could eat thecake all by herself.

As Minah was climbing up the stairs to her house, apiece of cake slipped from the plate. Quickly Minah triedto stop it from falling. But alas , the whole plate of cakesfell from her hand! Minah could not bear to loseonepiece of cake. But now she had lost everything!


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The Island Of Indonesia

Long, long ago, agiant lived in Malaya. He loved totravel and had gone to places as far north as theHimalaya, Russia and China. One day, the giant decidedto visit a distant land that it saw across the sea.

This land known today as Australia.

The giant thought that building aboat would take himtoo long. So he pulled out huge chunks of rock from amountain and threw them into the southern. The largerand heavier rocks fell closer to the Malay Peninsula,

while the smaller ones fell further away. Soon, there wasa line of rocks for him to step on. By making use of this,the giant reached Australia.

In latter years, this rocks of many shapes and sizewere given different names. Today , we know some of

them as the island of Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok, Floresand Timor!


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The Two Foolish Men

One day, Two man set out for the market, Each of themcarried a sack of rice in his back. They walk along quietlyfor some distance.

Then one of them said ,With the money that I getfrom this sack of rice, I shall buy a goat. The goat will

have kids. When the kids are big, they will have more kids.And Ill have a large herd. Then I shall sell them and earn alot of money.

I shall do better than you, said the other man. I shallbuy a cow and within a few years Ill have many cows

giving me a good supply of milk. I will be richer than you.Oh realy? said the first man.

Of course! said the other. And soon the two menwere fighting each other. Their clothes tore and the ricespilled on the ground and was trampled upon. Finally

the two men had to return home with neither a goat nor acow. There was no rice left; there was not even a coin in


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The Magic Presents

When Sujak left his old uncle after working for him for ayear, he was given a stick and a pieces of cloth.

Now Sujak, said his uncle,take good care of this cloth.You just have to say, Cloth lay the table and your meal willbe ready. This stick will always protect you. If you point thestick at anything and say, Start Stick, it will be beating thatthing. It will stop if you say Stop Stick.

On the way home, Sujak stoped under a tree. The magiccloth served his meal. Then he lay down to sleep, all thiswhile, a thief had been watching Sujak. He was about to runaway with the cloth, when Sujak awoke. At once, Sujakpointed the stick in the mans direction and sent it afterhim.

Help! Stop! Stop! Call this thing off, cried the thief. Ishall give you back your cloth. Sujak stoped the stick and

the thief hurriedly returned the magic cloth. Then he ran


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A Visit To The Doctor

One day,Khatijah felt ill. I shall go into town and visitthe doctor, she told her husband, Sudirno. So she set off.

in her surprise, she saw a new doctor seated there.The other one ison leave, she was told. The doctor tookout his file and began t talk to Khatijah. What is your age,please? he asked her.

Khatijah was silent, for she could not remember! Shethought for a while. Finally, she exclaimed, I think I know!You see, I was fifteen years old whn I maried Sudirno and

he was twenty-five. Now my husband is fifty, which is twicethe number. That means I am twice fifteen. So, it makes methirty years old, doesnt it doctor? she asked in serioustone.

But the doctor had already burst out laughing. Through

her simple calculation, Khatijah had made herself ten years


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A Honey-bear Goes Fishing

There once lived a honey-bear in the jungles ofSumatra. One morning it saw its fiend, a monkey, eatingsome fresh fish.

Monkey, may I have a little of the fish to taste?asked the honey bear.

If you want to eat fish, said the monkey, you canget plenty of them from that river over there.

But how do I catch them? enquired the bear.

Thats easy,said the monkey smiling. You just have

to put you tailin the river. When you feel somethingtugging at your tail, pull it up. And there will be a fish atthe end of it.

At once, the bear hurried away to the river. It loweredits tail at the side of the bank and waited. After a long

time it felt a sharp pain. It must be a big fish, Thoughtthe bear. It got up quickly, but there was no fish at the end


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Ermans Dream

Once up on a time, a poor farmer called Erman had adream in which he heard a voice telling him to go andstand at the foot of the bridge in Jakarta. It said that if hedid this good fortune awaited him.

Erman did not have any money for the trip so, he sold

his chickens and goat to raise the money he needed. Hearrived in Jakarta and for many days, he waited at the footof the bridge. But nothing happened. Finally, disappointedand penniless, Erman decided to return home.

However, before he did, a man who had observed

Erman standin there daily , asked the reason. When ErmanTold him, he roared with laughter.

You foolish man, he said. I too had such a dreamonce. I was told I would find a chest of jewel if I went to aparticular spot in the country-side. But, was I stupidenough.

Ermandid not wait to hear anymore, for he knew where


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