#084 Ungrateful Tortoise

Once upon a time, there was a big feast in the sky; all the birds were invited to a feast by the people of the sky. Tortoise was very clever and very hungry. As soon as he heard about the great feast, it began to plan how it would travel to the sky.

Tortoise went to the birds’ home and asked if he could go with them. The birds agreed and they each give him a feather, with which they made a pair of wings for the Tortoise.

The great day came, Tortoise and the birds set off on their journey to the sky.

Finally, the birds and Tortoise arrived at the party. The people of the sky invited the birds to eat the delicious food they had prepared, but then Tortoise asked, “For whom have you prepared this feast?”

“For you, because you are special animals,” replied the people on the sky.

Tortoise turned towards the birds and said, “Remember I am is the most special animal, cause I am the only on Tortoise who can fly. You will eat after me.”

The birds waited angrily as Tortoise ate and drank most of the feast. Then they came forward to eat, but a few of them were too angry to eat. Before flying home, each bird took back the feather they had lent Tortoise without the Tortoise noticing. So, there Tortoise stood full of food and drink, but without any wings to fly home.

When the feast was over, birds and Tortoise jumped back to go home, but the tortoise was surprised because he lost his wings. So, the Tortoise fell and landed with a great crash on the ground. He wasn’t hurt but its shell broke into pieces. Fortunately, there was a good doctor in the neighbourhood. Tortoise’s wife sent him to the doctor and she collected all the bits of Tortoise’s shell and stuck them together. That is why Tortoise’s shell is not smooth.

-FIN-

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Author: Unknown

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#083 A Wife Who Always Wanted More

Wife: Hubby, look at our neighbour, they just bought 4-doors refrigerator!

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Husband: So what’s the problem my wife?

Wife: Don’t lose to them hubby, next time we have to buy the 6-door one.

Husband: Yes, we will buy it in the future.

Wife: Then the other day Mrs Diah bought 2 cars hubby.

Husband: So what’s the problem again my wife? You want another?

Wife: Of course hubby, just don’t lose to them. Our neighbour bought 4-door refrigerator, we buy 6-door one. Our neighbour bought 2 cars, we by 3 cars.

Husband: Do we have to do that my wife? Neighbour bought 2 cars, we have to own 3. Neighbours bought 4-door refrigerator, we have to own 6-door refrigerator. Does that mean if a neighbour has 2 wives, I have to have 3 wives?

Wife: Over my dead body!

-FIN-

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Author: Unknown

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#082 The Tranquilizer 2 : The Last Blood (Part7)

“Excuse me, I am looking for a patient named Diego Mann in this hospital,” asked Murdoc King holding a gun.

The nurse was afraid but she had no choice but to give the information to Murdoc King. The police arrived and gunfire couldn’t be avoided. Both parties were firing at each other. Diego heard the gunshots and went to find Julia.

“Let’s go!” ordered Murdoc King.

Pedro asked Murdoc King to wait. He believed that Diego would have known if they were there and advised to check the CCTV room first. They then broke into the CCTV room and checked every camera in the hospital. In one of the monitor they saw Diego giving a goodbye kiss to Julia!

“What a lovely girl,” said Murdoc King.

The six of them separated into two groups to find either Diego or Julia. The first group consisted of three bodyguards and the other group consisted of Murdoc King, Pedro, and a bodyguard.

The first group went upstairs using lift. They arrived at the floor where they saw Diego in the monitor. Three of them split and walked around. One of them saw Diego passing by. He started shooting at Diego, but they missed him. The other two heard the gunshot and ran back to aid their friend. Once they arrived they saw their friend lying on the floor. Diego whistled at them. They chased Diego and saw him entering a room. Diego was hiding behind the door. Once both of them entered the room Diego shot one of them with tranquilizing needle. The other one turned around to shoot Diego, but the gun was hit by Diego. They started fighting. In the end the last enemy was tranquilized by Diego.

“Diego Mann, please come to the lobby to meet your girlfriend, Julia,” said Murdoc King through the hospital speaker.

“Say hello to your boyfriend would ya?” asked Murdoc King.

Julia did not want to speak but Murdoc King pulled her hair that made her scream. Diego could not bear hearing his lover in pain so he rushed back to the hospital lobby.

-To Be Continued-

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Author: Anfransen Wijaya

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#081 The Legend Of Rawa Pening

Once upon a time, there was a little boy, who was poor, dirty, and smelly, came into a little village. He was very hungry and weak. He knocked at every door and asked for some food, but nobody cared about him. Nobody wanted to help the little boy. Finally, a generous old woman helped him. She gave him shelter and a meal. When the boy wanted to leave, the old woman gave him a “lesung”, a big wooden mortar for pounding rice.

She reminded him, “Please remember, if there is a flood you must save yourself. Use this “lesung” as a boat”.

The little boy was happy and thanked the old woman. The little boy continued his journey. While he was passing through the village, where he had asked for food, he saw many people gathering on the field. The boy came closer and saw a stick stuck in the ground. People challenged each other to pull out that stick. Everybody tried, but nobody succeeded.

“Can I try?” asked the little boy.

The crowd laughed mockingly. The boy wanted to try his luck so he stepped forward and pulled out the stick. He could do it very easily. Everybody was dumbfounded. Suddenly, from the hole left by stick, water spouted out. It did not stop until it flooded the village. And no one was saved from the water except the little boy and the generous old woman who gave him shelter and meal. As she told him, he used the “lesung” as a boat and picked up the old woman. The whole village became a huge lake.

It is now known as Rawa Pening Lake in Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia.

-FIN-

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#080 Who Did Patrick's Homework ?

Patrick never did his homework. "Too boring," he said. He played baseball and basketball instead.

His teachers told him, "Patrick! Do your homework or you won't learn a thing."

And it's true; sometimes he did feel like a ding-a-ling in the class. But what could he do? He hated homework. Then one day, his cat was playing with a little doll and he grabbed it away. To his surprise, it wasn't a doll at all, but a man with size. He had a little wool shirt with old fashioned trousers and a high tall hat much like a witch's. It was an elf!

He yelled, "Save me! Don't give me back to that cat. I'll grant you a wish, I promise you that."

Patrick couldn't believe how lucky he was! Here was the answer to all of his problems. So he said, "Only if you do all my homework until the end of the semester, that's 35 days. If you do a good enough job, I could even get A's."

The little man's face wrinkled and he kicked his legs and pursed his lips, "Oh, am I cursed! But I'll do it."

And he kept his word, that little elf began to do Patrick's homework, but there was one glitch. The elf didn't always know what to do and he needed help.

"Help me! Help me!" he said.

And Patrick would have to help in whatever way.

"I don't know this word," the elf squeaked while reading Patrick's homework.

"Get me a dictionary. No, what's even better that you look up the word and pronounce it out by each letter."

When it came to maths, Patrick was also out of luck because the elf needed his help again.

"What are multiplication tables?" the elf shrieked. "We elves never need that. Addition, subtraction, division and fractions? Here, sit down beside me, you simply must guide me."

Elves knew nothing about human; to them it's something new. So the Little elf, already a shouter, just got louder. "Go to the library, I need books. More and more books. And you can help me read them, too."

As a matter of fact, every day that little elf was a nag! Patrick was working harder than ever! He was staying up nights, he had never felt so tired, and was going to school with his eyes puffed.

Finally, the last day of school arrived and the elf was free to go. Since then was no more homework. Patrick got his A's and his classmates were amazed. His teachers smiled and were full of praise. And his parents? They wondered what had happened to Patrick. In the end Patrick still thought he'd made that tiny man do all his homework. But it wasn't the elf; Patrick was the one who had done the homework!

-FIN-

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Author: Unknown

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