The legend of Lau Kawar Lake

Legenda Danau Lau Kawar

It was a beautiful day. Everybody in the Kawar village was happy. The farmers had just had their best harvest. The villagers were planning to hold a party to celebrate the good harvest. On one beautiful day, all the villagers gathered in a field. They wore beautiful dresses and made delicious food. Everybody was having good times! They were singing, laughing and, of course, eating delicious food.

The legend of Lau Kawar Lake

Did everyone go to the party? Unfortunately, there was one old woman still staying at her house. She was too old and weak to go to the party. Her son, her daughter-in-law, and her grandchildren all went to the party. At home, the old woman felt very sad and lonely. She was very hungry too. She tried to find some food in the kitchen, but she was very disappointed. Her daughter-in-law did not cook that day. At the party, the son asked her wife, “Why don’t you take some food from the party and give it to my mom? Ask our son to deliver it.” Then the little boy brought the food to her grandmother. The old woman was so happy. But her happiness turned into sadness when she saw the food was not in a good condition. It seemed that someone had eaten the food. She just got little rice and fish bones.

The old woman was very sad. She thought bad things about her son. The old woman did not know that it was her grandson who had eaten the food on the way from the party to the house. She cursed her son. Then, a terrible thing happened. There was a great earthquake! Thunders struck the village. And heavy rains started to fall. All the villagers were so scared. They wanted to save themselves. They tried to find shelters. Slowly, the field turned into a lake. The lake was getting bigger and bigger, and finally the whole village turned into a big lake. People then named the lake Lau Kawar

A naughty schoolboy

Narrative teks - A naughty schoolboy

Everyone agreed that John Tsui was a naughty boy. He had a bad temper and did not study hard at school. His father paid for a private teacher to teach him at home. But john was rude to his teacher. His teacher said he did not want to teach him anymore. John’s father tried to find another teacher, but it was not easy to do so.

At last, a teacher who had just come from Singapore agreed to teach him. John’s father was very pleased. He sent for John to come and meet his new teacher. John was very rude. He took no notice of his new teacher and left the room without saying a word. The next day, john arrived late for his first lesson. He hoped this would make his teacher angry. But his teacher did not seem to mind. The next day, he was again late. This time, his teacher was playing the piano.

“can you teach me to play the piano?” he asked his teacher.

“Yes, if you really want to learn,” his teacher replied.

After that, his teacher gave him piano lesson twice a week. John was really very clever and he did not need much teaching.

In a short while, he could play quite well.

“Can you teach me anything else?” he asked his teacher.

“I don’t know what you would like to learn,” his teacher said. “Perhaps you can teach me something?”

“I only know how to box,” John replied. “If you want to learn, I can teach you.”

John asked his teacher to stand up. As soon as he did so, he tried to hit his fist. But his teacher was too quick for him. He caught hold of his arm and held it tight. John could not move. He had to ask his teacher to forgive him. He promised that he would study harder in future.

“If you want to study harder,” his teacher said, “It is not enough to learn from one man. You must learn from many men.”

“How can I do that?” John asked.

His teacher pointed to the books in front of him. “You must study hard and read as many books as you can. Each book contains knowledge. If you do that, you will soon be able to learn many new things for yourself.

John studied hard after that. When he grew up, he became a very famous man.

terjemahan....

English Story dan Tejemahannya

DR. Gold Smith

(Narrative teks dan artinya I)

Narrative teks dan artinya - DR. Gold Smith

Once upon a time there was a man who was a doctor and whose name was Gold Smith. DR. Smith had a good heart. He was always ready to help others, and gave away so much to the poor that he was always poor himself. One day a woman came and asked DR. Smith to see her husband who was ill at home. DR. Smith did so. He found that the man was not ill but poor. He had not eaten anything for many days.

“Come to my house this evening,” said the doctor to the woman. “I will give you some medicine which may make your husband better.”

In the evening the woman came. DR. Smith gave her a little box which was very heavy.

“this is the medicine which may do good to your husband.” Said the doctor. “But don’t open the box until you reach home.”

When she reached home, she showed the box to her husband and opened it. What do you think they found in it? It was full of money. DR. Smith took pity to the man and the woman who he gave all the money which he had.

Artinya

DR. Gold Smith

Pada jaman dahulu ada seorang laki-laki yang berprofesi sebagai dokter yang bernama DR. Gold Smith. DR. Smith adalah dokter berhati baik. Dia senantiasa siap membantu orang lain terutama terhadap orang-orang miskin.

Suatu hari datanglah seorang wanita meminta DR. Smith untuk memeriksa keadaan suaminya ynag sakit keras di rumahnya. DR. Smith pun dating dan memeriksa suami wanita tersebut. Setelah diperiksa dia tahu laki-laki tersebut tidak sakit tapi miskin. Dia belum maka apapun dalam beberapa hari.

“Datanglah ke rumahku nanti malam,: kata DR. Smith kepada wanita tersebut “Saya akan memberikanmu obat yang bias membuat suamimu lebih baik.”

Pada malam hari wanita tersebut mendatangi rumah DR. Smith. DR. Smith pun memberikannya sebuah kotak kecil yang sangat berat.

“Ini obat yang akan membuat suamimu merasa lebih baik.” Kata DR. Smith. “Tapi jangang buka kotak tersebut hingga kamu sampai di rumahmu.”

Ketika dia sampai di rumah, dia pun menunjukkan kotak tersebut kepada suaminya dan membukanya. Kira-kira apa ya yang adalam kotak tersebut? Ternyata kotak itu berisi uang. DR. Smith merasa kasihan kepada pasangan suami istri tersebut dan memberikan semua uang yang dia miliki.

An old man and his sons

(Narrative teks dan artinya II) 

An old man had three sons who could not live at peace among themselves. The old man had tried every way to make them love one another, but all was in vain. At last he thought out a plan.

He showed them a bundle of arrows which were tied together. “Try to break the bundle!” said the old man. All of them tried one after another, but no one could break it.

Then the old man untied the bundle. He gave his sons each an arrow, and said, “Try to break it now.”

The single arrow was easily broken one by one.

“My sons,” said the old man, “you have learned a good lesson from these arrows. If you cannot live at peace, you are very weak like a single arrow. But if you love one another, you are very strong like the bundle of arrows.”

Artinya

Seorang kakek dan putra-putranya

Seorang kakek mempunyai tiga orang putra yang tidak bisa berdamai diantara mereka. Kakek tersebut mencoba beberapa cara untuk mendamaikannya, tapi semuanya sia-sia (tidak berhasil). Sampai akhirnya dia menemukan sebuah ide untuk mendamaikannya.

Dia menunjukkan beberapa anak panah yang diikat dalam satu ikatan “Coba kalian patahkan ini!” kata kakek tersebut. Ketiga putranya memcoba untuk mematahkannya tapi tak satupun yang berhasil.

Kemudian kakek itu membuka ikatan anak panah tersebut dan memberikan masing-masing satu anak panah pada ketiga putranya dan berkata, “Sekarang coba kali patahkan anak panah tersebut.” Satu anak panah sangat mudah dipatahkan oleh setiap putranya.

“Anak-anakku,” kata kakek itu “Kamu telah mendapat pelajaran baik dari anak panah ini. Jika kamu tidak bisa berdamai (selalu bertengkar) kamu akan menjadi lemah seperti sebuah anak panah (yang mudah dipatahkan). Tapi jika kamu saling menyayangi maka kamu akan menjadi kuat seperti seikat anak panah.