TANGKUBAN PERAHU

A long time ago, there was a young woman who had nice parents. Her dad was a regular human being, but her mum was a witch. Because of this, she would never get old. There was a man who had different parents also. They met each other, and after a while they fell in love and got married. After a year, the girl had a baby boy. They really loved their son. One day, the father took his son to go hunting for a deer using a bow and narrow. Accidentally,...

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WHY DO HAWKS HUNT CHICKS?

Once upon a time, a hawk fell in love with a hen. The hawk flew down from the sky and asked the hen, “Won’t you marry me?” The hen loved the brave, strong hawk and wished to marry him. But she said, “I can’t fly as high as you can. If you give me time, I may learn to fly as high as you. Then we can fly together”. The hawk agreed. Before he went away, he gave the hen a ring. ‘This is to show that you have promised to marry me”, said the hawk. It...

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BATARA KALA

Batara Kala was an evil giant. He always killed people, especially children. His hair was made from fire. Everybody was frightened. One day, Batara Guru, the chief god invited all the gods and goddesses to drink sacred water in the paradise. The water was called Tirta Amertasan. It means “The water of immortality”. Batara Kala was not invited because he was evil. Then, secretly, he flew into the Paradise and stole some of water. Batara Surya,...

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GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS

Once upon a time, there were three bears, a papa bear, a mama bear and a baby bear. Once day, the three bears sat down to breakfast, “This porridge is too hot”, said baby bear. “Let’s go for a walk”, said mama bear, “When we come back, our porridge will be just right”. Along come goldilocks. She walked in to the house. She saw three bowls of porridge. “This is too hot”, said goldilocks. “This is too cold”, said goldilocks. “This is just right”,...

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THE LION AND THE MOUSE

Once when a lion was sleep, a little mouse began running up and down upon him, this soon awoke the lion, which placed his huge paw upon the mouse, opened his big jaws to swallow him. “Pardon, O King”, cried the little mouse, “forgive me this time, I shall never forget it. Who knows I may able to do you a good turn some of these days?” The lion was so tickled at the idea of the mouse being able to help him. Then he lifted up his paw and let him go. One...

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ALI BABA

Once upon a time there were 40 thieves who put their stolen money and treasures in a cave saying to the cave entrance, “Open sesame!” A poor person saw them while they were doing that, so he heard the opening word. After they left he went towards the cave and opened it. Suddenly he found a very large quantity of money and golden treasures. He took some of it and went back home. After that he became a rich man and his brother wanted to know how he...

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THE CAT, FROG AND CAMEL

Once upon a time, a cat, a frog and a camel gathered near an oasis in a desert. They wanted to appoint their leader. It was not easy for them to do that because each of them wanted to be the leader. They all most had a fight because of this. Luckily the camel had a bright idea. He proposed that whoever because the oldest could be the leader. All agreed too this idea. The cat told his story first. “When I was born, the earth was still soft. I had...

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