Task 1 M3 LA 2

Instructions

Read the text 1 below then do the Task 1

THE MONKEY AND THE TURTLE1
Once upon a time there was a heavy down pour that made rivers overflow their banks. So a monkey and a turtle agreed to go   1 to the river to pick up rampe (things brought by the flood) from the stream. When they arrived at the river, they found a banana trunk drifting along the river. They picked up the banana trunk and then divided it between them to grow in their fields. The monkey thought it would be better if he took the upper half of trunk so that it could grow easily and yield fruit sooner than the lower half of it because the upper half was closer to where the bananas were. The monkey then gave the lower half to the turtle and together they went directly home to plant their shares.	(1)
Everyday the monkey came to the turtle’s field asking how his  lower  half  grew  and  how  many  leaves  it  had.  The  turtle answered. “Quite dense, I guess!”“And how is your upper half, Monkey?” “Well, it withered,” answered the monkey.	(2)
Days went by and almost everyday the monkey asked the turtle about his lower half. And the turtle always answered, “Denser and denser!” On the contrary, the monkey always ansewered, “Withered and winthered!” At last, the monkey’s upper half stopeed growing, while the lower half of the turtle began to bear fruit. Soon the turtle’s bananas were ripe enough to harvest, but the turtle could not climb the banana tree to pick the fruit. So he sent for the monkey to help him climb the banana tree and pick the bananas.	(3)
When the monkey got to the top of the tree, he began to pick ripe bananas, peeled them one by ne and ate them greedily. The monkey went on eating, while the turtle was watching him from below. He got no bananas whatsoever from the monkey even after he begged him kindly. “Pass one or two to me, Monkey!” “Wait! Let me finish tasting all of them first!”	(4)
The turtle went on asking for the bananas but the monkey only dropped the banana skins for his friend.	(5)
This scene went on and on until the turtle got angry since his right was denied by the monkey. Then the turtle left the place. On his return,  he  brought  with  him  several  pieces  of  sharp-pointed bamboos. He stuck the bamboo pieces upright on the grass around the banana tree, and said, “Hey Monkey! When you get down, remember not to jump upon the grassless part of the field because you might be bitten by the king’s watchdogs. Please jump on the grass!”	(6)
Having eaten up all turtle’s bananas, the monkeys jumped down on the grassy area shown by the turtle and ... what happened then? The bamboo stakes, prepared by the turtle, worked and the monkey was stabbed right through his belly and died. The turtle immediately  took along  bamboo  to  catch the  monkey’s blood flowing from the wound and then he carried it on his shoulder. The turtle walk along the streets singing, offering his merchandise... “Who wants to buy some sugar, please”	(7)
As the turtle passed by the palace, the king heard his singing and asked his man to send for the turtle since he wanted to buy the sugar. When the turtle came before the king and showed his sugar, the king bought it. But, when the king was about to pay the turtle refused to receive the money. He wanted the king to give him a gong in exchange for the sugar. The king agreed to the turtle’s demand and gave the turtle a gong. Having received the gong, the turtle went on his way to sell the sugar. All along his way he beat the gong while singing his song. “Gong... gong... gong... gong... Eat, ... eat up the bones of your fellow man Drink, ... drink up the blood of your fellow man.”	(8)
The turtle went on singing all along the street. And when the king heard this song, he realized that he had been deceived by the turtle in buying his sugar. The king asked his man to send for the turtle again. When he came before the king, the trutle confessed that he had actually sold the king monkey’s blood instead of sugar. The king got angry at what the turtle had done to him. Unjustly he decided to sentence the turtle to death by beheading. The turtle accepted the sentence, but he had a request to propose, “I accept the king’s decision, but should the punishment be executed, I want my head cushioned on the king’s thighs.” This request was granted by the king.	(9)
The punishment was executed in front of the people, attended by all knights, ministers, and governors of the kingdom. The turtle was laid upon the king’s thighs. The executioner was ready with his long sharp sword, which was shining in the sun. As he was about to chop the turtle’s head, immediately the turtle withdrew his head inside the shell. What happened then? The sword surely cut the king’s thighs off and killed him.	(10)
This story ended with the death of the greedy monkey and of the unjust king.(M. Arief Mattalitti and other, Sastra Lisan Wolio (Jakarta: PPDPB, DPDK, 1985)	(11)

Task 1

Fill in the story elements of “The Monkey and The Turtle“in the following table.

Setting	Character	Events	Resolution	Conclusion
Once upon a time    Rivers    Home    Every day on that time,    The top of the tree,    The palace,    All along the street.    Punishment day	Monkey,    Turtle,    King,    Executioner	a monkey and a turtle agreed to go  to the river to pick up the things brought by the flood from the stream.    They found a banana trunk drifting along the river.    They picked up the banana trunk and then divided into up down half of banana trunk to grow in their fields.    The monkey’s upper half stopped growing, while the lower half of the turtle began to bear fruit.    Soon the turtle’s bananas were ripe, but the turtle could not climb the banana tree.    He sent for the monkey to pick the bananas.    When the monkey got to the top of the tree, he ate them greedily.    The turtle got no bananas    Then the turtle gave a trap for monkey as a punishment    The monkeys jumped down on the grassy area shown by the turtle and the monkey died.    The turtle carried it on his shoulder as his merchandise.    The king met the turtle to buy it.    The turtle asked a gong in exchange for the sugar.    The king unjustly he decided to sentence the turtle to death.    The turtle was laid upon the king’s thighs and the sword surely cut the king’s thighs off and killed him.	The turtle set the trap to punished the monkey and the monkey died.    The turtle had a trick and it made he still alive and the king died.	This story ended with the death of the greedy monkey and of the unjust king.