Kamis, 07 Maret 2013

Narrative Text : “Golden eggs”



Long time ago a remote village, in central China was inhabited mainly with farmers and hunters.
One day, a poor farmer lost his entire livestock to flood. He prayed hard to God for help or his family would die of starvation.
Few days later, an old man with long grey beard, passed by his house took pity on him. He gave him a goose and said “ I don’t have any expensive thing to give you and hope this goose will help you to ease your hardship.”
A week later to almost surprise the farmer found and egg in his yard. This was no ordinary egg. It was a golden egg. He was suddenly overcome with joy.
Thereafter, his livelihood had rapidly improved but the farmer had forgotten his earlier hardship. He became lazy, arrogant and spendthrift.
Strangely, the goose only laid one golden egg every six months. The greedy farmer lost his patient and slaughtered his goose thinking there were plenty of golden eggs inside its stomach.
Though he very much regretted for his foolishness, it’s already too late.

 Translate : Telur Emas
Dulu sebuah desa terpencil, di Cina Tengah dihuni terutama dengan petani dan pemburu.
            Suatu hari, seorang petani miskin kehilangan seluruh ternak ke banjir. Dia berdoa keras kepada Allah untuk membantu atau keluarganya akan mati kelaparan.
Beberapa hari kemudian, seorang tua dengan jenggot abu-abu panjang, melewati rumahnya kasihan kepadanya. Dia memberinya angsa dan berkata "Aku tidak memiliki hal yang mahal untuk memberikan Anda dan berharap angsa ini akan membantu Anda untuk meringankan penderitaan Anda."
            Seminggu kemudian ke hampir mengejutkan petani ditemukan dan telur di halaman rumahnya. Ini bukan telur biasa. Itu adalah telur emas. Dia tiba-tiba diatasi dengan sukacita.
Setelah itu, mata pencaharian sudah cepat membaik, tetapi petani kesulitan lupa sebelumnya. Dia menjadi malas, sombong dan boros.
            Anehnya, angsa hanya meletakkan satu telur emas setiap enam bulan. Petani rakus kehilangan pasien dan menyembelih angsa itu berpikir ada banyak telur emas di dalam perutnya.
           Meskipun ia sangat menyesal atas kebodohan-nya, itu sudah terlambat.

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