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GRANDPA IN APRIL

            This April is another nice April for Grandpa. He loves to go outside in April. He’s a nice and friendly man. As I help him when he can’t go outside, he likes to tell stories about his young life to me and I listen and smile as he talks. I’m happy I can help him in his old age and not only as a helper but also as a friend to him, except in April.

            Grandpa is old. He has small eyes and he’s lost some of his teeth. His hair is white but he always covers it with a beanie. He has rough facial hair on his chin and wrinkles all over his mushy skin. He also has some brown spot on his skin, but I’m not sure what it is. He walks slowly with his cane.

            He is very talkative even though he doesn’t speak clearly. I don’t talk to him much because he has problem with his ear. He talks about how he used to work as a timber cutter and a farmer in his young age and about his love story with his one and only wife that unfortunately died nine years ago, and many other interesting stories about him.

            Now, he is ninety-one, he doesn’t do much. His daughter doesn’t let him go outside at winter, but every April, she’ll let him go without being disturbed since it is the first month of the spring season and he’ll be as excited as a child that got a lollipop. He will go outside and walk around the garden, to the pig pen, stopping on his way to just look around and walk to the smokehouse to talk to his old friend, who listens to his stories too. He will talk no matter his friend listens to him or not. Then he will continue his walk, he looks at the dogwood blossoms and enjoy the spring wind on April. He’ll stop to see a butterfly on a pink flower, to see its’ beautiful blue with black and brown spot wings. He smiles and walks again.

            His one and only grandson, Louis, doesn’t talk to him very much, he’ll laugh at him when grandpa yell while he’s talking, worried that no one could hear him or even when he’s doing something. When we see grandpa walk outside, Louis mom will smile at everything he does. She will tell how strong grandpa was when he was young and she’ll drop her tears down. The terrapin is his old friend. It never wants to be touched by anybody but grandpa. When Louis tries to touch it, it will bring its’ head in to its small house, but when grandpa does, it will not.

            He’s a man full of surprises. Everyone loves him, his daughter, his grandson, even butterflies, pigs and the terrapin loves him. But what I know well, that grandpa really loves April. I hope that I could see him again walking around another April.

            

Another Story of Cinderella : CINDEREDNA (Drama)

Narrator               Once upon a time there were two girls who lived next door to each other, named   Cinderella and Cinderedna. Even though they lived next door to each other and their life situation is the same, they faced it differently.

(Cinderella’s setting, Cinderella come in)

Stepmom            Cinderella, clean the floor! (Cinderella quickly cleans the floor)

Stepsister           (Purposely spilt water) Oops, sorry! (in a sarcastic way)

Cinderella           (Cleans the floor with a sad face)

Narrator               Cinderella is very helpless, but with CInderedna, it’s the other way around.

(Cinderedna’s setting, Cinderedna come in)

Stepmom            Cinderedna, clean the floor!

Cinderedna        Okay, no problem, I’m on it (whistling)

Stepsister           (Purposely spilt water) Oops, sorry!

Cinderedna        It’s okay, no problem. (waits for stepsister to go, covers the puddle with carpet) Hmm, it’s still 5.30, I can still clean the parrot cages and maw the lawn (then exits)

Narrator               The next day, there was an invitation from the king about a ball in the palace and all the ladies of the land were invited. The whole day, they ordered Cinderella and Cinderedna around, as they made their preparations.

Stepmom            Quick Cinderella, get my purse! (while doing make up)

Cinderella           (tries to get purse until yelled by her stepsister)

Stepsister           (yelling) Where are my high heels Cinderella?

Narrator               Meanwhile in Cinderedna’s house …

Cinderedna        Mam, here’s your purse (then to stepsister) and here’s your high heels. Have a great night!

Narrator               Both Cinderella’s and Cinderedna’s stepsister and stepmom drove away to the ball and left them both behind.

Cinderella           (sitting in the cinders) Oh how I wish I had a fairy godmother who can change these rags into a beautiful gown, so that I could go to the ball too

(fairy godmother appears)

Fairy                      Hello there! I’m your fairy godmother. And I’m here to make your dream come true (waves wands and a beautiful dress appears)

Cinderella           Wow, thank you! But fairy godmother, what shoes I’m going to wear?

Fairy                      (waves wands) Tarraaa! (beautiful shoes appears) Now go on and put it on

Narrator               Meanwhile in Cinderedna’s house …

Cinderedna        Hmm, good thing I’ve already bought a dress for this kind of occasions (takes dress from the wardrobe) and my sneakers will be perfect for dancing

(Cinderella’s setting)

Cinderella           (already wearing the dress) It fits perfectly! But fairy, how will I get to the ball?

Fairy                      (waves wands) Tarraaaa! (a wild pumpkin carriage appears)

Cinderella           It’s perfect, everything is perfect, thank you fairy godmother!

Narrator               Cinderella was ready to go, she tried to get to the carriage but her fairy godmother stopped her

Fairy                      Wait, before you go, you have to know when the clock strikes twelve, you have to go back before the magic spell disappear

Narrator               And with that, Cinderella nodded and went her way. Meanwhile, Cinderedna just finished getting ready.

Cinderedna        Hmm, I look okay I guess. (looks at the watch) Perfect timing, the bus stops at this time on our route, better get going

Narrator               Before she went, she took another look at the bus schedule on the wall outside her house

Cinderedna        The bus stops shift at twelve. I better go home that time

Narrator               With that, Cinderedna went on her way. Cinderella reached the palace a little bit earlier than Cinderedna. Cinderella looked beautiful, everybody looked at her. The king’s son, Randolph, was taken with her great beauty. He asked her to dance.

Randolph            Hello, I’m Randolph, son of the king

Cinderella           (curtsies) Hello Prince Randolph, it’s a pleasure to meet you

Randolph            Just call me Randolph. Come, let’s dance

Narrator               Cinderella and Prince Randolph danced, but Cinderella could only sway a bit to the music. She was afraid of messing her hair and she knew those fragile glass slippers would break if she danced too hard. Just then, Cinderedna entered the room. She made straight for the refreshment and poured herself some punch.

Cinderedna        This is some good punch. I wonder what they use to make this

Narrator               It was Randolph’s duty to greet everyone, so he came over to say hello

Randolph            Hello, I am Randolph, the son of the king.

Cinderedna        Oh, hey! So, what’s it like being a prince?

Randolph            Quite fantastic

Cinderedna        Oh really? What do you do? (asking curiously)

Randolph            Mostly, I review the troops and sit around on the throne looking brave and wise

Narrator               He turned his head so that Cinderedna could see how handsome he was, but Cinderedna wasn’t quite impressed.

Cinderedna        (sighs) well that’s BOOOORIINGGGGG 

Narrator               Before Randoplh could say anything, his brother came

Rupert                  Excuse me, but we recycle plastics around here

Randolph            Just ignore him, he’s only my younger brother, Rupert. He lives in a cottage in the back and runs the recycling plant and a home for orphaned kittens.

Narrator               Cinderedna immediately asked Rupert to dance

Cinderedna        That sounds fun. Anyways, would you like to dance?

Rupert                  I would love to dance! (goes to the dance floor) Whoa, this is my favorite song!

Cinderedna        Really? Me too! This is the best song ever

Narrator               They danced all night doing a lot of dance move. At last, they stopped for round of punch

Cinderedna        So tell me about yourself, besides what your brother said (drinking punch)

Rupert                  Okay well, I love tuna casserole

Cinderedna        (excited) really? I know 16 ways to make a tuna casserole

Rupert                  Really? Cool! I also play the concertina

Cinderedna        Are you kidding me? I play the accordion

Rupert                  Wow! Anyways, I know some good jokes

Cinderedna        Really? Let me tell you about the anteater from Afghanistan!

Rupert                  Okay and I’ll tell you about the banana from Barbados (then laugh together)

Narrator               They were in deep conversation. Meanwhile, Cinderella and Randolph were also talking. But when the clock began to strike twelve …

Cinderella           Oh, the magic spell disappears at midnight. I have to go now (runs outside)

Cinderedna        Wait, it’s twelve, the bus stops running at midnight. I have to go now (runs outside)

Narrator               Randolph and Rupert run after the two girls

Rupert                  Wait, edna! (tries to stop Cinderedna)

Randolph            Wait, I didn’t catch your name!

Narrator               As the two girls vanished, the 2 princes ran into each other on the palace steps

Rupert                  Look what you made me do! (angrily) She’s gone, the only girl I loved (sad face)

Randolph            Didn’t you ask her name?

Rupert                  Gee, I forgot to ask (sighs)

Narrator               As they got up, Rupert saw something

Rupert                  Hmm, this would be great for recycling (picking up a glass slipper)

Randolph            Wait, no! This is how we’ll find them

Rupert                  What do you mean?

Randolph            We’ll use this and try them on every girl here, and when it fits, it must be them

Rupert                  That’s a perfect idea! A perfectly dumb idea! You can get married to a midget for all I know

Randolph            Well, do you have a plan?

Rupert                  Of course, I have a much better idea (grins)

Randolph            Whatever (walks away)

Narrator               The next day, they put their plan to action

(Randolph walks in)

Randolph            Oh, it doesn’t fit (desperate face)

Stepmom            No, no, it fits. See? (forced it so it’ll fit, but still it doesn’t)

Randolph            Let’s try it on you (gives the slipper to the stepsister)

Stepsister           It’s too big, but it’s OK

Randolph            No, no, no, it’s not (more desperate)

(Cinderella’s sweeping the floor)

Randolph            Wait, who’s that? (pointing at Cinderella)

Stepmom            Nobody, no one, she’s just a maid

Randolph            Wait miss, can you try this on for a while? (gives the slipper to Cinderella)

(Cinderella tries it on, and it fits perfectly)

Randolph            It fits perfectly! I need to know your name

Cinderella           It’s Cinderella

Randolph            Well Cinderella, will you marry me? (on knees)

Cinderella           (surprised) Yes, yes my prince, I do

Narrator               Meanwhile CInderedna and Rupert …

Rupert                  So how many recipes do you know for tuna casserole?

Stepmom            (thinking) Hmm, I know 3

Rupert                  (sighs) Hey, can you tell me a joke?

Stepsister           Umm, no (walks away)

Rupert                  Wait, how about you?

Cinderedna        Me?

Rupert                  Yes, you. Do you know any tuna casserole?

Cinderedna        Well now, I remember 15 but I can tell you a joke about a kangaroo from Kalamazoo (smiles)

Rupert                  Wait, name?

Cinderedna        Edna. Cinderedna

Rupert                  My love! Will you marry me? (on knees)

Cinderedna        Ermahgeerd! Of course!

Narrator               And with that, everybody lived happily ever after

Another Story of Snow White : THE DARK SNOW AND THE 7 CHICKENS

THE DARK SNOW AND THE 7 CHICKENS

Another story of Snow White

Long time ago in a castle, lived a princess called Dark Snow because of her dark beautiful skin. Her father has died a year ago, so she lived with her evil stepmother and a mirror that talks. The evil stepmom - a.k.a the queen - is jealous of Dark Snow beauty. She really wants to put her hands on the neck of Dark Snow until she can’t move her lips anymore. She asked the mirror, “Mirror, mirror, on the floor, who’s the prettiest of them all?”

Then the mirror answered, “My queen, my queen, the fairest of them all is the Dark Snow”. The queen got on her nerves. She stepped on the mirror and crack it, but because of the mirror is magical, it turned back like a new one.

One day, Dark Snow went to the woods for a walk. She talked and played with the animals. It’s getting dark and about to go back home, but unfortunately, she got lost. Luckily, she saw a smoke, not very far from the place she stood, and she walked there. She saw a not very big house made of woods. She knocked the door hoping that someone’s there, so she can stay for a night. But no one’s there, she tried to open the door and it did. She came in and took a look around. There were 7 beds with different color. She lied down there for some rest and fell asleep.

Gumpy, Dopey, Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Doc and Basfhul just arrived home when they saw a beautiful creature slept on Sneezy’s bed. They thought she’s an alien. They woke her up and Dark Snow fell to floor. “Who are you? Coockle-doodle-doo!” said Grumpy.

“Yes, who are you? Why are you here? How did you find us? Doodle-doo!” said Doc.

Dark snow got terrify, she tried to run away because she thought she’s crazy of hearing chickens talking. “Hachu!!”, Sneezy sneezed. Dark Snow looked back and helped to cure Sneezy. The 7 chickens were surprised. Dark Snow giggled and said, “I’m Dark Snow”. Happy took and kissed her hand. “I’m Happy, he’s Grumpy, Dopey, Sleepy, Sneezy, Basfhul and Doc, and we’re happy to have you here.”

“Coockle-doodle-doo!”

“Would you like some breakfast? I’ll cook for you”, asked Dark Snow.

They all cockled-doodled-dood and ate the pancakes with corns and salad greedily. “I’m lost, I don’t know the way back to my house”, cries Dark Snow.

“We’ll help you! But after we went back from work” said Dopey, then they walked to Dark Snow-don’t-know-where. While waiting, Dark Snow cleaned the messy and dirty house of the chickens.

In the castle, the evil queen was very happy. She thought Dark Snow has died because she hasn’t returned. So she asked the magic mirror, “Mirror, mirror, on the floor, who’s the prettiest of them all?”

Then the mirror answered, “My queen, my queen, the fairest of them all is the Dark Snow”. The queen yelled and got mad, the glasses broke and so the mirror, but the mirror turned back again. She called one of her soldier and told him to find Dark Snow, kill her and bring her heart to the queen.

The soldier runs immediately to the woods. He’s not bear actually to kill the Dark Snow. So he searched for a deer, killed it and brought the heart to the queen. The queen laughed and laughed and laughed. She was very happy at the moment. She ask again to the mirror, ““Mirror, mirror, on the floor, now who’s the prettiest of them all?” with a very happy face.

Then the mirror answered, “My queen, my queen, the fairest of them all is the Dark Snow”.

The queen got angry, she broke the mirror and yelled very loud. All the glasses in the castle was broken, everyone got a hearing problem after it. Then she decided to kill the Dark Snow by herself.

She went to a room where she made something for Dark Snow. She mixed vinegar, mint leaf, chili, soda, ants, carrots, cinnamons, lemonade, soy sauce and sugar in a very big bowl and gave a little spell and it turned into an apple.

The evil queen disguised as an old woman that sells apple. She went to the house of woods and saw Dark Snow cooking. The 7 chickens were at work. She knocked the door and said, “Little girl, little girl, please buy some apples”.

“No, no, thank you old woman”, then she closed the door.

The old woman knocked the door again and said “Little girl, little girl, please buy some apples”

“No, no, thank you old woman” replied Dark Snow for the second time.

“you can taste one for free dear little girl” said the queen in disguise.

The Dark Snow tasted the apple and fell down. The old woman danced and laughed happily, then she left the house.

When the 7 chickens arrived, they saw Dark Snow on the floor and got surprised. They tried to wake her up, but it didn’t work. They brought her to the bed and hope that she will wake up. They cried and cried. Basfhul found an apple beside her. Then he ate it and BOOM!!!

He turned back to a man – dwarf actually. The other got surprised and ate the apple too. They all turned back to dwarfs. At the moment, they’re very happy and sad too.

After a week, surprisingly came a lost prince to the house of woods. Then the 7 chickens – that have turned back to dwarfs – let him in. He saw a beautiful woman on the bed sleeping and fell in love with her. The 7 dwarfs just cry and cry. “Why are you crying?” ask the prince confused.

“She hasn’t wake up for a week, I’m the sleepy one but I’ve never sleep for that long” said Sleepy.

“What’s her name?” ask the prince.

“Dark Snow, just like her beautiful skin” Doc replied with tears on his eyes.

“Dark Snow, please wake up, I love you”, said the prince and kissed her on the lips, then cries.

They all cry.

Not long after that, Dark Snow coughed and woke up. “She’s alive!” cried all the dwarfs.

“Thank you”, said Dark Snow while hugging the prince.

“Hey Dark Snow, your skin turned brighter, I mean very white, maybe Dark Snow is no longer your name”, said Happy giggling.

She’s surprised because the 7 chickens is no longer chickens. She’s very happy, and also everyone there.

The prince told this news to all of the people in the kingdom. The soldier – the one that was ordered to kill Dark Snow – heard this and caught the evil queen and brought her and the mirror to the jail. He’s a police actually, and he’s also in disguise.

Then the prince and Dark Snow or should we say Snow White, got married and live happily ever after.

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Narrative Text : Rapunzel

Rapunzel

Long time ago, there's a couple, a man and a wife who live beside a beautiful garden that belonged to a witch. The wife was pregnant. However, she craved some of the rapunzel plant that only grew in the witch’s garden. The husband sneaked over to the garden to collect some of the plant for his wife the next two nights. On the third night, the husband was caught by the witch that was known as “Dame Gothel”. He begs her for mercy, so she agrees to let him take as much Rapunzel as he wishes, in one condition. He must give his child to the witch at her birth. The husband was desperate and agreed to give his child to the witch.

Few months later, the baby was born. It was a girl and named Rapunzel. Soon, she was taken away to the witch. She grew into a beautiful girl with long golden hair. When Rapunzel reached twelve years of age, Dame Gothel locked her in a tower deep in the woods. The tower had no doors and no stairs, but only a simple one room space with a single window. Whenever the witch went into the woods to see Rapunzel, she stood at the base of the tower and said “Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair, so that I may climb the golden stair”. Rapunzel then would let down her long hair for the witch to climb.

Then one day, a prince went riding through the forest and could hear Rapunzel singing from her tower. Enhanced by her beautiful voice, the Prince found the girl but was unable to get into the tower. After returning often to hear her sing, he saw the witch visiting Rapunzel and learned how to get to her.

Once the witch had gone, the Prince stood at the base of the tower and said “Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair, so that I may climb the golden stair”. Rapunzel then would let down her long hair for the prince to climb. He climbed and met Rapunzel then he ask her to be his wife. Rapunzel agreed and they planned to escape the tower. Before the plan could take place, Rapunzel accidentally gave away the prince's visits to the witch. In anger, the witch cut off Rapunzel’s long hair and threw her into the forest to fend for herself. When the Prince returned for Rapunzel, he only found the witch in the tower. She told the Prince that he would never be able to see Rapunzel again.

For months, the Prince wandered the country searching for Rapunzel. One day, he heard her voice and they were united once again. The prince brings Rapunzel to the kingdom where the two live happily ever after.

Recount Text : Holiday to Bali

HOLIDAY TO BALI

Last school holiday, I went to Bali with my family. We went there by plane at the morning. It took about 1 hour and 20 minutes until we arrived at Bali. When we arrived, we directly went to Kintamani. It was very cold because it’s located higher than the other lands in Bali. We took some photos and we also went to see a waterfall after we had our lunch. Then we went to “Goa Gajah”, it was a cave with many Hindu artifact, we must wear a shawl to get in there. Because the location is near the Tampak Siring, so we went there too. They said that the water that comes out is originally from the mountain, so it was so fresh. When it got darker, we went to Kuta, the most famous beach in Bali to see the sunsets. It was a very beautiful phenomenon. Then we went to the hotel to get showered and getting ready to have our dinner. We went to the Jimbaran for dinner. The food is so delicious! I was very full that time. After enjoying night in Jimbaran we went back to the hotel to take a rest.

The next day, we went to Ubud. There were many monkeys in Ubud. Unluckily, I got bitten by one of those monkeys. It was my first time to get bitten by a monkey. I also got scratched by those monkeys. It was awful yet fun. From Ubud, we went to Tanjung Benoa. It’s very nice to be there. I went parasailing and banana boating, I also went for a snorkel there. The view was very beautiful. After that, we went to Joger to buy some souvenir for my friends. I saw many great things there.

Unfortunately, we only have 3 days to spend in Bali, so we spent our last time in Bali at the Kuta beach. After we had our lunch, we went to the airport and flew back to Jakarta. It was a very nice holiday with my family.

Recount Text : Terrible Experience

Terrible Experience

That Saturday morning on December 12 2009, my family and I were getting ready to go to my cousin’s wedding in Jakarta. We were so excited that time. We arrived safely at the church and followed the ceremony. Then suddenly, my mom got a phone call from my aunt. She said that grandpa got sick, he got a heart attack, so my mom and dad went to the hospital in hurry, leaving the wedding ceremony at church. My mom left me and my brother with my other aunt, we followed the ceremony at the church until it’s finished.

I was sitting nicely at the living room in my cousin’s house, waiting the tea ceremony to finish, when suddenly my aunt called me and told me that my grandpa has died. I was shocked. Who’s not? There was a wedding ceremony but in the same time you lost someone you love forever. I was happy for the wedding but I was sad too. I cried loudly after hearing that news. My aunt tried to cheer me, she said that it will bring unluckiness telling a bad news in a wedding, so I tried to stop crying. Everyone’s staring at me, but I don’t care. My brother looked like he didn’t care, but I ignore him. I wanted to see him, but my mom didn’t allow me, she said that I must join the wedding until it’s finished. It’s not easy to smile when all you wanted is to cry. But I tried, and I did it.

I spent that night at my cousin’s house. I went to the grief house on the next day. It was a really unexpected tragedy that time. But I’m sure it’s the best thing for our family. RIP my grandpa, Thomas Eddy Setiawan.