tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45323619086953922212024-03-14T08:25:25.520-07:00samsuardisamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01179243973408608216noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532361908695392221.post-42080501740709633682017-09-08T08:08:00.002-07:002017-09-08T08:08:12.346-07:00The legend of female mosquitoes<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
The legend of female mosquitoes</h3>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Many years ago in Vietnam, a poor fisherman lived with his beautiful wife. The fisherman was happy, but his wife was not. She wanted to be rich.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">One day, when the fisherman was working, his wife became sick and died. The fisherman came home and found his wife dead. He sat near her and prayed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">While he was praying he heard a voice. The voice told him how to bring his wife back to life. The voice said, :Cut your finger and let three drops of blood fall on your wife.” The man did what he was told. When the third drop of blood fell on his wife, she came back to life. The fisherman was very happy to have his wife back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">One day soon after that, the wife went to the beach to wait for her husband to come back from fishing. While she was waiting, she met a rich man with a big boat. The rich man told the woman, “You are very beautiful. Come with me on my big boat. I can make you very wealthy.” The woman wanted to be rich, so she went with him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">When her husband came back, he saw two other fisherman. They told him that his wife had left with the rich man. The husband went to find his wife. When hi found her, he was very angry. He asked her to come back home, but she refused him. Then, he told her that he wanted back his three drops of blood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">He cut her finger with a knife, and three drops of blood fell. Then, the woman changed. She became very small and grew wings. She flew around her husband’s head angrily saying, “Give me back the three drops of blood!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">To this day, female mosquitoes still fly around trying to get back those three drops of blood.</span></div>
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The legend of The Moon and The Sun Gods</h3>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hou I visit the moon<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Chang O did not live alone for very long. She soon caught cold and began to cough. One day, she coughed up the “Pill of every lasting life”, Which changed into a white rabbit. She was very pleased that the rabbit came to live with her because she did not feel so lonely. Later on, Chang O and the rabbit were joined by an old man as well. The old man had been sent to the moon by a fairy for doing something wrong. He had been ordered by the fairy to cut down all the trees on the moon. This was more difficult that it sounds. As soon as he cut down one tree, another grew in its place.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Chang O still thought of her husband every day. But there seemed to be no way for her to see him again.<o:p></o:p></div>
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One day, Hou I was carried off in a storm to the palace of the Queen Mother of the west. The Queen Mother’s husband gave him a cake and a magic ring.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Eat this cake,” he said. “You will able to live on the sun without feeling the heat.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hou I did so. He flew straight up to the sun. The Queen Mother’s husband appeared again. “You are now King of the Sun,” he told him. “Is there anything you want?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I want to see my wife,” Hou I said. “You can rub the ring I give you if you want to see your wife,” said the queen mother’s husband.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hou I rubbed the ring and flew straight to the moon. He soon found his wife. The Queen Mother’s husband came to see him once more.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Don’t forget you are King of the Sun,” he said “You cannot leave the sun too often. You can only visit your wife on the fifteenth night of every month.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hou I was very happy to hear this. From that time on, he came to see his wife once a month. That is why the moon is always very large and bright on that night.</div>
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Once upon time there were many swordfish in the sea near Singapore. These swordfish caushed a great deal of trouble. They flew into boats and sometimes killed fishermen. There were so many of these swordfish that the raja decided to kill them.</div>
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So the raja brought his army down to the sea to fight the swordfish. Many people came to watch the battle, and among them was a very clever little boy. The little boy watched the soldier in their uniform, their long swords shining in the sun. he thought to himself that he would like to be a soldier when he grew up.</div>
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When the captain gave the signal, the soldier stood in long line on the beach and waited for the swordfish to attack. Soon the swordfish came leaping and flying across the water. Wave after wave of then came. They noses, and many soldiers died.</div>
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Suddenly the little boy saw the raja sitting sadly beneath a tree. He ran to raja and said. “Please, Sir. I think I know how to stop the swordfish.”</div>
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“Do you. Indeed, little boy?” said the raja looking to cut at the boy’s bare feet and ragged clothes.</div>
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“Yes, Sir,” the boy said. “Tell the soldiers to take those banana trees over there. Then tie the trees together to make a wall to stop the fish.”</div>
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“That’s a wonderful idea,” said the raja. He turned to his captain. “Why didn’t you think of that, Captain? Tell your men to start at once.”</div>
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The captain looked angrily at the little boy before he told his men what to so. The soldiers cut the banana trees and tied them together with strong ropes. They used more ropes to pull the wall to the edge of the water. This time, when the swordfish came, they flew out of the water and their swords stuck in the wall of banana trees. They couldn’t move, and so it was easy for the soldiers to kill them.</div>
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“Well done, men.” Said the raja to the soldiers. “And thank you, little boy,” he said to the boy.</div>
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The little boy bowed to the raja and ran back to his home on the hill by the sea. The raja thoughtfully watched him go. That’s very clever child,” he said to the captain.</div>
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The captain was still angry because the boy had made him look stupid. “Perhaps, Sir, he is too clever. Clever little boy can grow into dangerous man.”</div>
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The raja thought about this, and the more he thought the more he worried. A few days later the captain came to see him again.</div>
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“Sir” he said. “I am worried about that little boy. He is too clever. Some day, he will make a lot of trouble for us.”</div>
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“You are right, Captain,” said the raja. “I think we should stop him now, before it’s too late.”</div>
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“Good,” said the captain. “I’ll take care of it tonight.”</div>
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That night the captain and some of his soldiers climbed the hill where the little boy lived. They quietly went into his house and killed him with their swords.</div>
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The little boy’s blood ran freely down the hill. Soon the whole hill had turned red, and it is red to this every day. When the people heard what raja’s captain had done, they named this place Redhill. And even now, they remember the story of the clever little boy who stopped the swordfish.</div>
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Once there was a young fisherman who live on Pulau Hantu. His home on the northern shore of the island was made of dried palm leaves, and he found it very comfortable. Though he was often lonely.</div>
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Each morning the young fisherman went fishing, and then he took his fish to Singapore where he would sell them in the market. One morning when he was pulling in his nets, he heard someone crying. He looked down into the water and saw that he had caught a mermaid!</div>
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The young fisherman quickly pulled his net into the boat. “Let me go.” Cried the mermaid. “Let me go.”</div>
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The fisherman was too surprised to move. “What are you doing here?” he asked.</div>
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“I am on my way home to my father’s kingdom beneath the sea. I had stopped a moment to look at those island over there when you caught me.”</div>
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“Do you like the island?” asked the fisherman. “I live on one of them myself.”</div>
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“They are beautiful. But don’t you ever get lonely? There can’t be many smiled people on the island.”</div>
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The fisherman smiled. “Yes I do sometimes get lonely,” he said. “But my work keeps me busy,”</div>
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“Tell me about it.”</div>
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“Well, there isn’t much to tell. I catch fish, and then I sell them in the market. Then I take my boat and go home.”</div>
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“Do you always catch so many fish?” asked the mermaid. Looking at the many fish in the nets.</div>
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“Not always. In fact, some morning I don’t catch any.”</div>
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As the mermaid listened to the fisherman. She felt in love with him. Soon she wished to marry him and live with him on the island, and so, the mermaid and the fisherman were married.</div>
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They were very happy. She helped him by swimming ahead of his boat and telling him where the best fish were. She cooked for him and helped him repair his nets. The young fisherman was a good husband. He worked hard and soon he was able to buy a fine new boat.</div>
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One evening the mermaid said to the fisherman. “If you are ever lost at sea, I shall ask the gods to turn me into a bird. Then I shall fly all over the earth to look for you.”</div>
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“Don’t worry,” said the fisherman. “I’m sure nothing like that will happen.”</div>
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The fisherman was wrong. One day a terrible storm came to the sea near the island while he was out in his boat. The mermaid, who was at home, prayed that he would come home safely. She prayed and waited for several days, and she became very ill. “Gods of the sea and the earth,” she prayed. “change me into a bird,” soon she died, and the gods granted her wish; they changes her into a bird so she could look for her lost husband.</div>
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The young fisherman, meanwhile, was on another island where the sea had taken him during the storm. After the storm had passed, he returned home, but the mermaid was gone. He looked all over the island for her without success. Then he sat down to wait. The days of waiting turned into weeks and the weeks into years. The fisherman grew old and sad, waiting for his wife to come home.</div>
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Then one day a white seagull flew over the fisherman’s house. The seagull cried out, but the fisherman didn’t hear it because he was dreaming of his mermaid. A few hours later. He died.</div>
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When the fisherman died. The gods of the sea and the earth turned him into a seagull. He flew joy fully to his wife, and together they flew away.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">A long time ago in Vietnam, there was a beautiful princess. She was the king’s only daughter. Both the mountain God and the River God wanted to marry the king’s daughter. The king said, “You must fight, and the winner will marry the princess”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">So the two Gods fought. They fought with bows and arrows. The mountain God won the fight and he married the beautiful princess</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">But the river God was very angry. He used his power to attack the mountain. The river got higher, it covered the mountain. It came up to where the mountain God and princess lived. Then, the mountain God used his power. The mountain got higher too, so the river couldn’t get the princess.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">Now, every year in July and August, when the rains come in Vietnam, the rivers rise, people say that the River God is still trying to take away the princess</span></div>
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Many thousands of years ago, a man and his wife lived in the Philippines, they were called Angngalo and Angngarab.</div>
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One morning, they went to<br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a>gather some shellfish. Inside one, they found a pearl. It was an unusual yellow colour and very large.</div>
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Angngalo gave it to Angngarab. “Oh!” she said, “I can find many more pearls than you!”</div>
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Soon they were quarrelling and shouting at each other. They ran along the seashore looking for shellfish. Before, they had a big pile in front of them. They pulled open the shells and looked in them for pearls.</div>
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“I’ve go more pearls than you!” shouted Angngalo.</div>
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“No, you haven’t!” answered Angngarab. “Anyway, my pearls are bigger than yours!”</div>
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Soon, they were fighting. They threw the shells and pearls at each other. (That is why there are so many shells and pearls in the Philippines) They rolled on the ground and stamped their feet.</div>
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There was aloud “Boom!” and “Crack!”. The mountains and hills began to split. The water in the rivers and lakes flooded the land.</div>
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They still continued fighting. Suddenly, there was a great storm, with thunder lighting. The land broke into several parts. Luzon was in the north, the Visayan Islands were in the middle, and Mindanao in the south.</div>
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Because of this, there are now over seven thousand islands in the Philippines.</div>
samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01179243973408608216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532361908695392221.post-49941456868563208522017-09-08T07:55:00.000-07:002017-09-08T07:55:48.721-07:00Tisna Wati the Queen on Mount Rice <span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">TISNA WATI</span> lived with her father, Batara Guru, in the god's heaven. Now Tisna Wati was a most beautiful and charming little goddess, but she wasn't at all happy in the gods 7 heaven.<br /><br />Sometimes, when she looked down at the earth, far below her, and saw people busy at their various tasks, she would sigh, "Oh, if only I could be an ordinary mortal!" -<br /><br />And when her father had gone forth to do battle with the giants and the demons of the air, she would mourn because she could not go with him. When he came back, she would be pouting and out of humor. </span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;" /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"></span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">One day, when she was especially surly, her father lost his temper. "Come here!" he ordered in a stem voice. "Your grumbling and your silly whims annoy me, and nothing would please me better than to send you down to earth to become an ordinary mortal. Alas, I cannot do that because you have drunk of the life-water and are immortal. But I have thought of something else for you. Til choose one of the young gods to be your husband, and he will soon teach you to get over your bad moods!"<br /><br />"Oh, I already know of someone who could be my husband, Father/' the little goddess cried happily.<br /><br />"Who can that be?" her father demanded. "Not one of those awful air giants, I hope. Because I absolutely forbid you to marry the son of one of my enemies."<br /><br />"Oh, no, Father, it's not one of the buatas. And he doesn't live in the air, nor in the gods 7 heaven, either. He lives on the earth. Look down . . . you can see him now. He's that handsome young man who is plowing the rice field that lies on the side of the hill."<br /><br />"But that's the son of a man!" her father said angrily. "He's an ordinary mortal! You can't marry him; you are the daughter of a god! You shall never marry him. I won't permit it!"<br /><br />"But I will marry him!" Tisna Wati shrieked, stamping her tiny foot. "I will never marry anyone else. He shall be my husband even if I have to leave this place forever."<br /><br />"And I say that you shall never marry him!" her father stormed. "I'd rather change you into a rice stalk. And let me tell you that just as soon as possible I will choose a son of one of the gods to be your husband. Do you understand?"<br /><br />When Tisna Wati saw how angry her father was, she was afraid that her fate would be the same as that of Dewi Sri, the lovely wife of the great god Vishnu, who disobeyed her husband and was killed by him and changed into a rice stalk. It was her deathless spirit that lived in the fields of rice, the sawahs.<br /><br />But Tisna Wati was not as meek as Dewi Sri. She would never let herself be changed into a rice stalk. And certainly she would never, never marry a son of one of the gods! She had set her heart on the handsome young mortal, plowing his fields on the hillside.<br /><br />Egrly the next day her father left to seek a husband for her. But just as he was setting out, word came to him that the giants of the air and the evil demons were threatening the gods again, and he would have to go to war against them.<br /><br />"When I come back, however, bring your husband with me," he said to his daughter.<br /><br />Tisna Wati said meekly, 'Very well, Father." But as soon as he had left, she leaped on the wings of the wind and was floated down to earth. The wind was kind to her and took her close to the hillside where the young man was plowing his rice field.<br /><br />Tisna Wati said to herself, "Now I can really see him close/' And she sat down on the slope of the hill to wait for the young man to notice her.<br /><br />When he turned at the end of a row, he saw her. And he thought she was as beautiful as a vision. He came to her and said, wonderingly, ''What are you looking for, lovely maiden?'<br /><br />"I'm looking for my husband/ Tisna Wati answered, laughing.<br /><br />It was such a strange answer that the young man began to laugh, too, and they laughed together. They laughed because they were happy and in love, and the sound of their laughter rose to the heavens. That was their undoing.<br /><br />For when their voices reached the place where Tisna Wati's father was battling against the giants and the demons, he heard it. He stopped and listened. That was his daughter's voice! And the voice of a strange young man! He bent and looked toward the earth . . . and there he saw his daughter,<br />sitting beside a handsome young man, and their joyous laughter was louder to him than the noise of battle.<br /><br />Raving with anger, Batara Guru gave up the battle with his enemies and flew down to earth. When he came to the hillside where his daughter sat beside the young man, he thundered, "Come with me at once! I'm taking you back to<br />the gods' heaven."<br /><br />But Tisna Wati had no desire to return to the gods' heaven. She was in love with the young man, and her love was stronger than her father's will.<br /><br />"No," she said firmly, "I am never going back. I'd rather become an ordinary mortal and stay here on earth with my beloved."<br /><br />"Then stay you shall!" her father roared angrily. "But not as the daughter of a god, and not as a mortal, either! You shall become a rice stalk and your spirit shall become one with this rice field." Even as he spoke, Tisna Wati changed from a goddess into a slim rice stalk.<br /><br />When the slender rice stalk bent toward the young man, he stroked it with loving fingers. His plowing was forgotten, everything was forgotten, and in his sorrow he could only gaze at the graceful stalk that had been his beloved Tisna Wati.<br /><br />When Batara Guru saw this, he was overcome with remorse. "I could have left them together," he said. "Now I cannot change her back . . . she must remain a rice stalk forever, for her spirit is already here in this rice field. But<br />perhaps I could change him into a rice stalk, too/'<br /><br />When he had done this, he saw how the two stalks bent toward each other, as if they were telling how much they loved one another. He watched them a while, and shook his great head. "It is well/' he muttered to himself, and flew back to the gods' heaven.<br /><br />And ever since that day, the story says, the spirit of Tisna Wati has been in the mountain rice, just as the spirit of Dewi Sri is in the sawah rice.<br /><br />But where the spirit of the handsome young man went, no one knows.</span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span>samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01179243973408608216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532361908695392221.post-24513859939119689042017-09-08T07:52:00.001-07:002017-09-08T07:52:40.292-07:00Lake Toba<div style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<div style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">‘Who are you? What’s your name? Why suddenly you are here in my house?’</span></div>
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<div style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">‘Pardon me if I surprised you Mr. Toba, but you took me here. I was the fish that you caught in the river. Now that I become a human being again, I would like to thank you and I will be your servant to express my thankfulness’</span></div>
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<div style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">‘Yes, I was the fish. Look at your kitchen’.</span></div>
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<div style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Toba immediately rushed to his kitchen and the fish was nowhere to be seen. He saw some gold coins instead.</span></div>
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<div style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">‘Whose coins are these? Why there are some coins here?’</span></div>
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<div style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">‘Those coins are mine. As I changed into human being my scales changed into gold coins’</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">‘Ok you can live here and work for me. Your room is over there’</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">‘Thank you very much Mr. Toba’</span></div>
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<div style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Toba used to go to his farm and rice field early in the morning. Then at midday his wife would bring him food. They used to eat lunch at their farm. As he was a teenager Toba and his wife tried to change his behavior. They ordered Samosir to bring food for his father for lunch while her mother stayed at home to do household chores. But Samosir never did his duty well. He always woke up very late. He woke up after midday. Then one day his mother forced him to bring the food.</span></div>
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<div style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">‘Sam, wake up. Go to the farm and bring the food for your father. He must be very tired and hungry now’.</span></div>
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<div style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">But Mom, I am tired and hungry too’</span></div>
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<div style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">‘What makes you tired? You just wake up. Go now. You father needs the food’</span></div>
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<div style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Toba reluctantly went to the farm. But he did not go to the farm immediately. He stopped somewhere in the street and ate the food. It was already late afternoon when he got to the farm. His father was disappointed. Then he was angry as he realized that his son had eaten his food. He said sarcastically.</span></div>
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<div style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">‘O, you are stupid lazy boy. You are son of a fish!’</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Samosir was hurt. He went home right away and as he got home he told his mother about his father’s words. Samosir’s mother was shocked. She was also deeply hurt.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">‘O Toba. You break your promise so I cannot live with you here anymore. Now you have to accept to consequence of what you did. Samosir, now go to the hill, find the tallest tree and climb it’</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">‘Why mom? What will happen?’</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">‘Just do it, never ask any question. Good bye’</span></div>
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<div style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As soon as she finished saying that suddenly the weather changed. Sunny day suddenly turned into cloudy day. Not long after that the rain poured heavily. The rain last for several days. Consequently the area was flooded. The whole area became a big lake. Then it was called Lake Toba and in the middle of the lake there is an island called Samosir Island. Meanwhile Toba’s wife disappeared.</span></div>
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samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01179243973408608216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532361908695392221.post-76657282626457818942017-09-08T07:47:00.004-07:002017-09-08T07:50:23.055-07:00stone pendants<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">Once, in a rural village next to Lake Toba North Sumatera, there lived a husband and a wife with a beautiful daughter named Seruni. Not only was she beautiful, Seruni was also very diligent in helping her parents in the field. Every day this family worked in this field on the edge of Lake Toba, and the outcomes are used for their daily needs.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">One day, Seruni went to the field alone, because his parents went to a neighboring village. Seruni was only accompanied by her beloved dog named Toki's. Arriving at the farm, she didn’t work but he just sat there looking at the natural beauty of Lake Toba as if she had solved a difficult problem. While the dog, the Toki, came sitting next to her, staring at her face as if he knew what Seruni thought. Once in a while the dog barked to distract Seruni, but she is not teased.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">"Yes, Lord! I am not able to live with this burden, "complained the Seruni.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">A few moments later, Seruni moved from his seat. With tears, she walked slowly toward the Lake Toba. Apparently she wanted to end his life by jumping into the lake's and the Toki, followed his master from behind while barking.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">With a mind raging, Seruni walked toward the cliffs of Lake Toba without paying attention to the road in its path. Unexpectedly, she suddenly fell into a hole. The rocky ground that made the hole was getting dark. Seruni girl is very scared. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">"Help.. Help.. Help.., Toki! "Seruni voice asking for help to her beloved dog.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">The Toki understood if Seruni required his help, but he could not do anything except just barking at the hole. Seruni screamed several times for help, but the Toki really could not afford helping her. Finally she was getting desperate.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">"Ah, I'd rather die than live a long time to suffer," Seruni resigned.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">"Parapat...! Parapat Parapat ... "ordered Seruni to press her body withthe stone</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">Being unable to help Seruni, Toki immediately ran home to ask for help.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">Arriving at the master's house, he immediately went to Seruni parents.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">"Auggg ...! auggg ...! auggg ... "Toki's barking while clawing at the ground to tell the parents that the Seruni in danger.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">"Toki ..., where is Seruni? What happened to her? "Asked the father to the dog's Seruni.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">"Auggg ...! auggg ...! auggg ...! "he continued barking and ran back and forth to invite them to a place.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">"Sir, it looks like Seruni in danger," said the mother of Seruni.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">"Mom was right. The Toki invites us to follow, "said the father of Seruni.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">"But how do we get there? "Said the mother.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">"You prepare a torch! I'll be looking for help to neighbors, "cried the father.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.4px;">Soon, the whole neighborhood had gathered at the home page Seruni's father, carrying the torch. After that they followed the Toki to the scene. Once they were in the field, the Toki directly toward the mouth of the hole.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.4px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">Both parents of Seruni immediately approached the mouth of the hole. What a surprise when they saw a hole big enough rock on the edge of their field. In the pit was heard the faint sound of a woman: "Parapat ...! Parapat Parapat stone ...! "</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">"Sir, listen to that voice! That voice is of our child! Seruni’s mother cried frantically.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">"Yes, ma'am! That sounds Seruni! "Replied the father panic.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">"But, why would he shout: Parapat, parapatlah stone?" Asked the mother.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">"I do not know, mom! It seems like there's something wrong in there, "said the father anxiously.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">A Farmer was trying to light up the hole with a torch, but the bottom of the hole was so deep that it can not be penetrated by torchlight.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">"Seruniii ...! Seruniii ...! "Cried the father of Seruni.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">"Seruni ... my daughter! The mother and father came to help you! "Her mother shouted.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">Several times they yelled, but they did not get a response from Seruni. Only voice drifted Seruni who sent the stone closer to squeezing.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">"Parapat ...! Parapatlah stone ...! Parapat! "</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">"Seruniiii ... my daughter!" Once again the mother screaming and crying hysterically Seruni.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">People in attendance at the place were trying to help. One held ropes to the bottom of the hole, but the slap was not touched at all. Seruni's father increasingly concerned with the state of her father. He also decided to follow her foray into the rock pit.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">"Mom, hold the torch!" Command of the father.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">"Where do you want to go?" Asked the mother.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">"I'm following the Seruni into the hole," he replied firmly.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">"No dad, it's dangerous!" Prevent the mother.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">"Yes sir, the hole was very deep and dark," said people</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">A moment later, suddenly heard a roar. The earth shook violently as if to an end. Rock hole suddenly closes itself. The cliffs at the edge of Lake Toba was falling. Seruni's father and mother and all the people ran thither to escape. They left the mouth of the hole the rock, so that poor Seruni could not be rescued from the crush of rock.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">Some time after the earthquake stopped, suddenly appeared a large rock that resembles a girl's body and as if hanging on the wall of the cliff at the edge of Lake Toba. Local people believe that the stone is the embodiment Seruni oppressed in the hole. By those stones were then given the name "Hanging Rock". (BATU GANTUNG)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">A few days later, fame spread the word about the events that befall her. The people flocked to the scene to see the "Hanging Rock" is. Residents who witnessed the incident told other people that before the hole was closed, a voice: "... Parapat Parapat parapat stone ...!"</span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span>samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01179243973408608216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532361908695392221.post-81290134698748420852017-09-08T07:44:00.000-07:002017-09-08T07:44:39.414-07:00Lake Maninjau<div style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
Long ago, in an area in west sumatra, there is a very active volcano named Mount Tinjau. In one village at the foot of Tinjau's brothers lived ten people consisting of nine men and one woman. Ordinary citizens about their call Bujang Sembilan. These ten brothers are Kukuban, Kudun, Bayua, Malintang, Galapuang, Balok, Batang,Bayang, and the youngest man named Kaciak. While their brother the youngest was a girl named Siti Rasani, nicknamed Sani. Both their parents died long ago, so Kukuban as the eldest son became the head of household. All decisions in his hand.<br /><span style="font-size: 14.4px;">Tenth brothers lived in a house of their parents' heritage. To make ends meet, they worked on farms large enough legacy of their parents. They are very skilled at farming, because they diligently to help his father and mother when they were alive. In addition, they are also guided by their uncle named Datuk Limbatang, which they called Engku familiar.</span></div>
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<br />Datuk Limbatang is a mamak in the village and has a son named Giran. As a mamak, Datuk Limbatang have great responsibility to educate and watched the life of its citizens, including the nephew's tenth man. For that, every other day, he visited the house Kukuban brothers to teach them farming skills and various customs procedures for the area. Not infrequently Datuk Limbatang also took his wife and son to participate with him.</div>
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On one day, when Datuk Limbatang with his wife and visited the house of Bujang Sembilan, Sani accidentally exchanged Giran. Apparently, both boys and girls are equally placed liver. Sani was invited to meet Giran in a field on the riverbank. With hearts pounding, Giran even express his feelings to Sani.</div>
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Datuk Limbatang wanted to marry his son with Sani. But the elder brother Sani, Kukuban, did not agree because Giran has been embarrass him in the martial arts arena. But eventually Datuk Limbatang not force.</div>
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One day, Giran found treat wounds in the thigh Sani. But people think they do custom distortion. Sani and Garin brought to court. They try to convince citizens that they did not do anything.</div>
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<br />After that, of the second Giran lifted his hand to the sky and praying. "My God! Please hear and grant our prayers. If we were really guilty, destroy our bodies in the water hot crater of this mountain. However, if we are not guilty, this mountain letuskanlah and curses Bujang Sembilan to fish!"</div>
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It turned out that prayer was answered. Sani and Giran jump down and submerged in the water crater. Mountain erupted, Bujang Sembilan into fish. Over time the crater of Mount View expanded and formed a lake which we now know as Lake Maninjau.</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px;">Long time ago, there was a kingdom named Prambanan. All the people of Prambanan lived peacefully. But then, Prambanan kingdom was attacked and occupied by the Pengging kingdom. Prambanan then was ruled by Bandung Bondowoso of Pengging kingdom. He was a mean king. He also had great supernatural power. His soldiers were not only humans, but also genies.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #35383d; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px;">The king of Prambanan had a beautiful daughter named Loro Jonggrang. Bandung Bondowoso fell in love with her and wanted to marry her. “You’re very beautiful. Would you be my queen?” asked Bandung Bondowoso. Loro Jonggrang was shocked. She didn’t like Bandung Bondowoso because he was a mean person. She wanted to refuse, but she afraid that Bandung Bondowoso would be angry and endangered the people of Prambanan. Then, she came up with a plan. “If you want to marry me, you have to build a thousand temples for me in just one night,” said Loro Jonggrang. “What? That’s impossible!” said Bandung Bondowoso. But he did not give up. He consulted with his advisor. “Your Majesty can asked the genies to help built the temples,” said the advisor.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #35383d; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px;">So, Bandung Bondowoso summoned his entire genies soldier and commanded them to help him built a thousand temples. The genies worked in unbelievable speed. Meanwhile, Loro Jonggrang heard from her servant that the building of a thousand temples was almost finished. She was so worried. But again, she came up with a great idea. She asked all of her servants to help her. “Please prepare a lot of straw and mortar. Please hurry up!” said Loro Jonggrang. “Burn the straw and make some noise pounding the mortar, quickly.” All those servants did what Loro Jonggrang ordered them; burning straw and pounding the mortar, making the genies think that the sun is going to rise.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #35383d; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px;">“It’s already dawn. We have to go,” said the leader of the genies to Bandung Bondowoso. All the genies immediately stopped their work and ran for cover from the sun, which they afraid of. They didn’t know that the light was from the fire that burning the straw, not from the sun.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #35383d; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px;">Bandung Bondowoso can’t stop the genies from leaving. He was angry. He knew Loro Jonggrang had just tricked him. “You cannot fool me, Loro Jonggrang. I already have 999 temples. I just need one more temple. Now, I will make you the one-thousandth temple.” He pointed his finger to Loro Jonggrang and said some mantras. Magically, Loro Jonggrang’s body turned into stone. Until now, the temple is still standing in Prambanan area, Central Java. And the temple is called Loro Jonggrang temple.</span>samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01179243973408608216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532361908695392221.post-27683810536006531392017-09-07T07:45:00.006-07:002017-09-07T07:45:58.629-07:00Cindelaras<div align="center" style="background-color: white; color: #35383d; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11pt;">Raden Putra was the king of Jenggala kingdom. He had a beautiful queen and concubine. Unlike the queen, the concubine had bad personalities. She was envious and jealous with the queen, so she planned to make the queen leave the palace. The concubine then asked the royal healer to help her in her plan. One day, the concubine pretended to be ill. Raden Putra called the royal healer to give the concubine treatments. “What is her disease?” Raden Putra asked the royal healer. “I’m very sorry, My Majesty. She is sick because the queen put poison in her meal,” the royal healer lied.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #35383d; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11pt;">Raden Putra was shock and angry to hear the explanation. He called the queen and asked her if the story was true. Of course the queen denied, but Raden Putra won’t listen. “Please Your Majesty, have mercy. I really didn’t do anything,” cried the queen in her tears. Raden Putra’s anger ended in a decision. The queen should be banished to the woods and terminated. He did not know that the queen was already pregnant. Raden Putra commanded one of his general to do the punishment. The queen was banished to the woods, but the wise general didn’t have the heart to kill her. He built a simple house in the woods for her. On his way back to the palace, he smeared his sword with rabbit blood, so Raden Putra would believe that he had killed the queen.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #35383d; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11pt;">After the general left, the queen lived by herself in the woods. Several months later, she gave birth to a healthy baby boy. The baby was named Cindelaras. He grew up as a nice, healthy, and handsome boy. One day, while Cindelaras helped her mother to collect some fire woods, an eagle dropped an egg. Cindelaras brought the egg to be brooded by a chicken behind their house. The egg hatched into a chick and then it slowly became a strong rooster. The rooster is no ordinary rooster. The rooster could sing. Every morning, the rooster woke Cindelaras up with its beautiful song, “My master is Cindelaras. His house is in the woods. He’s the son of Raden Putra.” The rooster often sang that song.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #35383d; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11pt;">Cindelaras always woke up early in the morning and listen happily to his rooster’s song. He didn’t realize the meaning of the song until one day, he started to think. “Who is Raden Putra?” he asked his mother. The queen then told him the whole story. She also told him why they were banned from the kingdom and lived in the woods. Cindelaras was very surprised. He decided to go to the palace to meet the king, his father. Cindelaras asked her mother’s permission to go to the kingdom and to tell the king what really happened. He also brought his rooster that grew bigger and stronger each day.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #35383d; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11pt;">On his way, Cindelaras stopped at a village. There, he met some people who were involved in cockfighting. They challenge him to see how strong his rooster was. “If your rooster wins, you’ll get a reward,” said the man who challenged him. Cindelaras accepted the challenge. In a few minutes, his rooster defeated the opponent’s rooster. He was challenged again by other man, and one more time, his rooster won. He won again and again.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #35383d; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11pt;">The news about Cindelaras’ rooster quickly spread to the whole Jenggala kingdom and made Raden Putra curious. So, he invited Cindelaras to the palace. “What is your name, boy?” Raden Putra asked as Cindelaras arrived in the palace. “My name is Cindelaras, Your Majesty,” Cindelaras answered. He felt both thrilled and happy to see Raden Putra.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #35383d; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11pt;">Raden Putra challenged Cindelaras with one condition. If Raden Putra’s rooster won, Cindelaras’ head would be cut off. But if Cindelaras’ rooster won, Raden Putra would share half of his wealth. Cindelaras accepted the condition. The competition was held in the front yard of the palace. The two roosters fought bravely. But in just a few minutes, Cindelaras’ rooster won the fight! Raden Putra shook his head and stared at Cindelaras from his seat, “That rooster is no ordinary rooster, and the boy is not an ordinaty boy either. Who is he exactly?” he thought. Raden Putra was about to asked when suddenly Cindelaras’ rooster sang the song, “My master is Cindelaras. His house is in the woods. He’s the son of Raden Putra.”</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #35383d; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11pt;">Raden Putra was surprised. “Is it true?” he asked. “Yes, My Majesty. My name is Cindelaras and my mother was the queen,” said Cindelaras. Raden putra called the general who had banished the queen. The general then confessed that he never killed the queen. Later, the royal healer also admitted his mistake. Raden Putra was so shocked. He immediately went to the woods to pick up the queen. Ever since, Cindelaras and his parents lived happily together. As for the concubine, she was sent to the jail as punishment.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Purbararang didn’t agree with her father’s decision. “It’s supposed to be me, Father. I’m the eldest daughter!” Purbararang said. Prabu Tapa Agung smiled. “Purbararang, to be a queen takes more than age. There are many other qualities that one must possess,” explained Prabu Tapa Agung wisely. “What does Purbasari have that I don’t?” Purbararang pouted. “You’ll find out when Purbasari has replaced me,” Prabu Tapa Agung answered.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">After the discussion, Purbararang went back to her room. “Is there something wrong?” asked Indrajaya. Indrajaya is Purbararang’s future husband. “I’m upset! Father chose Purbasari as his successor and not me! I have to do something!” Purbararang said. Driven mad by her anger, she came to a witch and asked her to send rash all over Purbasari’s body. Before going to bed, Purbasari started to feel itch all over her body. She tried applying powder to her body, but it’s no use. Instead, the itching grew even worse. She didn’t want to scratch it, but she just couldn’t help it. In the next morning, there were scratch mark all over Purbasari’s body. “What happened to you?” asked Purbararang, pretending to be concerned. “I don’t know, sis. Last night, my body suddenly felt very itchy. I scratched and scratched, and this is what happened,” Purbasari answered. Purbararang shook her head. “You must have done something really awful. You’ve been punished by the gods!”</span></div>
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samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01179243973408608216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532361908695392221.post-66513625456379092922017-09-07T07:44:00.002-07:002017-09-07T07:44:23.158-07:00The Legend of Malin Kundang<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #35383d; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-GB">A long time ago, in a small village near the beach in West Sumatra, a woman and her son lived. They were Malin Kundang and her mother. Her mother was a single parent because Malin Kundang's father had passed away when he was a baby. Malin Kundang had to live hard with his mother</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Malin Kundang was a healthy, dilligent, and strong boy. He usually went to sea to catch fish. After getting fish he would bring it to his mother, or sold the caught fish in the town. One day, when Malin Kundang was sailing, he saw a merchant's ship which was being raided by a small band of pirates. He helped the merchant. With his brave and power, Malin Kundang defeated the pirates. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The merchant was so happy and thanked to him. In return the merchant asked Malin Kundang to sail with him. To get a better life, Malin Kundang agreed. He left his mother alone. Many years later, Malin Kundang became wealthy. He had a huge ship and was helped by many ship crews loading trading goods. Perfectly he had a beautiful wife too. When he was sailing his trading journey, his ship landed on a beach near a small village. The villagers recognized him. The news ran fast in the town; “Malin Kundang has become rich and now he is here”. An old woman ran to the beach to meet the new rich merchant. She was Malin Kundang’s mother. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">She wanted to hug him, released her sadness of being lonely after so long time. Unfortunately, when the mother came, Malin Kundang who was in front of his well dressed wife and his ship crews denied meeting that old lonely woman. For three times her mother begged Malin Kundang and for three times he yelled at her. At last Malin Kundang said to her "Enough, old woman! I have never had a mother like you, a dirty and ugly woman!" After that he ordered his crews to set sail. He would leave the old mother again but in that time she was full of both sadness and angriness. Finally, enraged, she cursed Malin Kundang that he would turn into a stone if he didn't apologize. Malin Kundang just laughed and really set sail</span></div>
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samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01179243973408608216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532361908695392221.post-5705436501801017692017-09-07T07:43:00.002-07:002017-09-07T07:43:38.507-07:00The fools of two men<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #35383d; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center; text-indent: 1cm;">
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samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01179243973408608216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532361908695392221.post-66592247172594530792017-09-07T07:42:00.002-07:002017-09-07T07:42:18.366-07:00A bear and a lion<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #35383d; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center; text-indent: 1cm;">
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samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01179243973408608216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532361908695392221.post-35434232474574763122017-09-07T07:41:00.006-07:002017-09-07T07:41:46.815-07:00Snow White<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #35383d; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-GB">Once upon a time there lived a little, named Snow White. She lived with her aunt and uncle because her parents were died.</span></div>
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samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01179243973408608216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532361908695392221.post-5555162464110289312017-09-07T07:41:00.003-07:002017-09-07T07:41:19.006-07:00Pinocchio<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #35383d; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-GB">"Mouahahaha!!! I finally caught you! You’ll be mine, you’re going to work for me!", said the evil sorcerer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">After accompanying for a week, she was given a pumpkin as the gift. When opening it, she was very surprised because there were so much gold and gems. She immediately went home and told the happening to her mother and also Bawang Merah. However, the gold and jewels that she got immediately seized and she was forced to tell where the jewelry could be obtained. Bawang Putih immediately said that she got it from an old lady who lived near the river.</span></div>
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samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01179243973408608216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532361908695392221.post-64587334919186445492017-09-07T07:33:00.004-07:002017-09-07T07:33:51.805-07:00Elephant and Friends<h2 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased !important; backface-visibility: hidden !important; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 25px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.024) 1px 1px 1px;">
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One day an elephant wandered into a forest in search of friends. He saw a monkey on a tree. “Will you be my friend?” asked the elephant. Replied the monkey, “You are too big. You can not swing from trees like me.” Next, the elephant met a rabbit. He asked him to be his friends. But the rabbit said, “You are too big to play in my burrow!” Then the elephant met a frog.</div>
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“How can I?” asked the frog.</div>
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The next day, the elephant saw all the animals in the forest running for their lives. The elephant asked them what the matter was. The bear replied, “There is a tiger in the forest. He’s trying to gobble us all up!” The animals all ran away to hide. The elephant wondered what he could do to solve everyone in the forest. Meanwhile, the tiger kept eating up whoever he could find. The elephant walked up to the tiger and said, “Please, Mr. Tiger, do not eat up these poor animals.”</div>
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The elephant has a no choice but to give the tiger a hefty kick. The frightened tiger ran for his life. The elephant ambled back into the forest to announce the good news to everyone. All the animals thanked the elephant. They said, “You are just the right size to be our friend.”</div>
samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01179243973408608216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532361908695392221.post-38148930481184641942017-09-07T07:33:00.001-07:002017-09-07T07:33:05.998-07:00A Town Mouse and A Country Mouse<h2 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased !important; backface-visibility: hidden !important; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 25px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.024) 1px 1px 1px;">
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The flavour was not much to the taste of the guest and presently he broke out with “My poor dear friend, you live here no better than the ants. Now, you should just see how I fare! My larder is a regular horn of plenty. You must come and stay with me and I promise you shall live on the fat of the land.”</div>
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So when he returned to town he took the Country Mouse with him and showed him into a larder containing flour and oatmeal and figs and honey and dates.</div>
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The Country Mouse had never seen anything like it and sat down to enjoy the luxuries his friend provided. But before they had well begun, the door of the larder opened and some one came in. The two Mice scampered off and hid themselves in a narrow and exceedingly uncomfortable hole. Presently, when all was quiet, they ventured out again. But some one else came in, and off they scuttled again. This was too much for the visitor. “Good bye,” said he, “I’m off. You live in the lap of luxury, I can see, but you are surrounded by dangers whereas at home I can enjoy my simple dinner of roots and corn in peace.”</div>
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Oneday, a wolf was very hungry. It looked for food here and there. But it couldn’t get any. At last it found a loaf of bread and piece of meat in the hole of a tree.<br />The hungry wolf squeezed into the hole. It ate all the food. It was a woodcutter’s lunch. He was on his way back to the tree to have lunch. But he saw there was no food in the hole, instead, a wolf. On seeing the woodcutter, the wolf tried to get out of the hole. But it couldn’t. Its tummy was swollen. The woodcutter caught the wolf and gave it nice beatings.</div>
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