A long time ago, there was a village in East Kalimantan. The
village was near the Mahakam River. The villagers always worked hard. Although
they were poor, they were very happy. They also helped each other.
In the village, there was a rich family. The head
of the family was Pak Pesut. Everybody knew Pak Pesut. He was known not because
of his wealth, but because his stinginess. He did not like to help others. His
family always ignored people. That’s why Pak Pesut’s family always lived alone
and never mingled with others.
It was a very long dry season. All the rice fields
could not get water properly. The villagers could not harvest the rice.
Therefore, all villagers were planning to leave
their village and find other place to stay. Then they sent some young men to
look for a place that had enough water for their rice fields.
After several weeks looked for a new place,
finally those young men arrived. They brought good news. There was a waterfall
and it was enough to water their rice fields. Later, all the villagers rushed
to the new place. Some villagers went to Pak Pesut’s house to inform about the
waterfall. Although Pak Pesut was stingy, the villagers did not hate him.
“I’m not going with you! I will stay here. I have
enough rice for my family.
We will survive!” said Pak Pesut arrogantly.
The villagers knew it was useless to ask Pak Pesut
to join them. So, they all left him and his family alone in the village. When
they arrived at the new place, they all were very happy. They had enough water
from the waterfall.
In the mean time, Pak Pesut and his family were
beginning to worry. Their rice slowly was gone. Soon they would not have enough
rice to eat.
It was in the morning when Pak Pesut’s wife was
cooking their last portion of rice. Suddenly, someone knocked the door. A
beggar came to his house.
“Go out! I don’t have enough rice,” said Pak
Pesut. He was lying.
“Please mercy me. I’m so hungry. Give me a little
rice please,” asked the beggar.
Pak Pesut immediately asked his family to eat the
rice. He was worried the beggar would enter his house and stole the rice.
“But the rice is still in the cooking pot. Mother
is still cooking it. If we eat the rice, it will be very hot,” said his son.
“I don’t care! If you all don’t eat now, you will
never eat again,” said Pak Pesut.
Later, Pak Pesut and his family ate the rice. It
was very hot. They needed water to drink. They rushed to Mahakam River. It was
so hot that they finally jumped to the river.
The beggar saw the incident. He then prayed to
God. Amazingly, Pak Pesut family slowly changed into fish. The fish looked like
dolphin. Since then, everybody named the fish as Pesut fish
1.
Based on the
text , we know that ….
a.
Pak Pesut
was a generous man
b.
The beggar
stole Pak Pesut’s rice
c.
The villagers
told Pak Pesut about the waterfall
d.
The beggar
helped Pak Pesut and his family
2.
What is the
moral value of the story? We must…..
a.
Be patient
to face our life
b.
Work hard to
get a success
c.
Be careful
with strange man
d.
Be care and
share to others
3. “Although Pak Pesut was stingy, the
villagers …. “
The underlined word has similar meaning with …..
a.
Generous
b.
Friendly
c.
Miserly
d.
Pleasant
4. Why did the villager move?
a.
Pak Pesut
insulted them
b.
Pak Pesut
took their rice
c.
They could
not harvest any rice
d.
They
disliked to stay at the village
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