Legend

These are the characteristics of legends, except ...

• Told like factual human history

• Unreal

• Evolve over the time

• Have unspecific setting

Legends have general structures, they are ...

• Orientation-event-reorientation

• Orientation-materials-closing

• orientation-complications-resolution

• orientation - complication - coda

The original "Malin Kundang" story is set at a specific location, the Air Manis Beach in Padang, West Sumatra. Malin Kundang tells the story of an ungrateful son who is cursed into stone by his mother.

If you visit the beach, you can see a stone believed to be the cursed Malin Kundang because it is shaped like a person face-down on his knees begging for forgiveness.

Another folktale from West Kalimantan called "Batu Menangis" ("The Crying Stone") has a story very similar to Malin Kundang, but no "crying stone" has ever been discovered in the area.

There are some differences between the two stories. Malin Kundang, in the beginning of the story, is a hard-working, obedient young man. He sails the world to get more money to support his mother. After many years, Malin comes back a rich man. New, vain Malin now refuses to be associated with his poor mother. That's when the mother prays for him to be transformed into stone.

Meanwhile, Batu Menangis's main character is a spoiled girl who never lifts a finger to help her mother. Instead, she keeps saying to people that the mother is actually her maid. Mother finally has enough and prays to God that the girl is turned into stone.

From the text above, we can inferred that ...

• Malin Kundang is the one only story which tells about disobeying children to the parents

• Batu Menangis's main lead has maid

• Batu Menangis's mother put a curse to his son

• The main leads do not own their parents

The original "Malin Kundang" story is set at a specific location, the Air Manis Beach in Padang, West Sumatra. Malin Kundang tells the story of an ungrateful son who is cursed into stone by his mother.

If you visit the beach, you can see a stone believed to be the cursed Malin Kundang because it is shaped like a person face-down on his knees begging for forgiveness.

Another folktale from West Kalimantan called "Batu Menangis" ("The Crying Stone") has a story very similar to Malin Kundang, but no "crying stone" has ever been discovered in the area.

There are some differences between the two stories. Malin Kundang, in the beginning of the story, is a hard-working, obedient young man. He sails the world to get more money to support his mother. After many years, Malin comes back a rich man. New, vain Malin now refuses to be associated with his poor mother. That's when the mother prays for him to be transformed into stone.

Meanwhile, Batu Menangis's main character is a spoiled girl who never lifts a finger to help her mother. Instead, she keeps saying to people that the mother is actually her maid. Mother finally has enough and prays to God that the girl is turned into stone.

That's when the mother prays for him to be transformed into stone. The word transformed has similar meaning with ...

• hold

• main

• mold

• preserve

The following sentence below is simple past ...

• Their parents had already told them what must happen.
  

• It starts with a childless old widow living by herself.

• On a sunny day from a distance, a majestic and beautiful ship sailed towards the shore.

• The story comes from West Sumatra, which becomes a cautionary tale for children to always respect and obey their parents. 

A long time ago, very few people lived in the New Territories. There were only a few villages. If the people wanted to go from one village to another, they often had to pass through wild and unsafe forest.

One day, a farmer’s young wife went to the next village to visit her own mother and brother. She brought along her baby son. When it was time for her to leave, her brother said “ it is getting dark. Let my son, Ah Tim go with you though the forest.”

So Ah Tim led the way and the young woman followed behind, carrying her baby. When they were in the forest, suddenly they saw a group of wolves. They began to run to avoid the danger, but Ah Tim kicked against a stone and fell down. At once the wolves caught him. The young woman cried to the wolves, “ please eat my own son instead.” Then, she put her baby son on the ground in front of the wolves and took her nephew away. Everyone understood that this was because the woman was very good and kind. She had offered her own son’s life to save her brother.

They ran back to the house and called for help. All men in the village fetched thick sticks and went back with her into the forest. When they got there, they saw something very strange. Instead of eating the woman’s baby the wolves were playing with him.

The woman gave her son to the wolves because...

• She loved her nephew than her son.

• She thought about how her brother would be

• She wanted her son was eaten by the wolves

• She was crazy

A long time ago, very few people lived in the New Territories. There were only a few villages. If the people wanted to go from one village to another, they often had to pass through wild and unsafe forest.

One day, a farmer’s young wife went to the next village to visit her own mother and brother. She brought along her baby son. When it was time for her to leave, her brother said “ it is getting dark. Let my son, Ah Tim go with you though the forest.”

So Ah Tim led the way and the young woman followed behind, carrying her baby. When they were in the forest, suddenly they saw a group of wolves. They began to run to avoid the danger, but Ah Tim kicked against a stone and fell down. At once the wolves caught him. The young woman cried to the wolves, “ please eat my own son instead.” Then, she put her baby son on the ground in front of the wolves and took her nephew away. Everyone understood that this was because the woman was very good and kind. She had offered her own son’s life to save her brother.

They ran back to the house and called for help. All men in the village fetched thick sticks and went back with her into the forest. When they got there, they saw something very strange. Instead of eating the woman’s baby the wolves were playing with him.

“ all men in the village fetched thick stick … “ The word “ fetched” has a similar meaning to :

• Received

• Caught

• Got

• Hit

There are three structure of legends. One of them is Complication.

Complication is ...

• It introduces the characters

• It's problem solving

• Present conflict

• The problem has been resolved

Shela: hi mela, what did you do last night?

Mela: ……………….

• I am watching drama series on VIU last night

• I watch drama series on VIU last night

• I watched drama series on VIU last night

• I watches drama series on VIU last night

Nuki: What was your sister doing when you arrived home last night?
Rendra: She ... in the kitchen.

• cooks

• is cooking

• has cooking

• was cooking