Anjing dan Bayangannya

Aesop

Seekor anjing yang mendapatkan sebuah tulang dari seseorang, berlari-lari pulang ke rumahnya secepat mungkin dengan senang hati. Ketika dia melewati sebuah jembatan yang sangat kecil, dia menunduk ke bawah dan melihat bayangan dirinya terpantul dari air di bawah jembatan itu. Anjing yang serakah ini mengira dirinya melihat seekor anjing lain membawa sebuah tulang yang lebih besar dari miliknya.

Bila saja dia berhenti untuk berpikir, dia akan tahu bahwa itu hanyalah bayangannya. Tetapi anjing itu tidak berpikir apa-apa dan malah menjatuhkan tulang yang dibawanya dan langsung melompat ke dalam sungai. Anjing serakah tersebut akhirnya dengan susah payah berenang menuju ke tepi sungai. Saat dia selamat tiba di tepi sungai, dia hanya bisa berdiri termenung dan sedih karena tulang yang di bawanya malah hilang, dia kemudian menyesali apa yang terjadi dan menyadari betapa bodohnya dirinya.

Sangatlah bodoh memiliki sifat yang serakah

Ditaip oleh:Nadiah Bt Mohd Zamri                                                                                                                      Sumber:Internet

Kerbau dan Kambing

Seekor kerbau jantan berhasil lolos dari serangan seekor singa dengan cara memasuki sebuah gua dimana gua tersebut sering digunakan oleh kumpulan kambing sebagai tempat berteduh dan menginap saat malam tiba ataupun saat cuaca sedang memburuk. Saat itu hanya satu kambing jantan yang ada di dalam gua tersebut. Saat kerbau masuk kedalam gua, kambing jantan itu menundukkan kepalanya, berlari untuk menabrak kerbau tersebut dengan tanduknya agar kerbau jantan itu keluar dari gua dan dimangsa oleh sang Singa. Kerbau itu hanya tinggal diam melihat tingkah laku sang Kambing. Sedang diluar sana, sang Singa berkeliaran di muka gua mencari mangsanya.

Lalu sang kerbau berkata kepada sang kambing, "Jangan berpikir bahwa saya akan menyerah dan diam saja melihat tingkah lakumu yang pengecut karena saya merasa takut kepadamu. Saat singa itu pergi, saya akan memberi kamu pelajaran yang tidak akan pernah kamu lupakan."

Sangatlah jahat, mengambil keuntungan dari kemalangan orang lain.

Ditaip oleh:Nadiah bt Mohd Zamri                                                                                                               Sumber:Internet

       

   

The Gingerbread Man

Once upon a time, an old woman and her husband lived alone in a little old house. The couple had no children, and being lonely, the woman decided to make a boy of gingerbread. She carefully mixed the batter, rolled out the dough, and cut out out a very nice gingerbread man. She added sugar icing for his hair, mouth, and clothes, and she used candy chips for buttons and eyes. What a fine looking gingerbread man he was! The old woman put him in the oven to bake. After he was fully done, she slowly opened the oven door. Up jumped the gingerbread man, and he ran out the door saying,
"Run, run, as fast as you can!
You can't catch me!
I'm the Gingerbread Man!"
The oAnd so the Gingerbread Man ran and ran. While he running, he met a cow.

"Moo," said the cow. "You look very fine! Fine enough to eat!" And the cow started to chase to little man.
But the Gingerbread Man ran faster, saying,
"I ran away from an old woman,
I ran away from an old man,
And I can run away from you!
I can!"

And he laughed,
"Run, run, as fast as you can!
You can't catch me!
I'm the Gingerbread Man!"
The cow ran after the Gingerbread Man, but she could not catch him.


The Gingerbread Man kept running, and soon he met a horse.
"Neigh," said the horse, "You look mighty tasty. I think that I would like to eat you."
"But you can't!" said the Gingerbread Man.
"I ran away from an old woman,
I ran away from an old man,
I ran away from a cow,
And I can run away from you!
I can!"

And so he ran singing,
"Run, run, as fast as you can!
You can't catch me!
I'm the Gingerbread Man!"
The horse ran after the Gingerbread Man, but he could not catch him.



The Gingerbread Man ran and ran, laughing and singing. While he ran, he met a chicken.
"Cackle, cackle," said the chicken, "You look fine enough to peck for dinner. I'm going to eat you, Mr. Gingerbread Man."
But the Gingerbread Man just laughed.
"I ran away from an old woman,
I ran away from an old man,
I ran away from a cow,
I ran away from a horse,
And I can run away from you!
I can!"

And so he ran singing,
"Run, run, as fast as you can!
You can't catch me!
I'm the Gingerbread Man!"
The chicken ran after the Gingerbread Man, but she could not catch him.

The Gingerbread Man was proud that he could run so fast.
"Nobody can catch me," he thought. So he kept on running until he met a fox.
He just had to tell the fox how he ran faster than all the others.

"Mr. Fox," he said,
"As tasty as I appear to be,
I cannot let you catch and eat me.
I ran away from an old woman,
I ran away from an old man,
I ran away from a cow,
I ran away from a horse,
I ran away from a chicken,
And I can run away from you!
I can!"
But Mr. Fox did not seem to care.

"Why would I want to bother you?" asked Mr. Fox. "You don't even look that tasty. No, young man, I don't want to eat you at all."
The Gingerbread Man was so relieved.

"Well, indeed, Mr. Fox," said the Gingerbread Man. "If you don't mind, I think I'll take a little rest here." And the Gingerbread Man stopped running and stood still.
And right when he stood still. Snap! went Mr. Fox's jaws right into the Gingerbread Man until he was gone.
"He was very tasty after all," thought the fox.

 ld woman and the old man ran after him, but they could not catch him.                                                           nadiah bt mohd zamri                                                                                                                                 sumber:internet

Leisure

What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.

No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.

No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.

No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.

No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.

A poor life this is if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

DITAIP OLEH , Navedashini

A fighter's Lines

I am old and worn

and have lost all my strength

sufferings

and the history of the fight for independence

have forced sacrifices

that know no name

or life

from the wheelchair of the rest of my days

I, body and energy crushed

see and cannot do much

these times are too big a challenge

for the remnants of my crippled years

the net of deceit spread everywhere

disturbs me

In the name of justice

Wake up and form ranks sons of our ancestor

Be brave

And erect a wall of people

Stand up heirs of our freedom

I have no more voice

It is you now who should speak!

Heir Conditioning

Grand dad did you breathe
Before air cons were invented
Was it hard staying
alive without modern inventions?
Grandma weren’t you flustered
As you fluttered with paper fans?
Could you communicate before
faxes and long distance calls
became basic necessities?
Grandchild we lived
before your age. Because
of our ignorance,
we did not know
pollution, stress traffic jams
destruction of forests, streams and
hills
we feared God and nature
now nature fears you and
money is your new God

MR.NOBODY

I know a funny little man,
As quiet as a mouse,
Who does the mischief that is done
In everybody's house!
There's no one ever sees his face,
And yet we all agree
That every plate we break was cracked
By Mr. Nobody

`Tis he who always tears our books,
Who leaves the door ajar,
He pulls the buttons from our shirts,
And scatters pine afar;
That squeaking door will always squeak,
For, prithee, don't you see,
We leave the oiling to be done
By Mr. Nobody

The finger marked upon the door
By none of us are made;
We never leave the blind unclosed,
To let the curtains fade.
The ink we never spill; the boots
That lying round you. See
Are not our boots they all belong
To Mr. Nobody.