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    1) Malin Kundang and his mother had to live hard after his father passed away, as Malin helped support them by fishing. 2) When Malin was sailing one day, he helped defeat pirates that were raiding a merchant ship. The grateful merchant allowed Malin to join his crew. 3) Many years later, after becoming very wealthy through trading, Malin returned to his home village but denied that the old woman who claimed to be his mother was actually his mother.

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    1) Malin Kundang and his mother had to live hard after his father passed away, as Malin helped support them by fishing. 2) When Malin was sailing one day, he helped defeat pirates that were raiding a merchant ship. The grateful merchant allowed Malin to join his crew. 3) Many years later, after becoming very wealthy through trading, Malin returned to his home village but denied that the old woman who claimed to be his mother was actually his mother.

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    1) Malin Kundang and his mother had to live hard after his father passed away, as Malin helped support them by fishing. 2) When Malin was sailing one day, he helped defeat pirates that were raiding a merchant ship. The grateful merchant allowed Malin to join his crew. 3) Many years later, after becoming very wealthy through trading, Malin returned to his home village but denied that the old woman who claimed to be his mother was actually his mother.

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    1) Malin Kundang and his mother had to live hard after his father passed away, as Malin helped support them by fishing. 2) When Malin was sailing one day, he helped defeat pirates that were raiding a merchant ship. The grateful merchant allowed Malin to join his crew. 3) Many years later, after becoming very wealthy through trading, Malin returned to his home village but denied that the old woman who claimed to be his mother was actually his mother.

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    READING

    Read the following text, and the answer the following questions.

    THE LEGEND OF MALIN KUNDANG


    A long time ago, in a small village near the beach in west Sumatera lived a woman and
    her son, Malin Kundang . malin kundang and his mother had to live hard because his father had
    passed away when he was a baby. Maling Kundang was a healthy, diligent, and strong boy. He
    usually went to sea to catch fish . After getting fish he would bring it to his mother, or sell the
    caught fish in the town .

    One day, when Malin Kundang was sailing, he saw a merchant’s ship being raided by a
    band of pirates. To thank him, the merchant allowed Malin Kundang helped the merchant defeat
    the pirates. With him. Malin Kundang agreed in the hope to get a better life. He left his mother
    alone.

    Many years later, Malin Kundang became wealthy. He had a huge ship and a lot of crews
    who worked loading trading goods. He was also married to a beautiful woman. When he was
    sailing on his trading journey, his ship landed on a coast near a small village. The local people
    recognized that it was Malin Kundang, a boy from the area. The news ran fast in the town; “
    malin kundang has become rich and now he is here.”

    An old woman , who was Malin Kundang’s mother, ran to the beach to meet the new rich
    merchant. She wanted to hug him to release her sadness of being lonely after a long time. When
    his mother came near him, Maling Kundang who was with his beautiful wife and his ship crews
    denied that she was her mother. She had pleaded Malin Kundang to look at her and admit that
    she was his mother. But he kept refusing to do it and yelling 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 sail to leave the old women who was then full of sadness and anger.
    Finally, feeling enraged, she cursed Malin Kundang the would turn into a stone if he didn’t
    apologize to her. Malin Kundang just laughed and set sail. Suddenly a thunderstotrm came in the
    quiet sea , wrecking his huge ship. He was thrown out yo a small island. It was really too late for
    him to avoid his curse; he had turned into stone.
    COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

    1. Why did Malin Kundang and his mother have to live hard?
    2. Give an example that Malin Kundang was a healthy,,diligent, and strong
    boy!
    3. How did the merchant allow Malin Kundang to join him in the sail?
    4. What happened many years after Malin Kundang join the sail?
    5. How did the local people react when they saw Malin Kundang landing on
    the coast?
    6. What did Malin Kundang’s mother do when she heard that Malin Kundang
    landed on the coast?
    7. What made Malin Kundang’s mother sad and angry?
    8. What did she do when Malin Kundang denied that she was his mother?
    9. How did the curse happen?
    10.What is the moral of the story?

    POINTS TO PONDER
     How should children behave to parents?
     Is there any religious teaching regarding this?
     VOCABULARY EXERCISE
    Complete the sentence using the words from the box.You may need to
    use more than one word for one sentence

    Live hard raided pirate

    Bravery defeat wealthy

    Recognize merchant denied

    Pleaded cursed wrecked

    1. Indonesian football team succeeded in AFC U-19 Championship. Our team


    _________________________ South Korean team.
    2. In our national flag,white means purity and red means _________________.
    3. “Is that Anna?” “I can’t ____________________________________
    her.She looks different when she’s wearing kebaya and sanggul.”

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