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Lutung Kasarung

PRABU Tapa Agung was an old king. He had two daughters, Purbararang and Purbasari. Prabu Tapa Agung planned to retire as a king. He wanted Purbasari to replace him as the leader of the kingdom.

Hearing this, Purbararang was angry. "You cannot ask her to be the queen, Father. I'm older than she is. It's supposed to be me, not her!" said Purbararang. But the king still chose Purbasari to be the next queen. Purbararang then set a bad plan with her fiance, Indrajaya. Together they went to a witch and asked her to put a spell on Purbasari. Later, Purbasari had bad skin. There were black dots all over her body. "You are not as beautiful as I am. You cannot be the queen. Instead, you have to leave this palace and stay in a jungle," said Purbararang. Purbasari was very sad. Now she had to stay in the jungle. Everyday she spent her time playing with some animals there.

There was one monkey that always tried to cheer her up. It was not just an ordinary monkey, he had magical power. And he also could talk with humans. The monkey's name was Lutung Kasarung. He was actually a god. His name was Sanghyang Gurumina.

Lutung Kasarung planned to help Purbasari. He made a small lake and asked her to take a bath there. Amazingly, her bad skin was cured. Now she got her beautiful skin back. After that, she asked Lutung Kasarung to accompany her to go back to the palace.

Purbararang was very shocked. She knew she had to come up with another bad idea. She then said, "Those who have longer hair will be the queen." The king then measured his daughters' hair. Purbasari had longer hair. But Purbararang did not give up. "A queen must have a handsome husband. If my fiance is more handsome than yours, then I will be the queen," said Purbararang.

Purbasari was sad. She knew Purbararang's fiance, Indrajaya, was handsome. And she did not have a fiance yet. "Here is my fiancé, Indrajaya. Where is yours?" asked Purbararang. Lutung Kasarung came forward. Purbararang was laughing very hard. "Your fiance is a monkey, ha ha ha." Suddenly, Lutung Kasarung changed into a very a handsome man. He was even more handsome than Indrajaya.

Presented by Sena (grade XI Science/ 2011-2012)

Garfield and The Mouses

Garfield is a lazy cat who lived in his owners house, John. One day, John wants to spent his holiday in other city for three days. So he leave the house to Garfield. Garfield who was a lazy cat, doesn’t care about the house so much. So it only sleep and eat all the day, and make the house mess.

On the second day, just when Garfield wants to eat its breakfast, he see tons of mouse in the Diningroom. Suddenly, it gets upset.

“What do YOU do in MY HOUSE?!”

“Pardon? This is your house?”

“Um no, i mean my owner’s house. But please, get out from here!”

“Nope. This is ours too. See this mess? This house looks comfortable for us.”

“WHAT? ....Never mind, as long as John isn’t here, i can do everything i want.”

So Garfield do its daily routine as usual. Breakfast, watch TV, sleep, and then lunch, and so on. The second days ends so quickly. And the thirth day begins, the last day of John’s holiday. Of course John will be home at the next day. The mouses still in the diningroom, live happily there.

Garfield want the mouses to get out from the house, so John won’t mad at him.

          “Guys, you gotta go from this house quickly”

          “Why? We will clean all your mess you made in here.”

          “Whatever! My owner is going to get home tomorrow! So, GET OUT FROM HERE”

And Garfield leave the diningroom angrily. The mouses feel guilty for him. So, they clean all they mess Garfield and they made. And leave the Notes for Garfield.

In the evening, Garfield check the diningroom again, and it was suprisingly neat and clean. A lot cleaner than two days ago. And Garfield founds a note on the table. He read it.

          Thanks for leting us to stay here, even its only for two days we can live comfortably here. See?  We clean all your mess you and us made. So it looks cleaner right? Sorry for make you troubled by us. Maybe if we nice to each others, we can be a friends.

          Sincerelly, Mouses

Garfield feel guilty for shoo-ing them from his owner’s house. If he behave more nice for them, maybe they already became a friends that help each other. And Garfield won’t feel lonely again if John isn’t home.

He had lost his friends.

Presented by Firman & Rifa (grade X/ 2011-2012)