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)

THE THREE BEARS

In a far-off country there was once a little girl who was called Silver-hair, because her curly hair shone brightly. She was a sad romp, and so restless that she could not be kept quiet at home, but must needs run out and away, without leave. 

One day she started off into a wood to gather wild flowers, and into the fields to chase butterflies. She ran here and she ran there, and went so far, at last, that she found herself in a lonely place, where she saw a snug little house, in which three bears lived; but they were not then at home. 

The door was ajar, and Silver-hair pushed it open and found the place to be quite empty, so she made up her mind to go in boldly, and look all about the place, little thinking what sort of people lived there. 

Now the three bears had gone out to walk a little before this. They were the Big Bear, and the Middle-sized Bear, and the Little Bear; but they had left their porridge on the table to cool. So when Silver-hair came into the kitchen, she saw the three bowls of porridge. She tasted the largest bowl, which belonged to the Big Bear, and found it too cold; then she tasted the middle-sized bowl, which belonged to the Middle-sized Bear, and found it too hot; then she tasted the smallest bowl, which belonged to the Little Bear, and it was just right, and she ate it all. 

She went into the parlour, and there were three chairs. She tried the biggest chair, which belonged to the Big Bear, and found it too high; then she tried the middle-sized chair, which belonged to the Middle-sized Bear, and she found it too broad; then she tried the little chair, which belonged to the Little Bear, and found it just right, but she sat in it so hard that she broke it. 

Now Silver-hair was by this time very tired, and she went upstairs to the chamber, and there she found three beds. She tried the largest bed, which belonged to the Big Bear, and found it too soft; then she tried the middle-sized bed, which belonged to the Middle-sized Bear, and she found it too hard; then she tried the smallest bed, which belonged to the Little Bear, and found it just right, so she lay down upon it, and fell fast asleep. 

While Silver-hair was lying fast asleep, the three bears came home from their walk. They came into the kitchen, to get their porridge, but when the Big Bear went to his, he growled out: 
"SOMEBODY HAS BEEN TASTING MY PORRIDGE!" 

and the Middle-sized Bear looked into his bowl, and said: 
"Somebody Has Been Tasting My Porridge!" 

and the Little Bear piped: 
"Somebody has tasted my porridge and eaten it all up!" 

Then they went into the parlour, and the Big Bear growled: 
"SOMEBODY HAS BEEN SITTING IN MY CHAIR!" 

and the Middle-sized Bear said: 
"Somebody Has Been Sitting In My Chair!" 

and the Little Bear piped: 
"Somebody has been sitting in my chair, and has broken it all to pieces!" 

So they went upstairs into the chamber, and the Big Bear growled: 
"SOMEBODY HAS BEEN TUMBLING MY BED!" 

and the Middle-sized Bear said: 
"Somebody Has Been Tumbling My Bed!" 

and the little Bear piped: 
"Somebody has been tumbling my bed, and here she is!" 

At that, Silver-hair woke in a fright, and jumped out of the window and ran away as fast as her legs could carry her, and never went near the Three Bears' snug little house again. 

Presented by Khansa and Arief (grade X/ 2011-2012)

The Legend of Surabaya

 
A long time ago in East Java there were two strong animals, Sura and Baya. Sura was a shark and Baya was a 
crocodile. They lived in a sea. Actually, they were friends. But when they were hungry, they were very greedy. They did not want to share their food. They would fight for it and never stop fighting until one of them gave up.

It was a very hot day. Sura and Baya were looking for some food. Suddenly, Baya saw a goat.
“Yummy, this is my lunch,” said Baya.

“No way! This is my lunch. You are greedy! I had not eaten for two days!” said Sura.
Then Sura and Baya fought again. After several hours, they were very tired. Sura had a plan to stop their bad behavior.

“I’m tired of fighting, Baya,” said Sura.

“Me too. What should we do to stop fighting? Do you have any idea?” asked Baya.
“Yes, I do. Let’s share our territory. I live in the water, so I look for food in the sea. And you live on the land, right? So, you look for the food also on the land. The border is the beach, so we will never meet again. Do you agree?” asked Sura.

“Hmm... let me think about it. OK, I agree. From today, I will never go to the sea again. My place is on the land,” said Baya.

Then they both lived in the different places. But one day, Sura went to the land and looked for some food in the river. He was very hungry and there was not much food in the sea. Baya was very angry when he knew that Sura broke the promise.

“Hey, what are you doing here? This is my place. Your place is in the sea!”

“But, there is water in the river, right? So, this is also my place!” said Sura.

Then Sura and Baya fought again. They both hit each other. Sura bit Baya's tail. Baya did the same thing to Sura. He bit very hard until Sura finally gave up. He went back to the sea. Baya was very happy. He had his place again.

The place where they were fighting was a mess. Blood was everywhere. People then always talked about the fight between Sura and Baya. They then named the place of the fight as Surabaya, it’s from Sura the shark and Baya the crocodile. People also put their fight as the symbol of Surabaya city.

 Presented by Puteri and Firman (Grade X/ 2011-2012)

Mouse Deer and The Farmer

In the nice afternoon, there was a mouse deer sleep. Suddenly he woke up because there was fire in the forest. He ran very fast. After that he found a cucumber field. “I am very hungry. I want to eat that cucumber.” Finally, he ate all of cucumber in the farmer’s field until full and then, he slept under a big .the farmer went to his field and saw this condition. He felt very shock. “Where are my cucumbers? I lose them. I must find the people who steal my cucumber. 

One day, the farmer maked a trap to catch the smart mouse deer. “I want make field doll with a sticky jackfruit sap.” After that, the mouse deer come back to farmer’s field. The saw field doll. ”Excuse me, sir. I apologize because I always steal your cucumber. Please forgive me.” But, the field doll still silent. Mouse deer became angry and he hit the field doll. His hands stucked to field doll. .”HELP Me.. HELP ME….. huhuhuhu…” The farmer came back to his field.” Hahahaha I can catch you now. I will put you in to cage and you can’t steal my cucumber again.”

                         Group of  NISA&DANI (Grade X/ 2011-2012)