Be yourself

Y. Mei Setiyanta

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Cetakan ke- 6

Tahun 06 04 03 02

Ilustrasi oleh Yulius Suryono

rsBN g7g4g7-831-0tsBN 979497-834-5

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05

Introduction

eading is a good way of getting knowledge. It should be introduced

rn early childhood, hence it becomes a habit in people's lifestyle. To encourage chjld-

ren to love reading, we provide interesting stories tn a fable series. \We believe that

antmalkingdom stories have their owrr attfactiveness to amuse children with fantas-

tic stories. Thus, children are also encouraged to build their own fantasies, to open

their mind to knowledge and different viev/s, and to have in their soul good moral

values that are always enriching every story.

-J( -i/tom the ape species,\-/Nt[-r. Black Monkey was the

cleverest one. In his dailY li[e,

he lived in a solitarT place. He

never got along with the other

species, like chimpanzee,

orang-outang, gorilla and

gibbon. His reason was

very simple.

"I have a longer and

blacker tail. In addition,

my fur is blacker and thick'er.

Strong animals have long tails,

such as lions, tigers, bulls, buffaloes,

cows and elephants. A long tail is a

symbol of strength."

Mr. Black Monkey alwaYs thougbt

like that.

(aVn" bright morning, Mr. Black Monkey heard, a qtrarrel between

Mr. Buffalo and Mrs. Duck. She was very angry because of the d.irty water inthe lake. She did not drink that warer at all.

"Hi, foolish Buffalo. You made the water dirtyl' shouted Mrs. Duck."\[hat did you say? Me? A fool? Ha.. ha.. ha... you are more foolish,

Duck. I did not mean to make the water dirty.I just wanr to have fun. youswam and played in the water, didn't you? I can do the same rhing,"answered back Mr. Buffalo. \X/hile laughing, he trotted in the water. Themud was coming up and made the water even dirtier.

Mrs. Duck was very upset. she was walking away and said."Indeed, four-legged animals are dull.'Hearing the mocking Mr. Buffalo murmured calmly."\flhat did you say? Two-legged animals are duller.',The quarrel between Mrs.

Duck and Mr. Buffalo became

violent. An hour later, bothanimals inaohted their friendsin the quarrel. Both sides

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mocked each other.

"Two legs are foolish!""Four legs are more foolish!""Two legs are the most foolish in the jungle!"

"Four legs are the most foolish in the world!"

Hearing the enmity among them,Mr. Black Monkey thought hard.

"On whar side should I be?"

Since he was proud of being the stronganimals, he decided to be on the four-legged animals' side. From that time,he behaved just like the four legs did.

He did not eat fruit anymore but are

meat. He did not walk on his two feet

but cralpled. His dttitude was strange.

However, he felt glad to be on the

four legged animals' side.

"I am safe here. All four-legged animalsgwarantee mysafety. Theyprotect me

from danger."

Mr. Black Monkey was busy with his own thoughts. He was unAware ofMr. Fox creEing closer behind him.

"Hi, who are you? You crawl but your face is like a monkey. The

monkeys are our enemies since they are two-legged animals. You must be

a spy sent by them. Leave this land, otherwise I'll kill you!"Mr. Black Monkey was frightened by the fox's sudden angry voice. Mr.

Fox made him run heher-skeher.It was too tiring for him to crawl

all of the time. He lost too muchenergy. In addition, he got

a stomach ache. It had been

hard for him not to eat fruitduring the last two days.

On the way, Mr. Black Monkey questioned,

'\fi[ the two-legged animals welcome me? 'Well, it's better to try thannever at all."

\fith a fixed step he entered the two-legged animals'u) afea.

A few meters into the area, he was

sbocked by the bear's angry voice.

"FI.y 1'ou, the stranger! Yourface is like a monkey. But you

are walking on your four legs.

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our enemies. You must be a splt sent by them.Leave this land or I'll kill you!" tbreatened the bear. The bigh tempered Mr. Bearlooked

^ngry. He pointed at Mr. Black Monkey's nose. Mr. Black Monkey was

scared. He pronised not to come to the two-legged animal s' zrea again.

With a sad sad face, Mr. Black Monkey walked ^w^y.

The only arcalefttogo to was the neutral area. There lived many animals who did not have any legs

or whose legs were more than four such as snails, snakes, grasshopers) wofms,scorpions, spiders, mosquitoes, flies, beetles, ants, bees and bugs. The neutralare was known as a non allied area, that is, att area that did not take one of thetwo sides. It was a peaceful land. And the land was ruled by a snake ancestor,

namelv a dtagon.

Getting close to the neutral area, Mr. Black Monkey was staraing.He

looked up and saw ripe mangoes. His appetite rose. He thought hard in his

deeper heart..

"FIow delicious those mangoes look."He picked some. Before eating them, he

looked around to make sure that there were

no animals to see him eating the

fruit. Vhile crawling, Mr. Black

Monkey aft the mangoes greedily.

Having satisfied himself, he

thought and his forehead was

frozaning.

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"I have a brilliant idea. I'11 make the non allied animals scared. Later

on, I'll be their leader and occupy the land."

Soon, Mr. Black Monkey crawled and took meat out of his mouth. He

roared and walked approaching the area. He stepp ed ste.adily just like a

tiger did. His coming frightened Miss Mosquito. As fast as possible, she

flt* to her friends.

"An enemy is coming.'

"\[hat does he look like?" asked Mrs. Snail.

"He crawls but his face is like a

monkey. Moreor.ter, he eats meat,"

explained Miss Mosquito.All the non allied animals

ran away. They went to theirIeader, Mr. Dragon.

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"\(/hat's up, mI people? You look alarmed. Do you have something to

say?" asked Mr. Dragon patientb."An enemy is coming to our land. Save us, pleas e," begged Mr. Bug.

"Calm down. I am your leader. Of course, I'll be responsible for yourlives. Let me see the €rr€rrr/," shouted Mr. Dragon angrily. He breathed owt

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"Do you mean to d.estroy my people and my land? No way! Kill me,

first!" challenged Mr. Dragon.

"No. I don't mean it. Really. On the contratf t I am on a friendship

mission. This meat is an ffiring to you, Mr. Dragon. Believe me!" answered

Mr. Black Monkey trembling.

"May I stay here?" added Mr. Black Monkey."F{a.. ha.. ha... Look, my people. He comes here on a friendship mission.

No one is to be afraid now," said Mr. Dragon.

Sffi..then, Mr. Black Money has lived in the neutral

ilrea. He walks on his two legs again and eats fruit as he did

before. He behaoes as he is now and never feels superior.

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ache (n) : nyeriafraid ("dj) : takutaIarm, alarmed (t) : menakutkanalarmed (rdil : takutallied (rdj) : bersahabatally, allied (") : bersahabatancestor (t) : nenek moyangappetite (r) - nafsu makanaround ("d") : sekiar, sekelilingattitude (t) : tingkah lakubeg, begged (v) : memintabehave, behaved (r) : bertingkah lakubreathe, breathed (r) : bernafasbrilliant ("dj) : brilian, cemerlangchallenge, challenged (v) : rr1€n?nt2ng

crawl, crawled (t) : merangkakcreep, -ing (v) : merangkakdaily (r) : sehari-haridecide, decided (,r) : memutuskandelicious ("dj) : enak, Iezatdestro/: destroyed (t) : merusdkdirry (rdj) : kotordull (adj) : bodoh

during (t) : selama

enmity (r) : permusuhanfix, fixed (t) : mengencangkanfly, flew (t) : terbangforehead (n) : dahifrown, frowned (t) : mengernyitkan,

berkerutfrowning ("dj) : berkerutfun (n) : kesenanganfur (n) : buluget, got along (r) : bergaul bersama-

sama

greedily (adv) : dengan loba, denganrakus

greedy ("dj) : loba, rakusguarantee, gsaranteed (v) : menjaminhelter-skelter (adv) : terbirit-birithigh tempered (rdj) : marah, mudah

marahindeed (rdg : rl1€6?nginvolve, involved (r) - melibatkanmission (t) : misi, perutusanmock, mocked (r) : mengejek j

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mocking (rdj) : mengejekmoreover ("d") : lebih lagimud (n) : lumpurmurmur, murmured (t) : berbisik,

menggerutuneutral (rdj) : netral, tidak berpihakoccup/, occupied (t) : menempatioffering (r) : persembahanotherwise (conj) : jika tidakpatient (rdj) : sabar

point, pointed (r) : menunjukpromise, promised (t) : berjanji,

menjanjikanprotect, protected (t) : melindungiresponsible (adj) : bertanggung jawabripe (adj) : rrr?.Sxk

scare, scared (rr) : menakutkanscared (^dj) : takutsend, sent (v) : mengirim,

mengirimkanshock, shocked (rr) : mengejutkanshocked ("dj) : terkejut

shout, shouted (t) : berteriak, berseru

side (n) : pihaksimple (rd) : sederhana

solitary (rdj) : terpencil, sunyispecies (t) : jenis

spy (n) : r:flarta-rrrata

starve, starved (t) : Iaparstarving (rdj) : Iaparsteadily ("d") : dengan tegap, dengan

kokohsteady (.dj) : kokoh, tegap

strength (t) : kekuatansuperior (rdj) : tinggi hatithicker (rdj) : lebih tebalthreaten, threatened (r) : memper-

lakukantrembling (rdj) : gemetar

trot, trotted (v) : menderapunaware ("d) : tidak menyadariupset (tdj) : marah, kecewa, maluviolent (rdj) : kejamwelcome, welcomed (") : rn€n/zmbut

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Lf nis book is one of the sixteen stories from fable series presentedfor children who learn English in the beginner to intermediate level.Each stories is delivered in an amusing way, illustrated with beautifulpictures and enriched with moral varues. Have you had the completestories of fables series?

1. False ,Beauty2. Mr. lnvoice3. Broken Friendship4. Bafs DEed5. A New House6. Bad Habjt7 . Be Yourself8. The Candidate Campaign

tsBN 979497-831-0tsBN 979-497-834-5

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9. The Smartest10. Kikky Koala1'1. Trouble Makers ,,, ,

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1,,2,:, How the Tiger Got't,ts Stripes13, Missing Eggs , ':,:::

1'4. Belief in Friendship15. Stainruay to Heaven16. Mr. Stork's Big Scheme