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    A man named Mr. Lebai lived on a river bank in West Sumatra and received invitations to two parties in different villages at the same time. He kept changing directions on his boat, first going downstream for the delicious food but then turning back upstream because that host gave more, and vice versa. In the end, he arrived too late to both parties and returned home empty-handed, earning him the nickname "Poor Mr. Lebai".

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    A man named Mr. Lebai lived on a river bank in West Sumatra and received invitations to two parties in different villages at the same time. He kept changing directions on his boat, first going downstream for the delicious food but then turning back upstream because that host gave more, and vice versa. In the end, he arrived too late to both parties and returned home empty-handed, earning him the nickname "Poor Mr. Lebai".

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    A man named Mr. Lebai lived on a river bank in West Sumatra and received invitations to two parties in different villages at the same time. He kept changing directions on his boat, first going downstream for the delicious food but then turning back upstream because that host gave more, and vice versa. In the end, he arrived too late to both parties and returned home empty-handed, earning him the nickname "Poor Mr. Lebai".

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    Pak Lebai Malang – a folktale from West Sumatra

    A long time ago, a man called Mr. Lebai lived on a river bank in a village in
    West Sumatra. One day, he received two party invitations – one from a villager
    upstream and another one downstream. The parties’ locations were far from
    each other. However, the parties were to take place exactly at the same time.

    Not wanting to miss both parties, he started rowing his boat downstream for
    he knew that the food there was very delicious. In the middle of his journey, he
    stopped. Mr Lebai remembered that the host of the upstream usually gave
    more food to the guest, so he turned his boat back and started to row
    upstream.

    After rowing for several minute, he stopped again. He remembered that the
    downstream host was a generous man. Mr Lebai thought that if he got there
    early, he would get a delicious buffalo head. He turned back to go to the
    downstream village.

    However, when he got there, the party in the downstream village was over. He
    saw people walking home, bringing bags of food. Mr. Lebai was disappointed.
    He quickly turned his boat again heading for the upstream village. He rowed as
    fast as he could. However, in the middle of the journey, he saw people walking
    home bringing their bags of food too. It meant the party in the upstream was
    over, also.

    In the end, Mr Lebai went home empty-handed, disappointed, and exhausted.


    He was so unfortunate. Thereafter, he was nicknamed “Pak Lebai Malang” or
    “Poor Mr Lebai”

    Answer the questions.

    1. Where did Mr Lebai live?


    2. Why did Mr Lebai get confused after receiving the invitations?
    3. Where did Mr Lebai go first? Why?
    4. What happened in the middle of his journey? Why?
    5. What happened in the end of the story?
    6. What can we learn from the story?

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