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The Legend of Surabaya
A long time ago, there were two animals, Sura and Baya. Sura was the name of a shark and
Baya was a crocodile. They lived in a sea.
Once 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” said Sura. Then they fought for
the goat. After several hours, they were very tired.
Feeling tired of fighting, they lived in the different places. Sura lived in the water and Baya lived
in the land. The border was the beach, so they would never fight again.
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. They 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 and went back to the sea. Baya was happy.
The Bear and The Two Friends
Once two friends were walking through the forest. They knew that anything dangerous can
happen to them at any time in the forest. So they promised each other that they would remain
united in any case of danger.
Suddenly, they saw a large bear approaching them. One of the friends at once climbed a nearby
tree. But the other one did not know how to climb. So being led by his common sense, he lay
down on the ground breathless, pretending to be a dead man.
The bear came near the man lying on the ground. It smelt in his ears, and slowly left the place.
Because the bears do not touch the dead creatures. Now the friend on the tree came down and
asked his friend on the ground, “Friend, what did the bear tell you into your ears?” The other
friend replied, “The bear advised me not to believe a false friend.”
Thumbelina
Once upon a time, there was a kind woman who had no children, longed for a baby and would
often say, “How I would love to have a baby girl, even a tiny little one." A beautiful fairy heard
her wish one day, and gave her a little seed to plant in a flowerpot. When the seed bloomed
into a tulip, the woman saw a tiny, beautiful girl inside, no bigger than her thumb. She decided
to call her Thumbelina. She was so small that she had a walnut shell for a bed and used petals
as a blanket. Then, an ugly toad fell in love with Thumbelina.
One night when she was sleeping, he carried her off to his lily pad in a pond. Thumbelina was
very unhappy. A swallow was passing by and saw how sad she looked, and said, “Come south
with me to warmer lands." Young Thumbelina flew away on the swallow’s back. They flew
across the seas and came to a land of sunshine. The swallow said, " This is my home. You can
live in one of the loveliest and biggest flowers." When Thumbelina stepped inside, she found a
handsome fairy, as tiny as her, in its heart. He was the son of the king of flowers and he fell in
love with Thumbelina. He asked her to marry him. So Thumbelina became queen of the flowers
and the two lived happily ever after.
The Gingerbread Man
A long time ago, there lived an old little couple in a cottage. One day, woman decided to make a
gingerbread man for dinner. As soon as a gingerbread man was decorated with eyes, nose and
mouth, he jumped out and ran away.
The gingerbread ran as fast as he could. Old woman and her husband tried to chase him.
However, gingerbread man ran too fast for them. Soon, he passed a hungry pig and that pig
wanted to eat him. That pig also tried to catch gingerbread man.
Gingerbread man said “Run, run as fast as you can. You can’t catch me I’m the gingerbread
man.” Other animals like cow, horse, dogs and cats also wanted to eat him but they couldn’t
outrun him.
Now, gingerbread man came to a river. He was afraid of water. A clever fox came and offered
help to cross the river. Fox asked gingerbread man to climb on his head. As soon as they
reached the other side, Fox tossed up the gingerbread man in the air, opened his mouth and
finally ate him.
The Fool and The Donkey
One morning, a fool woke up and thought he needed a donkey. He went to a town. There were
many donkeys in a donkey stall. Then, he decided to buy one donkey with long, floppy, silky
ears.
Along the way home, two boys saw him. Those boys thought that they could steal that donkey
from the fool. One boy took the rope around donkey’s neck then put it around his neck and
followed the fool. Another boy led that donkey back to a stall and sold it. The fool didn’t even
notice it.
When they arrived at home, the fool shocked. He bought a donkey but he got a boy; he asked
why. That boy told him that he had been rude to his mother. Then Evil had turned him into a
donkey. The fool asked that boy to promise not to be rude to his mother again then let him go.
Next morning, the fool woke up and thought he needed a donkey. He went to the town. There
were many donkeys in a donkey stall. Among all donkeys he noticed there was one donkey with
long, floppy, silky ears. He knew that donkey. He went over to it and whispered: “You foolish
boy, I said never be rude to your mother again!”

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