The Golden Slug (Keong Mas)

THE GOLDEN SLUG (KEONG MAS)

In the ancient time, lived a young man named Galoran. He was respected because of his wealth and honor. His parents were nobleman so he could live with luxury. However, he was very wasteful and every day just squandered the wealth of his parents.

One day, his parents died, but he did not care and continued to spend money as well as before. Because his life was so extravagant, all the treasure that he had was running out and he became an unemployed person. Many people sympathized with him and offered a job. But every time he got the job, he just dallied and it made him always be fired. Several months later, there was a wealthy widow who interested him. He married the widow and of course, he was very happy to be living in luxury again.

The widow had a daughter who was very diligent and clever to weave. Her name is Jambean, a beautiful girl and had been famous because of her weaving. However, Galoran did not like the girl, because the girl often scolded him because of his laziness. Finally, he threatened to torture and kill Jambean. He revealed the plan to his wife and the wife was very sad to hear of the threat.

Hearing the news, Jambean was very sad but she volunteered herself to be killed by her father. She told that she wanted to be dumped into a dam and did not burry under the ground after the death. The mother agreed and did all of her wants. In the dam, her body and head suddenly turned into the golden slugs.

Several years later, there are two widows who were looking for firewood. They were kindred, the first widow named Mbok Sambega Rondo and the second called Mbok Rondo Sembagil. When looking for the firewood in the jungle, they were very surprised because of finding the beautiful golden slugs. They brought it and maintained at home.Once they brought the snails, there was always a miracle every day. Their kitchen was always filled with the delicious food when they came home from work. They were very surprised, and wanted to know the person who made those foods. They pretended to go to work and hid in the back of the house. A few moments later, there was a beautiful girl came from the inside of the conch and she began to cook the delicious meals.Both widows then secretly held and did not let the girl to get into the snail anymore. The girl apparently was Jambean who had been killed by her father. Both widows then allowed her to stay with them. Because of their versatility in weaving, she got her famous back and made a handsome prince attracted. In the end, she married the prince and lived happily.

Source : http://rofhiah.blogspot.co.id/2013/12/12-cerita-rakyat-dalam-bahasa-inggris.html

Question :
1. What is the antonym of scold ?
    a. rate
    b. revile
    c. praise
    d. rebuke
    e. repove
 
2. Who found The Golden Slug ?

    a. Jambean

    b. The widow

    c. Galoran and Jambean

    d. Mbok Pular and Mbok Jeneng

    e. Mbok Sambega and Mbok Rondo

     

3. Where did Mbok Sambega and Mbok Rondo Sembagil find the golden slug ?

    a. In the lake

    b. In the river  

    c. On the street

    d. In the jungle

    e. On their home page

4. What did Mbok Sambega and Mbok Sembagil do when they found the golden slug ?

    a. They didn't care
    b. They throw it back

    c. They gave it to their son

    d. They brought and sold it

    e. They brought it and maintained at home

5. What is the moral value of The Golden Slug story ?

    a. Always be kind to everyone

    b. Do not insubordinate to our parents

    c. If you want something, you have to work hard

    d. The envious person would feel the defeat and destruction in the future

    e.  Do not care about those who harm us, because behind it all there must be a silver lining

Megantara

                                                                          Megantara

          Megantara was a culture festival which has a function to show various Indonesian cultures. There was a food bazaar in Megantara, too. So, you could find different kinds of meals and snacks. In addition, there were guest stars like the Changcuters and RAN.

          Those who came to this culture festival had to buy a ticket which cost a hundred thousand Rupiah. That was not cheap, was it ? Even though it was expensive, I did not care when I bought that ticket. Why did not I care about the price ? The answer is because I was really interested in the various Indonesian cultures.

          First, I had to buy the ticket. I bought it from Marisa who was one of Megantara commitee members. The event was held on Saturday, 10th September 2016. But, before I came, there was a parade in the morning. The tenth grade students of SMAN 3 Bandung and some kindergarten kids.We and the kids walked passed Taman Lalu Lintas, that was wuite far. But, walking with the kids was really fun. The parade finished at 10.00. Meanwhile. Megantara itself began at 12.00. There was a two hour gap between 10.00 - 12.00, so my friends and I went to takolada.

          After that, we prayed Dzuhur in a mosque quite far from the Megantara venue becase we went there on foot. Finally it was time for the event to begin. When it was 12.00 p.m., we were allowed to enter the venue. Inside like I mentioned before, we could find a lot of food sold there. Besides buying the food, we could also watch the Indonesian culture performances like a traditional dance, wayang golek or puppet show, and many others. The students of SMAN 3 participated by joining a traditional fashion show. They showed different traditional costumes from Papua, West Java, Sumatera, and other provinces.

          In this venue there was a mushola where we could pray. This is because we still need to pray 5 times a day. At dusk, more and more people came. They were not just students and teachers from SMAN 3 Bandung, but also students from other schools or even adults. There were about a thousand people. Before we arrived at the top performance of Megantara (the guest stars, such as the Changcuters and RAN), Ridwan Kamil as mayor of Bandung announced the winner of the traditional costume competition. I could not believe my eyes : it was Ridwan Kami, the VIP person in Bandung. The winner of that competition was a student who was wearing the Papua costume.

          I could not wait to see the guest stars, especially the Changsuters. I really like them. Just for your information, the Changsuters is from Bandung. That makes me like them so much. Oh, I almost forgot, before the guest star performances, there was a performance from T'ST (Teather SMAN 3 Bandung). It was amazing !

          Actually, since I first saw the their performances, I determine to take T'ST as my extracuricullar activity. I think they always show the best performanrences. T'ST theme at Megantara was Indonesian culture. It ilustrated the ongoing culture extinction in Indonesia. Their show remind us as the SMAN 3 Bandung students to always take care of our culture and maintain its existance, for the sake of our future generation.

          The guest stars seemed to be preparing themselves at the back stage. Why did I think so ? Because it took so long since the announcement of their performance by the MC before they finally came. I felt bored. But when they really were on stage and started performance. Started performing, the audience suddenly became boisterous. Even though the top performance was already late in the evening, the audience, including me was still full of spirit. We sang and sang together, despite our feeling tired of standing too long and waiting. RAN performed right after. It was fun but not as fun as the Changcuters. At last, the event came to its end. We went to our respective home and slept tight.