The Magic Pot

Once upon a time a farmer, Gopi, lived in a village. One hot afternoon, the poor farmer was digging his field. He found a huge metal pot. It was big enough to boil rice for more than hundred people. After he had dug for a long time, Gopi felt tired. Then, he threw the spade into the pot and sat under a tree to take rest.

After a while, when he got up to leave, he could not believe his eyes. There were one hundred spades in the pot. “This is a magical pot. I will put this mango inside the pot and see what happens," Gopi thought. Then, he put a mango into the pot and found one hundred mangoes in the pot. Gopi carried the pot to his home and kept in a secret place so that no one would become aware of it. After that, he put many things in that and everything became hundred folds. With that pot, he became a rich man. The king came to know of the pot. The king was curious to know about it and he was a greedy king. “I want to find out the secret of the magical pot. “If it is valuable, it should be mine" the king thought. Then at once, the king ordered his men to bring the farmer and his pot. When the magic pot was brought to the king’s room, he did not know what to do. The king thought, “Let me see what is there inside this pot which makes this pot so magical?" He looked inside. Carelessly, he slipped and fell inside the pot. When he climbed out of the magic pot, he was shocked. He found there were one hundred Kings.

All the kings then started to climb the seat. They fought among themselves and died. “The foolish king took away the magic pot from me out of curiosity and finally he died. This magic pot has killed the king himself," said the farmer. Then, he decided to leave the magic pot at the king’s palace.

King Midas and Golden Touch

King Midas was a very greedy king. Even though he was very rich he always wanted for more and more. One day, he called his court magician and commanded, “Find me a spell that can get me more treasures than I already have.” The magician said, “Your majesty, I can give you a power that no one else in this world has. Anything that you touch will turn into gold.” The king was glad with his good fortune. Everything he touched turned into gold. He turned trees, grass, tables, chairs, flowers, and vases into gold. He thought that he must be the richest man in the world.

But, the next day when he woke up, he touched the bed, his clothes, and everything turned to gold. He looked out of the window and saw his daughter playing in the garden. Then, he sat to have breakfast and King Midas felt really worried. His food turned into gold the moment he touched it. He was getting hungry and he said to himself, “I can’t eat and drink gold.” Just about that time his daughter came running and he hugged her and she turned into a gold statue.

The king was upset and started crying. The magician who gave the spell came again and asked the king if he was happy with his golden touch. The king said he was the most miserable man. The magician asked, “What would you rather have, your food and loving daughter or lumps of gold and her golden statue?” The king cried and asked for forgiveness. He said, “I will give up all my gold. Please give me my daughter back because without her I have lost everything worth having.” Then, he said to the king, “You have become wiser than before” and he broke the spell. He got his daughter back in his arms and the king learned a lesson that he never forget for the rest of his life.

Princess and the Pea (Short Story and Picture Series)

Once upon a time in a faraway kingdom there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess.

Now, this particular prince was quite finicky. He wasn't willing to marry just any princess. He wanted to find a princess who was beautiful, kind, witty, charming, and, most important of all, sensitive.

“Sensitive,” wailed the king. “How will you possibly know if your princess is sensitive until many years have passed? You don't have time for this, Son.”

So, the prince started his frustrating search. He traveled to every part of the world by boat, on horseback, and on camel, crisscrossing the desert, climbing mountains, and crossing valleys, searching for the princess of his dreams. He looked in every country, great and small, but nowhere could he find what he wanted.

Sure, there were plenty of princesses available to a prince of his stature, but it was difficult to find out whether they were real, royal ones, with all of the qualifications this particular prince sought. And so it went. There was always something about the princesses he interviewed that was not as it should be. So he returned from his exhaustive search, sad and discouraged, wondering how he would ever find a real princess.

His parents were just about ready to give up and pass the kingdom on to his younger brother. One evening, as the gloomy prince was pondering his dilemma, a terrible storm blew in. There was deafening thunder and brilliant lightning, along with torrential rains and hail the size of goose eggs.

The rain continued to pour down in torrents. Then in the midst of this gale, a loud knock was heard at the castle gate. When the old king opened the gate, he found a bedraggled but beautiful maiden standing there.

“Hello, sire,” began the maiden, who was drenched beyond belief. “I am a princess from a neighboring kingdom. I am afraid that I've been caught out in this storm and my horse has run off. I'm not able to return home until the storm ends. Could I please pass some time here?”

The king was a bit skeptical about this maiden's royal claims. How could she be a princess? She looked completely miserable. The water ran down from her hair and not-so-royal clothes into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels.

“How can I be so sure that you're a princess and not an impostor, wanting to steal something from my palace?” asked the king.

“You'll simply have to look in your heart and decide for yourself if I am a real princess or not,” answered the maiden with a soggy smile.

Well, the king wasn't any too certain that this maiden was a princess, but nevertheless he found her charming — and he wasn't, after all, an ogre. The poor girl was soaking wet, so he invited her in to dry off and warm up by one of the huge fireplaces.

Once inside, the king introduced the maiden to the queen and the prince. The prince, being a bit of a skeptic himself, took one look at the maiden and decided she most certainly could not be a princess. After all, she was drenched and bedraggled. No princess he'd ever interviewed during his travels had appeared like this.

The queen was doubtful, too. "We'll soon see if she is a real princess," she said to herself. She told the prince about her plan to test the girl to see if she was telling the truth, showing him a tiny green pea that she was going to use for her test. The prince agreed it was a very good idea.

The queen went to prepare the spare bed for their young visitor. First she took off all the bedding and then she laid a pea at the very bottom. On top of the pea she put twenty mattresses and on top of the mattresses she put twenty feather beds.

The next morning the princess was asked how she had slept.

“Oh, very badly!” she groaned. “I don't want to sound ungrateful, but I have scarcely closed my eyes all night. I tried everything I could think of to fall asleep but I had no luck. Heaven only knows what was in that bed, but I was lying on something incredibly hard and bothersome. Now, I am black and blue all over my body. Oh! It was completely horrible!”

With these words from the princess — for now they knew she was not just a maiden but a true princess — a great cheer went up from the prince, the king, and the queen . “Hip, hip, hooray!” shouted the king. “You are the sensitive princess our son has been looking for these many, many years. Now, you and the prince can marry, and the queen and I can retire to sunnier climates!”

They knew without a doubt that she was a real princess because she had felt the tiny, soft pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty eiderdown comforters. Nobody but a real princess could be as sensitive as that, they all agreed.

So the prince and the princess were married in an incredibly grand celebration. The palace kitchen prepared a huge wedding feast, consisting of many dishes prepared with peas: split-pea soup, creamed peas, stir-fried snow peas, and even sweet pea ice cream.

Source : www.kids-pages.com

Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Short Stories and Picture Series)

Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Goldilocks. She lived at the edge of the forest with her family. One morning, while she was picking flowers, Goldilocks wandered into the forest and lost her way. She was very frightened, but then she saw a friendly little cottage in the distance.

The friendly little cottage belonged to three bears. One was a great big Papa Bear, one was a middle-sized Mama Bear, and one was a tiny little Baby Bear. That morning, the three bears decided to take a walk while their porridge – which tastes like oatmeal – was cooling. It was too hot to eat! Right as they left through the back door, Goldilocks came in through the front door very quietly.

The first thing she saw and smelled was the sweet, steamy porridge. “I sure am hungry,” Goldilocks said. “I’ll just have one bite.”First, she tried a spoonful from Papa Bear’s great big bowl. “OW!” she yelled, “TOO HOT!” Next, she tried a spoonful from Mama Bear’s medium-sized bowl. “Brrrrr! TOO COLD!” she complained. Finally, Goldilocks tried a spoonful from Baby Bear’s tiny little bowl. “YUMMY!” she cried. “THIS IS JUST RIGHT!” Goldilocks ate the entire bowlful.

After running around the forest all day, Goldilocks’ feet were sore. “I need to sit down for a little while to rest my sore feet!” she thought. First, she sat in Papa Bear’s great big armchair. “TOO HARD!” she screamed. Goldilocks stomped to the next chair.Next she sat in Mama Bear’s medium-sized chair. It was so soft that she sunk in! “TOO SOFT!” she complained, as she pulled herself out of the cushions. Finally, she sat in Baby Bear’s tiny little rocking chair. “JUST RIGHT!” She laughed, but the chair soon broke.

With nowhere to sit, Goldilocks climbed up the stairs to find somewhere to sleep. She was still very tired. First, she tried Papa Bear’s great big bed. “TOO HIGH!” she yelled. Then, she tried Mama Bear’s medium-sized bed. “TOO LOW!” she screamed.

Finally, she tried Baby Bear’s tiny little bed. “JUST RIGHT!” she sighed. Then Goldilocks fell asleep and dreamed dreams of flowers and warm cookies.

Just then, the three bears returned home from their walk. They saw spoons in their porridge, and were very surprised. “Who’s been eating my porridge?” asked Papa Bear. “Who’s been eating my porridge?” asked Mama Bear. “Who’s been eating my porridge and eaten it all up?” cried Baby Bear. Then, the three bears saw that their chairs had been used. “Who’s been sitting in my chair?” Papa Bear howled.“Who’s been sitting in my chair?” wondered Mama Bear. “Who’s been sitting in my chair and BROKEN it?” squeaked Baby Bear.

The three Bears ran upstairs to check their bedrooms. “Who’s been sleeping in my bed?” Papa Bear roared. “Who’s been sleeping in my bed?” growled Mama Bear. She was a little angry and a little worried.“Who’s been sleeping in my bed and is STILL HERE?” Baby Bear screamed. He said it so loudly that he woke Goldilocks up.

She was so frightened that she jumped out of bed, then jumped out the window, and raced through the forest until she heard her mother’s voice. Goldilocks was so happy to see her mother that she promised to never wander through the forest alone again.

The next day, though, she realised she did something wrong by trespassing the bears’ house and using their stuff without permission, so she felt sorry and went back to apologize to them. She knocked at the door politely this time, and Mama Bear appeared before her right away: “Hello", Goldilocks said frightened, "I am very sorry about yesterday, what I did was wrong. I ran away because I was scared.”
“It’s, ok, dear, don’t worry, come inside to meet the rest of the family.” Mama Bear told the other two bears about Goldilock’s apology and they were glad to have her company. They became very good friends from then on and Goldilocks kept visiting them as often as she could.

Source : www.kids-pages.com

Animasi Keren untuk Blog

Untuk mempercantik tampilan halaman blogmu , kamu bisa menambahkan animasi-animasi keren yang tentunya akan membuat blogmu lebih menarik.

Berikut animasi-animasi yang bisa kamu gunakan untuk mempercantik tampilan blogmu :)

 

1.) Blowing Leaves

2.) Falling Leaves

3.) Bird Swinging

4.) Firework

5.) Birthday Cupcake

Descriptive text about Hillary Clinton

Pada kesempatan kali ini aku akan memberikan contoh descriptive text about Hillary Clinton. Udah pada tau kan siapa itu Hillary Clinton? Kalau belum yuk disimak ...

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Rodham Clinton is one of the most famous women in the world. She is an American politician and serves as Senator for New York. She was a candidate in 2008 for the Democratic nomination to run for the Presidency. Hillary is married to Bill Clinton and was the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001. She has encouraged women worldwide to achieve their goals.

Hillary Rodham was born in Chicago in 1947. She was a highly popular and active girl at school. She loved sports and the Girl Scouts. At high school, she was involved in the student council and the school newspaper. After graduating with a degree in political science, she went onto Yale Law School. There she met and began dating Bill Clinton.

Hillary and Bill married in 1975. She joined a top law firm and slowly established herself as one of America’s top lawyers. She focused on children’s law. When Bill became Arkansas governor, Hillary went to work on reforming the state’s education. She was Arkansas Woman of the Year in 1983 and Arkansas Mother of the Year in 1984.

Hillary Rodham Clinton entered the White House as First Lady in 2003. She spent eight extremely active years there, especially with health care and women’s issues. She became a US Senator in 2001. Clinton made history with her presidential campaign of 2008. Many believe she will one day become America’s first female president.

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Contoh speaking dialogue about describing people

Hai friends, kali ini aku akan men-share contoh-contoh speaking dialogue about describing people.
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Dialogue 1

A - My brother and I are totally different.

B -  Really?  How are you different?

A - My brother is tall, and I am short.  He has blonde hair, and I have black hair.  Our personalities are different too.  He is funny, and I am serious.

B - Wow!  That is different!  My sister and I are different too.

A - How?

B - My sister is an aerobics teacher.  She is thin and strong, and I am weak and a little overweight.  Also, her hair is curly, and my hair is straight.  My sister and I are different, but we're good friends.

Dialogue 2

A - Mr. Green?

B -  Yes, officer?

A - Officer Hernandez tells me that you are a witness to a robbery.  

B - Yes.  At the ValueMart grocery store.

A - Can you tell me about the robber?

B - Yes. He's tall and thin.  He has short, black hair.

A - OK. Is his hair straight or curly?

B - It's sort of wavy.  

A - OK.  Does he have a mustache or beard?

B - No.

A - What about glasses?

B - No.  

A - What about his age?  Approximately how old is he?

B - I'm not sure.  Maybe in his late twenties.

A - Ok.  I'll give this information to the police artist to make the wanted poster.

Dialogue 3

1.      My friend Rich is coming to town next week. Have you ever met my him?

2.     No, I haven't.

1.      He's kind of crazy, but a great guy.

2.     Yeah, why do you say so? What's he like?

1.      He's really hard working, but very much a loner. He's pretty talented and can do just about anything.

2.     Sounds interesting. Is he married?

1.      No, he isn't.

2.     What does he look like? Maybe my friend Alice would be interested in meeting him.

1.      He's tall, slim and quite good looking. I'm sure your friend would find him attractive. What's she like?

2.     She's outgoing and very athletic.

1.      Really? What sports does she like playing?

2.     She's a great tennis player and also goes bicycling a lot.

1.      What does she look like?

2.     She's kind of exotic looking. She's got long dark hair and piercing black eyes. People think she is rather beautiful.

1.      Do you think she would like to meet Rich?

2.     Sure! Why don't we hook them up?

1.      Great idea!