Bat's deed by English Gain

Y. Mei Setiyanta

Bat's Deed @ PENERBIT KANISIUS

Bat's Deed 021,1,60

IGnisius 1998

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Cetakanke-

Tahun

Ilustrasi oleh Yulius Suryono

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Introduction knowledge. It should be introduced rn early childhood, hence it becomes a habit in people's lifesryle. To encourage children to love reading, we provide interesting stories in a fable series. \)7e believe that antmal kingdom stories have their own attr^cttveness to amuse chiJdren with fantastic stories. Thus, children are also encouraged to build their owrl fantasies, to open their mind to knowledge and different views, and to have in their soul good moral values that arc always enriching every story. eading is a good wzy

of getting

altnga v/as a very beauaful forest. Any kind of tree could grow well without being afratd of lackingwarer. All animals could breed well because there was a lot of food auailable. The animals and trees ltved peacefw/fu.

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The sky was very cloudy for manydays long. Once in a while, Mr. Thunder flashed ligbtning. Certainly, the lightning frightened all of the animals. FIe was the animal's old eneml.If he was angry, there v/as not any antmal who couldfuo him. Even, the strong barytan tree had been struck and fe1l over by his Iightning.

te day, a misfortwne

happened.

Filled with worries and tears, all. of the animals held a meeting. They tried to find a solution to this frightening situation. They looked for a solution if Mr. Thunder showed his anger again. Mr. Crocodile steppedfonaard and gave them his opinion. "My be/oued comrades. We are tn very terrib/e situation now. I don't dare to face ^ Mr. Thunder by myself. Anyway, I have a suggestion. \We have to hide in the water when Mr. Thunder comes. What do you think?" Mr, Turtle who stood near hirri shouted. "I agree with you, Mr. Crocodile!" \We are going to follow ''Yes. your words," added Mrs. Fish. There were some other animals, such as Mr. Turtle and Mr. S

nake who

agreed wit,h Mr. Crocodile's suggestion.

"Great, Mr. Crocodile! You have such a geat idea," said Mr. Turde enthwsiaticalfi. "I don't think so!" Mr. Horse interupted.

All of the animals looked

at him;

"Sflhat about me and other animals, like Mr. Co-, Mr. Tiger, Mr. Lion and Mr. Rabbit? - Nfle cannot breatbe in the water!" "I don't agtee either, Mr. Crocodile! I cannot stal ln the water for a long time," Mr. Cat, the

oldest ansmal in IQlinga, added. The sky was getting darker.

Mr. Thunder flashed hts lightning again. More and more often he did it.

However, the animals had flot yet come to a conclusion. There were many pros and cons from each parfl. As a result, they were very tired and felt hopeless. The day was f{etting darker and darker.

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Mr. Bat, who just woke ap,heard the noiy crowd. He was very surprised and confused. He kept asking. "\(/hat is happening? \X/hat is happening?" He was still very skry. Lazt|y, he approached the crowd. "Look! Mr. Bat is coming. How lazy he is! In addition, he does not c^re about the iungle situation," shouted Mr. Crocodile. "Mr. Bat, you d?d ,tot7, in us.\flhy? Don't you know that all,of the animals are very sad today? Look at the sky! Don't you see that the sky is getting , darker? It is a signalfor us that uddenfi,

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Having heard Mr. Crocodile's ange4 Mr. Bat was shocked and began to tremble. "Oh, my God! I am really sorry for not being here with all of you. Frankly speaking, I did not know t Mr. Thunder will destroy us.

How could I know that the sky could was getting darket?

sleep ail, day long.

night,

I look for food

and play with my chil,d ,en, I cannot see the

f! Don't you know?" "We fw$t understand f1lrrilry," you, Mr. Bat! It is not good bkmingothers. The only thitg we need is a solution to ov dfficwlt problerr'," the wise Mr. MonkeY interrupted.

uddenly, it rained heauilyt. All of the animals were very panicky. They everywhere. They did not know where they should go to saae themselves. r^rt to Suddenly, there'was a loud vorce. "My comrades, don't get panicky! Follorv me!" Mr. Bat shouted. ,- ,:' ,,. , ,. ,t'=ulr.;;iri'r,,ir1 Mr.Batflew. He was followed by zrll of the animals. They hetped eachother. Mr. Horse carnedMr. Ant on his back. Mr. Lion canted Mrs. Snail. Mr. Frog s-\il/ang on Mr. Monkey's neck. In the difficult situation, they kept helping each other

Soon, they arrived at a big

caue.

Quickly, Mr. Bat ordered all of the ani' mals to go into the cave.

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At the same time, Mr. Thunder was uenting his anger. Almost all big trees fell clown. He made everythingtfl a mess. Fortunatelly, all of the animals had entered the cave. They were safe. I{rndly, Mr. Bat's

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They ran out of the cave. They'\r/ere singing and dancing to coutse, they thanked Mr. Bat's famtly whole heartedfi.

celebrate

their safety.

interupt, interupted (v)

join (v) : bergabung

menyela

signal (n)

: kekurangan lightning (tt) : kilat look for (v) : mencari (v):

stay (v)

mengurus,

memelihara loud (adj)

noisy (adj)

ketidakmujuran

ramai

once in a while (adv)

menampakkan

tarrrda

mengantuk

tinggal stepf stepped (v) : melangkah strick, struck (v) : tersambar suddenly (adv) : tiba-tiba take place, took place, taken place (rr)

keras

misfortune (n)

sleepy (adj)

lacking (adj)

look after, looked after

show, showed (rr)

sekali waktu

terjadi, berlangsung terrible (adj) : mengerikan tremble (v) vent (r)

gemetar

pihak peacefully (adv) : dengan damai pollination (n) : proses menyebarkan tepung sari pros (n) : memihak, setuju

wise (adj) : bijaksana without (ptep) : tanpa

safe (n)

wake, woke, waken (v)

party (n)

: aman save (v) : menyelamatkan shine, shone (r) : bersinar

melepaskan

whole heartedly (adv): dengan sepenuh

hati

worry (r)

kecemasan

bangun

(in) comfott (") dengan gembira (in) retur" (t) imbalannya interupt, interupted (") menlela ioin (v) bergabung lacking ("dj) kekurangan lightning (+) kilat look for (v) ffr€rlCxri look after,looked after (t) mengunrs, memelihara

: : :

loud ("dil : keras misfortune (n) : ketidakmujuran noisy ("dj) : ramai once in a while (adv) : sekali waktu party (t) : pihak peacefully (adv)

dengan damai

pollination (n) : pros€s

menyebarkan tepung sari Pros (tt) memihak, setuiu

: safe (n) : xlrzr save (v) : rrl€flI€lamatkan

shine, shone (t) bersinar show, showed (rr) menamPakkan anda signal (t) sleepy ("dj) mengantuk

stay (v) tinggal step, stePPed (t)

: melangkah strick, struck (t) : tersambar suddenly ("d") : tiba-tiba take place, took place, taken Place (t) terjadi, berlangsung terrible ("di) mengerikan

tremble (t) : gemetar vent (t) : melePaskan whole heartedly (td") : dengan sepenuh hati wise ("di) : bijaksana

without (pt.p)

tainPa

wake, woke, waken

worry (tt) :

(t)

kecemasan

bangun

tn,, book is one of the sixteen stories from fable series presented

for children who learn English in the beginner to intermediate level. Each stories is delivered in an amuslng way, illustrated with beautiful pictures and enriched with moral values. Have you had the complete stories of fables .

series?

1. False Beauty

2. Mr. lnvoice 3. Broken Friendship 4. Bat's Deed 5. A New House

6. Bad Habit 7

. Be Yourself

B. The Candidate Campaign tsBN 979-497-826-4 tsBN 979-497-830-2 lllllllllllllllllll|llllllllllllllllllll

9. The Smartest

10. Kikky Koala 11

12. 13. 14. 15, 16,

Trouble Makers How the Tiger Got lts Stripes Missing Eggs Belief in Friendship Stainruay to Heaven Mr. Stork's Big Scheme