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Tahun

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Ilustrasi oleh Yulius Suryono

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Introduction eading is a good way of getting knowledge. It should be introduced in early childhood, hence it becomes a habit in people's lifestyle. To encourage children to love reading, we provide interesting stories in a fable series. We believe that animal kingdom stories have their own attractiveness to amuse children with fantastic stories. Thus, children are also encouraged to build their

own fantasies, to open their mind to knowledge and different views, and to have in their soul good moral values that are always enriching every story.

Mrs. Pigeon flapped her wings. She perched on a branch. Later, she moved to perch on other branches. She looked very nervous andrestless. Her behaviour attracted Mr. Chameleon's attention. "Dear Mrs. Pigeono whatos up? You are so restless. You must be very tired of flying from one branch to another. Do you have something in yourmind?"

Mrs. Pigeon did not answer him. "Where is my other eoo? "f,6'

Could it be someone has stolen

it," she saad irritatedly.

"Are you sure that is your nest?" asked Mr. Chameleon.

'oof course, it is.

I have laid my

two eggs here. Now, one of them lost," she murmured.

"Be cool, Mrs. Pigeon. I am going to walk down to search for it. Who knows, tt maybe it is on Mr. Chameleon suggested. Patiently and carefully Mr. Chameleon was searching for the missing egg. But

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he found nothing.

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hatched, has it?" enquired Mr.

"No way, Mr. Chameleon. That's impossible because my baby would need my help to hatch out of its egg. Furthermore, if my egg has hatched, my baby cannot fly yet. If my baby could fly, it would come back to thank me," argued Mrs. Pigeon.

I'My goodness. Whose feather is this?" asked Mr. Chameleon suddenly. He found feather on Mrs. Pigeon's nest.

"It must be the Crow's. Damn Your egg must be taken by the ," exclaimed Mr. Chameleon.

She could not lay anymore eggs in this season. She was able to lay eggs just twice. Next to her was Mr. Chameleon. He felt bad because he could do trothing. Suddenly, they heard Mrs. I Turtledove's crying. "Where is my egg? I lost my.egg. Help me. Is somebody there? Help me. My egg is gone." Both Mrs. Pigeon and Mr. Chameleo n hurrie dly ran towards her.

"Where is your nest, Mrs. Turtledove?" asked Mrs. Pigeon. "Over there. At the top of a Causarina tree. Let's go. I'll show you," urged Mrs. Turtledove. Both the birds were flying

towards the tree, while Mr. Chameleon was leaping from one branch to another. Having arrived 1-

at Mrs. Turtledove's nest, the three of them were st.artled. They saw a feather beside the eoo

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"Damn Crow. How mean she is. Why didn't she eat me as well?" said Mr. Chameleon angrily. While Mrs. Pigeon and Mrs. Turtledove seemed disappointed.With a soft voice, Mrs. Turtledove said. "Let it be, dear friends." n#d* "No way!" shouted Mr. Chameleon.

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"What can we do now? Should we go to the Crow's nest? We i,,', don't dare. Will we fight against her? That's impossible. She is too strong for us," sighed Mrs. Pigeon. ,.'r-ii-, "lf's not you who should go there. It's too dangerous for you. I will go". Creeping on the trees, Mr. Chameleon went to the

Crow's nest.

The birds waited on the Causarina tree for his return.

"Bad Crow. Give the eggs back to the birds. Otherwise, I will bite you. Do you hear me?" shouted Mr. Chameleon. The sleepy Crow was startled. With a hoarse voice she yelled,

"Chameleon, you're impolite. Why didn't you knock at my door first? Moreover, whose eggs did I take? You have accused me without any

proof." 'oYou

took Mrs. Pigeon and Mrs.

Turtledove's eggso didn't you?" asked Mr. Chameleon. o'Do you have any witnesse.t?" asked

Mrs. Crow. "None. But I found your feathers in the birds'nests. Isn't that enough proof?" demandedMr. Chameleon. "Proof? Ha...ha...ha.... You're a fool. Look down. Don't you see my feathers scattered on the ground? Who knows someone taken some and put them in nests. In addition, I would

never leave my own eggs. I am hatching. Also, I don't know where their nests are,' argued Mrs. Crow. Realizing that this was anacceptable explanation, Mr. Chameleon said nothing. His mind questioned so much. "Who took the birds'eggs?" Time passed. The

case of the missing eggs was forgotten.' Hatching for the birds came. All of the birds stayed in their nests. They spent their time hatching their eggs. Mr. Chameleon

who did not hatch any eggs feltlonely. To drive away hi boredom, he

most of his time visiting his friends, Mrs. Pigeon and Mrs. Turtledove.

"How

Mrs. Pigeon? Has your egg hatched?" asked Mr. Chameleon

cr6iously.

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hasn't hatched yet. Maybe it will hatch in four days," answered

MrsiPi To make the situation happier, Mr.

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Chameleon told her funny stories. They

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I'i..,, 'i shared their experiences. The next day, Mr. Chameleon :i. ,',,, visited Mrs. Turtledove. iti::j:! .rriil

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hed?" asked Mr. frffiameleon curiously.

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tntched yet. Maybe it . Will hatch in... I'm not 'sure. More or less in ven days, I suppose," answered Mrs. Turtledove contentedly.

The two close friends shared their happiness as well. Mr. Chameleon also told Mrs. Turtledove funny stories. They enjoyed being together. In fact, Mr. Chameleon's main activity was conversing with the birds. One day, Mrs. Pigeon cheerfully shouted, "Look at my baby! I have one... I have one!" "Wow. It's cute!I have one more friend, don't I?" said Mr. Chameleon gladlY. "Yes, you do have a new friend. Oh Mr. Chameleon, you come to me in mY

sadness and happiness. You're' my true friend. Come to mY nest anytime whenever you're alone and lonely. You maY PlaY

with my child. I rhink,

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!v"w happy to . ffiave a friend {w--'-:.

like you," assured Mrs. Pigeon.

"Thank you. But I think, being there is what a friend for. I have to go to Mrs. Turtledove to tell her the wonderful news." "All right, Mr. Chameleon. Give my regards to her, " said Mrs. Pigeon. Hurriedly Mr. Chameleon ran ',i.,r:,ji, towards Mrs. Turtledove's nest. l't.u' ' while leaping from one branch to another one, he composed a poem. Take away your sorrow A baby was born in the Pigeon's nest Why don't you come and see now? Don't go to the east, north or south but west. The baby's face is soinnocent.

Due to its presence I will give it a present To welcome its importance

"Hi Mrs. Turtledove. I have good news. Listen, Mrs. Pigeon about yours," questioned Mr. Chameleon. "Look Mr. Chameleon. I have a pretty baby

too."

"Mi goodness !

Congratulations. lucky you are to have a nice baby. How am to have two new little friends now," Mr. Chameleon.

The two friends were laughing haP However, aftet a f,ew moments, Mr. stopped laughing. He looked surprised. notic e d something strange about Mrs. baby. It was bigger than a usunl baby.

"It's a Pigeon, isn't it? But how come? I remember now.' You took one of Mrs. Pigeon's eggs, didn't you?" gasped Mr. Chameleon.

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Mrs. Turtledove nodded. She looked sad. Regretfully she said. "Right. Mr. Chameleon. I took one of Mrs. Pigeon's eggs. It was because my two eggs fell out of my nest and broke. I am so sotry. I really wanted to look after ababy. I'll give this baby back to Mrs. Pigeon as soon as it can fly. I promise to let it go someday." On learning that one of her eggs had hatched in Mrs. Turtledove's nest. Mrs. Pigeon was not angry at all. She even thanked Mrs. Turtledove for her willingness to hatch her egg. ince then Mrs. Pigeon, Mrs. , and Mr. Chameleon even closer friends.

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accePtable (ajd) = dapat diterima

accuse, accused (v) = menuduh argue, argued (v) = menyanggah assure' assured (v) = meyakinkan attract, attracted (v) = menarik boredom (n) = kejenuhan causarina tree (n) = Pohon cemara congratulation (n) - ucapan selamat contented (adj) = Puas contentedly (adv) = dengan Puas converse, -ing (adj) = mengobrol converse, conversed (v) = mengobrol curious (adj) = ingin tahu curiously (adv) = dengan ingin tahu cute (adj) = mungil, manis demand' demanded (v) = meminta disappoint, disappointed (v) = mengecewakan disappointed (adj) = kecewa enquire, enquired (v) = menanyakan exclaim, exclaimed (v) = berseru

fall, fell, fallen (v) = jatuh flap, flapped (v) = mengepak-ePakkan furthermore (adv) = lagiPula gasp, gasped (v) = berbicara terengah-engah hatch, hatched (v) = menetas hoarse (adj) = Parau

hunied (adj) = cePat-cePat huniedly (adv) = dengan cepat-cepat hurry (n) = tergesa-gesa hurry, hurried (v) = bergegas impolite (adj) = tidak soPan importance (n) = kepentingan, pentingnya innocent (adj) = tidak bersalah irritate, irritated (v) = mengganggu

initatedly (adj) = dengan marah leap, -ing (v) = melompat

lonely (adj) = ssti maybe (adv) = mungkin munnur, murmured (v) = berbisik, menggerutu nervous (adj) = cemas, gugup nice (v) = baik nicely (adv) = dengan baik notice, noticed (v) = mengetahui otherwise (conj) = kalau tidak patient (adj) = sabar patiently (adv) = dengan sabar perch, perched (v) = bPrtengger presence (n) = kehadiran

promise, promised (v) = berjanji

proof (n) = bukti regard (n) = salam restless (adj) = gelisah

scatter, scattered (v) = bertebaran search, searched (v) = mencari, memeriksa .season (n) = musim share, shared (v) = berbagi, membagikan sigh, sighed (v) = mengeluh solrow (n) = kesedihan spend, spent (v) = menghabiskan startle, startled (v) = mengejutkan startted (adj) = terkejut upset (adj) = kaget, bingung usual (adj) = biasa willingness (n) = kemauan witness (n) = saksi witness, witnessed (v) = bersaksi

wonderful (adj) = sangat bagus

f is 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 amusing way, illustrated with beautiful pictures and enriched with moral values. Have you had the complete stories of fables series?

1. False

Beauty Mr. lnvoice

2. 3. Broken Friendship 4. Bat's Deed

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12. 13. 5. A New House 14. 6. Bad Habit 15. 7 . Be Yourself 8. The Candidate Campaign 16.

The Smartest Kikky Koala Trouble Makers How the Tiger Got lts Stripes Missing Eggs Belief in Friendship Stainvay to Heaven Mr. Stork's Big Scheme

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