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The Candidate Campaign 021164 @ Kanisius 1998

PENERBIT KANISIUS (Anggota IKAPI) Jl. Cempaka 9, Deresan, Yogyakata5528l Kotak Pos tt25/Ylq Yogyakarta 55011 Telepon (0274) 588783, 565996,Fax (0274) 563349 lfebsite : www.kanisiusmedia.com E-mail : office@kanisiusmedia.com

Cetakanke-

Tahun

Ilustrasi oleh Yulius Sutyono

ISBN 979.{97â&#x201A;Ź31{ rsBN 979497â&#x201A;Ź35-3

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Introduction eading is a good way

of getting knowledge. It should

be introduced in

it becomes a habit in people's lifestyle. To encourage child,ren 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 ovrn fantasies, to open their mind to knowledge and different views, and to have in their soul good moral values early childhood, hence

that are always enriching every story.

hatday was a busy day for the whole jungle. They bndh nee-ded aleader. A leader was someone who. cotid protect the animals and someone who they;Cou$ tatL

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they were in lrouble.

The most important requiremenl to become a leader is t[ai'he or she'should be '

smartandstrong. smartand The'smartness smartness would be used to find solutions to the problems that strong. The

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The strength would'be used to'sAue the animqls from -

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danger.

he way the animals

elected

their leader was by acclamation and deliberation.

that netbod did not work well, the inbabitants would nte.By voting, the inhabitants

were free to choose the candidate as they wanted to.

There u/as not any pressure from the others. Abstaining and, bibety were not allo,wed. If someone broke the ruh, the election would be repeated again and again.

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hat rule was @ptiedin the preuiouselection. The elected leader from that election was Mr. Dinosaur. Urfortunatefi, he got a serious illness and had ,to retire soon. So, the animals had to elect

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first thirg to do was holding a census to find out the number of the ^e aoters if the voting method was used. There were 1.753 voters. There were five candidates for leader, namely Mr. Gragon, Mr. Elephant, Mr. Eagle, Mr. Lion and Mr. Shark. The contestantshad

to give a speecb in order to attract the voters sympathy. was a kind

campaign.

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took

the

firstturn.

Listen to his speech! "Ladies and gentlemen, I have

lots of

weapons

save you all

from danger. Myfangs are-very sharp. Mypowerful tail can

the enemies. My

claws

kill

are strong

enough to grab them. Moreover, you can hide in my large cave whenever the

enemies come".

Listering to the Dragon's campatgq Mrs. Hen murmured. "Anybody, his cave is not big enough

the Buffalo's

he second contestant was

Mr. Elephant. He started his speech.

"My beloved people, don't you know that

strong enough to hft a fallen big

All our eriemies are afratd of my

tree.

strength.I never do harmful things to others. The

most important thing is that I

anlmals'

I never eat

Suddenly, thete was a loud voice.

"But you stepped on my child," Mr. Ant shouted angrily.

r. Eagle's turn came. He gave a short speech.

always the first to know when ^m our enemies are coming because I always inspect

this area from the air. I have bright eyes and a strong beak". Mrs. Hen sreamed ag rn for the second time.

"But you have taken

away

my children"

She started crying. Mr. Roaster came to comforther.

After

the situation become calm again, Mr. rp t Turtle stepped forward. "MY beloved comrades.

Mr. Shark

cannot be here. It is because he is

hard to breathe except rn the water.

Therefore, he us a letter".

sent

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After

givin g a briefexplanation, Mr. Turtle started reading the letter.

"My I will

I cannot attend this camp aign. Howeuer, tell you why I would be a good leader. First, my teeth are as sharp as those of a saw. Second, I have very big, strong body and have inredible dear comrades.

am very sorry because

^ swimming abili4t. No enemies will be missed by

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eyes

they come into the water. Sincerely yours, Mr. Shark."

That is all Mr. Shark wanted to say. He sent you his warm love," explained Mr. Turtle. =

Suddenly, Mr. Deer asked a rethoical question.

$,"Cun he anticipate the enemy's arriualfrom

the

course, nobody answered his questions! i:l

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ime passed. Then it was

time forMr. Lion to give

his speech.

cafl run 80 kilometers

per hour although my weight is eighty five kilograms.I can swim and climb mountains to catch and

kill our

enemies.

have very strong paws and

very sharp fangs," Mr. Lion tried to conuince the animals.

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the campaign, the jungle inhabitants had a discussion to determine who would become their leader. l]nfortunately, they failed to reach an acclamation.

Therefore, voting was the only

solution to the problem.

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animal was given a piece

of paper with pictures

of the candidates. Then, they had to choose the best one, according to theit own opinion. They

put the paper into the prouidedbox.

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fter being Mr. Dragon

coanted,

the result was as follows:

: 407 :

Mr. Elephant: 358 Mr. Eagle : 295 Mr. Mr.

Shark : 233

Lion :

461

From the result above, Mr. Lion was elected as the leader of the jungle inhabitants. Mr. Dragon was promoted as the Commander of the l-^and Arm1l Mr. Eagle became the Commander of the Air Force. Mr. Shark was the Commander af the Naryt. Mr. Elephant was the Minisnr of Animal Power. Mr. Turtle became the Jungle Secretary. To celebrate the new leader and his staff the inhabitants held a big party. They were all huppy.

ability (")

kemampuan

Komandan Angkatan trJdan

abstain, -ing (v)

= tidak memilih according to @rep) = menurut anticipate (") - mengetahui lebih

Commander

attend (") arnvil, (")

(")

diterapkan

kedatangan

suap

Commander

the

Air Force (")

teman

menghitung

fang (n) = taring grab (") - nrenangkap

hide (v) = bersembunyi however (adv) = meskipun demikian inhabitant (n) = penghuni

menghibur

mengangkat

cakar

comrade (")

(") - bahaya deliberation (n) = pertimbangan elect, elected (") - memilih,

(") - kampanye candidate (") - calon candidates (n) = para calan catch (") - menangkap comfort (")

danger

campaign

Commander

count, counted (")

brief (udj) = singkat

claw (n)

contestant (tt) = calon convince (") - meyakinkan

menghadiri

(")

the Navy (n) = Komandan Angkatan Laut

badly (rd") = sangat beak (") - paruh

bribery (")

the Land Army

Komandan Angkatan Da:ult

dahulu apply, applied

inspect (")

mengawasi

Jungle Secretary

(t) = Sekretaris

Hutan

lift (v) = mengangkat Minister of Animal Power (") Menteri Tenaga Kerja Hewan

(") - lolos occur, occured (") - terjadi miss, missed

paw (n)

(") - tekanan previous ("di) = sebelumnya protect (") - melindungi provide, provided (") - tersedia

mencapai

requirement (n)

saw (n)

gergaii

scream, screamed sendn sent (v)

syar

rethorical ("di) = retoris

(")

berteriak

= mengtrimkan

smart ("di) = pandai speech (") - pidato step, stepped

cakar

pressure

reach (")

rule (n) = aturan save (v) = menyelamatkan

strength (")

on (n) = mengtniak kekuatan

turn (n) = giliran unfortunately ("d") =

sayangnya

vote (v) = memberikan suara voter (") - pemilih weapon (")

senjata

whenever ("d") = kapan saia

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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 2. Mr. lnvoice 3. Broken Friendship 4. Bat's Deed 5. A New House 6. Bad Habit 7. Be Yourself 8. The Candidate Campaign

9. The Smartest

10. Kikky Koala 11. Trouble

Makers

12. Flow the Tiger Got lts Stripes 13. Missing Eggs 14. Belief in Friendship 15. Stairway to Heaven 16. Mr. Stork's Big Scheme

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021164

rsBN 979497-831-0 tsBN 979-497-835-3

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