Moral : Bersusahpayahlah sekarang dan kamu akan menikmatinya esok.
Cerita 3
The Hungry Mouse
A mouse was having a very thought time. She had no food for many days and made strenuous efforts get her food. All her efforts went in vain. She looked everywhere to find her food. As the days pass by, she became very thin.
One day, the mouse found a basket with corns. She also noticed a tiny hole in the basket, which was sufficient enough to move her in. She easily moved inside the hole.
Since she had no foods for many days, she ate a large amount of corn. Without realizing her, she continuously ate more and more corns. She realized very later that she ate a lot more than she actually required. After eating a whole lot of corn, she became very fat!
Satisfied with corns, the fat mouse tried to come out of the basket through the small hole. Unfortunately, the tiny hole could not accommodate the big mouse!!!!
The mouse started screaming ‘Oh god! Let me come out, how can I come out?’
A rat after hearing mouse’s screaming voice from the basket, asked her what happened!
Mouse told the story and asked rat a solution.
Rat told, ‘if you want to come out the basket, wait for sometime or even days to lose your all your fat until you grow thin.’
Mouse started to starve now but with lots of food to come out of the trap!
Anything too much is good for nothing!
Bahasa Indonesia
Tikus yang lapar
Tikus sedang sangat berfikir. Dia tidak punya makanan selama beberapa hari dan melakukan upaya yang berat mendapatkan makanan nya. Semua upaya pergi sia-sia. Dia tampak di mana-mana untuk menemukan makanan. Seperti hari-hari berlalu, ia menjadi sangat tipis.
Suatu hari, tikus menemukan sebuah keranjang dengan jagung. Ia juga melihat lubang kecil di keranjang, yang cukup untuk bergerak dia dalam. Dia dengan mudah bergerak di dalam lubang.
Karena ia tidak makanan selama beberapa hari, dia makan sejumlah besar jagung. Tanpa menyadari , dia terus makan jagung lebih dan lebih. Dia kemudian menyadari bahwa dia makan lebih banyak daripada yang dia diperlukan. Setelah makan seluruh jagung, ia menjadi sangat gemuk!
Puas dengan jagung, tikus mencoba untuk keluar dari keranjang melalui lubang kecil. Sayangnya, lubang kecil tidak bisa mengakomodasi tikus besar!
tikus mulai berteriak ‘ Oh Tuhan! Biarkan aku keluar, bagaimana saya bisa datang?’
Tikus mendengar suara tikus lain berteriak dari keranjang, bertanya apa yang terjadi!
tikus menceritakan kisahnya dan meminta solusi tikus lainya.
Tikus mengatakan, ‘jika kamu ingin keluar keranjang, tunggulah sampai lemak mu habis dan kamu kurus.
tikus mulai kelaparan dengan perangkap banyak makanan sekarang..
Cerita 4
The Greedy Man
Once upon a time in Riau, lived a pair of husband and wife. They were very poor. The wife was very diligent, while the husband was very lazy. He just slept and slept everyday. He did not want to help his wife to earn a living. The wife was helpless, she often prayed to God to help her husband.
One night the husband had a dream. In his dream, an old man came to him. He told the husband to take his sampan and went to river. "Go to the middle of the river and wait until a rope appears from the river. Take the rope slowly, and then you will find a golden chain. You can cut and take it, but don't take the chain too long," said the old man. The husband then woke up from his dream.
In the next day, the husband took his sampan and went to river. He wanted to do the old man's advice as said in his dream last night. "Where are you going?" asked the wife. She was so surprised to see her husband was busy preparing the sampan. "I want to go fishing, Honey. See you later!" the husband didn’t want to tell his wife about his dream. He knew his wife would think he was crazy by following up a dream.
After the husband arrived in the river, he rowed his sampan until he reached the middle of the river. He then looked around the water surface very carefully. Suddenly a rope appeared from the river. "The old man was right!" said the husband to himself. He then slowly pulled the rope and at the end of the rope he saw a golden chain! The chain was sparkling and glowing. It was made from pure gold. "Wow! It’s really made of gold. I’m rich. I’m rich," the husband said happily. He kept pulling the chain. He forgot the old man's advice to take only short chain because it was enough for him. The poor man became greedy. He wanted to take the golden chain as long as possible.
While he was busy pulling out the golden chain, a bird came to him. It talked, "Remember the old man's advice. Take only a short golden chain." But the poor man ignored the bird and kept on pulling out the chain. Slow but sure, his sampan was full of the golden chain. It was so full that finally the sampan could not hold the weight any more. The sampan started to drown. The golden chain was sinking and went to the bottom of the river creating a big wave in the river. The wave almost swallowed the poor man. He was so panicked. He swam as fast as possible to the river side.
When he arrived on the river side, he felt sorry to himself. He blamed himself for being a greedy man. But it was already too late. But then he realized that it was a lesson for him to work hard if he wanted to earn money.
Bahasa Indonesia
Pria Yang Serakah
Sekali waktu di Riau, hidup sepasang suami istri. Mereka sangat miskin. Istri itu sangat rajin, sementara suami yang sangat malas. Dia hanya tidur dan tidur sehari-hari. Dia tidak ingin membantu istrinya untuk mencari nafkah. Istri tak berdaya, dia sering berdoa kepada Tuhan untuk membantu suaminya.
Suatu malam suami bermimpi. Dalam mimpinya, seorang tua datang kepadanya. Dia mengatakan kepada suami untuk mengambil sampan dan pergi ke sungai. "Pergi ke tengah sungai dan tunggu sampai tali muncul dari sungai. Ambil tali perlahan, dan kemudian Anda akan menemukan rantai emas. Anda dapat memotong dan menerimanya, tapi tidak mengambil rantai terlalu lama," kata orang tua. Suami kemudian terbangun dari mimpinya.
Pada hari berikutnya, sang suami mengambil sampan dan pergi ke sungai. Dia ingin melakukan saran orang tua itu seperti dikatakan dalam mimpinya semalam. "Kemana kamu pergi?" tanya istri. Dia begitu terkejut melihat suaminya sedang sibuk mempersiapkan sampan tersebut. "Saya ingin pergi memancing, Honey. Lihat nanti!" suami tidak ingin memberitahu istrinya tentang mimpinya. Dia tahu istrinya akan berpikir dia gila dengan mengikuti mimpi.
Setelah suami tiba di sungai, ia mendayung sampan sampai ia sampai di tengah sungai. Dia kemudian melihat sekeliling permukaan air yang sangat hati-hati. Tiba-tiba tali muncul dari sungai. "Orang tua itu benar!" kata suami pada dirinya sendiri. Dia kemudian perlahan-lahan menarik tali dan pada akhir tali ia melihat rantai emas! rantai berkilau dan bercahaya. Itu dibuat dari emas murni. "Wow! Ini benar-benar terbuat dari emas. Aku kaya. Aku kaya," kata suami gembira. Dia terus menarik rantai. Dia lupa saran orang tua itu untuk mengambil rantai hanya singkat karena itu cukup baginya. Orang miskin menjadi serakah. Dia ingin mengambil rantai emas selama mungkin.
Sementara ia sibuk menarik keluar rantai emas, burung datang kepadanya. Ini berbicara, "Ingat saran orang tua itu. Hanya mengambil rantai emas pendek." Tapi orang miskin diabaikan burung dan terus menarik keluar rantai. Lambat tapi pasti, sampan penuh rantai emas. Itu begitu penuh yang akhirnya sampan tidak bisa menahan berat lagi. sampan mulai tenggelam. Rantai emas itu tenggelam dan pergi ke dasar sungai menciptakan gelombang besar di sungai. gelombang hampir menelan orang miskin. Ia begitu panik. Ia berenang secepat mungkin ke sisi sungai.
Ketika ia tiba di sisi sungai, ia merasa menyesal sendiri. Dia menyalahkan dirinya sendiri untuk menjadi orang yang tamak. Tapi itu sudah terlambat. Tapi kemudian ia menyadari bahwa itu adalah pelajaran baginya untuk bekerja keras jika ia ingin mendapatkan uang.