NAME : DINAMANI D/O NAGALINGAM IC NO : 810708 - 02 - 6228
UNIT : 4 PT/PSV/KH (KDPM- KDC JAN 2007)
LECTURER: MISS GOH MENG HONG
CONTENT PAGE
1. The Bee And The Dove 3-4
2. The town mouse and the country
mouse 5-6
3. The Elephant And The Cat 7-8
4. The Rich Man And The Shoemaker 9-10
5. The Proud Monkey 11-12
6. Magic Ring And The Bald Hen 13-14 7. King Tricked By A Sparrow 15-16
8. The Wooden Barrel 17-18
9. The Naughty Little Rooster 19-20
10. The Hare And The 21-22
11. Reflect Of This Project 23
13. Appendix 24
THE BEE AND THE DOVE
A hardworking little bee lives in a hive near a stream. He is always busy looking for nectar among the flowers to make honey. There is a dove living in a tree beside the stream. She is beautiful and kind-hearted.
One day as she is cleaning her feathers, she hears a strange sound. The dove looks around and sees the bee below. The bee is struggling to save stream and his wings are wet and heavy. The dove quickly plucks a leaf. She drops it right next to the bee. The bee climbs onto it. He waits for his wings to dry. When his wings are dry, the bee flies up to the dove and says, “Thank you for saving me”. “You’re very welcome,” says the dove.
A few days later, the bee sees a hunter nearby. The hunter is quickly moving towards the tree where the dove lives. The dove is busy cleaning her wings. She does not know the hunter is aiming his gun at her. The bee quickly flies towards the hunter. He stings him on the cheek. The hunter screams and drops his gun. The dove hears the sound and flies away. The bee has saved her this time.
Moral value
1. One good turn deserves another.
THE TOWN MOUSE AND THE COUNTRY MOUSE
A town mouse visits a country mouse. The country mouse brings out his best food. The town mouse says, “Is this what you eat all the time?” The town invites the country mouse to visit him. “Come and see how well we live!” he says.
The country mouse agrees to go with him.
When they reach the town, the country mouse is frightened by the noise and traffic. They almost get run over by the cars and buses! They reach a big house and the town mouse says, “Come inside with me.” The town mouse leads him through a beautiful hall. “Look at all this!” he says proudly.
They enter a room where there is a lot of food on the table. “Wow,” say the country mouse, “Look at all that food!” “Let’s start eating!” says the town mouse.
Just as they start enjoying themselves, they hear a loud voice saying, “Get away from there, you greedy little thieves!” They see a woman coming after them with a broom! The mice run out of the house. “Let’ go to another house,” says the town mouse. “No, thank you,” says the country mouse. “I wan to go back to my simple but peaceful life!”
Moral value
1. One can be happy with a simple life
THE ELEPHANT AND THE CAT
A cat is warming himself in the sun. He says, “Oh, how good it feels to be out here!” An elephant passes by the place. The elephant sees the cat. He lifts his trunk high in the air and says, “You are such a small animal. Tell me, what can you do at all?” The cat says humbly, “elephant do not look down on me. I may be small but sometimes small animals can be helpful to big animals!” The elephant laughs loudly and says, “You are small, you are not strong. Do not compare yourself with me!”
The elephant then proudly walks away. He does not want to be friends with the little cat. The cat continues to warm himself in the sun. A few days later, the elephant is resting under a tree. It is warm. He swings his tail back and forth.
Suddenly a rat runs towards the elephant. The rat runs up to the elephant’s back.
The elephant is shocked. He quickly gets up. He shakes his body to make the rat fall off. But the rat does not fall off. The rat runs up and down the elephant’s back. Then he runs down the elephant’s tail. The elephant angrily swings his tail back and forth.
The elephant shakes very part of his body. He tries hard till he starts to sweat and pant. He is very tired. The rat carries on running up and down the elephant’s back. He seems to be enjoying it. The elephant tries to think of a way to get rid of the rat. The elephant is getting angrier. He stretches his trunk towards the rat to catch him. The rat suddenly jumps onto the elephant’s trunk.
He moves towards the opening of the elephant’s trunk. “No, don’t!” screams the elephant. He is very scared that the rat may go inside his trunk. He feels helpless against this small animal.
Suddenly the elephant sees the cat he had met earlier. The cat jumps out of the bushes onto the elephant’s back. The cat catches the rat for his meal. The
elephant thanks the cat. He adds, “Luckily for me you came at the right time. I could have got into a lot of trouble”. The cat meows and says, “Well, I am glad I could help”. The elephant does not look down on small animals any more. He becomes good friends with the cat.
Moral value
1. Do not look down on someone who seems smaller and weaker than you.
THE RICH MAN AND THE SHOEMAKER
A rich man spends his time holding parties for his friends. Yet with all his money, he does not feel happy. Nearby lives a shoemaker who is happy in his work. The rich man hates to hear him singing while he works. He thinks of a way to stop him from singing so much.
The rich man visits the shoemaker and says to him, “You don’t have to work so hard all day. As a good neighbour, I would like to help you a bit”. The rich man holds up a bag of gold coins. “This is for you. Maybe now you can take time to relax and enjoy more time with your family”. The shoemaker happily accepts the gift. But the shoemaker starts to worry that a thief might come into his home and steal his money!
Late one night he digs a hole in his garden to bury the bag of gold coins.
The shoemaker keeps worrying so much that he also cannot work happily at all.
The rich man is pleased that he now does not hear any singing from his neighbour.
One day the shoemaker visits the rich man and says, “Let me return your gift. I have lost sleep and peace of mind ever since I received that from you. I’ll be happier without it”.
Moral value
1. One can be happy without being rich.
THE PROUD MONKEY
Once there lived a monkey by a river. The monkey was naughty and arrogant. In the river lived a tortoise which was kind and clever. The tortoise was always teased by the monkey. “Wouldn’t it be great to be able to swing from tree to tree”? taunted the monkey. “You cannot be like me”. The tortoise was patient.
It ignored the monkey’s taunting. It liked to remain friends with monkey.
Soon, the guava trees near the river began to bear fruits. The monkey feasted on the fruits greedily. The tortoise just looked and wished for a fruit. “Can you please throw me a fruit”? asked the tortoise. “I am sure it is tasty,” said the tortoise. “Here, take one!” shouted the monkey. The monkey threw a rotten fruit to the tortoise. The fruit hit the tortoise on the head. The tortoise then hid inside its shell. The monkey laughed loudly. It was happy to see the tortoise hurt. The tortoise could not stand the monkey’s behavior any longer.
The tortoise decided to teach the monkey a lesson. It lied that there was an island full of trees bearing delicious fruits. “the fruits are sweet too”! lied the tortoise. “Please take me there,” pleaded the greedy monkey. “I will pluck the fruits for you, too”. The monkey then jumped on top of the tortoise. The tortoise swam slowly to the island. As soon as they reached the island, the monkey jumped up s tree and plucked the rambutans.
“I have tricked you again!” said the monkey. Then it threw a rambutan skin at the tortoise. “I will not share a single fruit with you,” laughed the monkey. As soon as the monkey took a bite of the rambutan, it screamed. The rambutans were bitter and sour. “Hey, wait!” shouted the monkey as the tortoise slowly swam without waiting for the monkey. The tortoise had taught the naughty monkey a lesson.
Moral value
1. Being proud and greedy will only destroy oneself in the end.
MAGIC RING AND THE BALD HEN
There once lived a bald hen in a village. The bald hen had no hair on its head and neck. It shared the coop with the other hens in the farm. The bald hen was so ugly that even the farmer chased it away. The farmer feared that the other chicks in the farm would turn out as ugly. This made the bald hen sad.
Finally, the bald hen decided to leave the village. It came to an old hut. It belonged to an old lady. The old lady maybe poor but she was kind. She took in the bald hen.
One day, the bald hen was scrapping for food in front of the hut. Suddenly, it found a magic ring on the ground. “Ask for anything and your wish will be granted,” said the magic ring to the bald hen. As the ring spoke, a King passed by. The King wanted the ring for himself. The King took the ring away from the bald hen. The bald hen begged, “This ring belongs to an old lady.” The King ignored the plea by the bald hen. The bald hen tried very hard to get the ring back. It went to the palace to see the King. The King became angry when he heard the request by the bald hen.
The King ordered his guards to drown the bald hen in a pail of water.
However, the magic ring helped the bald hen. The water slowly drained away as the bald hen drank it. When the guards put the bald hen in the fire, the ring again helped the bald hen. “Put out the fire!” shouted the bald hen as it spat water out from its mouth. “Return the magic ring,” pleaded the bald hen. The cruel guards threw the bald hen at a bee hive. The bald hen become angry and shouted, “I am going to swallow the hive”.
The bald hen went to the palace after swallowing the hive. He opened his mouth and all the bees in the hive flew out to sting the King and the guards. At last, the King surrendered, “I will return the ring to you”. In the end, the bald hen got the ring back. The bald hen gave the ring to the poor old lady. It told the old
lady the whole incident that had happened at the palace. “This ring will change your life,” the bald hen said. The magic ring helped the poor old lady. Her life became better off and she even looked after the bald hen to repay its kindness.
Moral value
1. It is not right to take what is not ours.
KING TRICKED BY A SPARROW
A long time ago, there was a king who loved to hunt for birds. He used a blowpipe for hunting. The King and the palace guards would go out to hunt every day. They did nothing but go hunting all day long. Soon, there were no more birds for the King hunt. “Let us move to the countryside,” announced the King.
When they reached the countryside, they were tired and rested under a tree.
Suddenly, a palace guard saw a sparrow perched on one of the branches.
The King ordered the guards to shoot it down. The sparrow was shot in the leg and fell off the branch. “What are you waiting for? Let’s slaughter the bird,”
ordered the King. The sparrow pleaded, “Please do not eat me. I have a story for Your Highness.”
The sparrow began to tell the King of a big diamond on top of a tall tree.
“That is why I am waiting for Your Highness here. I have planned to give it to Your Highness,” said the sparrow to the King. “My ancestors once said,” started the sparrow. “First, do not listen to empty promises. Second, do not hope for what we do not have. Third, do not think of what we have lost.”
The King released the sparrow so that it can take the diamond for him.
The sparrow flew straight to the highest branch. It hid behind some leaves. The King shouted the sparrow, “Quick, hand me the diamond.” The sparrow came out and reminded the King of its story. At last, the King realized that he had been tricked by the sparrow. The king was embarrassed. They went back to the palace disappointed.
Moral value
1. We will lose in the end due to our own foolishness.
THE WOODEN BARREL
A baker has a big, new wooden barrel. He fills it with water from a stream.
When he uses the water from the barrel, he finds that it is clear with a sweet woody smell. The neighbours soon hear about it. The baker is very proud of his barrel. He is even pleased that his neighbours want to borrow it to enjoy the water that smells sweet inside it.
One day his good friend, a wine merchant, visits him. “May I borrow your barrel for three days”? he asks. “Take it, take it,” says the baker. “I can do without it for three days. Three days later, the wine merchant comes to return the barrel.
He says to the baker, “Thank you very much for letting me borrow it. You have been very kind.
The next day, the baker goes to the stream to fill the barrel with water. He finds that the water now smells of wine. He decides to fill the barrel with flour instead. The baker uses this flour for baking his bread. When the bread is ready, it has a new smell. His customers do not like the smell at all! The baker tries to use the barrel for keeping different things. But they all end up with the smell of wine. In the end he gives up on the barrel and throws it away.
Moral value
1. Good people can turn bad from mixing with the wrong company.
THE NAUGHTY LITTLE ROOSTER
Jalak is a naughty little rooster. He does not listen carefully when his teacher is talking. On day the teacher tell the class about fruits. “Fruits grow on trees,” she says. “A lot of fruits are red and sweet when they are ripe…” When Jalak hears that, he stops listening. Jalak cannot wait to get those fruits! He slowly creeps out of the class. He is thinking, “Sweet, red fruits…sweet red fruits…”
When Jalak is outside the classroom, Jalak starts running off. He wants to look for some red fruits! He wants to eat them. Jalak looks around for red fruits.
He comes to an orchard. He starts to eat the rambutans. They are very sweet.
“Oh, how delicious they are!” he says to himself. Jalak carries on eating the rambutans, one after another. At last he feels so full that he stops eating. He starts to sing happily, ”Red fruits, sweet fruits. Sweet fruits, red fruits… I am so clever. I learned about sweet, red fruits today!”
Jalak thinks it is time to go home. Along the way, he sees a vegetable garden. He remembers what his teacher has said, ”A lot of fruits are red and sweet.” Jalak sees the red chilies. He says happily, “Oh there are a lot of sweet fruits here!” He plucks a chili. He starts eating it. The chili is hot! Jalak’s mouth and throat begin to burn. He screams in pain. He runs home as fast as he can.
He tells his mother what has happened. His mother gives him plenty of water to drink. At last, Jalak stops crying. The burning feeling is not so bad now.
“Always be careful of what you eat,” says his mother.
The next day Jalak goes to school as usual. This time he listens carefully to the teacher. The day before, his had said,” A lot of red fruits are sweet. But not all fruits that are red are sweet.” Jalak had not waited for the lesson to finish.
From that day on Jalak stops being naughty. He says, “I don’t want to make any more mistakes. I am ashamed of what I did.”
Moral value
1. You learn more when you listen carefully in class.
THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE
A tortoise is crawling about, enjoying the fine weather. He meets a hare who makes fun of him. “You must be the slowest creature in the world!” says the hare. The tortoise tries not to get angry with the rude hare. He moves away but the hare says with a laugh, “I don’t think you can move any faster even if you want to!” The tortoise is so upset that he says, “Let’s have a race and see who is faster!” The hare laughs even harder. Then he says, “All right, we’ll see who wins!”
The hare calls the other animals to come and see the race. The animals agree to see them off at the starting point and then wait for them at the other side of the hill. When the race begins, the hare runs off very quickly. He soon leaves the tortoise far behind. Then he stops and waits for the tortoise to appear. It is a hot day. The hare rests under a shady tree. He soon falls asleep.
After some time, the tortoise passes the place where the hare is fast asleep. It is late in the day when the tortoise reaches the finish line. The laud cheering wakes up the hare. He runs to the finish line. He is shocked to see that the tortoise is already there!
Moral value
1. One can win through slow but steady work.
First of all, in order to choose the appropriate stories, I discussed the matter with the language teachers in my current school. They give me some useful ideas on how to go about in choosing the stories. The most important aspect is the content and the moral values in the stories that I choose must be clearly stated.
I could easily find the appropriate material in completing this task because there are a variety of short story collections in my school library itself. Since the moral value is clearly stated in the stories that I have chosen, the material are suitable to complete the task given.
After I have compiled the short stories, I started to look for the appropriate illustration in order to make the story more presentable. Finding the illustration was not difficult due to the beautiful illustration that was already presented in the stories that I have chosen.
These are the process that I went through in order to complete the task given.
