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4.   What is the moral value that we can get from   Sangi. He was really shocked! He wanted to run very

                      the story?                                  fast. He thoughtthe dragon would eat him alive.
                       A.  We must be smart to face the life      Though Sangi had tried to run, his feet could not
                       B.  We must be poor to know our limitation  move at all. The dragonslowly came to him. Then
                       C. We should have much money to bring      they were face to face. When the dragon was
                          happiness                               exactly in frontof him, it turned into smoke. When
                       D. We must help someone in order to get
                                                                  the smoke was gone, there was a handsome man.
                          something in return
                                                                  He said, ‘’Eat that wild hog. This is your punishment
                                                    Jawaban: A    for seeing me try to eat.’’ ‘’I can’t.I am a human. I

                      Pembahasan:                                 cannot eat a wild hog that big,’’ said Sangi. ‘’Yes,
                      Siswa menentukan pesan moral. Dari ceri-    you can. If you are adragon, you can eat that hog,’’
                      ta di atas, untuk mendapatkan makanan       said the man.
                      berupa sup, laki-laki itu hanya bermodalkan   Then Sangi changed into a dragon. After that, he ate
                      sebuah paku (a nail):“That’s OK,” the man re-
                                                                  the hog. Later, he changedback as a human. ‘’What
                      plied. “I have a nail. I can make us some soup.”
                                                                  happened to me? Why could I change as a dragon?’’
                      Ini membuktikan diperlukan kepandaian
                                                                  saidSangi. ‘’It also happened to me years ago. I did
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                      bagi seseorang menghadapi hidup.            what you did. I saw a dragon ate thenthe dragon

                  TEXT 3                                          made me a dragon. It is great to be like us. We are
                                                                  half dragon and halfhuman. You can change to be
                                       A long time ago in Central   a dragon or human anytime you like. Besides that,
                                       Kalimantan, a great hunter   youcan be forever young. I’m more than 100 years
                                       named Sangi lived. Every   old but I still look young right?’’ saidthe man.

                                       time he went to the jungle   He continued, ‘’There is one condition that you have
                                       to go hunting, he brought   to do. Don’t tell anyonethat you are a half dragon
                                       a lot of animals home.     and half human. If you did, you could be a dragon
                                       Sangi lived with his family   foreverand unable to change back as human,’’ said

                  on a riverside.                                 the man. After that, he disappeared.Since then,
                  As always, Sangi went to the jungle. He saw some   Sangi had two lives, one as a dragon and one as a
                  footprints of a wild hog. He slowly followed the   human. He also lookedyoung although he was really
                  footprints. The footprints ended in a big tree. Sangi   old. People always asked the secret, but he never

                  thought the hog was behind the tree. Slowly he   toldthem why he could look young forever.
                  walked around the tree then he was really amazed.   On his 150th birthday, people could not stand it
                  Hesaw a big dragon was trying to swallow a wild   anymore. More and morepeople asked him. Sangi
                  hog. The hog was so big that the dragoncould not   gave up. He told them that he was actually half

                  swallow it easily.                              dragon andhalf human. People were laughing
                  After several times trying to swallow, finally the   at him. They did not believe that.’’I am a dragon!’’
                  dragon gave up. Suddenly, the dragon looked at   screamed Sangi. He was upset because they did not



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