The Crying Stone

 Lived a daughter with her mother in a small village. The daughter was very beautiful. Every day she put make-up and wore her best clothes. However, she was very lazy, she did not like to help her mother working in their field.

 One day, the mother asked her daughter to accompany her to go to market to buy some food. at first the daugthee refused, but the mother persuaded her by saying that she was going to buy her a new clothes. The daughter finally, agreed in one condition, she asked her mother to walk behind her.

 Although her mother was very sad, she agreed towalk behind her daughter. On their ways to the market, everybody admired the daughter 's beauty. However, they were also curious because there was an old woman with a simple dress following the beautiful girl.

"Hello, pretty lady. Who is the woman behind you?" asked them. "She is my servant," answered the girl. this situation always happed wherever and whenever they went together.

 One day, the mother could not hold the pain anymore. She prayed To God to punish her daughter. God answered her prayer. Slowly, the daughter  legs turned into stone. The process continued to the upper part of the daughter 's body. The girl was very panic.     

"Mother, pleace forgive me!" she cried and asked her mother to forgive her. But it was too late. Her whole body finally became a big stone. Until now, people still can see tears falling down the stone. Now, people call it the crying stone.

Source: In Bambang K. Karnoto, etl, SPM PLUS Sukses Menghadapi UN SMP/MTs 2017, Hak Cipta (copyright) 2016 pada Penerbit Erlangga

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The Model Millionaire (Oscar Wilde)

Hughie Erskine was very good –looking young man. Man and woman like him because he never said about an unkind word about anyone. But he was not rich and claver and always changing his job.

 Hughie loved a girl named Laura Merton, the daughter of retired colonel. Laura loved him too, but his father would not allow them marry unless Hughie could provided ten thousand pounds.

One morning, Hughie visit is friend, Alan Trevor, a famous painter who was finishing a full –size picture of bagger man. The bagger was standing in a corner of the room. He looked so miserable that Hughie felt sorry for him. When Alan came out of the room, Hughie gave the bagger a sovereign, the only thing he had in his pocket. Then he said good bye to Alan.

That night Hughie went to the Palette Club and met Alan. Alan told Hughie about the old bagger he had used as his model. The bagger asked Alan about Hughie. Then Alan revealed that the bagger was Baron Hausberg, one of the richest men in the Europe. Hughie was very startled but also angry with Alan, because Alan had told Baron Hausberg about his private life. Hughie walked home unhappily, leaving Alan laughing loudly.

The next morning, while Hughie was having his breakfast, Baron Hausberg’s messenger came and handed him a letter from the Baron. To his surprise, there was a cheque for ten thousand pounds as a wedding present to Hughie and Laura. Hughie could not convey in words how happy was because he could marry Laura.

At the wedding party, Alan remarked, “Millionaire models are rare enough but model millionaire are rarer still”  

(Taken from Complete Work of Oscar Wilde)

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