NARRATIVE TEXT

 The Legend of Rawa Pening

Once upon a time, there was a little poor boy came to a village in Java Island. He was very hungry. He knocked the door one by one to ask some food. But nobody cared about him. Fortunately, an old women helped him. She gave him a plate of rice and meat. When the boy finished the food, he gave a lesung to the women. Lesung is a big wooden mortar for pounding rice. The boy reminded to use this lesung to save her from flood. The old women confused but she said “yes, of course". 

The little boy continued the trip. And then, he implant one of palm leaf in land. He challenged many people in the village to pull out that stick. Anybody laughed with big voice. One by one people try that but nobody can’t pull out that stick and give up. Finally, the boy try to pull out that stick with easily. People in that village cant believed that. Suddenly, the hole left by stick put outside the water. The water spouted out. It didn’t stop until it flooded the village. And no one was saved from the flood except the little boy and the old woman. The woman save because she use a lesung from the little boy. The village of woman became a huge lake. It’s now as Rawa Pening Lake in Central Java.

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