M3 LA 2 Task 2

Name : Fatma Sarini Jamila

Instructions

1. Read the text 2 below then do the Task 2.

TEXT 2
“The Stag and The Water“

One day a stag stood by the side of a pond. He looked at himself 1

in the water. “My antlers are so beautiful!” he said. “They are so
long and graceful. I wish I could the rest of my body was as nice.
But look at my ugly legs! They are so thin. I don’t like them at all.”

Just then he heard some dogs. He could hear the hunters on their 2
horses. He ran away. His long legs jumped over the branches and
dead trees. Soon he had left the dogs and the men far behind. The
woods to hide. But his antlers got caught on some branches. He
pulled and turned. But he could not get away. Then he went into
the woods to hide. But his antlers got caught on some branches.
He pulled and turned. But he could not get away.

As the hunters came closer, he said, “What a fool I was! My antlers 3

made me so proud. Now they will cause my death. I thought my
legs were so ugly. But they were the only things that could have
saved me.”

Sometimes the things we like most are not good for us. And 4
something we don’t like, we need. (moral value)
Task 2
2. Fill in the story elements of “The Stag and The Water“in the following table.
The story elements of "The Stag and the water"

Setting Character Events Resolution conclusion

Time: - A stag Event 1: He decided to “Sometimes
- One day - Some A stag felt so hide in the the things we
Place: Dogs proud of his wood. When like most are
- The side - The long graceful he tried to go not good for
of a pond hunters antlers and felt there, his us. And
- Forest a bit antlers got something we
disappointed caught on don’t like, we
with his thin some need”.
legs when he branches until It means that
saw his he was We must
reflection in trapped there appreciate
the water. because of his whatever we
Event 2: antlers. The have. Don’t be
Then the stag hunters came arrogant about
heard some closer and our strength
hunters on caught him. and never
their horses insult our lack.
and some May be the
dogs were lack is what
barking. we need
Event 3: someday.
The stag ran
as fast as
possible to
avoid being
hunted. With
his long thin
legs, he could
jump over the
branches and
the dead trees.
He felt the
hunters and
the dogs far
behind
 got caught on
some
branches and
trapped
The hunters
came closer.