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The strange porridge

Long ago there livid on on the island of roti an old women and her grandson . what had
happened to her grandson is parents , the old wimen did not cere to speak about . behind their hut
, they grew rice . although their field did not yield much rice, there was enough food for both of
them . but for other food , the grandmother hed to go the sea to catch fish . every time the
grandmother weth out fishing , the boy wes to allowed to go with her.but one day he could not
restrain himself and said to the old women , “please granny , let me go with you . I”d like to
catch fish too , “ no ,my child , don go with me .it is too dangerous . stay here and cook the
ricefor us . take only one grain . that will do , the old women went awey , leaving the boy gratly
disappointed . he sat around the reason why he wes not allowed to go . suddenly he realizen thet
it wes getting late . he went to the kitchen ,wondering to himself , “only one grain ? it is so
funny granny think like that . how can it be ? no , surely not . “so when he put the rice pot on the
fire , he took several handfuls of rice , as he doubted the truth of what his grandmother sain .
whan he trought that it wes time to take the pot off the fire , he lifted the lid “goodness ! “he
exclameid whet is happening ?”for just as he lifted the lid a stream of hot porridge flew out of
the kitchen and then across the backyard . in tears the boy with looking for his grandmother , as
he could not understand ehat had happened . what he found her and told her what he hed done ,
she grow angry . she took hold of a piace of wood and beat him hard on his head till he wes
black and blue and howling loudly in pain . no matter what the boy said , begging for
forgivingness , the grandmother did not relent and kept beating him to teach him obedience ,
she said . but quite suddenly the boy vanished . the grandmother looked for him everywhere. But
now he gone. Then, while she wes still searching for him , she heard a voice saying , “good bye ,
granny ! you are alone now on , then the voice died awey . from that time on , the people of roti
have never beaten their children or any other people on the head

1. What is the purpose of the text


2. Where did the place for the grendmather to catch fish ?
3. Did the grendmather allow his grandson to fishing with her ?
4. What did the grendmather hold for beat her grandson ?
5. Where did the boy cook the rice ?

 Putrid rosala indah


 Tedi setiawan

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