A Miraculous Tree

Once upon a time, there was a hawker who sold mangoes. Every morning, he sold them along the
roadside near the bog market. His mangoes were big, juicy, sweet and fragrant. Although he sold them at a
high price, a lot of people bought from him. Eventually, he grew very haughty and conceited as his sales
picked up.
One Sunday morning, a hold dirty beggar wearing scruffy and smelly clothing stood in front of the
mango stall. He begged the hawker for one mango. The beggar said politely, “Sir, I have not eaten a mango
since I was ten. Can you please spare me just one fruit?” the proud hawker didn’t even give him a wink but
continued to shout, “Mangoes! Mangoes!” As the beggar stood right in front of his stall, other people had to
move (further) away from the stall to avoid the beggar, and that affected the hawker’s business.
Finally, the hawker got very angry and pushed the beggar away. In doing so, the old beggar tripped
and slipped on a puddle of dirty water. A housewife who saw the incident felt sorry for the beggar and gave
him a mango. The beggar was very touched and kept on saying. “Thank you” over and over again. He told the
crowd that he was going to share the mango with them. He borrowed a knife from the butcher a few stall
away, cut the mango in to smaller pieces and shared them with the people there.
As for the big mango seed, the beggar dug a hole in the ground and buried the seed. Then, he asked
the young butcher to give him some water to water the seed. After that, the beggar uttered some words. To
everyone’s surprise, a small sprout shot up and rapidly grew into a mature mango tree bearing big, sweet,
juicy and fragrant mangoes all over the tree. The beggar then plucked the fruit and gave them away to the
people. The arrogant hawker left his own stall and joined the crowd to watch the beggar performing this
miracle.
After all the mangoes were given away to the people, the beggar walked into the crowd and
disappeared. The proud hawker walked back to his stall and screamed, “Who stole all my mangoes?”
Finally, he realized that all the mangoes growing on that tree actually belonged to him. The beggar, who
was actually a high priest, had wanted to teach him a lesson. From that day onwards, this once haughty and
conceited hawker became a humble and charitable person.

1. Why did people still buy mangoes from the
hawker despite his high price?
A. Because his fruits were the best
B. Because his fruits were healthy
C. Because his fruits were big, sweet, juicy
and fragrant
D. Because his fruits were fresh
E. Because his fruits were famous
2. What happened to the hawker when more
and more people started to buy mangoes
from him?
A. He grew humble and courteous
B. He grew haughty and conceited
C. He grew lazy and careless
D. He grew loving and adorable
E. He grew tough and unfriendly
3. Whom did the hawker meet at the market
on one Sunday morning?
A. He met an exceptional large crowd
B. He met a butcher
C. He met a fishmonger
D. He met a beggar
E. He met a magician
4. What did the beggar tell the hawker?
A. He asked the hawker to sell a mango to
him
B. He asked the hawker to exchange a
mango fortwo apples
C. He told the hawker that his mangoes
were too expensive
D. He told the hawker not to shout too
loud
E. He told the hawker that he had not
eaten a mango since he was ten and
asked him for one5.
5. Did the hawker give the beggar a mango?
A. Yes, he gave him one
B. Yes, he gave him one rotten mango
C. No, he didn’t
D. No, he wanted to give, but the beggar
was too choosy
E. No, he wanted to but changed his mind
when he saw the beggar was wearing a
gold watch.6.
6. How did the people react when the beggar
stood in front of the stall?
A. They avoided the stall
B. They stood around the stall
C. They moved away from the stall to
avoid the beggar
D. They pushed the beggar away
E. They scolded the beggar for blocking
their way
7. Who gave the beggar a mango? Why?
A. A man gave a mango for the beggar
because the man didn’t like the mango.
B. A housewife gave the beggar a mango
because she felt sorry for him.
C. A child gave the beggar a mango
because he pitied him.
D. The butcher gave the beggar a mango
because the mango was too sweet
E. The hawker gave the beggar a mango
to make him go away
8. What did the beggar do with the mango? B.A sprout appeared followed by a tree
A. He ate it. and then the mangoes.
B. He ate half and gave the other half to C. The ground opened up with full of
the people. mangoes in the pit.
C. He cut it into smaller pieces, shared D. Mangoes started to fall from the sky.
them with the people and buried the E. The hawker’s mangoes disappeared.
seed in the ground. 10. What is the moral of the story?
D. He ate the seed and gave the flesh to A. It tells us to be careful with beggars.
the people. B. It tells us to respect the beggars.
E. He dug a hole and buried the mango in C. It tells us not to be a hawker.
the ground D. It tells us to be humble and charitable.
9. The beggar uttered some words, then E. It tells us to share mangoes with other
__________ people.
A. Some mangoes began to appear in his
hands.

Fill in the blanks with the suitable words provided in the box.

The Greedy Man

Orientation
kaya, sedikit, kaya, seluruh, perilaku
greedy few rich whole behaviour

A long time ago in a remote village in India there lived a very (1) _____________ man. This rich man was
clever but (2) ___________. He was known to be the greediest man in the (3) ____________ village. Because of his
unpleasant (4) _____________, he had only (5) a __________ friends.
curang, tantangan, kemudian, segera, menjual, mengecoh, menguji, egois, keserekahan, orang,
Complication
besar, kecil, membisikkan, dua kali lipat, lebih, menulis, batang, mendengar, bebatuan

cheated challenge then immediately sold

outwitted examined selfish greed people large
small whispered double more wrote high bars
overheard stones

One Sunday morning, he went to a restaurant (6) immediantely_________ to have a breakfast. While having his
breakfast, he (7)overheard
___________ someone at the next table. That man (8) _________,
whisperred“There is a man who wants to
dispose of a (9) ___________
large quantity of gold bars for only half price.” This greedy man (10)wrote _____________ down
the address secretly and (11) than _____________visited the seller. The greedy man was clever. He bought only one
(12)small
__________ gold bar and sent it to a goldsmith for verification. The goldsmith confirmed, “It is a (13)
______________
high quality gold bar, and I offer you (14) ___________
double the price you paid.”
Blinded by (15) greed
_______________, he returned to the seller to buy (16) _____________
more gold bars. This time
he met those (17) ___________
people whom he saw at the restaurant. They also wanted to buy the gold bars. This
greedy man became (18) _________
selfish and told the seller, “I want to buy all your gold bars, and I will pay you
30% more than they have paid you. “Since other buyers didn’t (19) challenge ___________ his offer the seller (20)
_____________
sold all the gold bars to the greedy man. He was very happy because he (21) _____________ outwittedhis
competitors. Soon after that, the greedy man sent all the purported gold (22) _____________
bar to the goldsmith
for disposal. The goldsmith (23) examined __________ the gold bars again and told the man, “You were
(24)__________________
cheated .Unlike the earlier one, all these bars there are worthless (25) ___________
stones that were
painted gold.”

Resolution

restaurant found hours cheated greedy

found
He quickly went over to the seller’s shop, but he (26) ______________ it was empty. He met the landlord
who said, “My tenant moved out a few (27) ___________
hours before you arrived.” The (28) greedy ____________ man now
realized he had been (29) _______________
cheated by the people he met at the (30) _________.
restaurant