Topic : Narrative Text Name : Jericho Christian Todingbua

A. Objective : Reading the text attentively. Class : X MIPA 8 Date 12-3-2022

THE OLD WOMAN AND THE FISH

A long time ago, there lived in Indonesia an old widow. She had no sons or daughters and no one knew
anything about her family. She lived by collecting sticks which she sold as firewood. With the money she
earned she bought a little rice. She had never been to school. She did not know about God and so she had
never prayer.
One day, she was collecting firewood in the forest near the hut where she lived. She looked down,
she saw there were several fish trying to swim in the shallow water. “Ah,” she thought, “it’ll be easy for me
to catch them. I shall be able to have a good meal tonight.”
She picked one of them up. It was unable to breathe properly. “Kek!Ko!” It made a noise like a frog.
She felt sorry for it. Suddenly, it spoke in a loud voice: “God! Almighty God! Please help us. Please send
down some rain or we shall die.” All the other fish prayed in the same way. The old woman put the
fish back in the river. Before long, the sky became dark and it started to rain. The old woman stood in the
rain. She did not know what to say. “How wonderful! The fish prayed and God helped them.”
When she went home that evening, she sat on the floor and prayed aloud. “O God! Almighty God!
Please have mercy on me. I’m poor widow. Please send me some money.” She kept on praying all night.
She made so much noise that a rich man who lived in the next house was unable to sleep. She prayed again
the next night, and the night after that. The rich man thought of a way to keep her quite. He filled a large
sack with stones and broken glass. He climbed on to the roof of her hut, made a hole in the roof, and
dropped it on her.
“Pla-a-ng!” The sack fell right on top of her head. The rich man, who was very cruel, laughed. The
old women fell to the found unconscious. The rich man watched through the hole in the roof to see what
she would do when she recovered her senses. “O God!” she cried. “Thank you very much for answering my
prayer. I shall never forget your kindness.” The old woman opened the sack. The rich man was waiting for
this moment. He thought that there would only be stones and broken glass into money.
The rich man returned home as fast as he could. He called his wife and told her what had happened.
She could hardly believe him. “All right,” he said, “help me fill a sack with
stones and broken glass. I want you to drop it on me tonight.” He sat on the
floor and prayed. “God! Almighty God! Please help your poor servant. Please
send me some money as you did to the old woman.” As soon as it became
dark, his wife climbed on to the roof carrying the sack. It was very heavy. She
cut a hole in the roof, and dropped the sack in her husband’s head. “Pla-a-ng!”
The sack knocked him unconscious. When he recovered after an hour or so, although his head felt very
painful, he was so happy that he laughed. “O Allah! Thank you very much for answering my prayer.” He
opened the sack but there were only stones and broken glass inside. He cried and cried and banged his
head on the wall. But Allah refused to hear him. “This is my punishment,” the rich man told his wife. “I shall
never be wicked and cruel again.”
B. Finding synonym of words in English

Sticks = Twig Earned = Recieved

Shallow = Near Breathe = Respire
Mercy = Pity Pray = Beseech
Sack = Bag Roof = Ceiling
Unconscious = Paralyzed Recovered = Get better
Cruel = Harsh Wicked = Evil

C. Answer the question based on the text previously.

1. Why did the old woman collect firewood?
= Because she gets money from selling firewood
2. Why did the old woman put the fish back in the river?
= because she felt sorry for the fish
3. What did the rich man do to the old woman?
= He filled a large sack with stones and broken glass. He climbed on to the roof of her hut, made a
hole in the roof, and dropped it on her.
4. Why did the rich man’s wife drop a sack of stones and broken glass on her husband?
= Because the man wants to get the gold just like the old woman did
5. Did the rich man get what he wanted?
= No he didn’t
6. What can you learn from the story above?
= Don't be cruel to other people

D. Choose the best answer from the brackets to complete each sentences by underline the answer.
1. The old woman was collecting (flowers, stones, firewood) in the forest.

2. The rich man filled a large (bag, sack, box) with stones and broken glass.

3. The rich man was very (generous, cruel, kind).

4. The old woman’s sack was full of (money, vegetables, fish).