The Magic Box (Soal 1)
The Magic Box (Soal 1)
The Magic Box (Soal 1)
Once upon a time, there was a poor farmer who lived with his wife. One day, he dug up his field and
found a big box. He took it home with him and showed it to his wife. His wife cleaned the box and kept it
in their house.
One sunny morning his wife dropped an apple into it. Suddenly the box began fill up with apples. No
matter how many the apples were taken out, more apples took their place. So the farmer and his wife
decide to sell the apples and in short time they were able to live quite comfortably. One day, the farmer
dropped a gold coin into the box. At once, apples disappeared and the box began to fill itself with coins.
Every day, the farmer and his wife collected hundreds of gold coins from the box. Soon they became very
rich.
Having heard that his son had gone rich, the farmer‟s grandfather visited the couple. He was not very
strong and he could not go out to work anymore. So the farmer asked the old man to help him take the
money out of the box. When his grandfather told his son that he was tired and wanted to have arrest, the
farmer shouted at him,” why are you so lazy? Why can‟t you work harder?” The old man didn‟t say
anything, and continued to work until he fell into the box and suddenly died. At once, the money
disappeared and the box began to fill up with dead grandfathers.
The farmer had to pull them out and bury them. To do this, he had to spend all the money he had
collected. When he had used up all the money, the box broke and the farmer was just as poor as he was
before.
A Lion lay asleep in the forest, his great head resting on his paws. A timid little Mouse came upon him
unexpectedly, and in her fright and haste to get away, ran across the Lion's nose. Roused from his nap, the
Lion laid his huge paw angrily on the tiny creature to kill her.
"Spare me!" begged the poor Mouse. "Please let me go and some day I will surely repay you."
The Lion was much amused to think that a Mouse could ever help him. But he was generous and finally
let the Mouse go.
Some days later, while stalking his prey in the forest, the Lion was caught in the toils of a hunter's net.
Unable to free himself, he filled the forest with his angry roaring. The Mouse knew the voice and quickly
found the Lion struggling in the net. Running to one of the great ropes that bound him, she gnawed it until
it parted, and soon the Lion was free.
"You laughed when I said I would repay you," said the Mouse. "Now you see that even a Mouse can help
a Lion."