READING LOG - [SHORT STORY]
Ratna Dewi Sulastri
(192122092)
Class: C
No
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Day
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Titles
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Why I am interesting to Read
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Question before I read
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1
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Thursday
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- The Magic Shirt
- Why the sky is far away?
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Because I interested with both of the titles.
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- What things that the magic shirt can do?
- why the sky is far away?
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2
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Friday
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- The Strength of Gentleness
- Powerful advice from dying man
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- because I curious of the story.
- because I want to know the advises that consist in that story.
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- how can gentleness be a power?
-what the message from that story?
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3
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Saturday
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- A Rich Man and his Son
- Canute and the sea
- The boy of the farmer
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- because I never read this story before.
- because I want to know what is Canute.
- Because I think the story will be simple.
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- what the character of a rich man and his son is the same?
- what Canute is?
- what the story tell about?
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4
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Sunday
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- My time is coming
- The Bold Approach
- The Arrogant swans
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- Because I cant predict the story what will be.
- I just choose the last two stories randomly.
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- what will happened to the character in that time?
- what the impact from the bold approach
- what the tings that makes the swans be arrogant?
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Report
Day 1
Thursday
Date : April 9 2020
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Time
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11.52-11.53
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Title&page
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The Magic Shirt
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Source
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Character
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A King, king’s son, a doctor, servants, begger.
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Main point of
The story
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This story tells about the king who sick. than he ask his son to called the doctor, and the doctor said that the medicine is a shirt from happy man. The king asks his servants to get that shirt. The servant tired to looking for that shirt to everywhere. They came to rich man but no one of them feel happy until they came to a begger. And the begger said “You are a happy man. Give us your shirt. We will take it to the king."The begger said, “I have no shirt at all." The servants told this story to the king. He learnt a lesson. He went out of his palace. He worked hard. He was happy. The people were also happy.
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New vocabulary
found
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-
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Comments
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The story is so easy to understand,. And the message is so good because this story remind us to always be grateful for what everything we have and we should share our happiness to the other people around us.
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My favourite character of this story is the begger because he could makes the kings realized of the truth happiness.
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Time
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11.54-11.55
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Title&page
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Why the sky is far away?
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Source
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Character
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Raman, Bhim, Mr.Frank, King, people, Admi, Adami’s wife, Adami’s Childerns.
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Main point of
The story
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This story tells about a teacher sees 2 students throwing away their food, and the teacher advises them by giving a story. The title is why the sky is far away. in ancient times people easily got food. if they are hungry they just take a piece of sky, but many of them waste it. it makes the sky angry. The king persuaded the sky to forgive them, then the sky and the king entered into an agreement that no human being could waste the sky anymore, all people agreed. but one day at a festival, someone named Adami took a lot of the sky when he could not finish it he had asked the children and his wife to help him to finish the meal, but they were full. because Adami was afraid that his actions would be known by the sky and the king he finally decided to hide the leftovers under a pile of rubbish. The Sky know what Adami is doing and the sky are angry. after that the sky is far from the earth so that people cannot get food easily and they have to work hard to get food.
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New vocabulary
found
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garbage, slouched.
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Comments
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I think The story is so unique
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My favourite character of this story is Mr. Frank because he could give a lesson to his students with wise and good way.
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Day 2
Friday
Date : April 10 2020
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Time
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09.28-09.29
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Title&page
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The Strength of Gentleness
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Source
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Character
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The wind, the sun, the old man.
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Main point of
The story
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This story is tells about the wind who arrogant because his strength. And the sun try to advise that not all of thing can finished by the power. To prove that, they held a competition the competition is try to make the old man take off his coat. The wind was forst to go. It started to blow. The old man clutched his overcoat a bit tighter. The wind blew harder. The old man clutched still harder. And now the sun started to spread its smiling rays. The Sun smiled still some more. The old man was felling warmth within and slowly removed hios overcoat.
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New vocabulary
found
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Corroding, clutching
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Comments
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I love this story because the story makes the reader be realized that that power is not always manifested by violence. but sometimes gentleness can conquer the strong.
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My favourite character of this story is The sun because he faces it all with kindness, humility and calm.
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Time
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09.31-09.32
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Title&page
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Powerful advice from dying man
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Source
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Character
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A man
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Main point of
The story
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This story tells about a man who has cancer and a doctor is late in diagnosing it, so that his life expectancy is very small and he writes message the things that we should do in our life the message are Don’t waste your time on work that you don’t enjoy,It’s stupid to be afraid of others’ opinions, Listen to your inner voice, Take control of your life, Appreciate the people around you.
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New vocabulary
found
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Tenuous, precisely, granted.
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Comments
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I think this short story is too long, but consist many good and positive message for many people so I still like it.
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My favourite character of this story is
Of course the man because even though he must be sad but he is not hopeless, always thinks positive, and tries to remind others not to waste his life
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Day 3
Saturday
Date : April 11 2020
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Time
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15.47-15.48
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Title&page
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A Rich Man and his Son
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Source
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Character
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A reach man, a boy (reach man’s son)
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Main point of
The story
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This short story tells about a son of a reach man who ask her father for a new car. In graduation day his father gave him a gift, but the son feels disappointed because his father give him leather bound Journal. he is angry and threw down the Journal. Since that day the son not seen his father and several years letter he become a reach man like his father. He receive a message that his father passed away. And he come to his long home and looking for the important paper in her father room, and he found the journal just as he had left it. And when he opened it there is a car key dropped from the back of journal. A dealer tag was attached to the key that read “Paid in full. Wherever this car takes you write about it to remember it forever. Love Dad”
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New vocabulary
found
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Handed, embossed
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Comments
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The ending of the story is so sad. And the message of this story is we have to always be grateful for everything given to us.
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My favourite character in this short story is a reach man because he is really love his son and he also patient and not easy to be angry
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Time
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15.49-15.50
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Title&page
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Canute and the sea
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Source
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Character
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Canute (a King), Canute’s friends
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Main point of
The story
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This short story tells about a king his name is Canute. He is a great king also great soldier, he feared to the god, and loves his people. One day he went to the sea with his friends. And his friend says that the king is the master whole the world, even the waves go back to the sea and not brave to touch his feet. And the king go to get near to the weave and ask the weave not touch his feet, but the weave still lunging and wetting his feet. After that the king said the master of whole the world is the God I am just nothing I am nobody. And he take off the crown and never wear it again.
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New vocabulary
found
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Shore
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Comments
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This story is unpredictable, and different with king’s story commonly
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My favourite character of this story is the king, because even he has power but he still feared to the god and realize that the god is everything and he is nothing.
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Time
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19.23-19.24
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Title&page
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The boy of the farmer
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Source
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Character
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A lame boy, a farmer, farmer’s wife ,farmer’s daughter
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Main point of
The story
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This story tells about a boy who asked the farmers for help, and the farmer and his wife helped him with give him food and allowed him to live with them. the man returned their kindness by working hard to look after the fields because of that, the farmer's daughter liked the man. after a few years the farmer and his wife died, and finally the farmer's son decided to marry the man
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New vocabulary
found
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Plough, idle
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Comments
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I love this story because all of the character has a good attitude.
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My favourite character of this story is a farmer, because he is hard worker and so kind with many people also not hesitate to help people who are in need
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Day 4
Sunday
Date : April 12 2020
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Time
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10.42-10.43
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Title&page
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My time is coming
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Source
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Character
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An elephant, and a dog
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Main point of
The story
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This story tells about an elephant and a dog who pregnant in the same time. But when the dog grave dog even was pregnant again until three times but the elephant still pregnant and not given birth yet. The dog doubt elephant pregnancy and asks to the elephant are you that you are pregnant? And the elephant answer that dog and elephant is different pregnant period of elephant is longer than dog’s pregnant, and that makes a baby elephant more special when elephant’s baby hit the ground the earth feels it, and when elephant’s baby crosses, human beings stop and watch in admiration.
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New vocabulary
found
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admiration
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Comments
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I think this is a good story because the message is that each person's capacity is different and should not equalize people's abilities.
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My favorite character of this story is The elephant, because she is patient and not dampening and has an elegant way of replying to his words.
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Time
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10.45-10.46
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Title&page
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The Bold Approach
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Source
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Character
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Jessica, Jessica’s Mom, Jessica’Dad Aunt.
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Main point of
The story
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This story tells the reader about a girl named Jessica, she is a diligent and smart girl. But she sad,and sometimes she feels afraid when her mom and her dad had a fight. But she not brave to says that she hate when her parents had a fight. One day when her Aunt come to her home, she try to tell her aunt about what she is feeling. And her aunt advice her to be brave to says what you feel. because, they fight not because your fault and if you need to share your feeling just call me. And in the next day when her parents had a fight again she says to her aunt and ask for help and she get a better feeling.
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New vocabulary
found
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Quarrel, incur, wrath
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Comments
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This story is good for the persons who feels insecure and not brave to says what they think and what they feels
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My favourite character of this story is Jessica because she is smart diligent and want to hear every advises that given to her by the other
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Time
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10.52-10.53
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Title&page
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The Arrogant swans
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Source
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Character
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Swans, bird, king, soldiers.
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Main point of
The story
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This story tells about the swans who live in Kingdom’s lake Every six months, the swans would leave a golden feather as a fee for using the lake. One day a lonely bird come to them, and ask for caring but the swans instead mocked the bird and gave no protection. feeling ill treated the bird complained to the king, and the king was angry with the swans then asked the soldiers to ask the swans to face him. then the king expelled the swans and threatened to behead them if they did not leave the palace. finally the swans fled out of fear, and the lake was used as a bird's residence and the birds always gave protection to the other birds who came and asked for protection
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New vocabulary
found
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Pleaded, humiliated, shivered.
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Comments
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This story is good because teaches us to no be arrogant and we should always help the people who needing us.
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My favorite character of this story is the king because firm and wise.
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