Reading Log (Short Story)

 

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Name   : Latipatun Nisa

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Pre-Reading

No	Day	Titles	Why I am interested to read	Questions before I read
1	Tuesday	1. 1. Two Fishermen 2. The Intelligent Artist 3. The Three Kick Rule	1.  I am interseted with the title 2. I am interested with the title 3. I am interested with the title	1. Would I find interesting story? 2. What makes the artist be intelligent? 3. Will I find a moral value?
2.	Wednesday	1. Lightning and Thunder 2. The Bald Huntsman 3. Boy and Hazelnuts	1. Because it is one of the famous story 2. Because it is one of the famous story 3. Because it is one of the famous story	1. What will the story about? 2. Why the huntsman bald? 3. What will the story about?
3.	Thursday	1. The Astronomer        2. Hound and Hare      3. North Wind and Sun	1. I am curious because of the title 2. I am curious because of the title 3. I am curious because of the title	1. Will this story relate to astronomy? 2. What will the story about? 3. What the moral value will we get?
4.	Friday	1. The Devoted Mother 2. The Tree and The Travellers 3. A Glass of Milk	1. I am curious about title.    2. I am curious because of the title 3. I am curious about what happend to the glass of milk	1. Will the story will asnwer my curious? 2. What will happened between the tree and the travellers? 3. Will the story answered my curiosity?

Report

Day 1 Tuesday Date: 28 March 2023
Time	7.00-7.03 a.m.
Title	Two Fishermen
Sources	Classic Story- Short Stories App
Characters	The First Fisherman & The Second Fisherman
Main points of the story	Threre were two best friend never met for a long time because of their business in work and family. One saturday they finally have time and decide to meet. They were driving and go to the lake to fishing for spend their time. They also carried essential utensils, ingredients and fishing equipment.     Minutes passed, The first fishermen finally got a fish that was big. And he decided to cook the fish as a whole fish. He spent some more time and got few more fishes.      After one hour the first fisherman take a look at the second fisherman and ask if the second man need any help. Not too long the second man captured a large fish. But, he put back the fish into the lake. The first man then ask why and the second man answered that the fish didin't fit the pan because his pan is small. After hearing this the first man surprised. He advised the second man to cut the big fish instead so it could fit into the pan.
New vocabularies found	Troubling
Comments	This story is interesting and after reading the story i could take the moral value of the story.

 

Day 1 Tuesday Date: 28 March 2023
Time	7.05-7.08 a.m.
Title	The Intelligent Artist
Sources	Classic Story - Short Story app
Characters	One-eyed king, the first artist, the second artist, the third artist.
Main points of the story	Long ago, there was a one-eyed king ruled a country he was born with an eye and his left eye closed with the skin. The king loves to rewards the great artists, poets and craftsmen. He didn't like any person who used to praise him lately.      One day the king asks three man to draw his face. He told that if the drawing is perfect he will reward somethhing, if not he will prisoned the person. They are all agree and started to sketch his face.      The first artist prisoned for 10 years because he drawn both eyes but with one eye in blind condition, the king felt this is dishonor to the ruler with physical disability. The second artist prisoned for five years because he drawn both the king eyes, and the king felt he was praising the king to earn reward. However, the third artist rewarded a fortune because he drawn the king's face with only one eye. He was clever and honest.
New vocabularies found	Impeccable, depicted.
Comments	Actually i don't really like the story, because it is kinda unclear.

 

Day 1 Tuesday Date: 28 March 2023
Time	7.10-7.13 a.m.
Title	The Three Kick Rule
Sources	Classic Stories - Short Stories app
Characters	The lawyer and the garden owner
Main points of the story	One day, a lawyer going back from fishing and hunting, but he didn't catch even a single fish. He then decided to return home. Suddenly he saw a rabbit movinng arpun nearby his house. He shot the rabbit, but the rabbit but the rabbit fallen into the garden with fence. He take quick glance and decided to jump inside and grabbed the rabbit. Butwhen he was about to climb he was caught by the garden owner.     They argued for the ownership of the habit. The garden owner said it was fallen on his garden so it is beloned to him but the lawyer said he shot the rabbit so it is belonged to him. He also shouted that he is a lawyer so he can sue the owner in the court.      To give the lawyer lesson the garden owner said "I'll kick yoou three times, you also kicked me three times. Let us continue until one of us give up, the one who don't give up is the winner. The lawyer agreed.         They tossing a coin and the garden owner won, he then kicked the layer on his face, stomach and leg. The lawyer groaned in pain. When the lawyer is about to kick the owner he said " I give up, you can take the rabbit"
New vocabularies found	-
Comments	I love the story it is kinda funny but still has moral story.

 

Day 2 Wednesday Date: 29 March 2023
Time	11.30-11.32
Tit	Lightning and Thunder
Sources	100 Famous Stories - Short Story app
Characters	The Lightning and The Thunder
Main points of the story	On the olden days, the thunder and lightning lives in the earth, the thunder was an old mother sheep and the lightning was her son, a ram. When the lightning angry he burnt houses and farm of the villain. The villain report it to the king because they feel disturbed since the lightning causing many damage.     The king then instruct them to go up to the sky. Ever since, when the lightning is angry, he made a damage as before, but the thunder, his mother. rebuking him and telling him to stop.
New vocabularies found	Ram, rebuking
Comments	Such an interesting story, the natural phenomenon changed into fictional story.

 

Day 2 Wednesday Date: 29 March 2023
Time	11.35-11.37
Title	The Bald Huntsman
Sources	100 Famous Stories - Short Story app
Characters	The hunstman, the huntsman friend.
Main points of the story	One day a huntsman with his bald hair bought himself a wig. When the man rode over a field with other huntsmen the wig fell off. His friend worried if the huntsman would angry but the man laugh instead and said "if the hair that wig as amde from could not stick to the head it belonged to, how could I think it would stick to mine?"
New vocabularies found	Gust
Comments	Even though its only one paragraph but i need to read the story for few times to understand what the meaning.

 

Day 2 Wednesday Date: 29 March 2023
Time	11.40-11.42
Title	Boy and Hazelnuts
Sources	100 Famous Stories - Short Story app
Characters	A boy, an onlooker.
Main points of the story	A greedy boy that really loves hazelnuts saw a jar of hazelnuts on the table. He tried to took all the hazelnuts but his hands cannot be pulled from the jar and he started to cry. Then an onlooker came and said to the boy to don't be greedy and don't attempt too much at one time.
New vocabularies found	Plunging, onlooker
Comments	Though its only one paragraph but it has the moral story.

 

Day 3 Thursday Date: 30 March 2023
Time	16.00-16.02
Title	The Astronomer
Sources	100 Famous Story - Short story app
Characters	The astronomer, a passerby person
Main points of the story	An astronomer who has empty mind is go out to walk, his head in the air and his eyes staring at the stars. He didn't aware aroound him so he fell down to the well and trapped. A passerby come, but didn't want to help. The astronomer said "Please help me, I was so busy studying the star that I didn't notice the well". The passerby then said "That's your fault, You should have looked where you were going".
New vocabularies found	Well, soaked.
Comments	Thought this will be as interseting as I read the title, but i could got the moral story.

 

Day 3 Thursday Date: 30 March 2023
Time	16.05-16.09
Title	The Little Pink Rose
Sources	100 Famous Story - Short story app
Characters	Rosebud, rain, sunshine
Main points of the story	A little pink rosebud live in alittle dark house under the ground. She was sitting there then she heard a little tap-tap at the door and turns out it is the Rain want to come in. She didn't want to open the door. The rain then come again but the rosebud stay still. After a while she heard a little tap tap again and a cheery voice come, the sunshine come twice and want to come in but the rosebud didn't want to open the door.      The day after her door knocked and the rosebud said "who is there?" turns out the rain and the sunshine come together. She finally open the door. The sunshine took her right hand and the rain took her left, they jump right up to the top of the ground. The sunshine and the rain then said "Poke your head through" the rosebud then poke her head through and she was in the midst beautiful garden.
New vocabularies found	Rustling, poke, wee, rosebud.
Comments	I love this story I thin it is shows how the rose blossom but in different way.

 

Day 3 Thursday Date: 30 March 2023
Time	16.10-16.13
Title	North Wind and Sun
Sources	100 Famous Story - Short story app
Characters	Sun, North Wind, A traveller
Main points of the story	One day a North Wind and Sun argued who is the best neither of them would give up and ignored their job. Then they bet who is going to separate a traveller from his cloak would be the winner. The North Wind tried it first by blowing his air to the man, but the man hug his cloak closer instead because he find for protection. The North Wind failed. Then the sun tried it by smiling, he smiled so make the traveller warm, as time pass by the traveller felt hot and hotter so he took it off his cloak and the sun won.
New vocabularies found	Triled, mere.
Comments	I like the story, it is such an intersting story.

 

Day 4 Friday Date: 31 March 2023
Time	10.05-10.07
Title	The Devoted Mother
Sources	Short Stories - Short Stories App
Characters	A duck, ducklings, a fox
Main points of the story	One day, a mother duck amd her little ducklings were on the way to a lake. All of a sudden, the mother saw a fox. He then shouted to the ducklings to back. The mother then pretend to broke her wings by draggin one wing on the ground. The fox thinks the duck was hurt so it will be easy to catch her. The mother run and now she reached the lake. The came closer but the mother duck quickly spread her wings and fly far away from the lake. Finally, she and her children saved.
New vocabularies found	Devoted
Comments	I think it is such a good story showing that mother will always do anything to protect her children.

 

Day 4 Friday Date: 31 March 2023
Time	10.20-10.22
Title	The Tree and The Travellers
Sources	Short Stories - Short Stories App
Characters	A traveller, the tree
Main points of the story	A huge tree with a broad trunk right in the middle od a dry land. The tree was an ideal meeting point for the travellers as it near four towns. One day a group of travellers raeched the tree. It was hot and sunny day, they slumped on the tree, sleptand enjoying the cool breeze. After a while, one of the traveller felt hungry and craved for a food he looked up to the tree but none of fruit or nuts from the tree. The traveller then siad that it is a useless tree and started cursing at the tree. The tree felt angry because the tree saved her from the hot sun. And then the travellers realize and apologize.
New vocabularies found	Slumped, trunk
Comments	Same as the other story, this is short story but full of meaning

 

Day 4 Friday Date: 31 March 2023
Time	10.40-10.42
Title	A Glass of Milk
Sources	Short Stories - Short Stories App
Characters	A boy, a girl, Dr. kevin
Main points of the story	One day lived a boy who selling variuous object door to door to pay his school. When he is walking as usual he felt weak and verry hungry till he felt he couldn't walk anymore. The boy then come to a house to ask for a glass of water. He knocked the door and a young girl opened the door. The girl gave him a glass of milk. The boy then asked how much should he paid for then the girl said he did't want any money. The boy thanked him from his bottom of his heart. Years passed by, the girl grew up, unfortunately she diagnosed with the rarest kind of nervous disorder. Dr. Kevin a neuro specialst come in to examine her. With a patient and hard work the disease finally under control. But the girl worried about how much she could paid the hospital bill. She was gaven the hospital bill her trembling hands, she then opened it and too stunned to see that all of the charge has been paid off and there was a note underneath signed by Dr. Kevin. "Bill paid years ago with a glass of milk.
New vocabularies found	Astonished, baffled, perseverance
Comments	I love the story because it contains moral story. Just remember that one good turn begets another.

 

What character do you like most? why

I like the Devoted Mother from the story " The Devoted Mother". I like the character because she has pure heart and responsible as a mother. She would do anyrhing even if it sacrifice her life just to protect her children from the dangerous situation.