Jawaban:

Poor Mr Lebai (Pak Lebai Malang) - a Folktale from

West Sumatra

A long time ago, a man called Mr Lebai lived on a river bank in a village

in West Sumatra. One day, he received two party invitations-one from a

villager upstream and another one downstream. The two parties' locations

were far from each other. However, the parties were to take place exactly

at the same time.

Not wanting to miss both parties, he started rowing his boat downstream

for he knew that the food there was very delicious. In the middle of his

journey, he stopped. Mr Lebai remembered that the host of the upstream

usually gave more food to the guests, so he turned his boat back and

started to row upstream.

After rowing for several minutes, he stopped again. He remembered

that the downstream host was a generous man. Mr Lebai thought that if

he got there early, he would get a delicious buffalo head. He turned back

to go to the downstream village.

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