Jawaban:

Once upon a time, there was a very poor man. He was too poor to provide food for his wife and many children. Accordingly, he left home and worked for the king of a distant land.

Years passed andhe leftthat it was time to return to his family. He came to the king and said, "l have served you so long. It is time for me to go home. Pay me what you owe me for my work." However, the king did not give him money. He said, "I give you something that is more precious than money. Here is a table. It will serve you food by saying 'Table, set yourself'. It is enough to provide food for all your family." The man was so happy and soon he left the palace to his family.

Because the distance was so far, he stopped at an inn and spent a night there. Foolishly, he showed the power of the table to the innkeeper who stared in fascination at how the table served the food. The Devil came to the innkeeper and he planned to steal the table to serve his guest delicious food without spending any money. He said, "I can make a lot of money with it".1 That night, the innkeeper stole the table and substituted an identical table. Early in the morning the man loaded the table on his back andhurried home to his wifeand children.

Afterthe longand tiring trip, the man arrived home andsaw his wifeand children. He immediately wanted to show the power of the table. He said, "We will not go hungry again. The king gave me this table to serve us delicious food." Then, he said, "Table, set yourself". The man was very disappointed because nothing appeared on the table. His wife became upset. She thought thathe wanted to fool her about the magic of the table rather than give moneyafter leaving the home for such a long time.

The wife said, "Go to the king and ask him for money instead. We don't need the table." The man went to the King again and told him what had happened. The king realised that somebody had stolen the table. He asked, "Where did you stop on the way? The man answered, " spent the night at the inn in the middle of my way home. The King said again, " I've heard that innkeeper is going to retire trom business, he has become so rich." "You'd better hurry there as fast as you can, betore he leaves town."

"Take these pincers," ordered the king. "Use them on that innkeeper until he gives back the table. Soon, he went to the innkeeper to ask for the table. Whenthe innkeeper was soreandblackand blue from the pincers, he gave back the table.

After that there were prosperous days indeed for the king's laborer. Whenever the children were hungry, he would say "Table, set yourself," and immediately the table would be full of the most delicious food.

As for the pincers, they proved to be quite as useful as the other gift he

received from the king. Whenever the children were naughty, he had only to

glance in the direction of those pincers. The children would immediately behave as they should.

Penjelasan:

Penggunaan Connectors:

ADDITION – and, plus, furthermore, moreover, in addition, also, as well as

TIME – when(ever), while, as, as soon as

SEQUENCE – then, after, afterwards, next, firstly, secondly, finally

CONTRAST – but, however, though, although, nevertheless, despite, whereas, while

CONDITION – as long as, provided that, unless, otherwise

REASON – because, as, due to, so (that), in order to

RESULT – so, therefore, as a result, consequently