Subject :

Retell

Answer :

Once upon a time in Bali, there was a boy named "Belog". This name has particular meaning in Balinese, it means "Blockhead". The whole village knew who Belog was because of his foolish actions. The villagers have never once felt tiresome telling each other the stories of the foolish things Belog has done. One story can led to another and so on. On one unfortunate day, Belog's mother accidentally dropped her last box of matches into a puddle of water that caused the matches to be wet and unable to be lighten anymore. Without any matches, she won't be able to cook meals and so she called out to her son and asked him a favour, "Belog! Please buy me some box of matches, without any, i won't be able to cook any meal!" She said as she gave her son some money. Then, she added, "Make sure the matches are dry and can light easily!" So, Belog merrily went to the village shop. Once he reached his destination and he went inside and then, he asked for a box of matches. He carefully counted the coins on his hands and paid for the box. He then went outside and then a thought struck him. "Are these matches really good?", he thought to himself as he opened the box of matches. "They look good to me, but how can I be so certain?" another thought came to him. He then pulled out one of the matches and tested it out. It worked perfectly fine, "Ah, this match worked perfectly fine!" he thought, "but how about the other ones? Are they good as well?" he thought to himself. So, he took out all of the other matches and lit all of them up one by one to see if they were good. Then he replaced the matches in the box and thought, "This is a good box of matches!" as he happily returned home.

Morals of the story (Kata-kata moral dari cerita tersebut)

• Such foolish actions will get you nowhere in life.

• They that are fools and choose not to think wiser will only be nothing but a burden to other people's life.