Lebai Malang Once there was a young man called Lebai Malang. He was a bachelor. He lived in a village near a river in Central Sumatra One day , Lebai was very confused because he was invited attend two parties. One was in the northern village and the other southern. He knew that the people in the northern village were clever at cooking. Whatever they cooked it tasted very delicious , but on that day they killed just one buffalo. The people in the southern village couldn't cook. Whatever they cooked tasted salty , but killed so many buffaloes , goats , and deer. Where did Lebai decide to go ? To go north or south ? In end , Lebai made up his mind to go north by boat. On his way to northern village , he saw many people going there " How can I get food ? " he thought. Then he turned his boat to the southern village. When he nearly got there , he changed his mind again because he knew very well that the people in the southern village couldn't cook. Simple past tense?