Nopombalu ONCE upon a time there were a handsome hunter, his name was Lawongo.

In the jungle he only hunted wild hogs. The animals often always destroyed the villagers' fields. The villagers were very grateful. With Lawongo's help, their field were safe from the wild hogs. Lawongo was also very great in playing a flute, it was so melodious. Everybody always enjoyed listening his playing the flute. One of the people was a beautiful girl. She always listened attentively. Lawongo knew there was a beautiful girl who always paid attention to him. Lawongo fell in love with her. The girl also loved him, later they got married. They were very happy. They loved each other and promised to be always together. They would be together until they died. In one night, Lawongo had a strange dream. In his dream he was hunting a very big wild hog. The hog attacked him. He did very hard to kill the hog. He used his knife to stab the hog and it finally died. On the next morning, Lawongo went hunting. It was still early in the morning and he did not want to wake his wife up. In the jungle ha did not see any animals. He could not find any wild hog either. He felt very strange. He walk and he felt very thirsty. He picked a coconut. And when he wanted to open it using his knife, he saw his knife was full of dried blood. He was confused. Suddenly he remembered his wife. Somehow he had a bad feeling about his wife. He immediately went home. When he arrived home, many people were in front of his house. One of the people said,"We're sorry for your wife, Lawongo. Please accept our condolences." "What happened?" asked him. He rushed into his house. He saw his wife was dead. Her body was full of blood. Lawongo was very sad. He felt very guilty. He knew last night he stabbed hi wife. He then told the villagers to do something. "I cannot live without my wife. Please prepare two coffins, one for me and the other one is for my wife." "No, please don't do it. You are still young and we still need you here. Besides that we still want to hear you play the flute." said one of the villagers. "Don't worry, I still play the flute for you. Male a hole on the coffin's cover. If you cannot longer hear my playing, it means I'm dead. You go to the beach. A strange thing will appear from the sea. Do not point at that thing and do not say anything. It is my reincarnation." said Lawongo. Later, the villagers buried the two coffins. At the first night, they could still hear his playing. However the sound was getting weaker and weaker. And finally the villagers did not hear anything.

They did Lawongo's request. They went to the beach. They all set down on the beach. Suddenly, a strange thing appeared from the sea. It was very big. They all were surprised. However they did not say anything. The thing finally stooped growing. The villagers used their sampan and came to the thing. It was a coral island. They named the island as Napombalu, which is from the words Napo and Nawalu. Napo means a coral island and Nawalu means a strange thing which turn into an island. Narrative Text in English : Jantur and Menur JANTUR and Menur were twins. Jantur was a boy and Menur was a girl and they had different personalities. Jantur was lazy, he got angry easily. He always said bad words when he was angry. However, Menur was a very kind, diligent, patient and always helped their parents. She always reminded her brother to behave well. Menur! Where are you? Im hungry! Give me some food! said Jantur. Be patient Jantur Im still cooking, the food is not ready yet. Why don't you help me mop the floor? Father and mother will be home soon, said Menur. Arrrgggh! What took you so long? Im hungry, you are so slow! said Janur. And he said bad words to Menur. Menur was very sad. She cried. When their parents went home, Menur told them about Janturs bad behavior. Her father then advised him. However, Jantur did not want to listen to him. He ignored him, and it was getting worse. Jantur asked his parents and his sister to leave the house. They were very sad. They never thought that Jantur would ask them to leave the house. After his parents and his sister left her house, Jantur lived alone. At first he felt very happy because no one disturbed him. He could do anything he wanted. He even spent his parents money for bad things. When all the money was gone, he sold his parents animals, cows, goats, cocks and hens. Meanwhile, Menur and her parents lived in another place. When they left home, they did not bring anything. Because they worked very hard, they could build a new home and they had new animals. They were rich. How about Jantur? Soon all his parents wealth was gone. Jantur was lazy, he did not want to work. He wanted to have much money in an easy way. So he sold the last wealth, it was the house. After Jantur sold the house, again, he spent the money foolishly. It was not surprising that Jantur became poor again. He did not have any money and he did not have a house. His body was very thin. He suffered skin disease, his skin was full of black dots.

Jantur did not have a way to go, he just walked and walked. Finally, he arrived at his parents house. Menur was in front of the house sweeping the floor. At first, they did not recognize each other. Menur thought that Jantur was a beggar. Are you hungry? Here, I have some food, said Menur. Jantur was happy. He was so hungry that he did not recognize his sister. However Menur knew him. Jantur? Is that you brother? Father, mother, Jantur is here!! screamed Menur. Jantur my son, what happened to you? said his mother. Jantur was surprised. Mother, is that really you? Father, mother, and Menur! Please forgive me. I was punished by God. I suffer an illness, Im poor, and I dont have a house to live. I have done bad things to you all. I promise I will be good, promised Jantur. The family now reunited. They have already forgiven Jantur and amazingly Jantur was cured. And as he promised, Jantur became a very good man. A Legend of Candy Cane A candy maker in Indiana wanted to make a candy that would be a witness, so he made the Christmas Candy Cane. He incorporated several symbols for the birth, ministry, and death of Jesus Christ. He began with a stick of pure white, hard candy. White to symbolize the Virgin Birth and the sinless nature of Jesus, and hard to symbolize the Solid Rock, the foundation of the church, and firmness of the promises of God. The candy maker made the candy in the form of a "J" to represent the precious name of Jesus, who came to earth as our Savior. It also represents the staff of the "Good Shepherd" with which He reaches down into the ditches of the world to lift out the fallen lambs who, like all sheep, have gone astray. Thinking that the candy was somewhat plain, the candy maker stained it with red stripes. He used the tree small stripes to show the stripes of the scourging Jesus received by which we are healed. The large red stripe was for the blood shed by Jesus on the Cross so that we could have the promise of eternal life, if only we put our faith and trust in Him. Unfortunately, the candy became known as a Candy Cane - a meaningless decoration seen at Christmas time. But the meaning is still there for those who "have eyes to see and ears to hear". Narrative text : Monkey and Crocodile One day a monkey wanted to cross a river. He saw a crocodile in the river, so he asked the crocodile to take him across the other side. The crocodile told the monkey to jump on its back. Then the crocodile swam down the river. Now, the crocodile was very hungry, so when it was in the middle of the river, it stopped and said to the monkey, Monkey, my father is very sick. He must eat the heart of the monkey. Then he will be strong again.

The monkey thought for a while. Then he told the crocodile to swim back to the river bank. Whats for? asked the crocodile. Because I didnt bring my heart with me, said the monkey. I left it under the tree, near some coconuts. So, the crocodile turned around and swam back to the bank of the river. As soon as they reached the river bank, the monkey jumped off the crocodiles back and climbed up to the top of a tree. Where is your heart? asked the crocodile. You are foolish, the monkey said to the crocodile. Now I am free and you have nothing. The monkey told the crocodile not to try to fool him again. The crocodile swam away, hungry. The Moon, A Balloon, and A Spoon This is a very strange story about the moon, a balloon and a spoon-but who's to say it isn't true? It happened late one night when everybody had gone to bed. All the children in the houses had been fast asleep for hours, and all the grown-ups too. Only the cats that sat on the rooftops were wide awake in the monnlight. Suddenly there came a noise like..,,,...thunder perhaps, or a jet plane maybe, or the roaring, rushing sound of a hurricane......no-one could really say for sure. All at once everyone was out of bed opening their windows and looking up into the sky. There it was again, and again, and again. The noise was so loud that it knocked off some of the chimney pots and sent them rolling down the roofs. "What is it?" the people in the houses cried with fright. A ginger cat who had been sitting on the roof seemed to know the answer. "Its the Moon!" he purred, looking very aloof. "The Moon has a bad cold and he keeps on sneezing!" and the ginger cat strolled off to find a quieter rooftop. Sure enough when the people looked up into the sky, they could see that the Moon had a dreadful cold red nose and all! The stars were scattered across the sky, for they found it very difficult to hang on when the Moon was sneezing so hard. All through that night the moon sneezed and sneezed. No-one got a wink of sleep and everyone felt very tired and grumpy next morning. "What are we going to do?" neighbours asked one another-but nobody had the least idea.

"How long does a bad cold usually last?" someone asked the chemist in the shop down the street. "At least a week," he said gravely, "and in some cases up to a fortnight!" Everybody groaned. No sleep for a fortnight.....it was unthinkable!. "What the Moon really needs is a bottle of my best cold medicine," the chemist went on, "that will stop him sneezing in a jiffy." "This all sounds very silly indeed," said a lady who lived in one of the houses. "How on earth can we give medicine to the Moon?" "Somebody could float up there in a ballon," said one little boy "they do it all the time in nursery rhymes and fairy stories!" "That sounds like a very good idea to me," a man spoke up, "I have a hot-air balloon and would gladly help the Moon's bad cold!"

First the medicine had to be mixed. The chemist found everything he needed and put all the ingredients into a great big bowl. He had a giant bottle in his shop window so he carefully poured the cold mixture into that. "So far so good," smiled the chemist looking very pleased with himself "We shall need a giant spoon!" piped up the little boy (whose idea it was in the first place). "I've just the thing," cried the baker. "I use it to stir my cakes at Christmas time.......I've such a lot to make!" So straight away he ran to his shop to fetch the giant spoon. The man who owned the hot-air balloon started getting things ready. The little boy (whose idea it was in the first place), was going up in the basket to give the Moon the medicine. By the time darkness fell and the Moon appeared in the sky, everything was ready. You could hear that the Moon's cold was no better, in fact he sounded much worse. Even the clouds were being blown all over the place. "Soon we shall be sneezing instead of twinkling," some of the stars grumbled loudly. At long last the man in the hot-air balloon and the little boy, (whose idea it was in the first place), reached the Moon. Very, very carefully the little boy gave the Moon the cold medicine from the giant spoon.

"Is it alright to take the whole bottle?" asked the Moon wheezing and sneezing. "Perfectly alright," the little boy replied, "it says so on the label!" The cold medicine worked wonders. In next to no time the Moon recovered and all was peace and quiet. Everyone in the houses had a good night's sleep, for there was nothing to disturb their slumbers......and the cats walked along the rooftops as usual and gazed up at the moon, who was asleep too! "Romeo and Juliet's Romantic and Tragic Story" In the town of Verona there lived two families, the Capulets and the Montagues. They engaged in a bitter feud. Among the Montagues was Romeo, a hot-blooded young man with an eye for the ladies. One day, Romeo attended the feast of the Capulets', a costume party where he expected to meet his love, Rosaline, a haughty beauty from a well-to-do family. Once there, however, Romeo's eyes felt upon Juliet, and he thought of Rosaline no more. The vision of Juliet had been invading his every thought. Unable to sleep, Romeo returned late that night to the Juliet's bedroom window. There, he was surprised to find Juliet on the balcony, professing her love for him and wishing that he were not a "Montague", a name behind his own. "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Romeo was ready to deny his name and professed his love. The two agreed to meet at nine o-clock the next morning to be married. Early the next morning, Romeo came to Friar Lawrence begging the friar to marry him to Juliet. The Friar performed the ceremony, praying that the union might someday put an end to the feud between the two families. He advised Romeo kept the marriage a secret for a time. On the way home, Romeo chanced upon his friend Mercutio arguing with Tybalt, a member of the Capulet clan. That qurreling last caused Merquito died. Romeo was reluctant no longer. He drew his sword and slew Tybalt died. Romeo realized he had made a terrible mistake. Then Friar Lawrence advised Romeo to travel to Mantua until things cool down. He promised to inform Juliet. In the other hand, Juliet's father had decided the time for her to marry with Paris. Juliet consulted Friar Lawrence and made a plot to take a sleeping potion for Juliet which would simulate death for three days. The plot proceeded according to the plan. Juliet was sleeping in death. Unfortunately, The Friar's letter failed to reach Romeo. Under the cover of darkness, he broke into Juliet's tomb. Romeo kissed the lips of his Juliet one last time and drank the poison. Meanwhile, the effects of the sleeping potion wear off. Juliet woke up calling for Romeo. She found her love next to her but was lying dead, with a cup of poison in his hand. She tried to kiss the poison from his lips, but failed. Then Juliet put out his dagger and plunged it into her breast. She died