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SUMMARY OF SHORT STORY Mariah by Che Husna Azahari In the story, Mariah is a person who sells Nasi Berlauk daily at her stall in

the small village town of Molo. She sells them in order to survive herself as a widower. At the same time, she is being admired by the men of that village because of her beautiful appearance. Another big character beside Mariah is Imam. Imam is a good person who always the place for quarrelsome couples to refer in order to settle their marriage problems. Imam already has a wife - Cik Yam and being the icon of other woman with full package in her own. Even Cik Yam could not bear children, the Imam still love her as long as they been through fifteen years of marriage. One day, Cik Gu Leh dragged the Imam to Mariahs stall -Kedai Merpati. The Imam was shocked to see that Mariah looks like a girl that he fell in love while he was young, studying at Pattani in Southern Thailand. The girl that he loves is a daughter to the Sheikh who was his teacher. He kept the feeling until that girl married her cousin. With his broken heart, he left Pattani and went back to home at Kelantan and marries Cik Yam as his mother wishes. He had not thought again of the Sheikhs daughter until he found Mariah. After Pak Imam had discussed with her about his intention to have another marriage with Mariah, Cik Yam felt upset and do not agree on that time. But because she loves his husband so much, he agreed to let the Imam to get married. Lastly Mariah agreed and they fell in love after marriage.