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The city was besieged by the british Army, but I had to go out to the next town to my grandparents to take the cure for my sick brother. My grandma was very good at making medicinal herbs. People said that the british Army would not let us go out of Surabaya. However, my best friend Lunyu said we could sneak out by avoiding main roads.

We left our home in the afternoon. To avoid the british army, we took an alternative route. We went through some villages. Finally, in the evening, we arrived in a village located near a wood. The villagers offered us their home for us to sleep during the night and suggested continuing our trip in the next morning. but I refused the offer kindly. I had to get the cure as soon as possible. So, we thanked them and continued our trip.

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The alternative road went into the wood. I was scared because it looked already dark. Suddenly we saw two moving red lights. My heart beat faster. I stopped and did not dare to move. The lights were moving toward us. “Tiger. Tiger’s eyes,” I thought. I wanted to run but I couldn’t move my legs. I closed my eyes. My body was trembling. I prayed and I prayed. Suddenly, I heard Lunyu’s voice. “Kitty …Kitty … come here Kitty.” I opened my eyes. There I saw Lunyu holding a black cat.

I felt relieved; but I did not have more courage to walk through the dark wood anymore. We had been successful in avoiding the british Army, but I did not want to meet a real tiger in the forest. So, we decided to stay overnight in the previous village and continued our trip tomorrow morning.

Questions:

1. What was the boy’s experience about? Penetrating the british Army siege/sneaking out of Surabaya that was under siege by the british Army.

2. Why did they boy have to sneak out of Surabaya? He had to get the cure for his sick brother.

3. Where did he have to go? To the next town where his grandparents lived.

4. Who accompanied him? Lunyu, his best friend.

5. How did they go to the next town and keep themselves safe from enemies? They went there on foot and by taking alternative route.

6. Why didn’t they take the main road? They had to avoid meeting the british Army.

7. What would have happened if they had met the british Army. (Answers may vary)

a. They would have not been allowed to go out of Surabaya by the british Army.

b. They would have been interrogated/given many questions to know whether they were freedom fighters.

c. They would have been arrested if the bA had been suspicious.

8. Did they take longer or shorter route? (The answers can vary.)

9. What do you think about the villagers liven near the forest? They were kind and helpful.

10. Why do think they were determined to continue their trip? The boy’s brother needed the cure soon.

11. Imagine how did the two boys react when they saw the moving red lights in the dark?

12. Why did the villagers offer them to continue the trip the next morning? (they knew the forest was not easy to go through at night because it was dark.

13. What can you tell about the boy’s and his friend’s personality? The author loved his brother, and got scared easily while his friend, Lunyu, was helpful/

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14. What did they finally decide/

Contoh gubahan cerita pengalaman untuk speaking.

1. We slept in a villager’s house.

2. His name was pak bejo.

3. He lived with his wive, bu bejo.

4. The black cat belonged to them.

5. We woke up early.

6. Pak bejo and bu bejo gave us nice breakfast.

7. We ate pecel.

8. We thanked them and left their house.

9. We went through the wood.

10. The wood was not dark because it was in the morning.

11. Finally we arrived safely at my grandparents’ house.

12. We did not meet any british soldier.

13. Grandma gave me the medicinal herbs.

14. We went home through the wood again.

15. We met the cat in the wood.

16. We also met pak bejo and bu bejo again.

17. Finally we arrived home safely.