Chapter VII. �Sangkuriang

1. Who is Dayang Sumbi? Describe her.
2. Who is Tumang? Why did Dayang Sumbi marry him?
3. Was Tumang a human being or a dog?
4. What did Sangkuriang know about Tumang?
5. One day he killed Tumang. Did he kill him because he was a bad son to his father? Why did he kill Tumang?
6. If you were Dayang Sumbi, would you tell Sangkuriang the truth or would you keep the secret from him? Explain your answer?
7. What happened to Sangkuriang after he killed Tumang?
8. When he saw Dayang Sumbi, he proposed to marry her. Was he a bad son to his mother? Why did he want to marry her?
9. Why did Dayang Sumbi ask him to build a lake and a boat in one night?
10. Why could not Sangkuriang !nish the boat?
11. How did the boat get upside down?
12. What have we learnt from the story?
1. You must not kill your parents.
2. You must not marry your mother.
3. You should not hide the truth.
4. You should accept the truth that you will get old.

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Collectiong Information

Paragragh 3

1. He fell in love with her at the first sight.
2. She could never get older because she was granted eternal youth by the gods.
3. There he met a beautiful young woman.
4. He did not know that she was Dayang Sumbi.
5. One day Sangkuriang went back to his village.
6. He was big and strong.

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Paragraph 4

1. Then she got an idea.
2. Dayang Sumbi saw the bad scar on his forehead.
3. She gave him a task which she thought was impossible for him to do.
4. She told him the truth again and again but he would not believe her.
5. One day he approached Dayang Sumbi to propose her.
6. She asked him to make her a lake and a boat in one night.
7. She soon realized that he was her own son, Sangkuriang.
8. She was thinking hard to !nd a way not to marry him.
9. She did not know Sangkuriang had genies to help him to do the task.

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Paragraph 5

1. Knowing Dayang Sumbi cheated him, Sangkuriang got very angry.
2. Dayang Sumbi got very worried.
3. She was thinking hard again to !nd a way to fail him.
4. The genies thought that the morning was almost broken
5. It is now known as Mount Tangkuban Perahu
6. By dawn both the lake and the boat were almost done.
7. She asked the people in the village to burn the woods in the east, so that the light made all the cocks in the village crow.
8. They ran away as fast they could, leaving the boat un!nished.
9. Then she had an idea.
10. He kicked the boat so hard that it went upside down.

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Reflecting

Associating

THE GOLDEN STAR-FRUIT TREE

A long time ago there was a rich old man living in Vietnam. He had two sons. They had very di!erent attitudes. The older brother was very greedy, and the younger brother was very kind. When the old man died, the brothers divided his father’s wealth into two parts. The big brother took almost everything. He gave his younger brother only a small piece of land, with a star-fruit tree in front of it. The younger brother did not mind. From then on he lived there and made his living only by selling star fruits from the tree.

Unfortunately, a very big raven often came and ate all the ripe fruits. At "rst he was too afraid of the raven, and did not know what to do. But one day he dared to approach the raven. He begged to it not to eat the fruits. “If you eat the fruits, I will have nothing to sell to the market, and my family will starve.”

Surprisingly the raven was not angry. He replied, “I need the fruits too. Can I have them and I’ll pay you with gold. Bring a 1-meter long bag, and I’ll bring to a place full of gold and you can "ll the bag full with gold.” The younger brother then told his wife to make a 1-meter long bag. When the bag was done, he climbed on the raven’s back and they !ew to a place full of gold. He "lled the bag full with gold, and then !ied back home on the raven’s back. From then on, the younger brother and his family could live happily in luxury.

On the commemoration of his father’s death, he invited his older brother to come to his house. Thinking that his brother had a poor house, the big brother refused to come. But because his younger brother insisted, he and his wife "nally decided to come. When they got to the younger brother’s house, they were surprised to see that he was now very rich. He asked his younger brother how he had got all his wealth, and the younger brother was happy to tell him the truth. Then the greedy brother and his wife offered the younger brother to trade

all their fortune for the star-fruit tree. The younger brother gladly accepted the offer. Soon the older brother and his family moved to the house with the star-fruit tree. When the raven came or the star fruits, the older brother made the same plea. As expected, the raven told him to bring a 1-meter long bag.

Because he was greedy, he asked his wife to make a much longer bag. When the bag was done, he climbed on the raven’s back and then they !ew to the place full of gold. He "lled the big bag with gold. He also brought some gold in his pockets. On the way home, the load soon became too heavy for the raven. Unable to hang on, the raven swayed, and the greedy brother fell straight down to the sea with his bag and pockets full of gold. He sank very fast down the sea. The older brother "nally died. He died because of his greed.

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