Reading Log (Short Story)

 

Identity

Name   : Muhammad Naufal Lazuardi

NPM   : 222122100

Class    : C

 

Pre-Reading

No	Day	Titles	Why I am interested to read	Questions before I read
1	Tuesday	1. Unhelpful Friends 2. Greedy Boy 3. Strong or Weak	The title makes me interested	Is the short story always about the imagine story and always have moral value?
2	Wednesday	1. The Clever Crow  2. A Wolf and Shepherd Boy 3. The Fox and The Grapes	The title makes me interested
3	Thursday	1. The True Friend 2. Encounter With A Ghost 3. Plan of Murder	The title makes me interested
4	Friday	1. Ant and Dove 2. In The Zoo 3. An Unfair World	The title makes me interested

 

Report

Day 1 Tuesday Date: 28 March 2023
Time	8:20-8:22
Title	Unhelpful Friends
Sources	Short Stories English App (Short Stories)
Characters	Bunny, Deer, Wild Dogs, Bear, Monkey, Elephant, Goat, and Other Animals
Main points of the story	Bunny got chasing by the wild dogs when he heard the loud barking. Hearing that loud bark, she was very scared and he try to get some help to his friends, but no one want to help him, because they have other activities too. Poor Bunny decided to hid under a bush. Unfortunately, the wild dogs did not find him and they went chasing other animals. Bunny was safe and she learn that he must survive by himself, not hanging on his unhelpful friends.
New vocabularies found	sharp antlers
Comments	This short story remains me to all my friends who always disappeared when I need them most.

 

Day 1 Tuesday Date: 28 March 2023
Time	08.42-08.45
Title	Greedy Boy
Sources	Short Stories English App (Short Stories)
Characters	Sam, Tom, Mom (Mother), Dad (Father)
Main points of the story	Tells about the identical twins Sam and Tom. Sam and Tom were so identical that even their mother get hard to determine one from the other. Sam was generous and selfless, Tom was greedy and selfish. When Sam and Tom became an adult, their father wanted to share his wealth to both. However, because of his greedy attitude Tom did not agree and he argued that whoever proved to be more intelligent and strong get the bigger proportion of the wealth. Their father manage a competition between both. The father asked both to walk as long as they could and return home before sunset, but they not allowed to carry a watch to visit the time.  The following day, Sam and Tom ready to do the challenge. The day was sunny day. Sam as we know generous and selfless decided to walk slowly and steadily, while Tom as we know with his greedy attitude directly do a sprint as he was bent on winning the challenge. But, Sam knew his strategy is ideal to walk till noun and home at noon, so it would take the same amount of time. However, Tom decided to not return home after-noon. He walked twice as long as Sam, and though he would still be able to reach home before sunset. But, when the sun turn orange he hurried back to home. Unfortunately, he can make it in time even a half way to his house as the sun started to set. Finally, he got tired and drag his feet back home.
New vocabularies found	engulfed, distinguish, fortune equally, generous, detested, mommy's/daddy's pet, initial day.
Comments	Once, I've ever see the wise statement. It is stated that the greed people always loss and it was proved here.

 

Day 1 Tuesday Date: 28 March 2023
Time	09.25-09.28
Title	Strong or Weak
Sources	Short Stories English App (Short Stories)
Characters	Teak Tree and Small Herb
Main points of the story	Tells about a teak tree in the forest who always praise himself. He was tall and strong. Next to him there was a small herb living. The teak tree always make a proud of himself by tell herb that he was a strong and no one can defeat him. One day he make a fun of herb, because the herb bowed low as impact of strong wind blew. Tomorrow day, here was a storm in the forest, because the strom was too strong he had fallen.
New vocabularies found	firmly, stood, bowed.
Comments	This remain us not to be arrogant, because above the sky there is till sky.

 

Day 2 Wednesday Date: 29 March 2023
Time	14:25-14.29
Title	The Clever Crow
Sources	Short Stories English App (Kid Stories)
Characters	Crow
Main points of the story	One hot day, a crow flied hither and thither to find some water, because he is thirsty. After some time, the crow saw a pitcher lying under a tree. He approach the pitcher and peeped into it, and fount there is water inside the pitcher. But, the water is in low level, so its possible for him to reach the water with his beak. He don't easily give up and still in that place, because the water inside pitcher made him eager to drink it. Until he found a smart idea to put some little pebbles into the pitcher, so the level of the water was raised by the process as the pebbles enter into. In the end, he drank it to relieve his thirst.
New vocabularies found	pitcher, hither, thither, diheartened, presence
Comments	This story teach us even in a hard situation, we can go through if we think cleverly.

 

Day 2 Wednesday Date: 29 March 2023
Time	15.38-15.40
Title	A Wolf and the Shepherd Boy
Sources	Short Stories English App (Kid Stories)
Characters	Wolf, Shepherd Boy, Villagers
Main points of the story	The Shepherd Boy who took out his sheep for eat grass in a field full of grass. He would go to a nearby jungle. One day he got bored and thought of a mischief. He climbed up a tree. Then, He shouts, "Help! Help! A wolf is coming". The villagers immediately help him. But, the shepherd tell them there is no wolf while laughing. The villagers went back. On another day, he do again the same joke and the same situation happen again, the villager went back, because they found no wolf. Until the time comes, the real wolf is coming to all his sheep, he shouts so many time to ask for help. But, no one is coming to him. In the end, the wolf killed him and his sheep.
New vocabularies found	mischief, grazing, sake
Comments	The story looks like the same story from Upin Ipin, but the difference is the shepherd did not killed by wolf.

 

Day 2 Wednesday Date: 29 March 2023
Time	16:30-.16:32
Title	The Fox and The Grapes
Sources	Short Stories English App (Kid Stories)
Characters	Fox
Main points of the story	One day there was a fox living in a forest. He was hungry that time. He walks hither and thither in search of food. Until he reached a vineyard. Bunches of grapes were hanging there and he wanted it. He try to jump so many time to reach the grapes. But no matter he try he still can't get that, because the grapes were too high for him to reach. Finally he got tired and decided to leave the grapes while saying the grapes is sour.
New vocabularies found	vineyard
Comments	If he didn't give up easily, probably I think he can get the grapes.

 

Day 3 Thursday Date: 30 March 2023
Time	21:30-21:33
Title	The True Friend
Sources	Short Stories English App (Friendship)
Characters	Squirrel and Puppy
Main points of the story	The squirrel and the puppy are two friends. They live together in a forest. Squirrel and Puppy has a opposite character, the squirrel was very sporty, while the puppy used to feel bad and think that him useless. One day, when the rain started heavily. The squirrel who is really sporty, he doing antics, but suddenly he lost his balance and fell in the rain water. Squirrel called his friend, the puppy helped him. Finally, the squirrel safe because of puppy's help.
New vocabularies found	antics
Comments	I think its too short for a short story.

 

Day 3 Thursday Date: 30 March 2023
Time	21:40-21:45
Title	Encounter With a Ghost
Sources	Short Stories English App (General)
Characters	Patrick, His father and mother
Main points of the story	In the night time, Patrick and his parents saw a horror movie. In the middle of the movie, Patrick felt thirsty and went to the kitchen to drink some water. But, he too lazy to put on light, so he walked slowly to the kitchen. In the other side, his mom too had got up to find some water. Because of the room is dark, Patrick walked straight into his mother and his min still busy with the horror movie, so he thought that he will faced with the ghost and started screaming. His father heard that scream and running to the kitchen to turn on the lights. When Patrick saw his mother standing in front of him, he felt relieved and went to bed.
New vocabularies found	quench, fetch, groped, relieved
Comments	Probably, if Patrick was coward, he shouldn't watch the horror movie in the night, even with his parents.

 

Day 3 Thursday Date: 30 March 2023
Time	22:00-22:03
Title	Plan of Murder
Sources	Short Stories English App (General)
Characters	James, Tailor, and The Cop
Main points of the story	James is the person who was walking down the road that time. Suddenly, he heard some noises coming from inside the a shop. Hearing that, James decided to approach the shop to eavesdrop the noises. He heard someone saying, "First we will cut his arms and then his shoulders." James is shivering with fear and then he immediately called the cops. The police came to the place and broke the door with James. Apparently, it was just tailor's shop and the tailor was talking about a piece of cloth. James felt embarrassed and runaway on his way.
New vocabularies found
Comments	As I expected there will a murderer, but it turns out to comedy.

 

Day 4 Friday Date: 31 March 2023
Time	22:17-22:20
Title	Ant and Dove
Sources	Short Stories English App (100 Famous Stories)
Characters	Ant, Dove, The Birdcatcher
Main points of the story	One hot day, the ant went to the river to drink some water. But, he carried away by the rush of the stream. The ant screaming for help and it was heard by a dove who sitting on a tree. Quickly, the dove plucked a leaf and flied to the ant to put the leaf near the drowning ant. The ant climbed the leaf and floated safely to the bank. Next day, a birdcatcher came to the forest to hunt some bird. The birdcatcher saw a dove and wanting to catch it. Knowing what's gonna happen to the dove, the ant stung him in the foot and it makes his shot miss. Quickly, the dove runaway from that tree.
New vocabularies found	plucked, overhanging, perceiving, afterwards
Comments	This story remain us to return the favor to whoever help us in terrible condition.

 

Day 4 Friday Date: 31 March 2023
Time	10:29-10:33
Title	In the Zoo
Sources	Short Stories English App (Comical)
Characters	Danny, His Father
Main points of the story	This story has the funny conversation between son and father. One day Danny and his father went to the zoo. Danny was a kid, so he very excited to see different types of animals there. After while, they arrive in front of the cage of lion. His father tell him how strong lions are. Listen to that, spontaneously Danny spoke up, "Dad, if somehow the lion comes out of the cage and eats you up, then how ill I get back home? At least tell me the route to reach home." Danny's father just laughing at the innocent question of his son.
New vocabularies found	ferocious, attentively
Comments	I think there is no moral story that I can get from here.

 

Day 4 Friday Date: 31 March 2023
Time	10:38-10:41
Title	An Unfair World
Sources	Short Stories English App (Comical)
Characters	A Man, The Beggar
Main points of the story	One day, a man on his way to office. The man saw beggar coming to him with a very bad condition. When the beggar asked for money, the man said to him, "Why don't you work? Don't you feel ashamed asking people for money?" "I do feel ashamed asking for money. But once when I took money without asking, the police took me to jail." The man speechless and continue walk to his way to the office.
New vocabularies found	beggar
Comments	Even this story doesn't have a moral value, but it took me to think what's the meaning of the beggar said.

 

What character do  you like most? Why?

Answer: The character do I like the most is Sam in the story of Greedy Boy. The reason why I love this character, because he is smart and kindhearted. Although, he is know his brother is a greedy person, but  he still patient to faced his brother.