Poor Mr. lebai (Pak lebai Malang) - a Folktale from West Sumatra A long time ago, a man called Mr lebai lived on a river bank in a village in West Sumatra. One Day, he received two party invatations-one from a villager upstream and another one downstream the two parties locations were far from each other. However, the parties were to take place exactly at the same time. Now wanting to miss both parties, he started rowing his boat downstream for he knew that food there was very delicious. in the middle of his journey, he stopped. mr lebai remembered that the host of upstream usually gave more food to the guests, so he turned his boat back and started to row upstream. After rowing for sereval minutes, he stopped again. he remembered that the downstream host was a generous man. mr lebai tought that if he got there early, he would get a delicious buffalo head. he turned back to go to the downstream village. However, when he got there, the party in the downstream village was over. he Saw people walking home, bringing bags of food. mr lebai was disappointed. he quickly turned his boat again heading for the upstream Village. he rowed as fast as he could. however, in the middle of the Journey, he saw people walking home bringing their bags of food, too. it meant the party in the upstream was over, also. In The End, Mr lebai went home empty-handed, disappointed, and exhausted. he was so unfortunate. thereafter, he was nicknamed "Pak Lebai Malang" or "Poor Mr Lebai" What can we learn from the story?

Semangat pagi, Winafajria! Hope you're doing well today. Contoh jawaban yang benar adalah "We can't be so greedy and calculating in life." (Kita tidak boleh tamak dalam hidup) Kenapa? Simak penjelasan berikut, ya. Makna dari pertanyaan "What can we learn from the story?" adalah "Apa yang dapat kita pelajari dari cerita di atas?". Ternyata kita ditugaskan untuk mencari moral values (pesan moral) dari cerita tersebut. Untuk mengetahui moral values dari cerita di atas, coba perhatikan beberapa kalimat di bawah ini, ya. a. "No wanting to miss both parties, he started rowing his boat downstream for he knew that food there was very delicious." (Tidak ingin ketinggalan kedua pesta tersebut, dia mulai mendayung perahunya, ke hilir karena tahu makanan di sana sangat lezat). b. in the middle of his journey, he stopped. mr lebai remembered that the host of upstream usually gave more food to the guests, so he turned his boat back and started to row upstream. (di tengah perjalanan, dia berhenti. Pak Lebai teringat kalau tuan rumah yang tinggal di hulu biasanya menyediakan makanan yang lebih banyak, jadi dia berbalik arah dan mendayung perahunya ke hulu). c. After rowing for sereval minutes, he stopped again. he remembered that the downstream host was a generous man. mr lebai tought that if he got there early, he would get a delicious buffalo head. he turned back to go to the downstream village. (Setelah mendayung beberapa saat, dia berhenti lagi. dia teringat kalau tuan rumah yang tinggal di hilir adalah orang yang dermawan. Pak Lebai mengira akan mendapat kepala kerbau yang lezat jika tiba lebih awal. Dia berbalik ke kampung hilir.) Dari ketiga makna di atas, kita dapat menyimpulkan bahwa Pak Lebai menunjukkan sifat tamak dan hitung-hitungan sehingga membuatnya justru tidak mendapatkan apa-apa. Jadi, contoh moral values yang didapat adalah kita tidak boleh jadi orang yang tamak dan hitung-hitungan. Jadi, contoh jawaban yang benar adalah "We can't be so greedy and calculating in life". Demikian penjelasan dari kakak, ya. Semoga membantu. Semangat!