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Exercises 4 and 5
Exercises 4 and 5
Exercises 4 and 5
Once there were two warring tribes whose kingdoms were divided only by a
wide river. The king on the land north of the river had a beautiful daughter named
Mayumi; while the king on the land south of the river had a brave handsome son
named Bayani.
Both kings hated each other so much thet they even wanted their children to
hate each other, too.
But fate played a trick on them. Mayumi and Bayani felt so madly in love with
each other that they defied their parents wish. They often met secretly in the
nearby forest.
One early morning, Mayumi went to meet Bayani in the forest. She had some
enchanted power so she changed herself into a deer. She did not want anybody to
see her.
Bayani waited for her. When he saw the deer, he was attracted to it. He
quickly shot an arrow not knowing it was Mayumi.
The deer fell bleeding. Bayani ran to see his prize, but he saw Mayumi instead.
He wept and in his grief, he stabbed himself to death.