Tale of Si Tanggang

Good morning to honorable judges, teachers and fellow friends. Today I am going

to tell a story entitled “Tale of Si Tanggang”

There once lived two parents, Si Talang and Si Deruma who had a son named Si

Tanggang. Si Tanggang and his family were poor. Despite living in poverty, Si

Tanggang was a far-sighted boy. He had ambition and dreams to be a rich man.

Si Tanggang grew older. Si Tanggang decided to leave his family for life at sea,

promising he would be back one day. After Si Tanggang left, he worked for a rich

man who owned a ship. Si Tanggang worked very hard until one day the rich man

said, "Oh Si Tanggang! You worked so hard for me, so in return I allowed you to

marry my daughter and be the captain of my ship in the future".

Later in the year, Si Tanggang married the rich man's beautiful daughter. Si

Tanggang wanted to keep up the work and so he sailed the ship with his wife to an

unknown country. Once they arrived, they just so happen to reach Si Tanggang's

home village. Everybody was shocked and surprised at how Si Tanggang had

changed. Si Tanggang's parents, Si Talang and Si Deruma heard the news of their

homecoming son. So, they quickly came to meet Si Tanggang and offered him some

of his favourite banana cakes that Si Deruma had specially made for him.

Si Tanggang's wife was shocked, and asked him, "Were they your parents?"

Si Tanggang looked at his parents who were dirty and dressed in rags. He replied,

"What! Of course they're not! My parents died ages ago!"

Si Tanggang's heartbroken mother said, "Oh my son Si Tanggang! I’m your mother!

I just thought you'd like your favourite banana cakes". Si Tanggang's mum was

clinging on Si Tanggang's ship, one hand with the banana cakes.

"Go away!” shouted Si Tanggang. He hit his mother's fingers until his mother and

the banana cakes fell into the sea.

Si Tanggang's parents went back to the shore upsetly. Si Tanggang's mum looked

up to the sky, stretched her two hands high and cried, "Oh my dear God, please

show my son Si Tanggang that I’m his mother!”

As soon as the mother ended her sad wail, the sky suddenly turned dark and black

cloud covered the village. Thunder and lightning struck the village! The wind grew

hard and the waves began to smash the ship.

Si Tanggang then realised that he had done a bad sin towards his mother who had

raised him up. Si Tanggang shouted, "Oh mother! I’m sorry! Please forgive me! I

admit that I’m your son! ". But, it was no use. It was too late for forgiveness. Si

Tanggang, his wife, the ship and the sailors had turned into huge stones.

Boys and girls, the moral of this story is that we have to honour our parents. We

need to shower our parents with love and respect. Thank you.
 Little Red Riding Hood by Brothers Grimm

Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived in a village near the forest.  She liked to wear
a red riding cloak, so everyone in the village called her Little Red Riding Hood.

One morning, Little Red Riding Hood asked her mother if she could go to visit her grandmother.

"That's a good idea!" her mother said.  So she packed a nice basket for her to take to her
grandmother.

"Remember, go straight to Grandma's house," her mother warned her.  "Don't talk to
strangers!"

"Don't worry, mommy," said Little Red Riding Hood.

But when she noticed some lovely flowers in the woods, she forgot her promise to her mother. 
She was enjoying the warm summer day so much, that she didn't notice a dark shadow
approaching out of the forest behind her.

It was a big wolf.

"What are you doing out here, little girl?" the wolf asked in a voice as friendly as he could.

"I'm on my way to see my Grandma who lives in the forest," Little Red Riding Hood replied
happily.

Then she realized how late she was and quickly excused herself, rushing down the path to her
Grandma's house. 

The wolf, in the meantime, took a shortcut to her grandma’s cottage and knocked on the door.

"Come in, come in!  I was worried that something happened to you in the forest," said Grandma
thinking that the knock was her granddaughter.

The wolf let himself in.  Poor Granny was shocked. The wolf quickly gobbled her up!

The wolf let out a satisfied burp, and then poked through Granny's wardrobe to find a dress. 
He added a frilly sleeping cap, and dabbed some of Granny's perfume behind his pointy ears.

A few minutes later, Red Riding Hood knocked on the door.  The wolf jumped into bed and pulled
the covers over his nose.  "Who is it?" he called in a crackly voice.

"It's me, Little Red Riding Hood."

"Do come in, my dear," croaked the wolf.

When Little Red Riding Hood entered the little cottage, she could scarcely recognize her
Grandmother.

"Grandma!  Your voice sounds so odd.  What happen?" she asked.

"Oh, I just have touch of a cold," squeaked the wolf adding a cough.

"But Grandma!  What big ears you have," said Little Red Riding Hood as she edged closer to the
bed.

"The better to hear you with, my dear," replied the wolf.

"But Grandma!  What big eyes you have," said Little Red Riding Hood.

"The better to see you with, my dear," replied the wolf.

"But…But Grandma! What big teeth you have," said Little Red Riding Hood her voice quivering
slightly.

"The better to eat you with, my dear," roared the wolf and leapt out of the bed and began to
chase the little girl.

Almost too late, Little Red Riding Hood realized that the person in the bed was not her
Grandmother, but a hungry wolf!

"Help! Help! Wolf!", shouted as loudly as she could.

A woodcutter nearby heard her cry and ran towards the cottage as fast as he could.

He grabbed the wolf and made him spit out the poor Grandmother who was a bit frazzled by the
whole experience. "Oh Grandma, I was so scared!"  Sobbed Little Red Riding Hood, "I'll never
speak to strangers or dawdle in the forest again."

"Don’t worry, child.  You've learned an important lesson.  Thank goodness you shouted loud
enough!"

The woodcutter knocked out the wolf and carried him deep into the forest. Since then, they
had never seen the wolf again.

The moral of the story is children must obey their parents. We must listen to our parents and
never talk to strangers.