Narative Text

The Story of Jayaprana and Layonsari

Centuries ago, there was a small kingdom in what we recently called as
Kalianget Village in Buleleng Regency. Once upon a day the Kalianget kingdom
was suffered by a dangerous disease that cause most of the people died. The
whole kingdom was in a deep sadness, then the king of Kalianget decided to
have trip to entertain himself after the disease was over. It was said that he
lost all of his family, at a cross road he met a child who was crying for the
death of his parents and his brothers. The king adopted the boy to be his son
because of losing all his children. He took the boy to the palace and tought
him to be a soldier to service the kingdom in the future. The boy was called
Jayaprana. When the boy had got adult he became a handsome and powerful
soldier. Although he was a beloved
soldier to the king, Jayaprana was a
simple person, he dedicated his life to
the kingdom especially to the king.
Then, the time had come. Jayaprana
fell in love with a beautiful flower
seller in the market. The girl was
Layonsari (actually this is not her real
name. No one know her real name. The name
of Layonsari was known after her death).
Layonsari also fell in love with
Jayaprana. The lovely couple intended to get married and this was a happy news
to the whole kingdom. It was such a happy atmosphere surrounding the kingdom
especially for the married couple. But what's a pity. When the king met with
Layonsari, he suddenly fell in love with Layonsari when Layonsari had been
Jayaprana's wife. He was really obsesive to Layonsari though he realised that
Layonsari had been to be Jayaprana's wife. To have Layonsari to be his wife he
had to kill Jayaprana.The king set up a plan to kill Jayaprana by ordered him
going to the forest near the sea to kill the intruders/robbers accompanied by
his guards. With this strategy the king hoped he could gave Jayaprana away
from his wife and he could persuaded Jayaprana's wife to be his wife.
Jayaprana went to the forest although his wife had told him about her bad sign
for his journey. He accompanied by Patih Sawung Galing, the head guard of the
kingdom. After several days they reached the forest eventually. There were
many faiths with the robbers, and they succeeded in killing all the robbers.
At the last faith with the robbers, Patih Sawung Galing tried to kill
Jayaprana. But he could not. He tried many times with various ways but nothing
could kill him. Then Patih Sawung Galing stopped. Jayaprana and Patih Sawung
Galing made a conversation. Jayaprana asked Patih Sawung Galing why he wanted
to kill him. According to Patih Sawung Galing, that was the king's order.
He told Jayaprana that the king had a desire for Layonsari and wanted
her to be his wife. Jayaprana understood and became sad. He knew the king was
very kind of him during his life. Jayaprana wanted to give anything to the
king but his wife. He had promised to obey all the orders of the king. Of
course, Jayaprana could killed Patih Sawung Galing and then killed the king.
But what for? He thought, with the event, he had nothing anymore in his life
except his wife. He was so sad. Then he decided to let Patih Sawung Galing to
kill him in order to fulfil his promise to the king, his step-father. He took
the flower he was using in his hair and gave it to Patih Sawung Galing.
Jayaprana also gave his Keris (Balinese wavy dagger) to Patih Sawung Galing so
he could kill him. Jayaprana asked Patih Sawung Galing to send his mesage to
his wife that he was died in order to fulfil his promise to the king. The
tears of Patih Sawung Galing dropped when he took the flower and Keris. With
just one hit Patih Sawung Galing could kill Jayaprana easily.
Then the magic began. A good smell came from the body of Jayaprana and
spreaded out to cover the forest. All animals became sad and screamed out but
a white tiger. The tiger jumped to Patih Sawung Galing and killed the Patih
Sawung Galing with one hit. The rest of the guards, deeply sad, went back to
Kali Anget and told the story. At Kali Anget palace, Layonsari, after knowing
her husband had been died for the king, commited suicid. And the same thing
happened, a good smell came from her body and spreaded out to cover the
palace. (Jayaprana's wife had her name from this event. Layonsari derived from
two words; Layon means the death body, and Sari means a good smell). The good
smell was a sign that they had no sins.The king was so sad with the event.
Then he withdrewn himself and stopped reigning the kingdom.
People of Kali Anget then brought the body of Layonsari to the forest
where Jayaprana killed few days ago (because they wanted to met them together
again). At the place the people built two graves. One grave for Jayaprana and
Layonsari, another grave was for Patih Sawung Galing. The last man was
destined to be the guard of the grave forever. After a complete ceremony,
Jayaprana and Layonsari were stated as holy spirit. Event untill now people
believe that the magic is still going on. Down on the sea, you can see from
the hill where the grave lies, there are colorful sea coral that somehow in a
special moment the color will change eventually.
For centuries there have been many people (any kind of religions) come
to the grave to worship and built a temple surrounding the grave. It is peace
and has a good view on the grave yard, Menjangan island, event some mounts in
East Java can be seen from this grave. Indeed in front of the grave is a
beautiful peninsula, the grave located some 1 km from the main road toward the
top of the hill. The place is known as Teluk Terima the grave, some 15 kms
from Menjangan Resort, some 45 kms from Pulaki Temple , the area is considered
to be part of West Bali National Park .
The story about Jayaprana and Layonsari has become a love story epic for
Balinese people. This sad story has been translated to many Balinese
traditional songs, many Balinese dances and scrips of Balinese play
(sendratari). It is compared much more like Shakespear's Romeo and Juliet.
Though most of the people believe this is a true story but Balinese historians
can not find any clue due to its existance except the grave.
 The Little Match Girl
It was so terribly cold. Snow was falling,
and it was almost dark. Evening came on, the last
evening of the year. In the cold and gloom a poor
little girl, bareheaded and barefoot, was walking
through the streets. Of course when she had left
her house she'd had slippers on, but what good had
they been? They were very big slippers, way too
big for her, for they belonged to her mother. The
little girl had lost them running across the road,
where two carriages had rattled by terribly fast.
One slipper she'd not been able to find again, and a boy had run off with the
other, saying he could use it very well as a cradle some day when he had
children of his own. And so the little girl walked on her naked feet, which
were quite red and blue with the cold. In an old apron she carried several
packages of matches, and she held a box of them in her hand. No one had bought
any from her all day long, and no one had given her a cent.

Shivering with cold and hunger, she crept along, a picture of misery,
poor little girl! The snowflakes fell on her long fair hair, which hung in
pretty curls over her neck. In all the windows lights were shining, and there
was a wonderful smell of roast goose, for it was New Year's eve. Yes, she
thought of that!

In a corner formed by two houses, one of which projected farther out

into the street than the other, she sat down and drew up her little feet under
her. She was getting colder and colder, but did not dare to go home, for she
had sold no matches, nor earned a single cent, and her father would surely
beat her. Besides, it was cold at home, for they had nothing over them but a
roof through which the wind whistled even though the biggest cracks had been
stuffed with straw and rags.

Her hands were almost dead with cold. Oh, how much one little match
might warm her! If she could only take one from the box and rub it against the
wall and warm her hands. She drew one out. R-r-ratch! How it sputtered and
burned! It made a warm, bright flame, like a little candle, as she held her
hands over it; but it gave a strange light! It really seemed to the little
girl as if she were sitting before a great iron stove with shining brass knobs
and a brass cover. How wonderfully the fire burned! How comfortable it was!
The youngster stretched out her feet to warm them too; then the little flame
went out, the stove vanished, and she had only the remains of the burnt match
in her hand.
 She struck another match against the wall.
It burned brightly, and when the light fell upon
the wall it became transparent like a thin veil,
and she could see through it into a room. On the
table a snow-white cloth was spread, and on it
stood a shining dinner service. The roast goose
steamed gloriously, stuffed with apples and
prunes. And what was still better, the goose
jumped down from the dish and waddled along the
floor with a knife and fork in its breast, right
over to the little girl. Then the match went out,
and she could see only the thick, cold wall. She lighted another match. Then
she was sitting under the most beautiful Christmas tree. It was much larger
and much more beautiful than the one she had seen last Christmas through the
glass door at the rich merchant's home. Thousands of candles burned on the
green branches, and colored pictures like those in the printshops looked down
at her. The little girl reached both her hands toward them. Then the match
went out. But the Christmas lights mounted higher. She saw them now as bright
stars in the sky. One of them fell down, forming a long line of fire.

"Now someone is dying," thought the little girl, for her old grandmother, the
only person who had loved her, and who was now dead, had told her that when a
star fell down a soul went up to God.

She rubbed another match against the wall. It became bright again, and
in the glow the old grandmother stood clear and shining, kind and lovely.

"Grandmother!" cried the child. "Oh, take me with you! I know you will
disappear when the match is burned out. You will vanish like the warm stove,
the wonderful roast goose and the beautiful big Christmas tree!"

And she quickly struck the whole bundle of matches, for she wished to
keep her grandmother with her. And the matches burned with such a glow that it
became brighter than daylight. Grandmother had never been so grand and
beautiful. She took the little girl in her arms, and both of them flew in
brightness and joy above the earth, very, very high, and up there was neither
cold, nor hunger, nor fear-they were with God.

But in the corner, leaning against the wall, sat the little girl with
red cheeks and smiling mouth, frozen to death on the last evening of the old
year. The New Year's sun rose upon a little pathetic figure. The child sat
there, stiff and cold, holding the matches, of which one bundle was almost
burned.
"She wanted to warm herself," the people said. No one imagined what beautiful
things she had seen, and how happily she had gone with her old grandmother
into the bright New Year.
 Explanation Text

How Rainbow Is Formed

Rainbow is one of optic phenomena that happens in the atmosphere of the
earth naturally. We can see it at mountin range, or when it is cloudy,
or when it is raining and rising of sun. We have to be the other side for
looking. We just can see it a half of circle form, but acctually the rainbow
is a circle form. We can see it perfectly, if it is seen by standing in the
high place. It is real that rainbow is a circle form not like parabola form.
On the ground, we can not see perfectly, except if we are in the high place
like in the air plane or standing on top of moutain. When we are looking at
rainbows colors, we will see them that ordered of red is on the highest
order, and purple is on the lowest order.
Red is more dominant than another color caused by having biggest wave
between others. Therefore the red one is in the highest order and purple one
is in lowest order. How rainbow is formed? Try to watch it when light of sun
concerns a 90-degree angle mirror or a glass prism side, or surface of soap
foam. We can see colors on the light. The light is rayyed to be some wave
lenght of light that it is seen by our eyes as red, bright red, yellow, green,
blue and purple. These colors are compnents of light that they are called
visible light. The other component is invisible light such as infrared (red is
in the right side), and ultraviolet (bright red is in the left side).
So, we can see the beautiful rainbow because there are some processes to
be beautiful rainbow that it appears in the sky.
 How do We Dreaming ?
The human brain is a mysterious little ball of gray matter. After all
these years, researchers are still baffled by many aspects of how and why it
operates like it does. Scientists have been performing sleep and dream studies
for decades now, and we still aren't 100 percent sure about the function
of sleep, or exactly how and why we dream. We do know that our dream cycle is
typically most abundant and best remembered during the REM stage of sleep.
It's also pretty commonly accepted among the scientific community that we all
dream, though the frequency in which dreams are remembered varies from person
to person.

The question of whether dreams actually have a physiological, biological

or psychological function has yet to be answered. But that hasn't stopped
scientists from researching and speculating. There are several theories as to
why we dream. One is that dreams work hand in hand with sleep to help the
brain sort through everything it collects during the waking hours. Your brain
is met with hundreds of thousands, if not millions of inputs each day. Some
are minor sensory details like the color of a passing car, while others are
far more complex, like the big presentation you're putting together for your
job. During sleep, the brain works to plow through all of this information to
decide what to hang on to and what to forget. Some researchers feel like
dreams play a role in this process.

It's not just a stab in the dark though -- there is some research to
back up the ideas that dreams are tied to how we form memories. Studies
indicate that as we're learning new things in our waking hours, dreams
increase while we sleep. Participants in a dream study who were taking a
language course showed more dream activity than those who were not. In light
of such studies, the idea that we use our dreams to sort through and convert
short-term memories into long-term memories has gained some momentum in recent
years.

Another theory is that dreams typically reflect our emotions. During the
day, our brains are working hard to make connections to achieve certain
functions. When posed with a tough math problem, your brain is incredibly
focused on that one thing. And the brain doesn't only serve mental functions.
If you're building a bench, your brain is focused on making the right
connections to allow your hands to work in concert with a saw and some wood to
make an exact cut. The same goes for simple tasks like hitting a nail with a
hammer. Have you ever lost focus and smashed your finger because your mind was
elsewhere?
 Some have proposed that at night everything slows down. We aren't
required to focus on anything during sleep, so our brains make very loose
connections. It's during sleep that the emotions of the day battle it out in
our dream cycle. If something is weighing heavily on your mind during the day,
chances are you might dream about it either specifically, or through obvious
imagery. For instance, if you're worried about losing your job to company
downsizing, you may dream you're a shrunken person living in a world of
giants, or you're wandering aimlessly through a great desert abyss.

There's also a theory, definitely the least intriguing of the bunch,

that dreams don't really serve any function at all, that they're just a
pointless byproduct of the brain firing while we slumber. We know that the
rear portion of our brain gets pretty active during REM sleep, when most
dreaming occurs. Some think that it's just the brain winding down for the
night and that dreams are random and meaningless firings of the brain that we
don't have when we're awake. The truth is, as long as the brain remains such a
mystery, we probably won't be able to pinpoint with absolute certainty exactly
why we dream.
 Discussion Text

The Advantage and Disadvantage of Nuclear Power

Issue
Nuclear power is generated by using uranium which is a metal mined in
various part of the world. The first large scale of nuclear power station was
opened at Calder Hall in Cumbria, England in 1956.
Supporting Point
Some military ships and submarines have nuclear power plant for engine.
Nuclear power produces around 11% of the world's energy needed, and produces
huge amounts of energy. It cause no pollution as we would get when burning
fossil fuels. The advantages of nuclear plant are as follow:
It costs about the same coal, so it is not expansive to make.
It does not produce smoke or carbon dioxide, so it does not contribute
to the greenhouse effect.
It produces huge amounts of energy from small amount of uranium.
It produces small amount of waste.
It is reliable.
Contrasting Point
On the other hand, nuclear power is very, very dangerous. It must be
sealed up and buried for many years to allow the radioactivity to die away.
Furthermore, although it is reliable, a lot of money has to be spent on safety
because if it does go wrong, a nuclear accident ca be a major accident.
Conclusion or Recomendation
People are increasingly concerned about this matter. In the 1990's
nuclear power was the fastest growing source of power in many parts of the
world.
 Fast Food
Is It Good or Bad ?
Issue
Fast food is one of those subjects that seems to provoke a lot of debate
in people those who eat it and those who advise us against it. But the
industry is booming, and there doesnt seem to be any shortage of new fast
food outlets opening...so it cant be all bad, can it?
Supporting Point
Well, the obvious advantages of fast food are its speed and its cost. If
youve had a hard day at work, and worked late, the last thing you might feel
like doing is throwing together a meal from scratch, no matter how the TV
chefs wax lyrical about the advantages of fresh ingredients. So it can feel
like a Godsend to be able to throw a ready meal in the oven, dial a pizza or
pick up a chicken bucket on your way home. No, its not ideal but it meets a
need!
The cost can also be one of the
advantages. If you live alone, its
often cheaper to buy a meal for one at
the supermarket, where they are often
on special offer, or order a takeaway.
Burgers and fries from a fast food
restaurant are notoriously cheap. If
you have a family, of course, existing
on fast food could prove to be one of
the disadvantages, as it would be rather more expensive to feed a whole
family.
Some fast food isnt bad for your health at all either. Frozen meals
can come additive-free and be available as healthier options. There are more
and more healthy options available on fast food menus for health conscious
consumers to choose from. Even a takeaway can have healthy menu options if
you know how to work the menu and go for steamed rice instead of fried, plenty
of vegetables, pizza with less fatty meat and cheese etc.
Contrasting Point
The disadvantages of junk food and ready meals are screamed at us on a
daily basis by the media. Obviously, if you are looking after your health, you
need to be aware that fast food as a rule contains more fat, salt and calories
that you really should be taking in on a regular basis.
The occasional treat wont hurt at all, and eating fast food in
moderation is not a problem, but moderation can be difficult when faced with
super sizing and deals that encourage you to buy more than you
initially intended just to get a few pounds shaved off of the bill. Dont be
tempted into the buy one get one free pizza deals most people neither
want or need extra portions.
Super sizing seems to have gone the way of advertising to kids in fast
food restaurants, but beware the portion sizes in takeaway food that you order
in. The containers of rice and noodles that you get from a Chinese or an
Indian takeaway are enough for two to three people to share, so if you eat one
all by yourself youll take in a massive amount of fat and calories ...and
probably give yourself indigestion too.
Conclusion and Recommendation
Family meal deals can also be a problem, as you usually end up with more
food than you need and theres always someone there happy to finish it off.
Give the extra large pizzas or chicken buckets a miss and only order what you
really need.
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Armita Dewi
XII IPA 2 / 09
SMAK HARAPAN 2014