THE STORY OF RABBIT AND THE CROCODILE
Once, there was a little rabbit. He was small but he was very clever. He lived on an island in the middle of a river. He was the only rabbit on the island.On day, he wanted to cross the river, but he could not find a bridge anywhere. "What can I do?" he said to himself. there isn't any bridge, how can I cross?
Just then he saw a big crocodile by the river."Ah," he thought. "Now I know what I can do. "He went up to the crocodile. "Good morning, Mr. Crocodile." He said, Good morning replied the crocodile.
Then the Rabbit asked, " How many Crocodiles are there in this river ? Do you know?" "No I don,t know" the Crocodile answered. " You don't know ?" The Rabbit said. " I know exactly how many rabbits there are on this island. Why don't you know how many crocodiles there are in this river? "I never counted them," answered the crocodile. My grand father never counted them, my father never counted them, and I never counted them," Why don't you counted them". Asked the rabbit. The crocodile answered sadly, "Because I can't Count". Then the Rabbit asked , " Do you want to know how many crocodile there are?", "Yes I do " answered the crocodile. "can you help me?", "Yes I can", The Rabbit replied, but call all the crocodile together first". So the big crocodile called the crocodiles , and they all came to him, there were big ones and little ones, large ones and small ones, old one and a young one, long ones and a short one. They all come together, than the big crocodile said to the rabbit.
"Now Mr. Rabbit, here we are. Please count us." " Allrigt", said the rabbit , "but first make a line . Then I can count you ."
When they were ready, the rabbit cried, "Here I go !" and he jumped from one crocodile to another. He counted while he went across. " One - two - three - four - five- ........twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight and....." He jumped onto the last crocodile and called out , "twenty-nine !"
Then the little rabbit jumped onto other side of the river, turned around and said , " There are exactly twenty nine crocodiles in this river. Now you know how many they are."
The big crocodile was very pleased. He said , "Thank you, Mt. Rabbit for counting us, now we know exactly how many crocodiles there are in this rives."
The other crocodile was pleased, too, "Now we know ," they all said happily.
Then the big crocodile said to the little rabbit , "And now, Mr, rabbit please tell us how many rabbit there are on the island."
The rabbit said, "There aren't any rabbit on the island, when I was on the island, there was one. I was the only rabbit on the island, so there was exactly one - Me."
When the crocodile heard this they all laughed, and the big crocodile said, "You are very small, Mr. Rabbit, and you are very cleaver. But thank you for counting us."
The little rabbit laughed, too. He said , " And you are very kind . Thank you for making a bridge for me. You made a beautiful bridge, thank you very much, now don't forget . There are exactly twenty-nine crocodiles in this river." And the little rabbit ran away. Haaaaaa... haaaaaa......
(by Suhandi S.Pd.- Adapted from English Student Book SMP third year, Book one, 28 Pebruari 1962)
Questions :
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2.Write the resolution of the text above!
3.Who are the characters in the story?
4.Where the story happened?
5.What does the word he refer to (paragraph 1 line 1)?