The Tale of Despereaux (Sebuah Dongeng Untuk Putriku)

Sebuah dongeng untuk putriku...

Tentang Tikus yang Jatuh Cinta Pada Sang Putri

(Pastinya udah tahu dong buku ini, kalo belum buruan beli deh, bagus untuk dibaca, ceritanya extraordinary, tokoh dan pahlawannya unik, bagaimana kau bisa membaca buku tentang tikus aneh, semangkuk sop yang lezat, seorang putri yang baik hati sampai seekor tikus got yang punya rencana jahat dalam 1 buku..? ... coba baca The Tale of Despereaux by Kate Dicamillo ini.. dijamin seru..).

Malam ini, aku ingin bercerita sebuah kisah tentang tikus kecil bertelinga sangat lebar yang lahir dengan mata terbuka. Nama tikus itu Despereaux. Despereaux bertubuh sangat kecil, hanya seperempat ukuran tikus biasa. Hmm pasti kau sudah membayangkan seperti apa anehnya seekor tikus super kecil yang lahir dengan mata terbuka.Despereaux ( Dee ), nama tikus kecil itu adalah seekor tikus kastil yang tinggal bersama ayahnya yang bernama Lester, ibunya yang bernama Antoniette dan saudara saudaranya. Mereka tinggal di kastil indah milik kerajaan perancis.

Dee, terlahir berbeda dengan tikus kastil lainnya. Dee tidak suka remah remah, dia suka sop, sop yang harum aromanya yang dimasak oleh koki istana. Dee juga tidak suka memakan kertas, Dee hanya suka merasakan baunya dan membaca rangkaian huruf yang berubah menjadi kata, sampai akhirnya membentuk sebuah kalimat indah " once upon a time.......". Ya Dee, suka cerita yang tertulis dibuku yang ia temukan di perpustakaan King Philips. Dee membayangkan bagaimana sang ksatria akhirnya jatuh cinta pada sang putri.

Suatu hari, ketika Dee sedang asyik membaca dongeng seorang putri cantik, kakaknya memergokinya dan melaporkan kepada ayahnya. Tahukah kalian apa hukuman bagi tikus yang berani bersikap seolah olah mereka manusia ?. Benar !!!, Mereka ( dewan tikus yang terhormat ) akan membawanya ke ruang bawah tanah dan nasibnya akan diserahkan kepada segerombolan tikus got yang mengerikan. 

Sebenarnya Dee, tidak akan dihukum seberat itu, jika saja Dee tidak terlihat sedang berengkrama dengan manusia. Oh maaf, apa kalian tahu artinya bercengkrama nak?, iya artinya mengobrol. Suatu hari Dee mendengar sebuah suara yang begitu memikat hatinya, kalau tikus lain tertarik mendengar suara remah roti yang jatuh ke lantai, tidak demikian dengan Dee kecil kita. Kalian tahu, telinga tikus sangat tajam pendengarannya, dan Dee dikaruniahi telinga yang super lebar, membuatnya bisa mendengar apa yang tikus lain tak bisa dengar.

Dee mendengarkan bunyi itu dan mengikutinya dengan pelan, tak terasa Dee sampai diruang yang sangat indah, ia melihat seorang putri yang sangat cantik dengan mahkota dikepalanya, duduk sambil mendengarkan seorang pria yang sedang memainkan gitarnya. Dee ternyata sampai di ruang tidur Princess Pea, dan pria itu adalah King Phillips, sang Raja.

Karena terpikat alunan musik yang dimainkan Sang Raja, tak sadar, Dee kecil semakin mendekat sampai akhirnya tiba persis di kaki sang Raja, di hadapan Princess Pea. Princess Pea lah yang pertama kali melihatnya, dan berteriak pelan kearah ayahnya sambil menunjuk Dee yang masih terhanyut dengan musik yang dimainkan. Dee ternyata disukai Princess pea, tepat ketika Sang Putri memegang kepala Dee, sang kakak yang memang ditugaskan mengintai gerak gerik Dee melihatnya. Dan Farouk sang kakak tak mempercayai apa yang dilihatnya, dalam bebrapa detik, sang kakak hanya terpaku melihat adegan itu, sampai akhirnya dia sadar, sesuatu yang mengerikan akan menimpa adiknya yang aneh.

Farouk berlari secepat yang ia bisa dan melaporkan kejadian aneh itu kepada ayahnya, dan sang ayah melanjutkannya kepada Dewan Tikus Yang Terhormat.

Nah, karena ulahnya Dee akhirnya disidang dan dijatuhi hukuman dilempar keruang bawah tanah yang gelap, menjijikkan, lembab, bau dan penuh tikus got yang mengerikan.kalian pasti penasaran apa yang akan terjadi pada Dee kecil, simak lanjutannya di posting berikutnya yach.. selamat bobo.. have a nice dreams...

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Buat Yang Suka Banget Serial TINTIN Atau Sekedar Pengen Tahu, TINTIN Bercerita Tentang Apaan Sich ???

Inilah Tokoh dan Karakter Dalam Petualangan Tintin

Petualangan Tintin (”Les Aventures de Tintin et Milou”) adalah serial komik yang diciptakan oleh Hergé, seorang artis dari Belgia. Hergé adalahpseudonim dari Georges Remi (1907–1983) yang dituliskan menjadi RG (dibaca sebagai Hergédalam bahasa Perancis). Serial ini pertama kali muncul dalam bahasa Perancis sebagai lampiran bagian anak-anak dari koran Belgia, Le Vingtième Siècle pada tanggal 10 Januari 1929. Petualangan Tintin sendiri menampilkan beberapa pemain yang saling melengkapi satu sama lainnya. Dari tahun ke tahun, serial ini menjadi bacaan favorit dan bahan kritikan dari para kritikus selama lebih dari 70 tahun.

Tokoh utama dari serial ini adalah seorang wartawan Belgia muda dan pengembara bernama Tintin. Sejak kemunculannya pertama kali, ia telah ditemani oleh seekor anjing jenis fox terrier yang bernama Milo. Dalam kisah selanjutnya dimunculkan beberapa pemain tambahan seperti Kapten Haddock, yang terkenal dengan sumpah serapahnya, namun dia sangat menjunjung tinggi nilai-nilai kepelautan dan asas kesetaraan. Kemudian ada juga Profesor Lakmus (Professeur Tournesol) yang sangat cerdas namun memiliki masalah dengan pendengarannya. Dan tak lupa karakter Dupont dan Dupond (Thomson dan Thompson ), detektif kembar yang sangat tidak kompeten.

Dengan keberhasilan serial ini, komik tersebut dikumpulkan menjadi suatu album petualangan 23 secara keseluruhan dan ditambah satu album yang masih berupa sketsa, Tintin dan Alph-Art, yang berhasil dan telah diadaptasi ke dalam bentuk film dan teater. Komik ini adalah salah satu komik Eropa yang sangat terkenal pada abad ke-20. Sudah lebih dari 200 juta bukunya diterbitkan dan diterjemahkan ke dalam lebih dari 50 bahasa.^[

Serial komik ini sangat digemari karena gaya gambarnya yang bersih tetapi ekspresif gaya Hergé yang disebut ligne claire dan didasarkan pada riset yang mendalam oleh pengarangnya,yang terbagi atas aliran: petualangan dengan elemen fantasi, misteri, politik dan sains fiksi. Kisah Tintin juga selalu menampilkan humor slapstick yang mengomentari tentang politik dan budaya pada suatu negara atau suatu masa.

Tintin adalah seorang wartawan, dan Hergé hampir selalu mempergunakan karakter tersebut di dalam setiap cerita-cerita petualangan karyanya. Seringkali cerita tersebut terjadi pada masa-masa ketika ia masih bekerja sebagai seorang wartawan pula (yang paling mudah dikenali adalah Bolshevik yang terjadi di Rusia and Perang Dunia Kedua) dan beberapakali belum terjadi ketika cerita tersebut dituliskan (salah satunya adalah Perjalanan ke Bulan. Hergé juga menciptakan suatu dunia tersendiri untuk Tintin yang merupakan gambaran secara komik dari dunia aslinya yang diambil dari foto arsip miliknya.

Walaupun komik petualangan Tintin bersifat "formulaic" - menampilkan suatu cerita misteri namun dapat diselesaikan dengan baik dan dapat diterima oleh akal logika - Hergé juga membumbui komiknya dengan bumbu-bumbu humor khas dirinya. Racikan humornya tersebut dapat diprediksi sebelumnya, namun dilakukan dengan cara yang elegan sehingga membuat para pembaca larut dalam ceritanya. Rumusan bumbu seperti ini bisa juga ditemui dalam komik strip Peanuts dan The Three Stooges^[. Hergé juga sangat paham dengan beberapa gaya dalam komik strip, khususnya yang dikenal dengan nama "pacing", suatu teknik penulisan cerita yang bisa ditemui di salah satu serial ini yaitu Permata Castafiore, dimana dalam cerita tersebut terlihat seolah ada suatu peristiwa yang sangat besar namun sebenarnya tidak terjadi apa-apa

Pada awalnya, Hergé banyak melakukan improvisasi dalam penulisan serial ini, dimana hampir selalu Tintin dapat keluar dari masalah sesulit apapun yang akan menimpanya. Sampai akhirnya dia, Hergé, tergerak untuk melakukan riset yang mendalam terlebih dahulu sebelum memulai cerita dan merencanakan dengan baik alur ceritanya. Hal ini dia lakukan setelah menyelesaikan seri Cerutu Sang Firaun.

Usia Tintin juga tidak pernah secara akurat diungkapkan. Tokoh ini digambarkan sebagai seorang 'dewasa' di dalam penggambarannya di film DVD, dan juga dirujuk sebagai 'bocah' beberapa kali dalam acara-acara televisi. Dalam serial film kartun yang dibuat berdasarkan buku-buku komiknya, sebuah potongan episode Rahasia Unicorn yang menunjukkan paspor Tintin memperlihatkan bahwa tahun kelahirannya adalah tahun 1929 (tahun pertama kemunculan buku komiknya).

Karakter Tokoh Utama

Tintin dan Milo

Tintin adalah wartawan Belgia muda yang terlibat dalam kasus berbahaya. Dalam serial ini, Tintin hampir selalu terlibat dalam berbagai kasus kriminal berbahaya internasional dimana kecepatan berpikir, keberanian dan kemujuran di detik-detik terakhirnya berhasil menyelamatkan dirinya dan dunia. Hampir di setiap petualangan dia melibatkan dirinya dalam sebuah penyelidikan atau investigasi, tapi sangat jarang ia menjadikan hasil penyelidikannya menjadi berita seperti layaknya wartawan lainnya.

Milo adalah seekor anjing jenis Fox Terrier, yang merupakan teman baiknya. Mereka saling menyelamatkan dari situasi yang berbahaya. Pada edisi terbitan lama di Indonesia, Milo dinamakan Snowy. Milo kadang-kadang "berbicara" kepada pembaca mengenai apa yang dia pikirkan (sering menampilkan humor), yang seharusnya tidak dapat terdengar oleh karakter dalam cerita Tintin kecuali pada Tintin di Amerika.

Seperti juga Kapten Haddock, Milo adalah penggemar berat minuman keras whisky, bermerek Loch Lomond, dan karena kesukaannya akan minuman tersebut menjadikannya mabuk berat dan membawanya kedalam banyak kesulitan. Ia juga sering terbawa kedalam kesulitan, karena arachnophobia. Namanya dalam bahasa Perancis, "Milou" tidak ada hubungannya sama sekali dengan salju ataupun warna putih. Namanya berasal dari nama julukan (nickname) dari pacar Hergé di masa mudanya yang bernama Marie-Louise Van Cutsem.

Penjelasan lainnya tentang asal usul dari kedua karakter tersebut juga masuk akal, dimana dalam 3 petualangan pertamanya, mereka mengunjungi tempat-tempat yang dikunjungi oleh seorang fotographer yang juga sekaligus seorang wartawan bernama Robert Sexé, yang dituliskan dalam koran Belgia pada pertengahan abad ke 20 sampai dengan akhir tahun 1920-an. Pada waktu itu Sexé melakukan beberapa perjalanan keliling dunia mempergunakan sepeda motor bersama dengan juara Grand-Prix dan pemegang rekor dunia dalam dunia sepeda motor, René Milhoux, dan perjalanan mereka dipublikasikan dengan baik pada masa itu. Sexé juga diyakini memiliki karakter yang hampir mirip dengan Tintin sendiri, dan Yayasan Hergé di Belgia, mengakui bahwa Hergé sangat mungkin dipengaruhi oleh exploitasi dari Sexé^[18]. Pada tahun 1996, sebuah biografi tentang Robert Sexé yang ditulis oleh Janpol Schulz diterbitkan dengan judul “Sexé au pays des Soviets” (Sexé di tanah Sovyet atau Rusia sekarang) yang memiliki kemiripan dengan judul serial Tintin yang pertama.

Tokoh Pendukung

Ada beberapa pemain-pemain pendukung yang dibuat oleh Hergé dalam mendampingi tokoh utama kita, Tintin, yang digali dengan lebih mendalam olehnya dibandingkan pemain utamanya, dimana mereka memiliki kekhasan dan kekuatan personal yang lebih mendetail dan dapat dibandingkan dengan karakter-karakter yang ada di Charles Dickens. Hergé mempergunakan mereka untuk menciptakan suatu dunia nyata untuk serial ini, dimana mereka menjadi pelengkap atas pemain utamanya, Tintin. Agar karakter itu dapat menjadi nyata dan berkelanjutan, maka setiap pemain tersebut dimunculkan beberapa kali dalam serial ini. Untuk menghindari perbenturan dengan kondisi politik yang ada saat itu, maka karakter-karakter tersebut tidak jauh dengan pekerjaan-pekerjaan yang dimilik oleh warga Belgia. Adapun pemain-pemain pendukung tersebut adalah^[:

Kapten Haddock

Kapten Archibald Haddock atau yang lebih dikenal sebagai Kapten Haddock dalam serial Tintin berbahasa Indonesia, adalah seorang pelaut kawakan yang memiliki garis keturunan tidak begitu jelas (Ia bisa memiliki darah orang Inggris, Perancis ataupun Belgia), adalah teman baik dari Tintin, dan karakter ini baru diperkenalkan dalam episode Kepiting Bercapit Emas. Pada awalnya ia memiliki jiwa yang sangat lemah dan memiliki ketergantungan yang teramat tinggi akan minuman keras beralkohol, namun lambat laun dia menjadi pribadi yang cukup disegani.

Perubahan yang terjadi pada dirinya menjadi seorang yang berjiwa pahlawan dan setia kawan, dipicu oleh penemuannya atas harta karun dari leluhurnya, Sir Francis Haddock (François de Hadoque dalam bahasa Perancis) yang bisa dibaca dalam episode Harta Karun Rackham Merah. Rasa kemanusian si Kapten dan kata-katanya yang cenderung kasar merupakan pelengkap dari karakter Tintin yang terlalu sempurna untuk seorang manusia biasa, dimana si Kapten lebih terasa "manusiawi" dibandingkan Tintin. Kapten Haddock tinggal di suatu rumah yang sangat besar dan indah yang dikenal dengan nama "Marlinspike Hall" ("Moulinsart" dalam bahasa Perancisnya).

Kapten Haddock mempergunakan berbagai bentuk rangkaian kata-kata umpatan untuk menyampaikan perasaannya yang sedang gundah ataupun marah, seperti "Kepiting Busuk!" ("Billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles!"), "Sejuta Topan Badai!" ( "Ten thousand thundering typhoons"), "Buaya Darat!" ("troglodytes"), "bashi-bazouk", "kleptomaniak", "Cacing Kremi!" ("ectoplasm"), "sea gherkin", "anacoluthon", dan "Cacar Air!" ("pockmark"). Tidak semua ungkapan tersebut dapat diterjemahkan ke dalam Bahasa Indonesia, dikarenakan perlu dicari padanan kata yang dapat mewakili ungkapan yang sama namun dengan tidak membuatnya menjadi kata makian yang kasar. Dalam artian ungkapan tersebut masih harus memiliki unsur artistik sehingga menjadikan tantangan tersendiri untuk menerjemahkannya ke dalam Bahasa Indonesia yang baik dan benar.

Kapten Haddock adalah golongan peminum berat, dimana seringkali dia amat menyukai minuman keras beralkohol dengan merek Loch Lomond whisky, dan kondisinya ketika mabuk seringkali dijadikan sebagai bumbu pelengkap dari serial ini.

Hergé menyatakan bahwa nama depan dari Haddock diambil dari ungkapan dalam bahasa Inggris "a sad English fish that drinks a lot" yang secara harfiah dapat diterjemahkan dalam bahasa Indonesia menjadi "Orang Inggris yang seringkali terlalu banyak minum minuman yang memabukkan"^, Haddock baru memiliki nama depan pada serial ini yang berhasil diselesaikan oleh Hergé berjudul Tintin dan Picaros(1976), dinama dalam cerita tersebut nama depannya adalah Archibald.

Profesor Lakmus

Profesor Lakmus atau aslinya dalam bahasa Perancis bernamaProfesseur Tryphon Tournesol (yang bisa diartikan secara bebas dalam bahasa Indonesia sebagai Profesor Bunga Matahari), adalah seorang absent-minded dan ahli fisika yang memiliki kekurangan pada pendengarannya, adalah karakter minor namun hampir selalu muncul bersama dengan Tintin, Milo dan Kapten Haddock. Dia pertama kali diperkenalkan pada seri Harta Karun Rackham Merah, dan karakternya sebagian didasarkan pada seseorang di dunia nyata dengan nama Auguste Piccard,di mana keberadaannya kurang disukai oleh para karakter utama, namun karena keluruhan budi dan penguasaannya atas ilmu dan teknologi menciptakan hubungan yang langgeng dengan mereka. Dalam edisi bahasa Indonesia terbitan penerbit Indira, tokoh ini diberi nama Profesor Cuthbert Calculus. Nama Profesor Lionel Lakmus baru dilekatkan padanya pada penerbitan ulang serial ini oleh penerbit Gramedia. Penamaan dirinya dalam bahasa Indonesia ini selalu mengacu pada format aslinya yang berbahasa Perancis yaitu: jika namanya disingkat merupakan dua huruf yang sama. Sebagai contoh, dalam edisi bahasa Perancis namanya bisa disingkat menjadi Profesor TT (Professeur Tryphon Tournesol), dalam edisi bahasa Indonesia, Profesor CC (Cuthbert Calculus) (edisi terbitan Indira) ataupun Profesor LL (Lionel Lakmus). Dalam kisah ini, digambarkan bahwa ia tidak memiliki ketertarikan terhadap lawan jenis, terkecuali pada Bianca Castafiore, sampai-sampai ia menciptakan bunga mawar khusus untuk sang diva yang terlihat dalam kisah Permata Castafiore.

 Beberapa penemuannya yang cukup spektakuler adalah:

§  Membuat roket nuklir untuk pendaratan di bulan, 16 tahun sebelum pendaratan sebenarnya oleh Neil Amstrong.

§  Menciptakan pesawat televisi berwarna

§  Menciptakan kapal selam berbentuk ikan hiu yang akhirnya menjadi inspirasi dari kapal sejenis yang dibuat oleh Jacques Custeau, peneliti ikan hiu.

Dupont dan Dupond

Dupont dan Dupond atau dalam bahasa Perancisnya bernama Dupont et Dupond, adalah dua orang detektif kembar yang seringkali berbicara tidak jelas satu sama lainnya dan suka memakai topi bundar yang dikenal dengan sebutan bowlers, serta yang sebenarnya tidak memiliki hubungan kekerabatan, namun seringkali kelihatan seperti orang kembar dimana perbedaan antara keduanya hanya terletak pada kumisnya^[24]. Detektif yang bernama Dupont, memiliki kumis berbentuk menyebar/membuka atau dalam bahasa Perancisnya adalah troussée. Sedangkan lainnya yang memiliki kumis berbentuk lurus atau dalam bahasa Perancisnya droite, adalah Dupond. Dalam edisi terbitan Indira nama mereka ialah Thomson dan Thompson.

Mereka menghasilkan suatu “comic relief” sepanjang serial ini dan memiliki kebiasaan “spoonerism” dan secara keseluruhan menunjukkan ketidak mampuan mereka sebagai detektif. Karakter mereka didasarkan pada karakter dari ayah dan paman dari Hergé, dua kembar identik. Mereka diperkenalkan untuk pertama kalinya dalam seri Cerutu Sang Firaun, dimana dalam pertemuan awal dengan tokoh utamanya, Tintin, mereka mendapatkan tugas untuk menangkapnya untuk suatu tuduhan yang tidak benar.

Bianca Castafiore

Dia adalah seorang penyanyi opera yang selalu dipandang rendah oleh Kapten Haddock. Walaupun begitu, dia hampir selalu muncul kemanapun para karakter utama pergi, dimana dia selalu ditemani oleh pembantunya yang setia Irma, seorang pianis, Igor Wagner. Pada dasarnya arti daripada namanya adalah “bunga putih yang suci, murni”, sebagaimana yang dipahami oleh Profesor Lakmus ketika dia memberikan mawar putih kepadanya sebagai tanda ungkapan cinta rahasianya pada sang penyanyi dalam episode Permata Castafiore. Karakternya didasarkan pada diva dari pertunjukan opera secara umum (berdasarkan pada catatan Hergé), Bibi Hergé Ninie, dan juga post-war komik Maria Callas

Beberapa tokoh lainnya yang sering muncul adalah Nestor si kepala pelayan di Marlinspike Hall, Jendral Alcazar si Diktator dari Amerika Selatan, Jolyon Wagg seorang agen asuransi, Ben Kalish Ezab si Emir, Abdullah putra si Emir, Chang si bocah Cina, Müller si dokter berkebangsaan Jerman yang maniak dan Rastapopoulos si dalang kejahatan. Tidak ada pemain wanita yang muncul baik sebagai pemain utama maupun pemain pendamping, namun mereka muncul sebagai pemain pada latar belakang dari cerita.

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND

cerita aslinya lebih panjang karena bentuknya yang kutahu  adalah buku, keren abis.. buat yang suka berimajinasi, ketemu dengan makhluk makhluk yang tidak  kita sangka, dan intinya adalah sebuah keberanian, kabaikan, kejujuran dan petualangan.

Alice in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll

It was a warm summer day and Alice was getting bored sitting beside her sister, who had her nose buried in a book. Suddenly, a little White Rabbit with pink eyes ran in front of her shouting, "On dear, oh dear, I'm late."

The Rabbit pulled a watch out of his pocket to check the time. He shook his head, then disappeared down a rabbit's hole. "I must find out why he's in such a hurry !" cried Alice. Filled with curiosity, she ran to the rabbit's hole and peeped through the entrance.

The hole dropped suddenly and Alice fell. "When will I ever reach the bottom of this dreadful hole?" she shouted, while falling helplessly downwards.

Finally she landed in a long, narrow hallway with doors of many sizes. On a three-

legged table, Alice found a tiny gold key and a green bottle that said "DRINK ME". "This key must fit one of the doors," she said.

"It's the one behind the table," she cried, "but I'm too big to fit through such a little door. May be the potion in that bottle will help me," she decided. And she drank it.

Alice began to shrink until she was no bigger than a doll. She opened the door and quickly ran through it. "What a splendid garden !" she exclaimed. "Why, I'm no bigger than the insects that crawl on these flowers." But the excitement soon wore off. Alice grew bored with her tiny size. "I want to be big again," she shouted.

Her shouts startled the White Rabbit, who ran past her again. Mistaking her for his maid, he ordered, "Go to my cottage and fetch my gloves and fan."

Alice was confused by the Rabbit's behaviour. "May be I'll find something at the cottage to help me," she said hopefully.

A piece of chocolate cake was kept on a table by the doorway. Next to the cake was a note that read "EAT ME". "I'm so hungry," Alice said as she ate the cake. "I feel strange. Oh no ! I've grown larger than this house !" she cried.

"Get out of my way ! You're blocking thedoor !" shouted the White Rabbit. Alice managed to pick up his fan. Immediately, she began to shrink.

"Oh, I'll never get back to the right size," Alice cried. She went looking for help. Soon, she saw a green caterpillar dressed in a pink jacket. He was sitting on the top of a large mushroom, smoking a bubble pipe. "One side makes you big, the other side makes you small," he said to Alice before slithering away.

"One side of what?" Alice called after him.

"The mushroom, silly," he answered.

Alice ate a piece of the mushroom."Thank goodness, I'm growing !" she cried, "But

which way do I go?"

"That path leads to the Mad Hatter. The other way leads to -Lae March Hare," said a voice. Alice turned to find a smiling Cheshire Cat in a tree. "I'll see you later at the Queen's croquet game," he said before disappearing.

Alice walked down a path, "How lovely ! A tea party," she thought.

"There's no room for you !" shouted the Mad Hatter, "You may stay if you answer my riddle." Alice smiled. She loved riddles.

After several riddles, Alice became confused. "Every time I answer, you ask a question," she told the Mad Hatter.

"We don't know any answers," he giggled. "This is a waste of time," scolded Alice. The others ignored her. They were trying to wake the Dormouse.

Alice continued her walk. She found herself in the middle of a field where the Queen of Hearts was playing croquet. Her guards and gardeners were shaped like cards. One gardener had planted white roses by mistake and then painted them red, "Off with their heads !" shrieked the Queen. "I hate white roses !" "Have you ever played croquet?" the Queen asked Alice.

"Yes," Alice timidly answered. "But I've never used a flamingo or a hedgehog." "Play with me !" ordered the Queen."And let me win or I'll have your head !" Alice tried her best to play we,l, but she had trouble with her flamingo. "Off with her head !" cried the Queen. Just then a trumpet sounded at the distance calling court to session.

Everyone rushed into the courtroom. "Court is now in session," announced the White Rabbit, "Will Alice please come to the stand?" Alice took the stand and looked at the jury box, where the March Hare and the Mad Hatter were making noise. The Dormouse slept and the Cheshire Cat smiled at her. "What's going on?" asked Alice.

"You are guilty of stealing the delicious heart-shaped tarts !" accused the Queen, "And now you must be punished. Off with her head Off with her head!" yelled the Queen.

"How silly," replied Alice. "I did not have the slightest idea what you were talking about ! I was only playing croquet."

Alice felt someone touch her shoulder, "Wake up. You've been sleeping for too long," said her sister softly.

"I had a strange dream," said Alice. She told her sister about the White Rabbit, the mad tea party, the Queen of Hearts and the trial. But her sister wasn't paying attention. "You're reading again," mumbled Alice. As she stretched, Alice saw a little White Rabbit with pink eyes scurry behind a tree.

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PINOCCHIO ..

Ini cerita bagus banget untuk diceritakan ke anak anak, ngajarin mereka supaya jangan suka bohong, Bohong itu nggak baik, entar kalo masih tetep aja.. hidungnya jadi panjang kayak Pinokio hehe lucu kan jadinya...Kan anak kecil suka banget sama cerita dan mereka masih percaya dengan cerita cerita kita... Moga aja ini cerita nggak kejadian beneran, soalnya lucu aja kalo hidungku jadi panjang kayak gitu.. kan kita ( saya maksudnya ) masih seriiiing banget boong.. LOL

Pinocchio

Carlo Collodi

Geppetto, a poor old wood carver, was making a puppet from a tree branch. "You shall be my little boy," he said to the puppet, "and I shall call you 'Pinocchio'." He worked for hours, carefully carving each detail. When he reached the mouth, the puppet started making faces at Geppetto. "Stop that, you naughty boy," Geppetto scolded, "Stop that at once !" "I won't stop !" cried Pinocchio.

"You can talk !" exclaimed Geppetto.

"Of course I can, silly," said the puppet. "You've given me a mouth to talk with." Pinocchio rose to his feet and danced on the table top. "Look what I can do !" he squealed.

"Pinocchio, this is not the time to dance," Geppetto explained. "You must get a good night's rest. Tomorrow you will start going to school with the real boys. You will learn many things, including how to behave."

On his way to school the next morning, Pinocchio stopped to see a puppet show. "I

can dance and sing better than those puppets and I don't need strings," boasted Pinocchio. He climbed onto the stage.

"Get off my stage," roared the Puppet Master. Then he noticed how much the crowd liked Pinocchio. He did not say anything and let Pinocchio stay. "Here, you've earned five copper coins," the Puppet Master told Pinocchio.

"Take these coins and go straight home," said the Puppet Master. Pinocchio put the coins into his sack.

He did not go very far before he met a lame Fox and a blind Cat. Knowing that Pinocchio had money, they pretended to be his friends. "Come with us. We'll teach you how to turn those copper pieces into gold," coaxed the sneaky Cat.

"We want to help you get rich. Plant your coins under this magic tree. In a few hours they'll turn to gold," said the Fox.

"Show me where," said Pinocchio excitedly. The Cat and Fox pointed to a patch of loose dirt. Pinocchio dug a hole and put the sack in it, marking the spot with a stone.

"Splendid !" exclaimed the Cat. "Now let's go to the inn for supper." After supper, the Fox and Cat, who weren't really lame or blind, quickly snuck away and disguised themselves as thieves. They hid by the tree waiting for Pinocchio to come back and dig up the money. After Pinocchio dug up the coins they pounced on him.

"Give us your money !" they ordered. But Pinocchio held the sack between his teeth and resisted to give the sack to them. Again they demanded, "Give us your money !"

Pinocchio's Guardian Fairy, who was dressed all in blue and had blue hair, sent her dog, Rufus, to chase the Fox and Cat away. She ordered Rufus to bring Pinocchio back to her castle. "Please sit down," she told Pinocchio. Rufus kept one eye open to watch what was going on.

"Why didn't you go to school today?" she asked Pinocchio in a sweet voice.

"I did," answered Pinocchio. Just then, his nose shot out like a tree branch. "What's happening to my nose?" he cried.

"Every time you tell a lie, your nose will grow. When you tell the truth, it will shrink," said the Blue Fairy. "Pinocchio, you can only become a real boy if you learn how to be brave, honest and generous."

The Blue Fairy told Pinocchio to go home and not to stop for any reason. Pinocchio tried to remember what the Blue Fairy told him.

On the way to home he met some boys. "Come with us," said the boys. "We know a wonderful place filled with games, giant cakes, pretty candies, and circuses." The boys didn't know that if you were bad, you were turned into donkeys and trained for the circus.

It was not very long before the boys began changing into donkeys. "That's what happens to bad boys," snarled the Circus Master as he made Pinocchio jump through a hoop.

Pinocchio could only grow a donkey's ears, feet, and tail, because he was made of wood. The Circus Master couldn't sell him to any circus. He threw Pinocchio into the sea. The instant Pinocchio hit the water, the donkey tail fell off and his own ears and feet came back. He swam for a very long time. Just when he couldn't swim any longer, he was swallowed by a great whale. "It's dark here," scared Pinocchio said.

Pinocchio kept floating deep into the whale's stomach. "Who's there by the light?" called Pinocchio, his voice echoing.

"Pinocchio, is that you?" asked a tired voice.

"Father, you're alive !" Pinocchio shouted with joy. He wasn't scared anymore. Pinocchio helped Geppetto build a big raft that would hold both of them. When the raft was finished, Pinocchio tickled the whale. "Hold tight, Father. When he sneezes, he'll blow us out of here !" cried Pinocchio.

Home at last, Geppetto tucked Pinocchio into his bed. "Pinocchio, today you were brave, honest and generous," Geppetto said. "You are my son and I love you."

Pinocchio remembered what the Blue Fairy told him. "Father, now that I've proven myself, I'm waiting for something to happen," he whispered as he drifted off to sleep.

The next morning Pinocchio came running down the steps, jumping and waving his arms. I He ran to Geppetto shouting, "Look Father, I'm a real boy !"

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HANSEL AND GRETEL

Wah kalo cerita yang satu ini udah kukenal sejak masih SD, ayahku yang hobby banget sama cerita dan dongeng, sering kali bercerita tentang kisah kakak adik Hansel dan Gretel,. Dulu pas kecil, aku takut banget kalo mami papi buang aku dan adik adikku ke hutan " meruang" yang angker di perbatasan desaku kalo kami nakal... hiiii serem. Yang paling kuingat , papi sering mengganti nama tokohnya dengan KEDONO KEDINI.. hehehe lucu yach, ide dari mana ya kira kira...?Baca lagi yuuk....sambil belajar bahasa inggris

Hansel and Gretel

The Brothers Grimm

On the borders of a dark forest, far away, there once lived a woodcutter with his wife and two children. The woodcutter was very poor indeed, and the children, who were called Hansel and Gretel, had often not enough bread to eat. Their mother had died when they were very little and the woodcutter's new wife did not care for children, so times were hard for Hansel and Gretel.

As winter came on they grew poorer and poorer, until at last one night the poor woodcutter said to his wife, "What are we to do? There is only one loaf of bread left and I fear we shall starve."

We must get rid of the children," answered his wife. "Tomorrow we will take them into the wood and leave them there. They will never be able to find their way home."

"Oh no!" said the father, "I could not leave them there to starve." "Well, we shall all starve together if they stay with us," answered his wife, "so it will come to the same thing in the end."

And she talked to her husband until she made him promise to do as she had said.

Now, although it was late, Hansel and Gretel were wide awake, for they were too hungry to sleep, and they could not help hearing all the plans that were made.

"Oh!" sobbed Gretel, "we shall be lost in the dark wood, and the wild beasts will eat us."

"Do not cry, little sister," said Hansel. "I will take care of you." And he slipped out of bed and put on his coat.

Then he softly unbarred the door and stepped out on the garden path. The moon was

shining brightly, and the white pebbles on the path shone like new pennies. Hansel stooped down and filled his pockets with as many pebbles as they would hold. Then he went in and crept back into bed again.

The next morning the wife came and woke the children very early. She told them they must get up and dress themselves quickly.

"You shall go with us to the forest today, while your father cuts wood," she said.

Then she gave them each a thick slice of bread for their dinner, and they all set out together. Gretel carried both slices of bread in her apron, for Hansel's pockets were full of pebbles.

Now, as they went along, the father noticed that Hansel stopped and looked back every few minutes.

"Why do you look back so often, my son?" he asked. "If you do not take care you will stumble and fall."

"I only looked back to see my little white cat who is sitting on the roof," answered Hansel. "She wants to say good-bye to me."

"Nonsense!" cried the woodcutter's wife. "There is no cat. It is only the morning sun shining on the wet roof."

But Hansel was not really looking at the cat, for each time he turned around he dropped a white pebble on the road to mark the way which they were taking.

As they went farther and farther into the wood, the road grew more and more difficult. At last the woodcutter stopped and told the children to gather some sticks and make them into a heap.

"I am going to light a fire to warm you," he said, "and then you can rest here until I return."

So Hansel and Gretel sat and warmed themselves at the fire and ate their slices of bread quite happily, for they thought they heard their father chopping wood close by. But the sound they heard was only the dead branch of a tree swinging in the wind. Then, felling very tired after their long walk, they curled themselves up on the dry leaves and fell fast asleep.

When they awoke it was quite dark and the fire was out. The only sound they heard was the hooting of the owls overhead.

"Oh Hansel, what shall we do?" sobbed Gretel. "We are lost in the wood and we shall never be able to find our way home."

"Only wait until the moon rises, little sister," said Hansel. "Give me your hand and I will take you safely home."

And when the moon began to rise and send silver moonbeams to light up the dark forest, the children set out, hand in hand, and found the white pebbles shining like little lamps all the way to the cottage.

"You bad children!" cried the woodcutter's wife, when she opened the door to let them in. "We thought you were never coming home." But their father took them up in his arms and kissed them over and over again in his joy, for he had been afraid that he would never see them again.

Not long after this there came a day when there was only half a loaf of bread left in the little hut. The wife said to her husband, "We are even poorer t}lan we were before. Must we all starve together or shall we take the children once more to the forest, where they cannot possibly find their way home?"

The woodcutter was very unhappy at the thought, but because he had once said "Yes," it was now twice as difficult to say "No."

The children lay trembling in their beds as they listened to these plans, and poor little Gretel was terribly frightened. But Hansel comforted her again and slipped out of bed to fill his pockets with the white pebbles. This time, however, the door was locked and barred. Hansel could not get out and he had to creep back to bed again and think of some other plan.

"Come, get up, you lazy children!" cried the wife next morning. "You are going to the forest with us today. Here is your dinner."

And she gave them two small slices of bread. Gretel put her slice into her pocket, but Hansel crumbled his into small pieces, and these he dropped along the way as he had done with the pebbles. "What are you turning round to look at?" asked the woman. "Be quick and do not linger."

"I was only saying good-bye to my white pigeon who is sitting on the roof," said Hansel.

"Nonsense!" cried the woman. "There is no pigeon. It is only the morning sun shining on the wet roof."

But she did not see that every time Hansel stopped to look back he dropped a crumb to mark the way.

This time they went much farther into the heart of the wood. When the children were tired, their father told them to gather wood so he could make them a fire.

"You can rest until we come back," he said.

So they rested by the fire and Gretel shared her slice of bread with Hansel. Then they grew so tired of waiting for their father that they fell fast asleep.

It was quite dark when they woke. Gretel wept, for she was sure there were wild beasts prowling about ready to eat them up. But Hansel was quite brave.

"I will take care of you, little sister," he said. "And I can easily find my way home, for I marked the road with my breadcrumbs." But alas! The birds had eaten up every crumb and there was not one left to show them the way home. Still they wandered on and on, all that night and all next day, but they only seemed to get deeper and deeper into the forest. They had nothing to eat but a few berries which they found in the wood. When the third day dawned they were nearly starving.

"Oh Hansel!" said Gretel, "I think we shall be obliged to eat the fairy toadstools."

But Hansel held her hand tight and led her on. Suddenly they saw a beautiful white bird sitting on the branch of a tree overhead. It sang so sweetly that the children stopped to listen to it. When it spread its great white fluttering wings and flew off they ran after it as quickly as they could. It seemed to know that the children were following, for it circled slowly in front of them until it stopped over a tiny cottage in the heart of the wood.

And when the children came near they found it was the most wonderful cottage they had ever seen. It was built entirely of gingerbread and ornamented with cookies. The windows were made of transparent candy and the steps of toffee.

"What a feast we shall have!" cried Hansel, standing on tiptoe to break off a piece of the overhanging gingerbread roof. "Help yourself to a pane of candy, little sister, or a step of toffee."

Gretel took a piece of gingerbread in one hand and a pane of hard candy in the other, and sat down on a toffee step to enjoy herself. As they were both eating they heard a gentle voice from the inside of the cottage saying:

"Munching and crunching! Do I hear a mouse

Eating the walls of my gingerbread house?"

But the children answered quickly-

" 'Tis only the wind you mistake for a mouse, And no one is eating your gingerbread house."

Then, as the children went on eating, the cottage door opened and an old, old woman hobbled out.

Hansel dropped his square of gingerbread, and Gretel paused with a mouthful of candy. They were both so frightened they could not move.

"Dear little children," said the old woman, "do not be afraid of me. You are welcome to eat as much of my house as you like. But come inside and I will give you a nice dinner."

Then she led the children in and fed them on pancakes and apple tarts and cream. Afterwards she tucked them into two little white beds. The children felt as if they were in heaven.

But although the old woman seemed so kind and good, she was really a wicked old witch who loved to catch fat little children and kill and eat them.

She had red eyes, which didn't see very far, but she could smell things as quickly as a fox, and she knew when Hansel and Gretel were wandering in the forest. She had built the gingerbread house just to catch them.

Early next morning the old witch went in to look at the sleeping children. She rubbed her withered old hands with glee when she saw how tender and fresh they looked. She would have liked them to be plumper, but that was easily mended. So she seized Hansel with her bony hand, and before he was half awake she thrust him into a little iron cage and fastened the grating in front. Then she shook Gretel roughly by the shoulder.

"Get up, you lazy little girl!" she cried. "You must light the fire and fill the big pot with water and help me to make the breakfast. For I have shut your brother up in a cage and I am going to fatten him until he is plump enough to cook for my supper."

So poor little Gretel was obliged to do as the old witch bade her. And while Hansel was fed on the choicest dainties, she had only shellfish and crabs' claws to eat. And every day the old witch would go to the little iron cage and say to Hansel, "Little boy, put out your finger that I may see how fat you are growing."

Hansel knew that she could not see with her red eyes, so he poked out a bone instead of his finger. And every day when she felt it, she grumbled fearfully because he never seemed to grow fatter.

At last she could wait no longer and she said to Gretel, "You must get up very early tomorrow morning, for there is plenty of work for you to do. I am going to cook your brother for dinner. You must light the fire, heat the oven, and help me prepare for the feast."

Poor Gretel cried as if her heart would break. "Oh, how I wish we had starved together in the wood, or been eaten up by the wild beasts!" she sobbed. "Anything would have been better than this."

"Wishing will not do you much good," said the wicked old witch, blinking her red eyes with glee. "And stop those foolish tears or you will put the fire out."

Gretel went about with a very heavy heart the next day as she lit the fire and filled the big pot with water and heated the great stone oven. And when it was all ready the old witch called to her and said, "I have kneaded the dough and the loaves are ready for baking. Come, little girl, creep into the oven and tell me if it is hot enough."

Now the old witch meant to shut the oven door as soon as the child was inside and bake her for dinner instead of the bread, but Gretel guessed what she meant to do.

"The door is too small and I don't know how to get in," she said. "What nonsense!" answered the witch. "See! It is quite big enough. You put your head in first, like this.

And the old witch stooped down and poked her head inside the oven.

Quick as thought Gretel ran behind and with all her might gave her a sudden push so that the old witch went headlong into the oven. Gretel banged the door shut and fastened it securely.

Then she found the key of Hansel's cage and ran quickly to let him out. "The old witch is safe in the oven," she cried, and they threw their arms round each other and danced for joy.

After that they went into the cottage and opened all the witch's treasure chests. Hansel filled his pockets with pearls and diamonds and rubies, while Gretel took as many jewels as her little apron would hold.

Then, hand in hand, they set out once more to try to find their way home, and very glad they were to leave the witch's cottage behind.

They had not gone far through the wood when they came to a great lake, so broad that it would be impossible to cross it without a boat.

"What shall we do?" said Hansel. "There is no bridge, and I can see no boat to carry us over."

"Look," said Gretel. "I see a white duck swimming out there. Perhaps she will help us."

And she began to sing:

"Little duck, little duck, help us, we pray.

We are two little children who've quite lost their way.

I know you are kind by your gentle quack, quack.

Will you carry us over upon your white back?"

Then the duck came swimming to her at once, quite ready to carry them across. Hansel climbed onto her back first and wanted Gretel to sit on his knee, but she was afraid they would be too heavy for the kind duck, so she waited until Hansel had crossed to the other side and the duck returned to carry her over, too.

And when they stood together on the opposite shore of the lake they found, to their joy, that it was a part of the wood which they knew quite well. They ran along quickly and at the next turning they came in sight of their own little hut and saw their father standing at the door.

The poor woodcutter was overjoyed when the children rushed into his arms. He had never known a moment's happiness since he had left the children in the wood. And now he was all alone, for his wife had died. He held the children in his arms and cried for joy. They told him all about their adventures and how they had escaped from the wicked witch.

"And see what we have brought home!" said Gretel, opening her apron and showing the glittering jewels.

"And look how full my pockets are!" said Hansel, turning them out, until the floor was covered with precious stones.

Now they had riches enough to last them all their days and they would never be hungry again. But though the diamonds and rubies were very precious, Hansel and Gretel thought they were not half as beautiful as the little white pebbles on the garden walk, which shone brightly when the moon came out and bathed them in silver light.

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