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Narrative Text ( A Lesson for the Tiger )
A Lesson for the Tiger
Folklore from Central Java
A Long time ago, all animals had a king. Their king was the tiger. All animals were afraid of him. The tiger was the strongest among them. He was also very mean. He would hit any animals when they disobeyed him. They wanted to give the tiger a lesson.
"Listen friends, we need to find a way. The tiger is also cruel especially to weak animals like me," said the rabbit.
"I have an idea," said the mouse deer. "He is not clever as he looks. I think I can trick him," said the mouse deer.
"How will you trick him?" asked the rabbit.
"It's easy. You meet the tiger and tell him that I challenge him to fight."
"What? Are you kidding? You cannot win!" said the rabbit.
"Don't worry. I'm not really challenging him to fight. It's all part of the plan."
The mouse deer continued. "You just tell him that I challenge him to fight under that big tree," the mouse deer pointed to a big tree near them.
Later the rabbit met the tiger and he told the tiger about the challenge.
What!? Is it true?! OK, tell the mouse deer I accept his challenge. I will beat him so easily," said the tiger. He was so arrogant.
The tiger went to the big tree. He saw the mouse deer staring at the branches of the tree.
"Hey mouse deer! I heard you challenge me to fight. Come, fight now! screamed the tiger.
However, the mouse deer did not move at all. He kept on staring on the branches of the tree.
"Mouse deer! Are you deaf?" the tiger was really angry.
"Shh... Be quiet," said the mouse deer.
"What? You asked me to be quiet." The tiger really don't understand.
"Yes. Do you see that big round thing in that branch? last night I had a dream. An owl told me that the big round thing above us can give me power."
He continued. "The problem is I cannot jump or climb to grab that thing."
"Really? Are you sure?" asked the tiger. "Well, I am the king and I deserve that power. So I want you to get out of here otherwise I will hit you," said the tiger.
The mouse deer pretended to be scared. He immediately ran away. Meanwhile, the tiger climbed the tree. He was trying to grab the round thing in the branch of the tree.
The tiger did not know that the round thing was actually the beehive! And when he was finally able to grab the beehive, he fell down to the ground.
All the bees were angry. They all attacked and stung the tiger. The bees were angry because the tiger had already destroyed their home.
The tiger was in a great pain. He could not fight the bees. he asked for help, unfortunately, the animals did not want to help him.
The tiger finally went to the river. He swam and he survived. He realized the mistake. Since then he changed, he became a wise king.***
Narrative text ( Indonesia Legand ) ( Mah Bongsu and a Snake )
Mah Bongsu and a Snake
Folklore from Batam
ONCE upon a time in Batam, lived an orphan named Mah Bongsu. She was a nice girl. Mah Bongsu was poor. To earn a living, she worked as a maid at a rich woman’s house, her name was Mak Piah. She had a daughter named Mayang. Mah Bongsu and Mayang were at the same age.
Mak Piah was a mean lady. She always asked Mah Bongsu to work hard, she often hit Mah Bongsu and sometimes she did not gave enough food to Mah Bongsu. Mah Bongsu was helpless. She could not do anything.
She was alone in this world and she did not have any other place to stay. Everyday she prayed to God. She wanted to have a better life. Mah Bongsu was washing the clothes in the river. Suddenly she saw a big snake swimming towards her. Mah Bongsu was scared. She wanted to run away. However, she saw the snake was wounded. It was bleeding. Mah Bongsu felt sorry to the snake. Carefully, she brought the snake home. She put the snake in her room and healed the wound.
Narrative Text ( Mr. Belalang )
Mr. Belalang
Mr. Belalang was famous. He
had a magic book that could tell everything. He always learned something every
time he read the magic book.
It was a beautiful evening. Mr. belalang had some guests.
Suddenly he asked his son to get him the magic book. He wanted to show his
magic ability to the guests.
After reading the magic book, he said, "I think there is a mouse in
the trap."
His son immediately went to the kitchen and took the mousetrap. Mr. Belalang was
right! There was a mouse caught in the trap.
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Narrative Text ( Pak Lebai Malang )
Pak Lebai Malang
Pak Lebai was
a wishy-washy man. He always change his mind before he did something. He
lived in a village next to a river. Everyday, he always used his sampan for
travelling at the river.
One day, Pak Lebai was paddling his
sampan at the river. Suddenly, he heard someone called out his name. It was his neighbour.
"Pak Lebai, can you come to my house tomorrow? I will have a party", said the neighbor.
Pak Lebai was happy. He loved party because he could eat delicious food. He also could get a buffalo's head from the party. Still on the same day, he got another invitation. Those two party invitations made him confused. The two parties were held at the same time, but at the different places. The two neighbors who invited him lived in different sides of the river.
One neighbor lived on the east side and another one lived in the west side.
"I will go to the east side. I can have two heads of buffalo. He is richer," saidPak Lebai.
On the following day, he paddled his sampan with great power to the east side. He did not want to be late and lost the buffalo's head. On the way to the party, he met some friends.
"The party is awful. There are not many buffalo's heads. He is very stingy, "said one of them.
"I don't care. I'm still going there. He is my friend. I'm sure he will give me the buffalo's head," said Pak Lebai.
He immediately paddled his sampan. Right before he arrived at the east side of the river, he changed his mind. He knew the host was stingy. He thought that he would not get a buffalo's head. So he turned back his sampan and went to the west side. Again, he paddled his sampan with great power. he did not have much time.
Unfortunately, right before he arrived at the west side he met his friends again.
"What are you doing here, Pak Lebai? The party is over." Pak Lebai was upset and blaming himself for being wishy-washy. He also tired because he was padding back and forth in the river. later he fell asleep in his sampan. He did not realize his sampan was drifting away at the river. When he woke up, he was already in the different village. When all his neighbors heard what happened to Pak Lebai, then they all started to cal him Pak Lebai Malang or the poor Mister Lebai.***
"Pak Lebai, can you come to my house tomorrow? I will have a party", said the neighbor.
Pak Lebai was happy. He loved party because he could eat delicious food. He also could get a buffalo's head from the party. Still on the same day, he got another invitation. Those two party invitations made him confused. The two parties were held at the same time, but at the different places. The two neighbors who invited him lived in different sides of the river.
One neighbor lived on the east side and another one lived in the west side.
"I will go to the east side. I can have two heads of buffalo. He is richer," saidPak Lebai.
On the following day, he paddled his sampan with great power to the east side. He did not want to be late and lost the buffalo's head. On the way to the party, he met some friends.
"The party is awful. There are not many buffalo's heads. He is very stingy, "said one of them.
"I don't care. I'm still going there. He is my friend. I'm sure he will give me the buffalo's head," said Pak Lebai.
He immediately paddled his sampan. Right before he arrived at the east side of the river, he changed his mind. He knew the host was stingy. He thought that he would not get a buffalo's head. So he turned back his sampan and went to the west side. Again, he paddled his sampan with great power. he did not have much time.
Unfortunately, right before he arrived at the west side he met his friends again.
"What are you doing here, Pak Lebai? The party is over." Pak Lebai was upset and blaming himself for being wishy-washy. He also tired because he was padding back and forth in the river. later he fell asleep in his sampan. He did not realize his sampan was drifting away at the river. When he woke up, he was already in the different village. When all his neighbors heard what happened to Pak Lebai, then they all started to cal him Pak Lebai Malang or the poor Mister Lebai.***
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Narrative Text ( Fable Story ) ( The Deer And The Sea Snail )
The Deer And The Sea Snail
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Narrative Text ( Fable story ) ( Mouse Deer And Tiger )
Mouse Deer And Tiger
Long Time ago in a
jungle of Java, tiger was wandering around for food. He hadn't been eating for
days. He was really hungry! While he was approaching a small lake, he saw Mouse
Deer drinking. The tiger want to eat him.
Tiger smiled, "Hmmm yummy, finally
I get my lunch!"
Tiger slowly ducked, crawled, and held his breath. And then..."Gotcha!" said Tiger. He caught Mouse Deer and bit his leg. Mouse Deer was trembling. He was really shocked. But he tried to be calm. He was thinking of a plan to escape from Tiger. He looked around and suddenly he had an idea!
He said, "Hey Tiger, I know you are hungry and want to eat me. But the king will angry if he knows you eat me now."
Tiger slowly ducked, crawled, and held his breath. And then..."Gotcha!" said Tiger. He caught Mouse Deer and bit his leg. Mouse Deer was trembling. He was really shocked. But he tried to be calm. He was thinking of a plan to escape from Tiger. He looked around and suddenly he had an idea!
He said, "Hey Tiger, I know you are hungry and want to eat me. But the king will angry if he knows you eat me now."
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Narrative Text ( The Lazy Uder )
The Lazy Uder
He always woke up in the afternoon. Then
he went fishing on the river until evening. Uder never helped his wife. That’s
why she always worked alone in the field. She never gave up giving him advice.
But, Uder never listened to his wife. On one afternoon, Uder went fishing. He took
some worms as bait. On the way to the river, he met his neighbor. “Hey Uder,
where are you going?” “I’m going fishing,” said Uder. “What do you have for the
bait?” “Some worms,” answered Uder. Then he continued walking. Then he met
another neighbor. Again, the neighbor asked where Uder was going
and what he had for the bait. Uder answered. After that, he met
another neighbor. He also asked the same question. Uder was tired of
answering. He was upset. So he decided to ignore everyone. While he was walking
very fast, he met a group of monkeys.
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Narrative Text ( Fable Story ) ( A Buffalo And A Monkey )
A Buffalo And A Monkey
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Narrative Text ( Rabbit and Bear )
Rabbit and Bear
Once upon a time, there lived as neighbours, a bear
and a rabbit. The rabbit is a good shot. In contrary, the bear is always clumsy
ad could not use the arrow to good advantage.
One day, the bear called over the rabbit and asked the
rabbit to take his bow and arrows and came with bear to the other side of the
hill. The rabbit feared to arouse the bear's anger so he could not refuse it. He
consented and went with the bear and shot enough buffalo to satisfy the hungry
family. Indeed he shot and killed so many that there was lots of meat left
after the bear and his family had loaded themselves and packed all they could
carry home.
The bear was very gluttonous and did not want the
rabbit to get any of the meat. The rabbit could not even taste the blood from
the butchering as the bear would throw earth on the blood and dry it up. The
poor rabbit would have to go home hungry after his hard day's work.
The bear was the father of five children. The youngest
child was very kind to the rabbit. He was very hearty eater. The mother bear
always gave him an extra large piece of meat but the youngest child did not eat
it. He would take it outside with him and pretended to play ball with the meat.
He kicked toward the rabbit's house and when he got close to the door he would
give the meat with such a great kick. The meat would fly into the rabbit's
house. In this way, the poor rabbit would get his meal unknown to the papa
bear.
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Narrative Text ( Babu and The Lion )
Babu and the Lion
One day, there was a slave whose name was Babu. His master was very, very bad. You know, he often punched Babu and did not offer him food for days. Poor Babu! So he escaped into a forest and slept in a cave.
Next morning, he heard a loud roar. In front of him...., at the mouth of the cave..., was a very big lion. You see, Babu was scared to death! Kind of scary, isn’t it? But he could not escape.
But the lion didn’t attack him. It was tame. There was a large thorn in its right front foot. The lion looked at Babu. It seemed to say something like:”Please help me. It’s very painful.” Babu walked bravely to the lion and pulled out the thorn. Babu and the lion turned out to be friends.
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Narrative Text ( The Ugly Duckling )
The Ugly Duckling
One upon time, a mother duck sat on her eggs. She felt tired of sitting on
them. She just wished the eggs would break out.
Several days later, she got her wish. The eggs cracked and some cute little
ducklings appeared. "Peep, peep" the little ducklings cried.
"Quack, quack" their mother greeted in return.
However the largest egg had not cracked. The mother duck sat on it for
several days. Finally, it cracked and a huge ugly duckling waddled out. The
mother duck looked at him in surprise. He was so big and very gray. He didn't
look like the others at all. He was like a turkey.
When the mother duck brought the children to the pond for their first
swimming lesson. The huge grey duckling splashed and paddled about just as
nicely as the other ducklings did. "That is not a turkey chick. He is my
very own son and quite handsome" the mother said proudly.
However, the other animals didn't agree. They hissed and made fun of him day
by day. Even his own sisters and brothers were very unkind. "You are very
ugly" they quacked.
The little poor duckling was very unhappy. "I wish I looked like
them" he thought to himself. One day, the ugly duckling run away and hid
in the bushes. The sad duckling lived alone through the cold and snow winter.
Finally the spring flowers began to bloom. While he was swimming in the pond,
he saw three large white swans swimming toward him. "Oh, dear. these
beautiful birds will laugh and peck me too" he said to himself. But the
swans did not attack him. Instead, they swam around him and stroked him with
their bills. As the ugly duckling bent his neck to speak to them, he saw his
reflection in the water. He could not believe his eyes. "I am not an ugly
duckling but a beautiful swam" he exclaimed.
He was very happy. From that day on, he swam and played with his new
friends and was happier than he had never been.
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Narrative Text ( The Rabbit And The Bear )
The Rabbit and The Bear
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One day, the bear called over the rabbit and asked the rabbit to take his bow and arrows. Because he was afraid to arouse the bear's anger, he did not refuse the challenge. He went with the bear and shot buffaloes. He shot and killed so many that there were lots of meats left after.
However the bear did not make the rabbit get any of the meat. Even he could not taste it. The poor rabbit went home hungrily after a day of hard work.
Fortunately, the youngest child of the bear was very kind to the rabbit. His mother bear always gave him an extra large piece of meat but he did not eat it all. He took some outside with him and pretended to play ball with the meat. He kicked the ball of meat toward the rabbit's house. The meat flew into the rabbit's house. In this way, the hungry rabbit got his meal.
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Narrative Text ( Snail, Dragonfly and Toad )
Snail, Dragonfly
and Toad
After Dragonfly flew for a short time, he got tired. He sat on a branch and slept. Toad hopped away, but after a short time he felt very hungry. He found and ate some delicious bugs. Snail slowly made his way around the lake at a steady pace. He said to himself, “It’s hard to be in a race. I know I’m slow. I’ll keep walking. I’ll just go and go.”
When Dragonfly woke up and Toad finished his lunch, they looked at the other side of the lake. Snail was there. He won the race! Dragonfly and Toad said, “This race was a silly idea.”
Snail just smiled and said to himself, “This race was great fun. Maybe that’s because I won!”
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Narrative Text ( A Mouse Deer and Mr. Farmer )
A Mouse Deer and Mr. Farmer
“Mmm,” said Mouse Deer. “Juicy cucumbers! Yummy yams!” he started into the garden.
Mouse Deer loved to eat the fruits and roots and shoots of the forest. But he loved something else even more. He loved the vegetables in Mr. Farmer’s garden.
Snap! “Oh!”
His leg was caught in a snare! Mouse Deer pulled and pulled. But he could not get away.
“Oh, no!” he said. “Mr. Farmer will have me for dinner!”
Then he saw Mr. Farmer coming. Mouse Deer thought fast. He lay on the ground and made his body stiff.
Mouse Deer laughed. “Mr. Farmer is smart, but Mouse Deer is smarter.”
“Well, well,” said Mr. Farmer. “Look what I caught. A mouse deer! But he looks dead.”
Mr. Farmer pushed him with his foot. Mouse Deer didn’t move.
“May be he’s been dead a long time,” said Mr. Farmer. “Too bad! I guess we can’t eat him.”
He pulled Mouse Deer’s leg out of the snare. Then he tossed Mouse Deer back into the forest. Mouse Deer landed with a soft plop. Then he jumped up and ran. Behind him, he heard Mr. Farmer yelled, “Hey, you trick me!”
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Narrative Text ( The Grasshopper and the Ant )
The Grasshopper
and the Ant
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The ant said, “Grasshopper, all you do is play. You need to work. You should put away food for the winter.” The grasshopper looked at the ant and smiled. He said, “Work is no fun. I like to play. I can work another day.”
All summer, the ant worked very hard. He put food away for the winter. The grasshopper played everyday and didn’t put away any food.
In a very short time, it was winter. The snow fell in the woods, and it was very cold. The grasshopper knocked on the ant’s door. He said, “I’m hungry. It’s cold. What should I do? Do you have enough food for two?” The ant answered, “There’s time for work and time for fun. I saved food for only one. “The ant closed his door. The grasshopper said, “I didn’t work. What did I play? Where can I find food on this winter day?” He walked away and started to look for food in the woods.
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Narrative Text ( The Turtle and Anansi )
Turtle and Anansi
One day Turtle stopped to rest at the house of Anansi, the Spider. Turtle was tired and hungry. It was dinner time, but Anansi didn’t want to share his food. Anansi saw that Turtle had dirty feet, so he sent him to the lake to wash before dinner. Anansi then ate all the food.
When Turtle returned, there was no food left for him. Turtle was hungry as he left. But he invited Anansi to visit him some day.
Months later, Anansi came to see Turtle. Turtle invited Anansi to dinner. He then went to his underwater home to make the meal.
Anansi put rocks in his coat to make himself heavier. He jumped into the water and swam down to Turtle’s house. Turtle asked Anansi to take off his coat before he ate. When Anansi took off his coat, he floated up to the top of the lake. Turtle smiled and ate all the food.
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Narrative Text ( The Fox and The Cat )
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The Fox and The Cat
One day a cat and a fox were having a conversation. The fox, who was a conceited creature, boasted how clever she was. 'Why, I know at least a hundred tricks to get away from our mutual enemies, the dogs,' she said.
'I know only one trick to get away from dogs,' said the cat. 'You should teach me some of yours!'
'Well, maybe some day, when I have the time, I may teach you a few of the simpler ones,' replied the fox airily.
Just then they heard the barking of a pack of dogs in the distance. The barking grew louder and louder - the dogs were coming in their direction! At once the cat ran to the nearest tree and climbed into its branches, well out of reach of any dog. 'This is the trick I told you about, the only one I know,' she called down to the fox. 'Which one of your hundred tricks are you going to use?'
The fox sat silently under the tree, wondering which trick she should use. Before she could make up her mind, the dogs arrived. They fell upon the fox and tore her to pieces.
A single plan that works is better than a hundred doubtful plans.
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Narrative Text ( the Lion and The Mouse )
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The Lion and The Mouse
Once, as a lion lay sleeping in his den, a naughty little mouse ran up his tail, and onto his back and up his mane and danced and jumped on his head, so that the lion woke up.
lion angry and mouseThe lion grabbed the mouse and, holding him in his large claws, roared in anger. 'How dare you wake me up! Don't you know that I am King of the Beasts? Anyone who disturbs my rest deserves to die! I shall kill you and eat you!'
The terrified mouse, shaking and trembling, begged the lion to let him go. 'Please don't eat me Your Majesty! I did not mean to wake you, it was a mistake. I was only playing. Please let me go - and I promise I will be your friend forever. Who knows but one day I could save your life?'
The lion looked at the tiny mouse and laughed. 'You save my life? What an absurd idea!' he said scornfully. 'But you have made me laugh, and put me into a good mood again, so I shall let you go.' And the lion opened his claws and let the mouse go free.
'Oh thank you, your majesty,' squeaked the mouse, and scurried away as fast as he could.
A few days later the lion was caught in a hunter's snare. Struggle as he might, he couldn't break free and became even more entangled in the net of ropes. He let out a roar of anger that shook the forest. Every animal heard it, including the tiny mouse.
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Narrative Text ( The Wolf and The Dog )
The Wolf and the Dog
Once there was a wolf who was nearly dead with hunger. He was very thin, so that the outline of his bones could be seen clearly beneath his thinning coat of hair. With hardly enough energy to walk, the wolf had little hope of finding food. As he lay beneath a large tree, a dog out for a walk noticed him. Seeing how thin and hungry-looking the wolf was, the dog felt sorry for him and said, "You are in terrible shape! You look as if you haven't eaten for many days."
"You're right," said the wolf. "I haven't eaten because you and your friends are doing such a good job of guarding the sheep. Now I am so weak that I have little hope of finding food. I think I will surely die."
Then why not join us? Asked the dog. "I work regularly and I eat regularly. You could do the same. I will arrange it. You can help me and the other dogs guard the sheep. In that way, we won't have to worry about your stealing the sheep any more and you won't have to worry about going hungry any more. It's a good deal for both of us."
The wolf thought it over for a few minutes and then decided that the dog was right. So they went off together toward the ranch house where the dog lived. But, as they were walking, the wolf noticed that the hair on a certain part of the dog's neck was very thin. He was curious about this, for the dog had such a beautiful coat every where else. Finally, he asked the dog about it.
"Oh, don't worry about that," said the dog. "It's the place where the collar rubs on my neck when my master chains me up at night."
"Chained up!" cried the wolf, "Do you mean that you are chained up at night? If I come to live with you, will I be chained up at night too?"
That's right," answered the dog. "But, You'll get used to it soon enough. I hardly think about it anymore."
"But, if I am chained up, then I won't be able to walk when I want to take a walk or to run where I want to run," the wolf said. "If I come to live with you, I won't be free anymore." After saying this, the wolf turned and ran away.
"The dog called after the wolf, saying, "Wait! Come back! I may not be able to do everything I want to do, but I'm healthy, well-fed, and I have a warm place to sleep. You are too worried about keeping alive to enjoy life. I'm more free than you are."
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Narrative Text ( The Tiger Who Would Be King )
1. The Tiger Who Would Be King
One morning the tiger woke up in the jungle and told his mate that he was king of beasts.
"Leo, the lion, is king of beasts," she said.
"We need a change," said the tiger. "The creatures are crying for a change."
The tigress listened but she could hear no crying, except that of her cubs.
"I'll be king of beasts by the time the moon rises," said the tiger. "It will be a yellow moon with black stripes, in my honour."
"Oh sure," said the tigress as she went to look after her young, one of whom, a male, very like his father, had got an imaginary thorn in his paw.
The tiger prowled through the jungle till he came to the lion's den. "Come out," he roared," and greet the king of beasts! The king is dead, long live the king!"
Inside the den, the lioness woke her mate. "The king is here to see you," she said.
"What king?" he inquired, sleepily.
"The king of beasts," she said.
"I am the king of beasts," roared Leo and he charged out of the den to defend his crown against the pretender.
It was a terrible fight and it lasted until the setting of the sun. All the animals of the jungle joined in, some taking the side of the tiger and others the side of the lion. Every creature from the aardvark to the zebra took part in the struggle to overthrow the lion or to repulse the tiger, and some did not knot know which they were fighting for, and some fought for both, and some fought whoever was nearest and some fought for the sake of fighting.
"What are we fighting for?" someone asked the aardvark.
"The old order," said the aardvark.
"What are we dying for?" someone asked the zebra.
"The new order," said the zebra.
When the moon rose, fevered and gibbous, it shone upon a jungle in which nothing stirred except a macaw and a cockatoo, screaming in horror. All the beasts were dead except the tiger, and his days were numbered and his time was ticking away. He was monarch of all he surveyed, but it didn't seem to mean anything.
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