CINDELARAS

Raden Putra was the king of Jenggala Kingdom. he had a beautiful queen. Besides that, the king also had a beatiful concubine. Unlike the queen, the concubine had bad personalities. She was jealous with the queen, so she planned to make the queen leave the place. By doing so, she could be the new queen.

The concubine asked the palace healer to help her do the bad plan. They told the king that the queen wanted  to poison him. The king was angry. He sent the queen to a jungle. It s the punishment for her. There was one condition that the king did know, the queen waspregnant.

After several months live in jungle, the queen gave brith to a healty baby boy. She named him Cindelaras. He grew up as nice, healty, and handsome young man. One day, while Cindelaras helped her mother to collect some fire woods, an eagle dropped an egg. He took the egg and carefully took care of it.

The egg hatched into a chick and then it became a strong rooster. The rooster had a magical skill. It was very powerful and skilful in fighting with other roosters. Besides that, the rooster could also sing. The song was about Cindelaras and His father, Raden Putra. "My master is Cindelaras. He live in the jungle. His father is a king. His name is Raden Putra." The rooster often sang the song.

When Cindelaras first heard that song, he ignore it. However, he could not stand it anymore. He talked to his mother about it. His mother told him the whole story. Cindelaras was very surprised. He decide to go to the palace to meet the king, his father. Cindelaras also brought his rooster to go to the palace.

On the way to go there, he meet some people. They asked him to fight his rooster with their roosters. Cindelaras's rooster won the fight. He won again and again. Cindelaras great rooster was heard by king Raden Putra. So, he invited Cindelaras to the palace to fight his rooster with the king's rooster.

The king made a bet. If Cindelaras's rooster won the fight, he would get all king's jewellery. However, if Cindelaras's rooster lost, he would be punished in a jail. The two rooster fought bravely. In just few minutes, Cindelaras's rooster won the fight! Then, the rooster sang the song.

The king was surprised, he asked who Cindelaras was. He then told the king said about her mother living in jungle. Latter, the palace healer admitted his mistake. He said that the queen was innocent. She never tried to kill the king. The king was very angry. He ordered the concubine to be sent to jail. The king immediately went to the jungle to pick up his wife. He apologized for sending her to the jungle and made her queen again.

Present Tense and Past Tense

- Present Tense

1. He works hard every night.
2. I read newspaper every morning.
3. They visit their uncle every Sunday
4. She sings every night in Casanova Bar.
5. Sunrise always shines everyday.



- Past Tense

1. She washed her dress last morning.
2. He cleaned his spectacles with his finger one second of time.
3. That bird flied with his friend last minute ago.
4. I bought this novel last week in the Bookstore.
5. He yielded to policeman yesterday.