Nama : Aldrien. F.
Pattinusa
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Progdi : Manajemen
Tugas : Bahasa Inggris
Be Grateful
Once there was a lilliput named Lilo. He, his wife and his ten sons lived in the
Fairytale land. The land was ruled by a wise Queen fairy and all creatures lived in
harmony.
Lilo didn’t like being a lilliput. He always complained. When he passed by Gino the
Ogre farm, he said,” You truly have a very big land. Look at me, because I’m a small
queen fairy only gave me a small one. This is unfair.”
Lilo you have told me this a hundred times. Why don’t you go to see Queen fairy and
ask?” asked Gino.
“Yes, maybe I should do that.” Said Lilo as he walked away sulkily.
“Hi, Lilo. What a great day today.” Said Fenny the fairy.” Yes. Great day for you
because you have wings and can fly.” Said Lilo, pouting.
Fenny just shrugged her shoulder. Lilo always said the same thing whenever they
met.
When Lilo reached home, his children ran to him.” Daddy, let’s play hide and seek.”
Said one of them.
“Go play with your siblings. Don’t disturb me.” He said.
“Turnip again?” he complained to his wife.
“But turnip is the healthiest food for Lilliput.” Said her wife. But Lilo didn’t listen. And
for the rest of the day, he always grumpy as he can be. His family was quite relieved
when he retired to bed.
The next day Lilo decided to visit the Queen fairy and state his problem. Luckily the
Queen fairy was available so Lilo took the whole morning to complain about his
conditions.
“All right: said Queen fairy.” I will fulfill your request. When you arrive home. You will
see that everything will be as you wish for.”
Lilo ran home and noticed that his farm had really grown in size. It was so big, even
bigger than the Gino farm.
“Yippee.” He shouted happily.
Lilo started to work at his farm. But soon he got so tired and he hadn’t even plowed a
tenth of it.
Then Fenny came.”Lilo, the Queen fairy had asked me to deliver this.” She said.
Fenny was holding a pair of wings.
“Really.” Asked Lilo.
Fenny nodded and helped Lilo put the wings on.
“Wow. Now I can fly.” He said.” Come let’s work.” Said Fenny.
“Work? What do you mean?” Lilo asked.
“Well, you are a flower fairy now. You have to visit all the flowers and clean them.
Come on. I ‘ll show you how.”
So Lilo joined the fairies to clean all the flowers in the fairytale land. By late
afternoon, Lilo was so tired he couldn’t fly a single inch. So the fairies let him go
home.
When Lilo reached home, he was very hungry. But he didn’t find anything on the
dinner table.
“Lila.” He shouted, calling his wife. But his wife was nowhere to be seen. And his
sons were not home either.
Instead, on the table, he got a letter from the Queen fairy. It says: Dear Lilo, I have
relocated your wife so now you can it anything you want. I have also relocated your
sons so they can’t disturb you anymore.
Lilo broke into tears.” I want my farm back. I don’t need these wings. I want my wife
and her turnips back. I also want my sons back.” He shouted
“You really mean it?” asked Queen fairy who suddenly appeared.
“Yes please, I promise I will always be grateful for what I already have,” Lilo said.
Queen fairy waved her wand once, and everything went back to normal.
“Daddy.” Shouted his sons.” Let’s play.” Said Lilo. “And Lila please prepare turnips
for dinner.” He said as he and his sons headed out to their “just right” size farm to
play.
The wisdom of this story:
What does being grateful mean? It means being thankful for your conditions
whatever they are. It means knowing that God will provide what you need and not
what you want. It means realizing that there are many people who are less fortunate
than you are.
