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The Fortune Teller

A childless couple takes in an abandoned baby boy named Sau Ling and raises him as their own. When Sau Ling grows up, a fortune teller predicts he will become a thief and cause trouble. Believing the fortune, the couple sends Sau Ling away. Years later, Sau Ling finds a bag of gold that wasn't his by mistake. He returns the real owner's bag, proving himself to be honest. The prediction was wrong, and Sau Ling's parents realize fortune tellers cannot be trusted. They go to live happily with Sau Ling.

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The Fortune Teller

A childless couple takes in an abandoned baby boy named Sau Ling and raises him as their own. When Sau Ling grows up, a fortune teller predicts he will become a thief and cause trouble. Believing the fortune, the couple sends Sau Ling away. Years later, Sau Ling finds a bag of gold that wasn't his by mistake. He returns the real owner's bag, proving himself to be honest. The prediction was wrong, and Sau Ling's parents realize fortune tellers cannot be trusted. They go to live happily with Sau Ling.

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The Fortune Teller

In the great city of Taipei, there lived a man called Lin and his wife.
They had no children. Because of this, they were very unhappy. One day, they
Orientation found a baby boy outside their door. He was wrapped in a blanket and crying.
They took the baby into their house and called him Sau Ling. They loved him
very much.
When Sau Ling was a young man, a fortune-teller came to the house.
"You must send your son away," he said. "One day he will become a thief and
cause you a lot of trouble."
Mr and Mrs Lin were very sad to hear this. They believed what the
Complication fortune-teller said. They gave Sau Ling some clothes and money and sent him
away.
Several years later, Sau Ling was having a meal in an inn several miles
from Taipei. He put his bag on the floor near his table. After finishing his meal,
he picked up his bag. "That's strange!" he thought, "It feels so heavy."He
looked inside. It was full of small gold bars. Then he realized that someone had
taken his bag by mistake and left another bag, in its place.
That evening, a young man came to the inn, "Has anyone seen my
bag?" he asked. Sau Ling was very honest. He returned the bag to him. The
young man thanked him. "You are really very honest," he said, "I shall ask may
Resolution
to say. He left the house without saying a word. Mr and Mrs Lin never believed
in fortune-teller after that. Sau Ling took them to live with him and they were
very happy and contented until the end of their lives.

Activity 3. Punctuate and capitalize the following story.


One day a monkey wanted to cross a river he saw a crocodile in the river so he asked the crocodile
told the monkey to jump onto its back then the crocodile swam down the river. now the crocodile was
very hungry so when it was in the middle of the river it stopped and said to the monkey monkey my
father is very sick he must eat the heart of a monkey then he will be strong again. the monkey thought for
a while then he told the crocodile to swim back to the river bank. what for asked the crocodile because i
didn't bring my heart with me said the monkey I left it under the tree near some coconuts. so the
crocodile turned around and swam back to the bank of the river as soon as they reached the river bank
the monkey jumped off the crocodiles back and climbed up to the top of a tree. where is your heart asked
the crocodile. you are foolish the monkey said to the crocodile now i am free and you have nothing. the
monkey told the crocodile not to try to trick him again the crocodile swam away hungry

Activity 4.Answer the following questions based on the text in Activity3Setting nts Outcome
1. How many characters are there in the story? Mention them.
2. Where did the story probably take place?
3. What the monkey wanted in the river?
4. What the crocodile said when it was in the middle of the river?
5. Did the crocodile succeed in getting heart of a monkey?
6. What do you call a story that talks about animals which can speak?
7. What is the message of the story?

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