In the class cct, we were given a task to modify the original story and poster by using SCAMPER. The teacher asked her student to pick up story randomly..My group got the story about "The hare and the tortoise".we were very excited because as we know this story is well-known ...
we tried to apply what we had learned at this class..
SO HERE THE STORY ..ENJOY READING GUYS..!
The
year already reach March, and Mergastua bloomed with beautiful flowers. Nice
odour could be smell everywhere in Mergastua. At the end of a lake, there was a
small house, and beside it was a small carrot farm. There was no doubt that the
house belonged to HaHa, the hare.
A tortoise was talking to HaHa in front of
his house…
“HaHa, thank you for your sincerity
helping and taking care of me and for your hospitality, I cannot repay all of your
kindness. Sorry for all mistakes I always look down on you. I hope we
can be agood friends forever ” said ToTo the tortoise.
As ToTo was walking out from HaHa’s house,
he recalled the bad things he did to him and all the memories rushed back to
his mind.
A MONTH BEFORE THE RACE
The
Lion King, the head of Mergastua announced an annual yet legendary race between hare and tortoise will be held in one month
onwards. However, there was only one hare that lived in the village, and he was
HaHa, the old and weak hare.
ToTo,
the winner of the race for three years consecutively had been chosen again to
represent his family. However, HaHa was in doubt whether to take part in th
race or not. Whenever ToTo bumped into HaHa, he always boasting upon his
victory in the race for three years consecutively. He kept teasing HaHa for its
failure. Then, the irate HaHa answered back: “Who do you think you are? There’s
no denying you’re strong, but even you can be beaten!” ToTo squealed with
laughter. “ Beaten in a race? By whom? Not you, surely! I bet there’s nobody in
the world that can win against me, I’m so energetic and strong.” said ToTo.
HaHa was very sad and he sat under a tree
while thinking about the race. He was getting lost in his thought. Suddenly,
Pok Kok, which is the tree that HaHa sat under it, and also his best friemd
talked to him: “What’s the matter with you?
You seen have a problem”. Asked Pok Kok. “As you know, a race will be held between ToTo
and me, but I am too old and weak. I could not battle with him”. HaHa replied
sadly. “You have to believe in yourself, you must put effort to change the
history and challenge ToTo”. Pok Kok advised HaHa. “How am I going to defeat
him?”. Asked HaHa. “ I suggest you to meet Diva, the famous potion maker
that lives on the top of the mount Kinabalu. She can help you”. Said Pok Kok.
After
hearing the advice of Pok Kok, HaHa decided to meet the Diva and seek
for her help.
TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE RACE
HaHa
packed his stuffs and ready to start his journey to the peak of Mount Kinabalu.
He himself still didn’t believe that he will do something like that at his old
age. But ignoring his weak condition, he should climb the mount to meet Diva,
as she was the only one can help him gaining his health for the race.
In the woods…
“Urghh, I’m so exhausted”. HaHa sighed
while looking up. “I can’t see the peak. When I will reach it? My body already
weak, tired, sweats all over me. I guess I will die in this woods”. HaHa
mumbled alone, kicking the dried leaves on the ground. “Shussh…..” a voice
entered HaHa’s two long ears. He shocked. “Who’s that?”. HaHa shouted while
looking around. “Shussh…” the voice continued but this time a little bit
longer.
HaHa
moved his ears to detect where the voice came from. He climbed the rocks and
eventually found a very big dark cave. He couldn’t see anything in it. So he
yelled, “Anybody in here?”. He waited but no reply. He walked closer to the
cave, later discovered a maple trunk craved “THE DARKEST CAVE, FIND OUT YOUR
FUTURE HERE”. HaHa quite interested with the says and entered the cave. HaHa
walked in the dark, with nothing to be used to light his way through the cave.
He stepped carefully and slowly but then suddenly the cave brighted up. He
merely shouted. HaHa spotted something was shining from far. He approached it.
As he was stepping, the figure of that shiny thing become clearer.
“Hello there, old rabbit!”. A loud big soprano
voice greeted Haha. Haha suprised to see the one who greeted him was a mirror.
Yes, a talking mirror! And absolutely the mirror was as big as its voice. Haha
walked closer to the mirror, and asked it.
“Who are you? You’re weirdo. How come a
mirror can talk? This is ridiculous!” . Haha complained. “Hahahaha… I guess you
really didn’t know me. I am a magic mirror, I devoted myself to Wicked Queen at
Fantasy Kingdom for over 50 years. Everyday I pleased her by saying that she
was the fairest one of all. Despite of my please, she kept worrying about her
stepdaughter would be prettier than her”.
Haha
confused, scratching his fur then he asked, “Her stepdaughter?”. The Magic
Mirror continued, “Her stepdaughter, Snow White. She grew up to be a pretty,
loving and well-mannered girl, who loved by everyone. Even the animals like her.
Realising that fact, one day I told Wicked Queen that Snow White was fairest
among all, and no longer the queen. Then….” . He didn’t complete his word. Haha
interrupted, “Then what?”. The Magic Mirror showed his sad face and continued,
“then she felt very angry, furious, and she cursed me to live in this abandoned
cold dark cave, far from people.”
“Pity you, Magic Mirror. But what a relieve
you don’t have to see that Wicked Queen anymore, right?” HaHa tried to calm the
Magic Mirror. “Hahaha, that’s right. Hey, old rabbit. What brought you here?”
he asked HaHa. HaHa suddenly remembered something. He said, “Ohh, after I heard
your voice, I climbed the rocks to follow where it came from, and eventually I
found this cave. Later I saw an encraved maple trunk by the door cave”.
“Hahaha, so you read the notes. I’m sure
you’re curious about it.” The Magic Mirror guessed. “Yeah, kind of.” Haha
admitted. “Whose future you want to know?” Magic Mirror asked Haha directly. HaHa
told Magic Mirror about the race he will participate in, and he wanted Magic
Mirror to predict either he or ToTo will be the winner. Then, Magic
Mirror responded, “Hahaha, of course I can do that. Wait a minute.” The Magic
Mirror opened its drawer. “Take this”, it said to HaHa. HaHa took out a big
leaf from the drawer. At first he saw the leaf was blank, but then suddenly
some words appeared on it:
“MIRROR, MIRROR IN THE DARKEST CAVE. SHOW
ME …….”
HaHa
confused and didn’t know what that words meant. “Fill the blank space with your
wish”, Magic Mirror explained. As soon as HaHa knew what he had to do, he
chanted the spell excitedly, “Mirror, Mirror in the Darkest Cave. Show me who
will win the race”. Suddenly a visual appeared on the mirror, showing the day
of the race. HaHa saw himself racing with ToTo, but unfortunately ToTo arrived
first at the finishing line. All animals cheer upon ToTo’s victory.
HaHa
was surprised and really unsatisfied with Magic Mirror’s prediction. He
condemned him, “Why ToTo won the race? What’s your guarantee that he will be
the winner?” Magic Mirror already knew that HaHa would be angry with its
prediction, but he kept his calm look, then replied, “Hahaha, this is just my
prediction. I’ve told you. But one thing to be remembered, the history proved
that all representatives from the tortoise family never been defeated in that
legendary race before. Therefore, I don’t think my prediction will go wrong
this time. So I advise you to give up on that race. Hahaha”.
HaHa
offended by the Magic Mirror’s words. It was really irritating. He rushed out
from the cave quickly, leaving Magic Mirror without any words. HaHa kept
walking in the woods. After he confirmed that he had already left the Darkest
Cave far behind, he stopped. He took rest under a tree. Sweats covered his
fluffy body, and HaHa gasped for air. He took a deep breath, and then reflected
himself, “Can I defeat ToTo in the race? I’m not strong and fast enough. The
Magic Mirror’s prediction may be true. But I can’t watch ToTo keep bragging
about his family’s undefeated victory. Ohh, I’m confused!” HaHa was in
conflict. He closed his eyes, hoping that he can make a rightful decision.
“What’s wrong with you, my little fellow?”
suddenly someone greeted HaHa. HaHa was surprised and opened his eyes. He saw a
man with strong build body, and brown tanned skin standing in front of him. On
his shoulder was a big pine trunk. HaHa frightened, as he never met any human
before.
But
he hardly tried to speak, “Who..Who..Who a..re you?” The man put down the trunk,
and walked closer to HaHa. HaHa stepped back and hid behind the tree. “Don’t be
afraid. I will not hurt you. My name is Badang. I live near here. What are you
doing in this woods alone?” Badang comforted Haha. Then HaHa came out from
hiding after he calmed himself down. “Herm..My name is HaHa. I want to go to
the peak. I have a request to be asked from Diva” Haha explained his situation.
“Oh, you are the hare from Mergastua who
will be racing against the tortoise in the legendary race?” Badang asked HaHa
for confirmation. HaHa quite surprised with the question, because he never
thought that human ever know about the race. “Yes, I am.” HaHa gave short
answer. He had no idea what to say. Then Badang continued, “The people in my
village keep comparing between you and the tortoise, and most of them
confident that the tortoise will win the race again, as happened before.” HaHa
expected that will spilled out from Badang’s mouth.
“But I will not make any judgement before
the race ends. Both of you guys have the chance to win. A glorious history
can’t guarantee a good future if we don’t work hard, and fail history is not a
hindrance for a better future though. As long as we put our full effort to
create a great future.” Badang smiled to HaHa. HaHa really touched by Badang’s
words, and slowly he was getting inspired. “Hey, I can see a bright face over
here. I think a new soul had awaken. Hahaha”, Badang teased HaHa. They laughed.
HaHa was thankful to meet a good person like Badang in the middle of his
conflict.
“You said you wanted to meet Diva, right? I
can take you there. I’ve been there before. She gave me a potion to make me
stronger and healthier. Like this..” Badang showed off his muscles. HaHa
laughed to see his action. He said, “Really? That’s great. Can we go there
now?” HaHa enthusiastically asked Badang. Badang nodded, then he hold HaHa
tightly on his arm, and ran as fast as lightning.
Later on after three blinks of eyes, they
reached the peak. HaHa was fascinated by Badang’s speed, “Woahh you’re so fast.
Thanks a lot for your kindness. I’ll never forget your deed.” HaHa thanked
Badang. “It’s my pleasure to help friends in need. Diva’s palace is behind the
two big rocks.” Badang appointed to the two big black rocks not far from them.
“I wish you luck in the race. Never give up. I believe that Diva can help you.”
Badang added. HaHa thanked him once again, and then they separated.
HaHa
walked straight and passed the two big rocks as mentioned by Badang. After five
minutes walking, finally he arrived at Diva’s palace.
The
shining of pink crystal palace astonished HaHa, and sometimes he had to cover
his eyes from the shines reflected by the crystals. HaHa saw two knights by the
gate, hence he approached one of them. HaHa asked him politely, “Hello, sir.
May I see the Diva?” The knight in the purple armour moved his head down,
looking at HaHa, and answered, “Enter the pink door, walk straight through the
walkway, and you will see a huge golden door. Knock three times and say
‘Assalamualaikum’. The door will be opened” Then he return back to his
position. HaHa just nodded and thanked the knight. He tried to remember the
instruction and started to walk.
As soon as he arrived in front of the huge
golden door, he knocked three times, and said ‘Assalamualaikum’. HaHa waited,
and suddenly the door opened.
“Come in, cutie hare.” A lovely voice was
heard. HaHa kept walking into the huge luxurious hall, until he stopped in
front of a middle-aged woman. She was sitting on a pink coloured armchair
comfortly. HaHa found that the woman looked weird as her head was covered with
some kind of cloth. He had no idea, but that none of his matter either.
HaHa
bravely started to talk, “Erm…hello. Are you Diva, the great potion maker?” The
woman stare at him, and she smile, “Yes I am. How can I help you?” HaHa
relieved as finally he was able to meet the Diva. Haha introduced himself, “Hi
Diva. I’m HaHa the hare from Mergastua.” Later he told the Diva his true intention
for meeting her and also his situation. Diva listened to him carefully, and
sometimes she nodded.
Right
after HaHa finished his story, Diva closed her two big brownish eyes, seemed
like she was thinking. After a while she made a decision, “Alright, HaHa. I
think I can help you. I agree to give you a legendary potion I made that can
revive your energy, and become healthier in a week.” HaHa was very happy to
hear that, and he said to her, “Oh really??!! Thank you, Diva. All my
exhaustion coming here paid off!” HaHa jumped excitedly. Diva laughed to see
HaHa jumped in her hall. “I’m proud of your determination, HaHa”, Diva praised
HaHa’s effort.
Then,
Diva took out her magic wand, and moved her hand on the air. Not long after
making some circles movement, a wooden bowl showed up floating on the air. HaHa
amazed by that. Diva took the bowl and gave it to HaHa, and told him, “Take
this. This health potion named Pamoga. It healed many people, animals, and even
trees. Therefore I’m sure it will work on you too. This is the only potion I
didn’t use magical power on it. So that made it special.” HaHa packed the bowl
in a towel, and tied it on his stick.
“Before you leave, I want to advise you.
Let say if you win the race, never act like what the tortoise did, because it
worth nothing. Be humble. One more thing, don’t only depend on the
potion, do some practice too” Diva gave her last advice.
“I will keep that in mind, Diva. Thanks a
lot for your help. Goodbye.” HaHa waved his hand to the Diva while walking
towards the door. Diva kept smiling to him. HaHa was ready to race against
ToTo.
THE DAY OF THE RACE
The
most awaiting moment has finally come , the day of the race between Haha and
ToTo was began. Most animals in the jungle came to give support to both of
them. HaHa and ToTo was prepared at the starting line and did warm up. HaHa
felt stronger and willing to race honestly, but, ToTo was planning to cheat. He
asked two cranes to help and give cooperation to win the race.
The
Lion King, head of Mergastua launched the race and blewed whistle as sign the
race began. HaHa ran quickly and left ToTo behind. At the middle of the race
lane, ToTo met the two cranes secretly in the bushes. “But how shall we do it?”
the first crane asked.
“Carry me with you,” said ToTo.
“Carry you? How?” the cranes asked again.
ToTo thought for a while and said, “I have an idea. Bring me a strong stick. I
will hold the middle of it between my jaws and hang on to it. Each of you can
take one end of the stick in your beak, and then fly!”
The cranes flew off and returned with a
strong bamboo stick. Before they started, the cranes had warned ToTo about the
great risks of their flight. They showed ToTo how to hang on the stick, “Like
this” The cranes bit the bamboo stick. “Be careful. Do not open your mouth in
the sky.”
“You will see all kinds of wonderful things
down below, but never open your mouth in wonder.”
“If you do, you will fall”, the first crane
advised.
“You have to keep your mouth tightly shut.”
the second crane added.
“I certainly will,” said ToTo.
Then,
the cranes took the ends of the stick in their strong beaks and flew up into
the sky. Off went th,e ToTo on his first journey by air. All the animals who
were out of doors and looked up at the flying tortoise, shouting out all kinds
of things. “Isn’t it clever of the tortoise to hang on to a stick like that!”
said some of them. ToTo was highly pleased at these words of praise. “It is! After
all, my own idea,” he said to himself. “The cranes are only carrying out my
plan.”
The cranes were quite used to flying. They
did not look down. They paid no attention to what the animals said. But ToTo
was different. He looked at everything and listened. When they were crossing a
field, some scarecrows said, “Isn’t it nice of the cranes to carry a tortoise
on a stick like that?”
“It teaches us an important thing. We can
do anything if we do it together.”
“It’s a good example.”
“Let’s thank the cranes.”
ToTo thought this was very unfair to him.
It was his idea, how could they praise the cranes for it? Forgetting what the
cranes had told him, he shouted out, “It was ..”, but the unfortunate ToTo did
not complete the sentence. The moment he opened his mouth, his jaws let go of
the stick and he fell down.
“Aaaarhhh….” He screamed. ToTo fell down, one
metre behind the finishing line, and his shell cracked. At the same time, HaHa
reached the line and won. The other animals cheered at first, but, was shocked
upon discovering ToTo’s accident. HaHa turned back, rushed to see ToTo and
carried ToTo to the hospital.
Throughout
the time ToTo was warded in the hospital, no one of his family members visited
him because they were ashamed of ToTo’s lost in the race. However, HaHa kept
visiting him and always bring him food and help him there until ToTo discharged
from the hospital. After that, HaHa still wanted to take care of ToTo, he said
to him: "ToTo, please stay at my home, I will take care of you until you
are fully recovered."
ToTo felt so ashamed after what he did to
HaHa, but he can't do anything because he himself didn't know anyone else willingly
want to take care of him except HaHa.
TODAY
“Thank you for your sincerity helping and
taking care of me and for your hospitality,I cannot repay all of your kindness.
Sorry for all mistakes and always looking down on you. I hope we can be good
friends forever.”
ToTo expressed his gratitude because
he met a true friend like him. Toto said gratefully.
Haha smile genuinely and replied humbly “I
never held any grudge on you,its okay to make mistakes, because we are ordinary
creatures. Whats important now is we take lessons and do not let the same mistakes
happen again. Once bitten twice shy”.
ToTo thanked HaHa once again, and they
hugged. Then, ToTo made his way out from HaHa’s house. Haha waved his hand to
Toto and shouted “Goodbye, and I love you very much”
Haha watched Toto left until he dissappeared from his sight..
so how do you feel during reading this story???...
for your information , our group got first place in all classess in making the story..yeahhhhh!
at the CAC HALL...