Storytelling with English Club

Storytelling with English Club

Sabtu 11 November yang lalu English Club SMAN 8 Tangerang sedang punya agenda tentang Storytelling, dan setiap anggota wajib menghapal satu cerita untuk diceritakan kembali didepan teman-teman dan guru pembimbing kita.

Nah, cerita yang saya bawakan adalah “The Apple Tree”. Cerita ini saya dapat ketika saya masih menjadi member English Club ketika di SMP. So, inilah cerita yang saya bawakan:

The Apple Tree

A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and lay around it every day. He climbed to the tree top, ate apples, and took a nap under the shadow.. He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him.

Time went by.. the little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree every day. One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad.

“Come and play with me,” the tree asked the boy

“I am no longer a kid, i don’t play around trees anymore.” The boy replied, “I want toys, Ineed money to buy them.”

“Sorry,but i don’t have money.. but you can pick all my apples and sell them. So, you will have money” Replied the trees. The boy was so excited. He grabbed all the apples on the tree and left happily. The boy never came back after he picked the apples, The tree was sad.

One day, the boy returned and the tree was so excited. “Come and play with me.”the tree ssaid. “I don’t have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help me?” “Sorry, but I don’t have a house. But you can chop off my branches to build your house.” So the boy cut all the branches off the tree and left happily. The tree was glad to see him happy but the boy never came back since then. The tree was again lonely and sad.

One hot summer day, the boy returned and the tree was delighted.  “Come and play with me!” the tree said.

“I am sad and getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?” “Use my trunk to build your boat. You can sail far away and be happy.” So the boy cut the tree trunk to make a boat.

He went sailing and never showed up for a long time. The tree was happy, but it was not true.

Finally, the boy returned after he left for som many years.

“Sorry, my boy, but I don’t have anything for you anymore. No more apples for you..” the tree said.

“I don’t have teeth to bite,” the boy replied

“No more trunk for you to climb on.”

“I am too old for that now.” the boy said.

“I really can’t give you anything.. the only thing left is my dying roots,” the tree said with tears.

“I don’t need much now, just a place to reatt. I am tired affter all these years.” The boy replied.

“Good! An old tree root is the best place to lean on and rest. Come, Come sit down with me and rest.”

The boy sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears..

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Kenapa saya pilih cerita ini? Karena cerita ini punya amanat yang sangat bagus. Mungkin kita merasa anak laki-laki itu sangat jahat dengan pohon karena selalu meminta apapun kepada pohon dan di penuhi.  Sebenarnya hal ini seperti kita, seorang anak yang selalu menginginkan apapun kepada orangtua dan selalu di penuhi. Ketika sesuatu yang diinginkan dipenuhi, kita meninggalkan  mereka. Kita selalu mendekati mereka disaat membutuhkannya saja.