READING LOG (SHORT STORIES)

Extensive Reading Task

Name : Najwa Rahmania Putri

NPM : 222122106

Class : C

PRE–READING

No	Day	Title	Why I am interesting to read	Questions before I read
1	Tuesday	Only for Love A Poor Little Girl The Haunted House	Because judging from the title, this short story looks very interesting and exciting.	Is this short story as interesting as the title?
2	Wednesday	Loss Due to Negligence Never Leave Friends Elephant and Friends
3	Thursday	Be Kind, Be Compassionate Bad Company A Lion and A Mouse
4	Friday	A Monkey and Two Cats Always Be Truthful Beauty Is Not Eternal

Day 1 Tuesday Date : 28 February 2023
Time	8.00 - 8.10 PM
Title	Only For Love
Sources	Short Stories App
Characters	Healthy Donkey and Weak Donkey
Main Point of The Story	The healthy donkey asked the weak one why he seemed so weak, then the weak donkey answered that his master makes him work the whole day and doesn’t give him enough food to eat and also beats him. The reason why he doesn’t run away is because he thinks his job has better prospects, and besides that his master beats his only daughter, too. And whenever his master does so, his master says to his only daughter “I’ll marry you off to this donkey.”
New Vocabularies Found	Malnourished
Comments	Even to animals, we must have pity and compassion for them.

Time	8.30 - 8.40 PM
Title	A Poor Little Girl
Sources	Short Stories App
Characters	A rich lady, many poor women, the girls, and one poor girl
Main Point of The Story	A rich lady, who does not have a child of her own, decided to adopt a girl child. Then she advertised in various newspapers, so many poor women came to sell their daughters. The rich lady gave a test to all girls. She told all the girls to buy their favorite things with the money she gave. Most of them had bought ribbons, clothes, and other things for themselves but one girl had bought a prayer book and a needle. A rich lady got impressed and decided to adopt her.
New Vocabularies Found	Ribbons
Comments	The rich woman wants to adopt a girl child who doesn't only care about her outer appearance. Good!

Time	09.00 - 09.10 PM
Title	The Haunted House
Sources	Short Stories App
Characters	Peter and his parents
Main Point of The Story	Peter and his parents moved to a new house. Their neighbors told them that the house was haunted, but they did not believe it. One day, Peter was sleeping in his room when he heard noises from the next room. He became terrified and screamed. His parents quickly came to his rescue. Peter informed them that there was a ghost in the adjacent room. When they arrived, they noticed a mouse running around. When Peter saw this, he laughed, and his parents made him realize that there is nothing like ghosts in this world.
New Vocabularies Found	-
Comments	Most people do believe in ghosts, even though there is no such thing as a ghost in this world.

Day 2 Wednesday Date : 29 February 2023
Time	8.30 - 8.40 PM
Title	Loss Due to Negligence
Sources	Short Stories App
Characters	The woman and his daughter
Main Point of The Story	There was a woman who had a kitchen garden.  When the woman was with her daughter in the garden, the woman asked her daughter to destroy the insects eggs with insecticides, but the daughter simply ignored her words. As a result of her actions, the whole garden was damaged by insects. The woman was shocked, and the daughter realized her mistake.
New Vocabularies Found	Destroy, insecticides, taught, tend, and neglect
Comments	Never even ignore the task that has been given to us, let alone ignore our mother's orders.

Time	9.00 - 9.10 PM
Title	Never Leave Friends
Sources	Short Stories App
Characters	The donkey, his friends, and the farmer.
Main Point of The Story	The donkey living on the island was bored living there and wanted to move to a new place. Even though his friends begged him not to move, he didn't care. When he found another island and lived there, a farmer saw him and caught him then took him to his house. The whole day, the donkey had to work so hard but the farmer didn’t even give him enough to eat. Fortunately, he had an opportunitiy to get away from the farmer’s house.
New Vocabularies Found	Fled
Comments	If someone gives advice to us, think first, then decide what we should do.

Time	9.30 - 9.40 PM
Title	Elephant and Friends
Sources	Short Stories App
Characters	Elephant, monkey, rabbit, frog, fox,
Main Point of The Story	An elephant wandered into a forest in search of friends. He met a monkey, a rabbit, a frog, and a fox, then asked them if they wanted to be his friends. All of them refused him with the reason that the elephant is too big so can not do what they do. One day he saw a tiger who kept eating up whoever he could find. The elephant told the tiger to not eat up these poor animals but the tiger did not want to do that. Ultimately the elephant decided to hefty kick the tiger, and the frightened tiger ran for his life. All the animals who knew what the elephant did thanked the elephant and decided to make him their friend.
New Vocabularies Found	Goble, hefty kick
Comments	Don’t judge someone by the cover.

Day 3 Thursday Date : 30 February 2023
Time	05.00 - 05.15 PM
Title	Be Kind, Be Compassionate
Sources	Short Stories App
Characters	A young boy and his father
Main Point of The Story	A young boy was angry and his father gave him a bag of nails to nail into the fence in his backyard so that the boy could vent his anger. As the weeks went by, the boy became more aware of his anger and put fewer and fewer nails into the fence. Finally, he stopped losing his temper completely and his father told him to go to the fence and pull out a nail for each day so that he could manage his anger and hold it in a responsible way.
New Vocabularies Found	Fence, fewer
Comments	I realized that we have to be able to control our anger and not let it hurt other people when we get angry.

Time	9.00 - 9.10 PM
Title	Bad Company
Sources	Short Stories App
Characters	The man and his son
Main Point of The Story	A rich man had a son who fell into bad habits. He decided to teach him a lesson by purchasing fresh apples and a rotten one and asking him to put them in the almirah. After some days, the son was surprised to find that all the apples had become rotten. His father's advice had the desired effect, and the boy gave up bad company and became good again.
New Vocabularies Found	Mend, rotten
Comments	I realized that we must have good associations because the environment greatly influences our habits.

Time	9.30 - 9.40 PM
Title	A Lion and A Mouse
Sources	Short Stories App
Characters	A lion, a mouse
Main Point of The Story	A lion was sleeping under a tree when a mouse came out of its hole and tried to wake him up. However, the lion seized it in his strong paw and set it free. The mouse promised to help the lion if it ever got the chance, but the lion laughed at this. A few days later, the mouse saw the lion trapped in a hunter's net and set to work, gnawing at the ropes to free it.
New Vocabularies Found	Tickled, seized, paw, pleaded
Comments	Never underestimate an offer of help from someone who doesn't have the ability, though.

Day 4 Friday Date : 31 February 2023
Time	09.35 - 09.45 PM
Title	A Monkey and Two Cats
Sources	Short Stories App
Characters	Two Cats, monkey
Main Point of The Story	Two cats found a piece of cheese and cut it into two pieces, but one was slightly bigger than the other. They went to a monkey and asked to sort out the matter. The monkey said it would make both pieces equal, so he took a bite from the bigger piece and made the other piece larger. This continued until the pieces became very small, and the cats pleaded, "Sir! We are satisfied!" The shrewd monkey replied, "This is my fee for sorting out the problem." He then gobbled up the remaining cheese.
New Vocabularies Found	Shrewd, pleaded, gobbled
Comments	I don't like the attitude of monkeys who take advantage of opportunities and are greedy.

Time	9.50 - 9.55 PM
Title	Always Be Truthful
Sources	Short Stories App
Characters	Princy, her father
Main Point of The Story	Princy was alone at home when she saw a stapler lying on her father's table. She tore the pages of an old book and started stapling them, but when she tried to refill it, she broke it. When her father asked her about the broken stapler, she confessed that it was broken by her. Her father praised her for telling the truth but asked her not to fiddle with things she didn't know how to use.
New Vocabularies Found	Tore, fiddle
Comments	I thought Princy wouldn't admit it, but it turns out she is honest. I really like her.

Time	9.56 - 10.05 PM
Title	Beauty Is Not Eternal
Sources	Short Stories App
Characters	A gardener, lily plant, and rose plant
Main Point of The Story	A gardener had a beautiful garden of flower-plants, mostly rose plants. One day, a lily plant bloomed near a rose-bush. The lily said to the rose, "How beautiful you are! What an aroma you possess! I envy you." The rose replied, "You wouldn't have said so, if you knew the reality. My bloom is very short-lived and by sunset I begin to loose shine. Beauty is only a nine-day wonder."
New Vocabularies Found	Everlasting, yield
Comments	Do not compare yourself with others because we have our own strengths and weaknesses.

What characters do you like most? Why?

Answer : I like Princy the most. Because she dared to admit the mistake she had committed to her father, which was to destroy one of his possessions even though she was actually afraid.