Sincere Will Get a Great Return
Once upon time, there was a kingdom named Auretto, all people lived peacefully there. One of them Charlita,the king’s daughter who was assumed as the most beautiful and Kindest Princess of Auretto.
One day, Charlita looked blue. Because of that her father got confused. “What’s the matter my beautiful daughter? Why are you so sad?” asked King Fernando. Charlita was just silent. She did not say anything.
Then, King Fernando decided to make a competition to cheer Charlita again. After that, the palace representative announce: “I will make a competition”. The aim is to make my daughter, Princess Charlita to be happy and laugh again. Everyone who can do it will get a prize. It will be held tomorrow when the sunrises King Fernando.
The following morning, everybody come to the palace, tried to give their best performance. They seemed happy and laugh, but not for Princess Charlita. She was just silent and still looked sad.
King Fernando started to give up. No one amuses his daughter. Then, there came a young handsome man. “Excuse me King Fernando, I would like to join your competition. But, would you mind if I took Princess Charlita for a walk?” said the young man gently. “As long as you make my daughter be happy again, it will totally alright.” said King Fernando. The young handsome man took Princess Charlita for a walk in a beautiful blue lake with a green forest around it. Princess Charlita smiled and looked happy after that. Everybody looked happy, too. “I know why are you so my beautiful daughter. Now, I promise I will environment green. I regret for always destroying it.
Finally, the environment around the kingdom became so beautiful and green, full of plants. Then, the young handsome man got a prize from the king. “I will marry you off my daughter.” said him. “That is the prize I promise for you. Thanks for keeping our environment well. Thanks for making my daughter happy again.”
Choose the right answer by crossing A, B, C, D, or E!
1. How many main characters were in this story?
A. Five D. Three
B. Four E. Two
C. Six
2. Who was Charlita?
A. A queen D. A king
B. A daughter. E. A princess
C. A lady
3. Why did her father got confuse when looked his princess? Because
A. She goes to lake blue D. She is sick
B. She was just silent E. She is crying
C. She looked blue
4. “One day, Charlita looked blue” (Paragraph 2). The underlined word has the same meaning with …..
A. Bad. D. Low
B. Broken E. Sad
C. Down
5. What is the name of Kingdom in the story?
A. Wales D. Fernando
B. Charlita E. Auretto
C. King
6. What was the aim King Fernando decided to make competition?
A. To make the princess smile
B. To make the princess happy and laugh again
C. To cheer Charlita again
D. To given a prize
E. To entertainment
7. Paragraph 3 mainly tells…..
A. Princess
B. Charlita is happy
C. King Fernando makes a competition
D. A competition
E. King Fernando
8. Where did the young handsome man and princess Charlita to walk?
A. In a beautiful blue lake with a green forest
B. A green forest in Kingdom
C. In Kingdom
D. Green forest
E. Lake
9. What was the prize got from the king?
A. Live in the kingdom
B. Married to his daughter
C. Became his daughter’s bodyguard
D. Work in the kingdom
E. To get a lot of gold
10. What lessons can we learn in the story?
A. to get prize when helping people
B. Charlita a beautiful girl
C. Everything that we do sincerely will get a great return
D. Sincere and happy
E. Sincerely will get a prize
Kunci Jawaban
1. D
2. E
3. C
4. E
5. E
6. B
7. C
8. A
9. B
10. C