SHORT STORY

 Syifa Fauziah

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READING LOG

No

Day

Title

Why I am interested to read

Questions before I read

Finished/

unfinished

1

Tuesday

  • A Carrot An Egg and The Coffee-Beans
  • A Good Boy
  • A Farmer and His Wife

I was interested when read the title, I think it can tell about live vegetables

the title it like tell about attitude a boy.

I think this story tell about a beautiful life

Does it tell about vegetable friendship?


does it tell attitude?


does it beautiful life?

 Finished 



finished


finished

2

Wednesday

 

  •  100 Percent Love
  • A Powerful Story
  • A Rich Man and His Son

the title makes me happy 

I think this about heros


I feel it give me story love family

is it a relationship?

is there heros?


does it about love family?

 finished


finished


finished

3

Thursday

  •  A True Servant
  • Always Follow Your Heart
  • An Old Man and A

about honesty 

I think it can make me confident


the title makes me pretty weird

is  there honesty, disappointed?

does it tell about motivation?


what is?

 finished


finished


finished

4

Friday

 

  •  Be content with what you have
  • Find your own destiny
  • Go By Heart

 I feel it like motivation


the title like tell life away


title make me confident

 does it give a motivation?


is there bad some one?


is there hopeless?

 finished



finished


finished



DAY 1


Tuesday

Date :18 February 2025

Time

21.00-21.10

Title of short story

A Carrot An Egg and The Coffee-Beans

 

Sources

https://www.advance-africa.com/a-carrot-an-egg-and-the-coffeebeans.html

Character

Daughter and mother

Main points of the story

A daughter who feels herself broken with a mother who encourages her by comparing an egg that was weak to strong after boiling, a carrot that was hard to soft, and coffee that starts bitter then gives a distinctive aroma.

New vocabulary found

Adversity, unrelenting, fragile, fluid spirit

Comments

the story is very motivating even with a simple analogy, and I myself who was feeling crushed was re-energized.




Tuesday

Date :18 February 2025

Time

21.10-21.15

Title of short story

A Good Boy

 

Sources

https://www.advance-africa.com/a-good-boy.html

Character

Son and old woman

Main points of the story

A child's interruption to help an older person in distress

New vocabulary found

-

Comments

The short story that very short but very meaningful


 


Tuesday

Date :18 February 2025

Time

21.10-21.15

Title of short story

A Farmer and His Wife

Sources

https://www.advance-africa.com/a-farmer-and-his-wife.htmll

Character

Husband and wife

Main points of the story

A husband who underestimated his wife's work, when he tried to switch roles he felt what his wife felt.

New vocabulary found

Lethargically,

Comments

the story can be related to this reality, sometimes a husband just can comment to his wife about her work even he hasn’t felt it.


Day 2

Day 2

wednesday 

Date :19 February 2025

Time

11.00-11.10

Title of short story

100 Percent Love

Sources

https://www.advance-africa.com/100-percent-love.html

Character

The boy and girl

Main points of the story

A little boy who promised to exchange all his marbles for a girl's candy, but it turned out that he kept one special marble and slept uneasily always wondering if the girl did the same thing.

New vocabulary found

Doubting

Comments

What I feel is that when we start a lie, we ourselves will not feel at ease.

 

Day 2

wednesday

Date :19 February 2025

Time

11.10-11.20

Title of short story

A Powerful Story

Sources

https://www.advance-africa.com/a-powerful-story.html

Character

Father, son, receptionis.

Main points of the story

This Short Story A Father learns A Lesson from His Son is quite interesting to all the people.

New vocabulary found

Doubting

Comments

Everyone deserves respect.

 

Day 2

wednesday 

Date :19 February 2025

Time

11.20-11.30

Title of short story

A Rich Man and His Son

Sources

https://www.advance-africa.com/a-rich-man-and-his-son.html

Character

Father, son, receptionis.

Main points of the story

This story tell about a son was graduating in collage, he ask his father to buy car.

New vocabulary found

Embossed, attached, stormed,

Comments

No matter what you expect, be grateful for what you are given. It may be more of a blessing than you think.



DAY 3

Day 3

Thursday

Date :20 February 2025

Time

12.00-12.10

Title of short story

A True Servant

Sources

https://www.advance-africa.com/a-true-servant.html

Character

King, slaves

Main points of the story

When king ask his selves to took the pearls, and his slaves took the pearls without leaving one of them even it’s black plears.  The king observed the attitude of the servant and gave him many gifts.

New vocabulary found

Slaves, servant

Comments

The good attitude can became good thing, it’s can I found.


Day 3

Thursday

Date :20 February 2025

Time

10.00-10.10

Title of short story

Always Follow Your Heart

Sources

https://www.advance-africa.com/always-follow-your-heart.html  

Character

Father, son, teacher

Main points of the story

A teacher breaks the son’s heart by claiming the son’s dream is not realistic and impossible to realize. But, his father makes the son make decisions without the direction of others. The son came confident to stay true to his goals.

New vocabulary found

Stable, ranch

Comments

I like the attitude of the father who always supports his son's decisions, and I really like his son's firm stance.

 

Day 3

Thursday

Date :20 February 2025

Time

10.10-10.20

Title of short story

An Old Man and A

Sources

https://www.advance-africa.com/an-old-man-and-a-phone.html  

Character

Old man, repairer

Main points of the story

Very Heart Touching A Bitter Truth
An old man took his
phone to a Repair shop.
Repairer told that old man that nothing is wrong with this phone.
Old man with tears in his eyes said that Then why Don't my children ever call me?

New vocabulary found

-

Comments

It’s so hurtful to me, first I confused as to why this story was very short. But, when I read ‘Oh my gosh, my heart is hurt’


DAY 4 

Day 4

Thursday

Date:21 February 2025

Time

11.17-10.20

Title of short story

Be content with what you have

Sources

https://www.advance-africa.com/be-content-with-what-you-have.html

Character

Tenali, man

Main points of the story

Don’t trouble yourself so much. We have a simpler solution to our problem.

New vocabulary found

Shield,

Comments

Now I have a pearls word, that all things have solution


Day 4

Thursday

Date:21 February 2025

Time

13.49-13.52

Title of short story

Find your own destiny

Sources

https://www.advance-africa.com/find-your-own-destiny.html

Character

Man

Main points of the story

These five wise men created their destiny by listening to their intuition. You can create your own path. 

Listen to yourself and you will find your destiny.

New vocabulary found

Wise  

Comments

It makes sense in my thought, because not there anyone can believe except myself.

 

Day 4

Thursday

Date:21 February 2025

Time

13.55-13.60

Title of short story

Go By Heart

Sources

https://www.advance-africa.com/go-by-heart.html

Character

Man

Main points of the story

"Spend your time, which was given to you, in the right way. I couldn't buy even an hour of life with all of my wealth. Listen to your heart and check if the things surrounding you have a true value. Cherish every minute of your life."

New vocabulary found

acquire massive wealth, Desperate,   

Comments

Honestly, I pretty much disagree. But, maybe it is true because his life always busy not there happines. I think it can balance when we make all by feel enjoy.


What character do I like? Why?

In all of them story I like the son in Always Follow Your Heart, beacuse he not felt hopeless and always confident when some one belittle his dream even his teacher.

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