Assignment-Tale Story
Assignment-Tale Story
Once upon a time, in a faraway land live a king and a queen. One night, three fairies visited the
queen. All three of them bestowed the queen with some gifts.
The first fairy told the queen that no man would ever harm her. Then the second fairy told the
queen that she would be wisest of all women. And the third fairy told her that she would have a
son, who would take the dorm of a pig. The third fairy also said that the prince would stay way
until he took three wives.
Sometime later, the queen did give birth to a son. And he looked exactly like a pic. At the first
the king and the queen thought of killing their own son. But their parental affection took over
them and they did not so. As the child grew, he learned to talk like a man. Soon, he was talking
like a man one moment and next moment he was wallowing in mud. Whenever he did so, he
would come back nuzzle with his parent. As the result, he made them dirty as well. Next, the pig
prince wanted to marry the youngest daughter of the woman. She happened to be the prettiest of
all. And when the prince offered to marry her, she accepted the offer with grace. When they got
married, she was happy with him. She was never disgusted by the prince.
One day, when the prince thought she had earned his trust, he told her his secret. The prince took
off his pigskin and showed his handsome face. They kept this as a secret. But soon, the girl told
the king and the queen about his pig’s skin.
The next day, the pig prince’s parents entered the room when the prince and his wife were
sleeping and then destroyed the pig’s skin. The entire kingdom came to see the prince for who he
was. Soon after, the prince and princess had a son. The pic prince sat on the throne and ruled
happy. He also lived happily ever after with his family.
Questions
1. What do you think about the story?
2. What do you think about main character; pig prince itself?
3. In your assumption, where this tale comes from? Why you think so?
4. How is the problem in this story solved?
5. What is the interesting part that you find in the story?
6. Is there any similar tale with comes from your country? Which one and how?
7. Do you have preferable ending for the story? Describe the reason!
8. If you have a chance to meet the author of the story what you would like to say?
9. According to you, what is the difference of Indonesian tale story and western?
10. Write a critique of the story!