Narrative Text Minangkabau
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Minangkabau
“Don’t worry, my fellow countrymen. I know Majapahit has many soldiers. They are also great in war. If we fight them, maybe we lose. But I have an idea how to beat them,” said the king.
Then he continued. “We can challenge them to a buffalo fight. If their buffalo dies, we win. But if our buffalo dies, they win.”
“We have to make sure our buffalo will win, Your Majesty. How?” asked one of the people. The king smiled.
He continued, “We just need to find a strong baby buffalo.”
The king then ordered his people to give him the strongest baby buffalo. After that, the strong baby buffalo was separated from his mother. They did not give any food to the baby buffalo for several days. The baby buffalo was very hungry! The baby buffalo cried and cried. He asked for food.
Then the king took two sharp knives and attached them strongly to the baby buffalo horn. Now it was time for the buffalo battle. Everyone gathered on the field. The Majapahit soldier released a big and wild buffalo out of his cage. Everyone was surprised with the size of the buffalo.
Later, the West Sumatran released their baby buffalo. The Majapahit soldiers were laughing.
“Ha ha ha. It’s so small. How can you win?”
They did not know that the hungry baby buffalo had two sharp knives on the horn. The baby buffalo ran fast towards the big buffalo and went straight under the big buffalo’s stomach to find the teat.
The knives at the baby buffalo’s horns cut through the big buffalo’s stomach. The big buffalo fell down to the ground and died.
“Yes! We win, we win, we win!” The people of West Sumatra cheered.
Then, the king changed the name of the kingdom into Minangkabau. It means “victorious buffalo.”That is why the roofs of the houses in West Sumatra are similar to the form of buffalo horns and the traditional headdress of the women of West Sumatra is also like buffalo horns.
The possibly new vocabulary for you:
1. roofs : the top outer part of a building
2. horns: one of the hard pointed parts that usually grow in a pair on the heads of some animals, for example cows or goats. The horns on a deer are called antlers.
3. fertile: fertile land is able to produce good crops or plants
4. disturbed: affected by mental or emotional problems, usually because of bad experiences in the past
5. scared: frightened, or worried
6. separated: not joined or touching physically
7. attached: joined or fixed to something
8. battle: a fight between two armies in a war
9. teat: one of the small pointed parts of a female animal‘s body through which a baby animal sucks milk
10. cheered: to give a loud shout of happiness or approval
11. headdress: a decorated piece of clothing that someone wears on their head
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