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Activity 1

Read the story below carefully.

Gatotkaca

Gatotkaca was a strong and brave man from Pringgadani Kingdom. He was the son of the
strong Bimasena of Pandawa family and a female giant Arimbi of the Pringgadani Kingdom.
Gatotkaca was naturally born half-giant. The baby was so strong that no weapon could cut off his
umbilical cord. "It's been a year," Bimasena said sadly, "But my son still has his umbilical cord."

Hearing this, his brother named Arjuna decided to meditate for gods' guide. Arjuna didn't
realize that at same time Karna, the army commander of Hastina Kingdom, was meditating
nearby. since the two of them looked alike, God Batara Narada by mistake gave a super power
weapon Kontawijaya to Karna. Then Narada told Arjuna is mistake, and accordingly Arjuna tried
to take away the weapon. They were fighting fiercely. Karna managed to keep the weapon. Arjuna,
on the other hand, got the case only. Miraculously, the case cut Gatotkaca's cord and shortly after
that, penetrated the baby's stomach. "My goodness," said Arjuna, "This will strengthen the baby.
But I have a string feeling that he'll be killed by the weapon.”

Seeeing this, Batara Narada then took Gatotkaca to the Nirvana, the place up there where
the gods live. Narada would have the baby fight Patih Sekipu who was attacking the Nirvana.
"What? a Baby?" Sekipu burst in laughter. "Do I have to fight a baby? It's fine with me if you insist."
Sekipu grabbed Gatotkaca. He hit the baby hard on its leg, but the baby kicked him. He squeezed
the baby's arm, but the baby pulled his arm so hard that he felt it would break off. He slapped the
baby on its face, but the baby hit his face repeatedly with such an increasing force that his face
became badly bruised. With great embarrassment, Sekipu returned the baby to Narada and then
ran away.

Batara Narada was so amazed by the baby's strength that he planned to give more power
to Gatot kaca. Narada plunged Gatotkaca into Candradimuka, which was the crater of mount
Jamurdipa. Almost immediately, the other gods threw all kinds of powerful weapons into crater.
The following day Gatotkaca emerged from the depth in the shape of a fully grown man with a
power equal to all kinds of weapons.

The gods gave him a special gift, a hat called Basunanda, a vest called Antrakusuma, and
sandals called Padakacarma. With these clothes Gatotkaca could fly from cloud to cloud as fast as
lightning to defend not only his father and uncle but also the gods.

Adapted from http://hermeinsaputri.blogspot.com/2012/10/gatotkaca.html/
- Vocabulary focus
Match the words and its definition by drawing a line between them
1. a giant (n) a. any object used in fighting or war, such as a gun.
2. weapon (n) b. in a frightening, violent or powerful way
3. umbilical cord (n) c. to try to hurt or defeat using violence
4. fiercely (adv) d. an imaginary creature like a man but extremely tall

5. miraculously (adv) e. in a way that suggests or resembles a miracle
6. attacking (v) f. to press something firmly
g. a flexible cordlike structure containing blood vessels and
7. squeezed (v)
attaching a human fetus to the placenta
8. the crater (n) h. the round hole at the top of a volcano

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