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MUTTAHIDAH
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Sungai Jodoh

Long timed ago, in a village there lived an orphan girl named Leita. She was a servant of Mak Piah. Mak Piah had a daughter named Mira.

One morning, Leita was washing the clothes in a river. Suddenly, there was a snake which approached to her. She was so scared of him but actually the snake was not malignent. He approached to let her looking wounds in his back. Leita was touched and finally she brought him back home.

Leita took care of the snake until he was more better. He was more healthy and become bigger. His outer skin peeled off little by llittle. Leita picked it up and burned it. How amazing!when she burned his peeled skins, the big smoke was arrising. If the smoke led to Singapura,there was a pile of gold and diamond. Then, if the smoke led to Japan, the various electronic devices were there. After three months, Leita became richer than Mak Piah, her bos.

The Leita’s wealth made people suspicious. Some of them, including Mak Piah believed that Leita had "tuyul". Whereas, another villagers didn’t believed that. Even they thanked to Leita because she always gave a help for them everytime they needed. Beside that, she also helped an orphan and others who needed help.Mak Piah and Mira tried to investigated Leita. They were curious where leita got her property in a fast time. Almost every night, he peered into Leita’s house to find the secret. At this time, they saw a big snake in there and Leita was burning the peeled skins of him.

Soon, Mak Piah and Mira planned to look for a snake like leita’s own. They walked into the wood and found a rattle snake. They believed that after this, they would become richer. Then, the snake was brought by them back home. Unfortunately, Mira was bitten by the snake and died. In Leita’s house, when Leita was preparing for dinner, she was surprised because the snake was changed to be a handsome guy.

Then, he asked Leita to go to the river with him in where they met at a first time. he said to her that it was a repay for her help to him last time. He changed his peeled skin to be a big house. They finally got married and lived happily together ever after. Now, many people called this river with “ Sungai Jodoh”.

After the death of her daughter, Mak Piah was realized that her greedy brought a disaster for herself.

Orientation : paragraph 1
Complication : paragraph 2, 4, 6
Resolution : paragraph 3, 5, 7
Coda : paragraph 8