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Materi pelajaran tentang present simple tense dan present continous tense
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Kamis, 02 Februari 2012
Penemuan hebat
ada banyak penemuan hebat di dunia ini. benda2 simpel yg ternyata membawa perubahan. nah, berikut beberapa penemuan kecil, tdk perlu ilmu alam tingkat tinggi, tapi amat membantu kehidupan.
1. roda.
bayangkan saja kalau dunia ini tdk menemukan roda. gerobak (kendaraan generasi pertama) tidak jalan, hingga sepeda, mobil, bahkan pesawat. hebat betul temuan ini, coba kalau roda dulu bentuknya segiempat, segitiga, segidelapan, mana seru. atau malah tidak ada roda sama sekali. siapa sih yg menemukan roda? sy tdk tahu, dan susah nyari tahunya, siapa orang pertama yg menemukan roda? apakah dia tampan, pintar? atau cantik, cerdas? siapa sih? jangan2 dia jerawatan. sy pengin sekali ngobrol dengan penemu roda, bertanya banyak hal, termasuk, 'dpt inspirasi dari mana sih?', 'kok bisa ya menemukan roda, membuat bisa menggerakkan benda2 berat'. sy mau minta tanda tangan. mau foto bareng.
dan roda ini, meskipun ada pepatah 'jangan menemukan roda dua kali'--karena saking sederhananya, dan ngapain pula ditemukan dua kali, tetap saja ternyata punya turunan penemuan yg panjang lebar. buka jam dinding, penuh dgn roda2 kecil, buka mesin mobil, penuh dengan roda2. buka apa saja, logika roda ada di mana2. bukan main, dunia ini tdk pernah sama lagi sejak roda ditemukan.
2. kancing baju
nah, penemuan berikutnya adalah kancing baju. aduh, siapa sih yg menemukan logika kancing baju? siapa yg tiba2 punya pikiran bikin kancing baju? apakah orang ini memang suka menghabiskan waktu berhari2 mengamati baju dan celana sehingga ilham itu datang? apakah dia ini penggemar fashion kelas berat? sy juga ingin bertemu dengannya, ingin bilang, penemuan ini merubah cara berpakaian besar2an. coba bayangkan kalau kancing baju tdk ada, pakaian kita kaos semua. gara2 penemuan kancing baju ini juga, maka lahir pula resleting--kalau yg ini, ada sejarahnya, bisa ketahuan siapa yg pertama kali bikin resleting, tdk perlu dibahas. kok bisa begitu menemukan benda2 kecil, dijahit, dikasih lubang, dan jadilah kancing baju.
dan penemuan kecil, tapi bermanfaat ini masih panjang lagi daftarnya. sayangnya notes ini hanya catatan ringan, bukan analisis komprehensif, atau kajian sufi-isme, maka cukuplah dua ini saja. silahkan ikut merenung, pikirkan dari sisi yg menarik, daftar sendiri temuan berikutnya yg no. 3 dstnya, ternyata dunia ini memang dipenuhi hal2 kecil yg hebat. maka semoga kita paham, di jum'at yg mulia ini, ukuran kebahagiaan, hebat, berguna, dsbgnya itu selalu mengambil bentuk paling sederhana, tapi kongkret. sederhana. kongkret.
wassalam.
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1. roda.
bayangkan saja kalau dunia ini tdk menemukan roda. gerobak (kendaraan generasi pertama) tidak jalan, hingga sepeda, mobil, bahkan pesawat. hebat betul temuan ini, coba kalau roda dulu bentuknya segiempat, segitiga, segidelapan, mana seru. atau malah tidak ada roda sama sekali. siapa sih yg menemukan roda? sy tdk tahu, dan susah nyari tahunya, siapa orang pertama yg menemukan roda? apakah dia tampan, pintar? atau cantik, cerdas? siapa sih? jangan2 dia jerawatan. sy pengin sekali ngobrol dengan penemu roda, bertanya banyak hal, termasuk, 'dpt inspirasi dari mana sih?', 'kok bisa ya menemukan roda, membuat bisa menggerakkan benda2 berat'. sy mau minta tanda tangan. mau foto bareng.
dan roda ini, meskipun ada pepatah 'jangan menemukan roda dua kali'--karena saking sederhananya, dan ngapain pula ditemukan dua kali, tetap saja ternyata punya turunan penemuan yg panjang lebar. buka jam dinding, penuh dgn roda2 kecil, buka mesin mobil, penuh dengan roda2. buka apa saja, logika roda ada di mana2. bukan main, dunia ini tdk pernah sama lagi sejak roda ditemukan.
2. kancing baju
nah, penemuan berikutnya adalah kancing baju. aduh, siapa sih yg menemukan logika kancing baju? siapa yg tiba2 punya pikiran bikin kancing baju? apakah orang ini memang suka menghabiskan waktu berhari2 mengamati baju dan celana sehingga ilham itu datang? apakah dia ini penggemar fashion kelas berat? sy juga ingin bertemu dengannya, ingin bilang, penemuan ini merubah cara berpakaian besar2an. coba bayangkan kalau kancing baju tdk ada, pakaian kita kaos semua. gara2 penemuan kancing baju ini juga, maka lahir pula resleting--kalau yg ini, ada sejarahnya, bisa ketahuan siapa yg pertama kali bikin resleting, tdk perlu dibahas. kok bisa begitu menemukan benda2 kecil, dijahit, dikasih lubang, dan jadilah kancing baju.
dan penemuan kecil, tapi bermanfaat ini masih panjang lagi daftarnya. sayangnya notes ini hanya catatan ringan, bukan analisis komprehensif, atau kajian sufi-isme, maka cukuplah dua ini saja. silahkan ikut merenung, pikirkan dari sisi yg menarik, daftar sendiri temuan berikutnya yg no. 3 dstnya, ternyata dunia ini memang dipenuhi hal2 kecil yg hebat. maka semoga kita paham, di jum'at yg mulia ini, ukuran kebahagiaan, hebat, berguna, dsbgnya itu selalu mengambil bentuk paling sederhana, tapi kongkret. sederhana. kongkret.
wassalam.
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Selasa, 04 Januari 2011
Satu kali pencet tombol "enter", karbon dioksida ikut terlepas keudara
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BERLIN--Di mesin pencarian internet, orang hanya perlu mengetik sebuah kata yang dicari, kemudian menekan tombol "enter". Namun tahukah Anda, dengan melakukan hal kecil itu orang sudah menyebabkan produksi karbon dioksida atau CO2? Sophie Fabricius bekerja pada sebuah badan yang disebut "CO2-online", sebuah badan sosial yang memberikan saran di internet, yang antara lain mengkhususkan diri pada masalah iklim.
Ia memberikan penjelasan, mengapa setiap kali menekan tombol orang menyebabkan perusakan iklim. "Pencarian informasi di internet menyebabkan pelepasan CO2 ke udara karena komputer pencari data bekerja dengan server besar. Server ini membutuhkan listrik dalam jumlah besar, yang menyebabkan CO2. Sebagian besar server tidak beroperasi dengan listrik dari sumber energi alternatif, melainkan dengan bahan bakar yang berasal dari fosil dan penyebab pengeluaran CO2 dalam jumlah besar," katanya.
Oleh sebab itu, Christian Kroll yang berusia 26 tahun dan berasal dari Jerman mengembangkan mesin pencari baru yang ramah lingkungan. Google yang "hijau" itu bernama Ecosia, dan sekarang dapat digunakan dalam bahasa Jerman, Inggris, Perancis, Italia, Belanda dan Spanyol. Untuk proses pencarian, Ecosia menggunakan teknik dari Yahoo dan Bing.
Di samping hasil pencarian biasa mereka juga menampilkan iklan berupa sejumlah situs lain, yang dapat dibuka pencari data. Jika iklan tersebut dibuka, Yahoo, Bing serta Ecosia mendapat uang. Empat perlima pemasukan disumbangkan Ecosia bagi perlindungan lingkungan. Tetapi bagi Christian Kroll yang penting bukan hanya ikut serta menjaga kelestarian lingkungan.
"Buat saya yang penting bukan mencari banyak uang. Melainkan menyumbangkan sesuatu untuk orang banyak. Tetapi jika tidak mendapat uang sama sekali, bagi saya, itu juga bukan jalan yang benar," tambahnya.
Seperlima dari pendapatan digunakan Ecosia untuk biaya administrasi dan gaji bagi lima pekerja bebas. Sisanya mengalir ke sebuah proyek perlindungan hutan tropis yang dijalankan organisasi perlindungan lingkungan World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) di wilayah hutan Amazona di Brasil.
Dengan membantu perlindungan hutan tropis, Christian Kroll berusaha memberikan kompensasi bagi penggunaan energi, yang diperlukan setiap kali orang mencari data di internet. Dengan itu ia juga memberikan sumbangan untuk mencegah perubahan iklim.
Untuk melawan saingan yang sebesar Google, Ecosia mengalami kesulitan. Penawaran yang diberikan Google jauh lebih besar. Di Ecosia, misalnya orang tidak dapat mencari peta, gambar atau video secara langsung. Untuk kata-kata tertentu yang dicari di Ecosia, hasilnya juga kurang tepat. Namun demikian, sejak mulai beroperasi tahun lalu, setiap harinya lebih dari 100 ribu orang menggunakan mesin pencari yang ramah lingkungan tersebut.
Red: Siwi Tri Puji B
Ia memberikan penjelasan, mengapa setiap kali menekan tombol orang menyebabkan perusakan iklim. "Pencarian informasi di internet menyebabkan pelepasan CO2 ke udara karena komputer pencari data bekerja dengan server besar. Server ini membutuhkan listrik dalam jumlah besar, yang menyebabkan CO2. Sebagian besar server tidak beroperasi dengan listrik dari sumber energi alternatif, melainkan dengan bahan bakar yang berasal dari fosil dan penyebab pengeluaran CO2 dalam jumlah besar," katanya.
Oleh sebab itu, Christian Kroll yang berusia 26 tahun dan berasal dari Jerman mengembangkan mesin pencari baru yang ramah lingkungan. Google yang "hijau" itu bernama Ecosia, dan sekarang dapat digunakan dalam bahasa Jerman, Inggris, Perancis, Italia, Belanda dan Spanyol. Untuk proses pencarian, Ecosia menggunakan teknik dari Yahoo dan Bing.
Di samping hasil pencarian biasa mereka juga menampilkan iklan berupa sejumlah situs lain, yang dapat dibuka pencari data. Jika iklan tersebut dibuka, Yahoo, Bing serta Ecosia mendapat uang. Empat perlima pemasukan disumbangkan Ecosia bagi perlindungan lingkungan. Tetapi bagi Christian Kroll yang penting bukan hanya ikut serta menjaga kelestarian lingkungan.
"Buat saya yang penting bukan mencari banyak uang. Melainkan menyumbangkan sesuatu untuk orang banyak. Tetapi jika tidak mendapat uang sama sekali, bagi saya, itu juga bukan jalan yang benar," tambahnya.
Seperlima dari pendapatan digunakan Ecosia untuk biaya administrasi dan gaji bagi lima pekerja bebas. Sisanya mengalir ke sebuah proyek perlindungan hutan tropis yang dijalankan organisasi perlindungan lingkungan World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) di wilayah hutan Amazona di Brasil.
Dengan membantu perlindungan hutan tropis, Christian Kroll berusaha memberikan kompensasi bagi penggunaan energi, yang diperlukan setiap kali orang mencari data di internet. Dengan itu ia juga memberikan sumbangan untuk mencegah perubahan iklim.
Untuk melawan saingan yang sebesar Google, Ecosia mengalami kesulitan. Penawaran yang diberikan Google jauh lebih besar. Di Ecosia, misalnya orang tidak dapat mencari peta, gambar atau video secara langsung. Untuk kata-kata tertentu yang dicari di Ecosia, hasilnya juga kurang tepat. Namun demikian, sejak mulai beroperasi tahun lalu, setiap harinya lebih dari 100 ribu orang menggunakan mesin pencari yang ramah lingkungan tersebut.
Red: Siwi Tri Puji B
20.000 beasiswa untuk siswa miskin
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PAMEKASAN--Pemerintah akan memberikan beasiswa kepada 20.000 siswa miskin berprestasi pada 2011 ini. "Hal ini disampaikan Menteri Pendidikan Nasional (Mendiknas) beberapa waktu lalu kepada kami di Dinas Pendidikan (Disdik) Pamekasan," kata Kepala Disdik Pamekasan Achmad Hidayat, Selasa (4/1).
Ia menjelaskan, penyediaan beasiswa kepada siswa miskin berprestasi tersebut sebagai upaya untuk meningkatkan sumber daya manusia (SDM) yang berkualitas. Achmad Hidayat menuturkan, besiswa tersebut tidak hanya kepada siswa, tapi juga kepada mahasiswa yang memiliki nilai akademik tinggi, namun secara ekonomi tidak mampu.
Tidak hanya itu saja, pemerintah pusat melalui Departemen Pendidikan Nasional (Depdiknas) juga akan memberikan perhatian khusus kepada pemerintah kabupaten/kota yang memiliki kepedulian dalam pengembangan bidang pendidikan. "Itu disampaikan langsung oleh Mendiknas bahwa Pemerintah akan memberikan perioritas bantuan dana pendidikan bagi pemkab yang konsisten mengembangkan bidang pendidikan," katanya menjelaskan.
Termasuk, sambung Achmad Hidayat kepada Pemkab Pamekasan yang menjadi bidang pendidikan sebagai perioritas pembangunan di wilayah tersebut. Dalam acara pengukuhan Kabupaten Pamekasan sebagai Kota Pendidikan pada Desember 2010 lalu, Mendiknas Mohammad Nur mengatakan, selain biaya
sekolah hingga lulus, pemerintah juga akan memberikan biaya pendidikan lain setiap bulannya dengan besaran bervariatif antara Rp 500 ribu hingga Rp 600 ribu. "Ini sebagai bentuk kepedulian Pemerintah dalam berupaya mencetak SDM yang berkualitas," katanya.
Ia menjelaskan, beasiswa tersebut dikhususkan bagi para siswa dari keluarga yang kurang mampu namun ia memiliki prestasi yang baik. "Kami akan membantu untuk meneruskan ke jenjang pendidikan yang lebih tinggi," katanya.
Dalam kesempatan itu, Mendiknas juga menekankan kepada Pemkab Pamekasan sebagai kota pendidikan di Pulau Madura agar senantiasa meningkatkan anggaran pendidikan dari 20 persen yang telah di tentukan oleh pemerintah pusat. Sehingga, sambung dia ketika itu, pencanangan pembangunan di Kabupaten Pamekasan sebagai kota pendidikan bisa berjalan dengan lancar tanpa hambatan yang berarti.
Menurut Kepala Dinas Pendidikan Kabupaten Pamekasan Achmad Hidayat, pemberian beasiswa kepada siswa berprestasi sebenarnya telah dilakukan, hanya saja masih terbatas. "Kalau untuk siswa tingkat SD dan SMP semuanya telah gratis, tapi untuk tingkat SMA, dan SMK hanya sebagian saja," katanya.
Ia berharap bantuan dari pemerintah pusat untuk bidang pendidikan bisa diberikan kepada semua tingkatan pendidikan, termasuk SMA dan Perguruan Tinggi. "Soalnya kalau di Madura termasuk di Pamekasan yang menjadi faktor utama anak tidak bisa melanjutkan pendidikan ke jenjang yang lebih tinggi, karena biaya," kata Achmad Hidayat menjelaskan.
Red: Djibril Muhammad
Sumber: antara
Ia menjelaskan, penyediaan beasiswa kepada siswa miskin berprestasi tersebut sebagai upaya untuk meningkatkan sumber daya manusia (SDM) yang berkualitas. Achmad Hidayat menuturkan, besiswa tersebut tidak hanya kepada siswa, tapi juga kepada mahasiswa yang memiliki nilai akademik tinggi, namun secara ekonomi tidak mampu.
Tidak hanya itu saja, pemerintah pusat melalui Departemen Pendidikan Nasional (Depdiknas) juga akan memberikan perhatian khusus kepada pemerintah kabupaten/kota yang memiliki kepedulian dalam pengembangan bidang pendidikan. "Itu disampaikan langsung oleh Mendiknas bahwa Pemerintah akan memberikan perioritas bantuan dana pendidikan bagi pemkab yang konsisten mengembangkan bidang pendidikan," katanya menjelaskan.
Termasuk, sambung Achmad Hidayat kepada Pemkab Pamekasan yang menjadi bidang pendidikan sebagai perioritas pembangunan di wilayah tersebut. Dalam acara pengukuhan Kabupaten Pamekasan sebagai Kota Pendidikan pada Desember 2010 lalu, Mendiknas Mohammad Nur mengatakan, selain biaya
sekolah hingga lulus, pemerintah juga akan memberikan biaya pendidikan lain setiap bulannya dengan besaran bervariatif antara Rp 500 ribu hingga Rp 600 ribu. "Ini sebagai bentuk kepedulian Pemerintah dalam berupaya mencetak SDM yang berkualitas," katanya.
Ia menjelaskan, beasiswa tersebut dikhususkan bagi para siswa dari keluarga yang kurang mampu namun ia memiliki prestasi yang baik. "Kami akan membantu untuk meneruskan ke jenjang pendidikan yang lebih tinggi," katanya.
Dalam kesempatan itu, Mendiknas juga menekankan kepada Pemkab Pamekasan sebagai kota pendidikan di Pulau Madura agar senantiasa meningkatkan anggaran pendidikan dari 20 persen yang telah di tentukan oleh pemerintah pusat. Sehingga, sambung dia ketika itu, pencanangan pembangunan di Kabupaten Pamekasan sebagai kota pendidikan bisa berjalan dengan lancar tanpa hambatan yang berarti.
Menurut Kepala Dinas Pendidikan Kabupaten Pamekasan Achmad Hidayat, pemberian beasiswa kepada siswa berprestasi sebenarnya telah dilakukan, hanya saja masih terbatas. "Kalau untuk siswa tingkat SD dan SMP semuanya telah gratis, tapi untuk tingkat SMA, dan SMK hanya sebagian saja," katanya.
Ia berharap bantuan dari pemerintah pusat untuk bidang pendidikan bisa diberikan kepada semua tingkatan pendidikan, termasuk SMA dan Perguruan Tinggi. "Soalnya kalau di Madura termasuk di Pamekasan yang menjadi faktor utama anak tidak bisa melanjutkan pendidikan ke jenjang yang lebih tinggi, karena biaya," kata Achmad Hidayat menjelaskan.
Red: Djibril Muhammad
Sumber: antara
Selasa, 09 Maret 2010
Forty Fortunes (A Tale of Iran)
Once, in the royal city of Isfahan, there lived a young man named Ahmed, who had a wife named Jamell. He knew no special craft or trade, but he had a shovel and a pick—and as he often told his wife, “If you can dig a hole, you can always earn enough to stay alive.”
That was enough for Ahmed. But it was not enough for Jamell.
One day, as she often did, Jamell went to the public bath to wash herself in the hot pool and chat with the other women. But at the entrance, the woman in charge told her, “You can’t come in now. The wife of the King’s Royal Diviner is taking the whole place for herself.”
“Who does she think she is?” protested Jamell. “Just because her husband tells fortunes!” But all she could do was return home, fuming all the way.
That evening, when Ahmed handed her his wages for the day, she said, “Look at these few measly coins! I won’t put up with this any longer. Tomorrow you’ll sit in the marketplace and be a diviner!”
“Jamell, are you insane?” said Ahmed. “What do I know about fortunetelling?”
“You don’t need to know a thing,” said Jamell. “When anyone brings you a question, you just throw the dice and mumble something that sounds wise. It’s either that, or I go home to the house of my father!”
So the next day, Ahmed sold his shovel and his pick and bought the dice and the board and the robe of a fortuneteller. Then he sat in the marketplace near the public bath.
Hardly had he gotten settled when there ran up to him the wife of one of the King’s ministers.
“Diviner, you must help me! I wore my most precious ring to the bath today, and now it’s missing. Please, tell me where it is!”
Ahmed gulped and cast the dice. As he desperately searched for something wise to say, he happened to glance up at the lady’s cloak. There he spied a small hole, and showing through the hole, a bit of her naked arm.
Of course, this was quite improper for a respectable lady, so Ahmed leaned forward and whispered urgently, “Madam, I see a hole.”
“A what?” asked the lady, leaning closer.
“A hole! A hole!”
The lady brightened. “Of course! A hole!”
She rushed back to the bath and found the hole in the wall where she had hidden her ring for safekeeping and forgotten it. Then she came back out to Ahmed.
“God be praised!” she said. “You knew right where it was!” And to Ahmed’s amazement, she gave him a gold coin.
That evening, when Jamell saw the coin and heard the story, she said, “You see? There’s nothing to it!”
“God was merciful on this day,” said Ahmed, “but I dare not test Him on another!”
“Nonsense,” said Jamell. “If you want to keep your wife, you’ll be back in the marketplace tomorrow.”
Now, it happened that on that very night, at the palace of the King, the royal treasury was robbed. Forty pairs of hands carried away forty chests of gold and jewels.
The theft was reported next morning to the King. “Bring me my Royal Diviner and all his assistants,” he commanded.
But though the fortunetellers cast their dice and mumbled quite wisely, not one could locate the thieves or the treasure.
“Frauds!” cried the King. “Throw them all in prison!”
Now, the King had heard about the fortuneteller who had found the ring of his minister’s wife. So he sent two guards to the marketplace to bring Ahmed, who appeared trembling before him.
“Diviner,” said the King, “my treasury has been robbed of forty chests. What can you tell me about the thieves?”
Ahmed thought quickly about forty chests being carried away. “Your Majesty, I can tell you there were . . . forty thieves.”
“Amazing!” said the King. “None of my own diviners knew as much! But now you must find the thieves and the treasure.”
Ahmed felt faint. “I’ll . . . do my best, Your Majesty, but . . . but it will take some time.”
“How long?” the King demanded.
“Uh . . . forty days, Your Majesty,” said Ahmed, guessing the longest he could get. “One day for each thief.”
“A long time indeed!” said the King. “Very well, you shall have it. If you succeed, I’ll make you rich. If you don’t, you’ll rot with the others in prison!”
Back home, Ahmed told Jamell, “You see the trouble you have caused us? In forty days, the King will lock me away.”
“Nonsense,” said Jamell. “Just find the chests like you found the ring.”
“I tell you, Jamell, I found nothing! That was only by the grace of God. But this time there’s no hope.”
Ahmed took some dried dates, counted out forty, and placed them in a jar. “I will eat one of these dates each evening. That will tell me when my forty days are done.”
Now, it happened that one of the King’s own servants was one of the forty thieves, and he had heard the King speak with Ahmed. That same evening, he hurried to the thieves’ meeting place and reported to their chief. “There is a diviner who says he will find the treasure and the thieves in forty days!”
“He’s bluffing,” said the chief. “But we can’t afford to take chances. Go to his house and find out what you can.”
So the servant climbed up to the terrace on the flat roof of Ahmed’s house, and he listened down the stairs that led inside. Just then, Ahmed took the first date from the jar and ate it. He told Jamell, “That’s one.”
The thief was so shocked, he nearly fell down the stairs. He hurried back to the meeting place and told the chief, “This diviner has amazing powers. Without seeing me, he knew I was on the roof! I clearly heard him say, ‘That’s one.’”
“You must have imagined it,” said the chief. “Tomorrow night, two of you will go.”
So the next night, the servant returned to Ahmed’s roof with another of the thieves. As they were listening, Ahmed ate a second date and said, “That’s two.”
The thieves nearly tumbled over each other as they fled the roof and raced back to the chief. “He knew there were two of us!” said the servant. “We heard him say, ‘That’s two.’”
“It can’t be!” said the chief. So the night after that, he sent three of the thieves, and the next night four, then five, then six.
And so it went till the fortieth night, when the chief said, “This time, I’ll go with you myself.” So all forty thieves climbed up to Ahmed’s roof to listen.
Inside, Ahmed gazed at the last date in the jar, then sadly took it out and ate it. “That’s forty. The number is complete.”
Jamell sat beside him and gently took his hand. “Ahmed, during these forty days, I’ve been thinking. I was wrong to make you be a diviner. You are what you are, and I should not have tried to make you something else. Can you forgive me?”
“I forgive you, Jamell, but the fault is mine as well. I should not have done what I knew was not wise. But none of this helps us now.”
Just then came a loud banging at the door.
Ahmed sighed. “The King’s men already!” He went to the door and unbolted it, calling, “All right, all right, I know why you’re here.”
He swung the door open. To his astonishment, he saw forty men kneeling before him and touching their heads to the ground again and again.
“Of course you know, O great diviner!” said the chief. “Nothing can be hidden from you. But we beg you not to give us away!”
Bewildered though he was, Ahmed realized that these must be the thieves. He thought fast and said, “Very well, I won’t turn you in. But you must replace every bit of the treasure.”
“At once! At once!” cried the chief.
And before the night was through, forty pairs of hands carried forty chests of gold and jewels back into the King’s treasury.
Early the next morning, Ahmed appeared before the King. “Your Majesty, my magic arts can find either the treasure or the thieves, but not both. Which do you choose?”
“The treasure, I suppose,” said the King, “though it’s a pity not to get the thieves. The boiling oil is all ready for them. Well, never mind. Tell me where the treasure is, and I’ll send my men right away.”
“No need, Your Majesty.” Ahmed waved his arms in the air and called, “Pish posh, wish wosh, mish mosh.” Then he announced, “By my magic, the chests have returned to their place.”
The King himself went with Ahmed to the treasury and found it so. “You are truly the greatest fortuneteller of the age!” he declared. “From this day forth, you shall be my Royal Diviner!”
“Thank you, Your Majesty,” said Ahmed with a bow, “but I’m afraid that’s impossible. Finding and restoring your treasure was so difficult, it used up all my powers. I shall never be a diviner again.”
“What a loss!” cried the King. “Then I must doubly reward you. Here, take two of these chests for your own.”
So Ahmed returned home to Jamell, safe, rich, and a good deal wiser. And as any diviner could have foretold, they lived happily ever after.
Told by Aaron Shepard
That was enough for Ahmed. But it was not enough for Jamell.
One day, as she often did, Jamell went to the public bath to wash herself in the hot pool and chat with the other women. But at the entrance, the woman in charge told her, “You can’t come in now. The wife of the King’s Royal Diviner is taking the whole place for herself.”
“Who does she think she is?” protested Jamell. “Just because her husband tells fortunes!” But all she could do was return home, fuming all the way.
That evening, when Ahmed handed her his wages for the day, she said, “Look at these few measly coins! I won’t put up with this any longer. Tomorrow you’ll sit in the marketplace and be a diviner!”
“Jamell, are you insane?” said Ahmed. “What do I know about fortunetelling?”
“You don’t need to know a thing,” said Jamell. “When anyone brings you a question, you just throw the dice and mumble something that sounds wise. It’s either that, or I go home to the house of my father!”
So the next day, Ahmed sold his shovel and his pick and bought the dice and the board and the robe of a fortuneteller. Then he sat in the marketplace near the public bath.
Hardly had he gotten settled when there ran up to him the wife of one of the King’s ministers.
“Diviner, you must help me! I wore my most precious ring to the bath today, and now it’s missing. Please, tell me where it is!”
Ahmed gulped and cast the dice. As he desperately searched for something wise to say, he happened to glance up at the lady’s cloak. There he spied a small hole, and showing through the hole, a bit of her naked arm.
Of course, this was quite improper for a respectable lady, so Ahmed leaned forward and whispered urgently, “Madam, I see a hole.”
“A what?” asked the lady, leaning closer.
“A hole! A hole!”
The lady brightened. “Of course! A hole!”
She rushed back to the bath and found the hole in the wall where she had hidden her ring for safekeeping and forgotten it. Then she came back out to Ahmed.
“God be praised!” she said. “You knew right where it was!” And to Ahmed’s amazement, she gave him a gold coin.
That evening, when Jamell saw the coin and heard the story, she said, “You see? There’s nothing to it!”
“God was merciful on this day,” said Ahmed, “but I dare not test Him on another!”
“Nonsense,” said Jamell. “If you want to keep your wife, you’ll be back in the marketplace tomorrow.”
Now, it happened that on that very night, at the palace of the King, the royal treasury was robbed. Forty pairs of hands carried away forty chests of gold and jewels.
The theft was reported next morning to the King. “Bring me my Royal Diviner and all his assistants,” he commanded.
But though the fortunetellers cast their dice and mumbled quite wisely, not one could locate the thieves or the treasure.
“Frauds!” cried the King. “Throw them all in prison!”
Now, the King had heard about the fortuneteller who had found the ring of his minister’s wife. So he sent two guards to the marketplace to bring Ahmed, who appeared trembling before him.
“Diviner,” said the King, “my treasury has been robbed of forty chests. What can you tell me about the thieves?”
Ahmed thought quickly about forty chests being carried away. “Your Majesty, I can tell you there were . . . forty thieves.”
“Amazing!” said the King. “None of my own diviners knew as much! But now you must find the thieves and the treasure.”
Ahmed felt faint. “I’ll . . . do my best, Your Majesty, but . . . but it will take some time.”
“How long?” the King demanded.
“Uh . . . forty days, Your Majesty,” said Ahmed, guessing the longest he could get. “One day for each thief.”
“A long time indeed!” said the King. “Very well, you shall have it. If you succeed, I’ll make you rich. If you don’t, you’ll rot with the others in prison!”
Back home, Ahmed told Jamell, “You see the trouble you have caused us? In forty days, the King will lock me away.”
“Nonsense,” said Jamell. “Just find the chests like you found the ring.”
“I tell you, Jamell, I found nothing! That was only by the grace of God. But this time there’s no hope.”
Ahmed took some dried dates, counted out forty, and placed them in a jar. “I will eat one of these dates each evening. That will tell me when my forty days are done.”
Now, it happened that one of the King’s own servants was one of the forty thieves, and he had heard the King speak with Ahmed. That same evening, he hurried to the thieves’ meeting place and reported to their chief. “There is a diviner who says he will find the treasure and the thieves in forty days!”
“He’s bluffing,” said the chief. “But we can’t afford to take chances. Go to his house and find out what you can.”
So the servant climbed up to the terrace on the flat roof of Ahmed’s house, and he listened down the stairs that led inside. Just then, Ahmed took the first date from the jar and ate it. He told Jamell, “That’s one.”
The thief was so shocked, he nearly fell down the stairs. He hurried back to the meeting place and told the chief, “This diviner has amazing powers. Without seeing me, he knew I was on the roof! I clearly heard him say, ‘That’s one.’”
“You must have imagined it,” said the chief. “Tomorrow night, two of you will go.”
So the next night, the servant returned to Ahmed’s roof with another of the thieves. As they were listening, Ahmed ate a second date and said, “That’s two.”
The thieves nearly tumbled over each other as they fled the roof and raced back to the chief. “He knew there were two of us!” said the servant. “We heard him say, ‘That’s two.’”
“It can’t be!” said the chief. So the night after that, he sent three of the thieves, and the next night four, then five, then six.
And so it went till the fortieth night, when the chief said, “This time, I’ll go with you myself.” So all forty thieves climbed up to Ahmed’s roof to listen.
Inside, Ahmed gazed at the last date in the jar, then sadly took it out and ate it. “That’s forty. The number is complete.”
Jamell sat beside him and gently took his hand. “Ahmed, during these forty days, I’ve been thinking. I was wrong to make you be a diviner. You are what you are, and I should not have tried to make you something else. Can you forgive me?”
“I forgive you, Jamell, but the fault is mine as well. I should not have done what I knew was not wise. But none of this helps us now.”
Just then came a loud banging at the door.
Ahmed sighed. “The King’s men already!” He went to the door and unbolted it, calling, “All right, all right, I know why you’re here.”
He swung the door open. To his astonishment, he saw forty men kneeling before him and touching their heads to the ground again and again.
“Of course you know, O great diviner!” said the chief. “Nothing can be hidden from you. But we beg you not to give us away!”
Bewildered though he was, Ahmed realized that these must be the thieves. He thought fast and said, “Very well, I won’t turn you in. But you must replace every bit of the treasure.”
“At once! At once!” cried the chief.
And before the night was through, forty pairs of hands carried forty chests of gold and jewels back into the King’s treasury.
Early the next morning, Ahmed appeared before the King. “Your Majesty, my magic arts can find either the treasure or the thieves, but not both. Which do you choose?”
“The treasure, I suppose,” said the King, “though it’s a pity not to get the thieves. The boiling oil is all ready for them. Well, never mind. Tell me where the treasure is, and I’ll send my men right away.”
“No need, Your Majesty.” Ahmed waved his arms in the air and called, “Pish posh, wish wosh, mish mosh.” Then he announced, “By my magic, the chests have returned to their place.”
The King himself went with Ahmed to the treasury and found it so. “You are truly the greatest fortuneteller of the age!” he declared. “From this day forth, you shall be my Royal Diviner!”
“Thank you, Your Majesty,” said Ahmed with a bow, “but I’m afraid that’s impossible. Finding and restoring your treasure was so difficult, it used up all my powers. I shall never be a diviner again.”
“What a loss!” cried the King. “Then I must doubly reward you. Here, take two of these chests for your own.”
So Ahmed returned home to Jamell, safe, rich, and a good deal wiser. And as any diviner could have foretold, they lived happily ever after.
Told by Aaron Shepard
Minggu, 07 Maret 2010
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Minggu, 7 maret 2010 dalam sebuah semiloka penulisan karya tulis ilmiah sebagai sarana peningkatan profesionalisme guru saya mendapatkan sebuah asupan energi yang sangat luar bisa untuk menulis. Pertanyaanya adalah mau diapakan energi ini. salah satu dari pemateri dalam acara tersebut menyampaikan untuk mulailah menulis di blog. tulislah apapun yang ingin anda tulis. dari sana akan muncul sebuah kebiasaan yang jika diasah akan menjadi suatu hal yang sangat luar biasa. Okey semoga tulisan ini menjadi awal dari sebuah sejarah yang indah nantinya...Amien.
Rabu, 03 Maret 2010
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