Essays+from+2010-11

Grade 7 English
Here are some stories from students in their first year of learning English
 * || **Saroh**

My grandfather lives in the village. My grandfather is funny and he still has complete teeth. Today, my family wants to go into a new house for the first time. On the way I see so many green rice fields. In the village and in the Jakarta it is very different. In Jakarta there is a lot of pollution but in the village the air is very fresh. This morning, I was directly invited to see the buffalo. My grandfather asked me “ Do you want to climb on this buffalo?”

I replied “ I do not want to!”

“ You should not fear the buffalo. It is actually good, You just call it Pepet. “ I, with courage, try to climb on the buffalo.

This morning, I go to the rice field with grandfather. In the rice field I see many buffaloes, goats, and the rice he will harvest. Today, my grandfather has corn to harvest. He will be selling corn in the traditional market. Before going to the traditional market we take a rest in the hut. Once upon time when I rest, I saw a platypus. Soon, many journalists come to interview me and my grandfather. Today, my family and I come back to Jakarta. Suddenly, in the street I see a dinosaur. The dinosaur is angry. And suddenly a Super Hero comes and he saves as my family and me.

**Rani**

In the morning, I wake up and I go to the farm with father’s best friend. We are planting rice in the field at the farm. I and my father’s best friend hoe. The farm is harvesting and besides rice there is corn. We see rice and corn. I am planting and father’s best friend is helping me to plant rice. After that we eat lunch,because we are tired. After lunch we continue to work planting and continue to hoe. Then we go home because it is afternoon. At home I take a bath using hot water. After I take a bath I have dinner with my father,my mother, and my brother. My father asks me “Do you like farming?”

I answer “Yes, because it is very fun and exciting for me to farm.” After that me go to the my bedroom for sleeping but, I forget to turn off the light. My brother turns off my lamp. After I sleep, I wake up take a bath and eat breakfast. After I breakfast I go to the farm with father’s best friend. After that I help him hoe. After I work with him we eat lunch. I eat with rice, chicken,and vegetables. After I lunch, I work again.

I go home. After I get home I shower and I eat dinner. After dinner I watch TV with my brother and my mother. Only my father is not here because he is working. I go to sleep because it is late at night.

In the morning I wake up and clean up my bed. After that I take a bath and go to the farm with father’s best friend. There I learn how to plant or hoe. I am very pleased to be able to farm and spend my time in a very useful way for me. I finally realize that being a farmer is not easy for me. I am very grateful to the friend of my father who has taught me patience in teaching me well so far.

**Een**

In the morning I wake up, then I go to my land. I want to grow rice,corn, and bananas on my land. There are so many birds in my land. I must expel the birds. It is so hot. I am tired. While waiting for the harvest time, every day I take care of my animals.

Four months later, I am harvesting my bananas,corn and rice. Then I sell it in the market. From my chickens, I collect eggs, and I sell the eggs to the market.

After selling my crops, I am with my family and walking for refreshing. My sister is very happy because this is the first time she can go out. My sister is very good. She is friendly and she also always helps my father and mother. I love my sister.

I have gone through this day with my family. Now I resume my activities. My father returns to the plantation on his farm. He is good father. He works hard with good care on his farm to make his family happy. I love my father.

**Irfan**

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">In the morning, Reza and Ain wake up from sleep. After they wake up Reza and Ain go to rice fields. Before go to the rice fields Reza and Ain prepare goods to be brought to the field. If all is ready they go to the rice fields.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">While traveling Reza and Ain always talking about life, until in the fields they start working. The air there is very hot so often so Reza and Ain rest in a shed, while looking at the fields and forest around the rice fields.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">After a break, Reza and Ain work again. They have 2 hectares of rice and corn fields. They also have a cow and chickens. They get milk and eggs every two months, and they harvest rice and corn at four months.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">In order to produce good results Reza and Ain tend their rice and corn. At sunset They go home. Before they go home they clean their bodies, because there is a lot of dirt on them.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Arriving at home they rest in front of the house, and after a long rest they are working to clean the house. After cleaning the house, they go to sleep because tomorrow they are working again.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">In the morning, Reza and Ain go to rice field after praying. Their brother has a farm beside their rice field. Four months later they celebrate with happiness their harvest because they should have a treat. At harvest Reza and Ain earn their living.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">**Delia**

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">My grandfather's village

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> The school holidays will be very exciting this time because our family will go to my grandfather’s and grandmother’s village. and I'm really happy because it’s the first time i go to the village. For a few days I will live in the village with my father, mother and my brother.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">We board the train heading back home to my grandparents. Arriving at grandparents’ house we are greeted very well by my grandfather. My grandfather and my grandmother work hard. Grandfather is someone who is really funny and he is still muscular, his teeth are still neat and there are no holes because my grandfather does not like to eat candy and chocolate, but I think when I'm old I'm not going to be like my grandfather because I really like candy and chocolate.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Grandfather plants many plants in his garden. One of them is a garden of strawberries. I like helping my grandfather farming. Also grandfather has a garden behind his house. My grandfather also has agricultural land for rice and corn. He is very fond of gardens and land. Grandmother sometimes helps grandfather farm but more often she takes care of the house. Grandfather tells me many good things about farming and about the various plants.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">My grandfather has a friend. His name is Mr. Rale. He has 9 hectares of land. His land is 4 kilometres from his home. Sometimes my grandfather also helps Mr. Rale farm. After the harvest they share equally the profit. Sometimes the rats eat our the rice seedlings, so we have a loss. Our neighbors also suffered rats in their fields. Then we work together to eradicate rats. Much of our land is not affected by the attack of rats but also there are some who suffered from rats. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">I’m glad to live in the village though I only know grandfather. I visit the in the school holidays. I learn a lot about the lifestyle of farmers and life in the rural areas. I’m glad to have grandparents who work as farmers.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">**Yannah**

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">My friend has a good life in his village. He tells me about his life in a small village on a good farm. His father is a good and rich farmer. He has a thin moustache and big eyes, but he is has a strong body. He is called Mr. Rudi. Mr. Rudi has 8 hectares of land. His land is 10 kilometres from his home, through his cousin’s and neighbour’s land. Mr. Rudi usually rides his bicycle past a very shady palm tree and sometimes the sound of the wind is very friendly. So, Mr. Rudi is very glad to go on his farm.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">At first, Mr. Rudi will plant some crops, and my friend Billy will help his father. On his land there are 2 barns and one hut beside the land, used to put some wheat which was harvested. In addition, Mr. Rudi also make cages for the animals and provides a useful hedge to protect their land, so as not to be disturbed by wild animals.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Mr. Rudi has 5 buffaloes, 13 goats, ducks and chickens. They always play in the surrounding fields. Mr. Rudi divided his land with 4 spaces for different crops. The first is for some mustard greens, the second for some cucumbers and other fields are for rice.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Every month he always takes care of his crops. He doesn’t forget the water for it to be a good crop. He also cleared the weeds in around the plants and also hoes the soil to make it fertile. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">One year later, the flowers on his cousin’s land are ready to harvest. There are some roses, some sun flowers and others. Also Billy’s father will harvest all his crops then give Billy the food for the animals. After selling his crops, they can get money. And then they have a party. Mr. Rudi buys some meat and new clothes, then Billy has new shoes for school. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">**Kira**

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">STORY OF MY VILLAGE AND FARM

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">I live in a small village that has a lot of farms. My family are farmers. In my village everyone is a farmer, and they’re not rich, just like me. Sometimes the weather is rainy, but sometimes hot. If it is rainy we look after our animals in the barn. We make them warm and dry. This means we make sure that they are healthy.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">After raining we must go back to take care of our farm. Some of the crops are rotting. But, the rice that we plant is still good. When the weather is hot the plants can die, because they can’t get enough water, and we must get water from the mountain. My village looks like Puncak, that has cold air, and no pollution. In the morning, the air is very cold, and smells like wet grass.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">My farm has a big field and a lot of barns. In our barns, there are cows, chickens, and a lot of sheep. My house is very small. It is 5m X 5m. My family always does the same things all day. Sometimes if we are bored doing the same things, we go on a picnic to tourism sites.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Everyone has a dream. My dream is, that my family doesn’t need to work again, and we just relax at home.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">If it’s time to harvest, we’re so happy, because we can sell some of the crops to another company, so we get profit from it. But, if the crops are rotting, we can’t get a profit, so we sustain a loss.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">**Ain** <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Roger Livingston is sleeping on his bed. He is very tired after his work on the farm. Moments later, around midnight, there are sounds of plants being cut from his field. Although it is very far away, the night is a silent one so anybody can hear it. Livingston, who has a pair of sharp ears, could also hear it, but he is very tired so he ignores it. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">The next day, when he is walking to his field, he sees something unusual: his field has been crop-circled! He instantly panics, but he sees several people talking nearby and decides to approach them. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">“This is must be a sign from God!” <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">“Well, I thought this was done by an U.F.O!” <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">“Hold on guys, the owner’s here.” <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">The village leader then steps forward. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">“Don’t worry, my good sir. We will cover the prices. Anyway, we must catch the culprit ASAP!” <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">The village leader then gives him note. “Oh, and by the way I found this lying on the middle of the ground,” he says. The note is covered with dirt. The writing that reads “U SUDNT BE HERE” is poorly written and barely noticeable. Livingston says “Whoever writes this rubbish shouldn’t pass the first grade either.” <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">The very next morning he wants to bring his tractor to the workshop so they can fix it, only to find it is missing! “Honey!” He shouts. “Did you see my tractor?” <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">“Your tractor? Didn’t you take it to the workshop last night?” <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">“But I was going to do that!” He counters. Moments later, when he is walking around the farm, he finds his tractor, albeit wrecked and disassembled. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">When he is walking to the nearest police station, he finds a line of people there. He waits in the line and asks the man in front of him. “Hey, mister. What’re you doing here?” The man then turns around and says “Me? Just reportin’ to dat officer right dere ‘dat sumbody killed mah chickens! After dat me and mah family gonna get the heck outta ‘dis village like those people.” He points to the village leader’s house that also has a line of people. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">The next day, when he is tending his plants, it’s 12 o’clock and he feels hungry. So, he sits in the nearest shelter and eats some rice. Several meters from there, there are some men with a camouflaged suit spying on him. One of them then raises his hand, and then gives a pistol finger on Livingston. The other man pulls out a blowgun and shoots Livingston in the neck. He falls on the ground, unconscious. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Livingston wakes up. He tries to move his arm, but he feels like his hands are tied with a rope. He then realizes he’s not in the farm anymore, but in a dark room surrounded with several men with pistols. One of them raises his hand and said “Gentlemen.” The one who raises his hand then steps forward while the others holster their weapon. He wears a balaclava and a bulletproof vest. He pulls out a revolver and cleans the revolver’s barrel. “I don’t like to waste my time here so tell me where the key to the Shup da whop temple is and I will spare your life.” He then points his revolver at Roger’s head. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">“T-t-t-temple? What do you mean?” The balaclava guy looks irritated. He holsters his revolver and pulls out a shotgun, loads it with a shell, then cocks it and point it at Livingston’s face. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">“I mean it. Tell me what, who or where is the key and your head won’t be blasted into teeny-weeny pieces.” <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">“Sir, I really don’t know what you are talking about,” says Livingston calmly. He knows that he shouldn’t panic in situation like this. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">There’s a brief pause until the balaclava man says “Alright. I’ll leave you here until you remember.” He leaves the room followed by his men. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Roger is alone now. He easily loosens the rope and is freed. He checks if he has anything in his pocket. The only thing he has is a digital camera, the rice from before, and $10. He searches around to find anything to use as a weapon. What he finds is a crowbar. He uses it to break the ventilation cap and crawl through there. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">As he crawls, he finds an opening that leads into another room. He is amazed that the he was in some sort of a facility that has aliens and monsters and many security guards! It’s too risky, so he decides to crawl again. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">He decides to pop out in a prison hub, right beside a guard’s room. He notices the guard, but the guard doesn’t. So, he whacks the guard with his crowbar and chokes him until he’s unconscious. He grabs his pistol and loads it with a special dart that injects the victim with chemicals that can knock out him/her. He also grabs his keycard. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">He walks through the hallway silently and shoots the guards with his special pistol (Silenced, of course). He tactically removes the dart so other guards would think they are sleeping. One of the guards he KO’ed is guarding a room that he enters immediately. “This room’s empty,” he said. But he notices there’s a hallway in the edge of the room. He walks through the hallway and finds some kind of a pod. He walks near the pod and says “Boy, I thought this thing only existed in science fiction!” He rests his elbow on a small desk. But he’s unaware that he has accidentally pressed a button. The hatch on the pod slowly opens. A cold mist fills the air, and a big, green figure rises in front of him. The green figure is actually a robot (Or at least, that’s what Livingston thought). Slowly, it walks to him. Livingston backs-off several meters. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">But the robot raises its hand and says “HAY,” in a monotonous male voice. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Livingstone pauses for some seconds and asks “Who are you?” <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">The robot lowers his hand and says “I is known as SPARTAN-1337. Who are you anyweey?” again, he says in a monotonous voice. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">“I’m uh, Roger Livingston. I’m just a normal farmer that was kidnapped by some bad guys and brought here.” <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">1337 nodded and look around. “BTW 15 TH1S T3H B4D 9UYZ BASEZZZZ??” <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">“Um, yeah. I think so.” Says Livingston. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">“GUD. TH3N L37S KICK SOM 8U77” 1337 then picks up a something that looked like a rifle and gives Livingston a small tube. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> “What is this tube for?” He says while peeking at both ends of the tube. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">“1T’S N NRJEE SORD U DUMBFACE” The tube then suddenly emits a thin burst of energy that is shaped like a sword. “Awesome! Where do you come from anyway? An alien planet in another star?” <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">“SHUT UP N FOLOW ME” <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">The duo eventually reaches a long hallway with a stationary gun in one end. There’s a guard with different uniform shooting energy balls at them. Livingstone manages to intercept and uses one of the guards as a human (if they’re human) shield. Oddly, the other guards keep shooting at Livingstone AND the captured guard. One of the guard’s energy balls hit the captured guard. The energy ball bounces off while the guard vaporizes. Livingstone retreats beside 1337 and says “You got to do something about them!” <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">“I KN0W JUST SHUT UP” <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">They both think for a moment, then Livingston asks “What’s that rifles thingy do?” <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">“TH33Z WEP0N? ITS FIRE A LAZZOR DAT CAN BL0W A FRIGGIN’ H0L3 IN T3H ENEMIEZ. OH I KN0W I CAN PWN (To own/pwn= To defeat) THEM WITH MAI LAZARR!” <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">“I was going to say that” says Livingston. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">1337 then jumps out from his cover and shout “IMMA CHARGGIN MAH LAZAAR! SHOOP DA WHOOP!” And suddenly a red, hot laser comes out from the barrel of his rifle and tears open those guards. They walk to the corpses of the guards and realize something: They’re robots! “Man, technology is advancing very fast isn’t it?” <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">The duo finds themselves in a motor pool. This is good since there are many ways to escape now. They steal an APC with a mounted machine gun and crash through the concrete wall. “L1VINGSTUNE CAN U DRIV FASTER PLZ?” <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">“This is the maximum speed!” Livingston notices there are several helicopters following them. “1337, we’ve got chopper inbound,” <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">“0N IT” Says 1337 as he fires the machine gun at the helicopters. Most of the bullets miss since helicopters tend to have high mobility. “DARN IT WAIT TILL U GUYS SUFFAR FROM MAI LAZARR” He then pulls out his laser rifle and shoots at the one of the helicopters. Fortunately, the laser hits all 3 helicopters in one hit. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Livingstone also sees that and can only comment “1337, you’re the best marksman ever.” <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">“K THX. HI-FIVE?” And they both do a high five together while driving back to Livingston’s farm.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">**Anwar** <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> My life <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Today is a good day for my family, because I got a nice harvest. Before, I have many crops. I export my crops to another country because there are too many crops here. Now I want to start growing corn. I think this year is a good year, because there was a lot of rain this year. It makes my field fertilised. I have breakfast; some eggs and fried rice this morning. My wife cooks it. My wife is a beautiful girl. She makes me happy. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">After I have my breakfast, I have a bath and go to the field. To go to the field I cross the scary forest. On the way to the field, I find a big flower. It's a Rafflesia flower. It's a dirty flower, so I leave it. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">When I arrive, there is my brother harvesting his plants. He has a big farm, maybe 1.5 hectares plus. "Hey come here!" my brother calls me. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">"Can you help me to harvest my plants?" shouts my brother.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">"Ok...of course,” I answer, then I help him and talk to him. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">"How about if we paid some labourers to do this work?" <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">"It's a good idea, but I will lose my profit, because I should pay the labourers." My brother says.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">"I want to help you to do this work, but after we finish this harvest you must help me too," I say.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">"Ok I agree." My brother says. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">This is time for lunch. We only can only harvest a quarter of the field. I should get lunch first. I have lunch with my brother in a big hut. Our hut is built of bamboo and hay. After I have lunch, I start to harvest again. Until sunset I have harvested a half of the field, then go home. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">When I have diner my uncle comes to my house. He brings special food from his village. My uncle is a good farmer. He can help me and my brother to harvest. I chat with my uncle until night comes, and then sleep. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">When it is sunrise, we go to the field again. When I arrive at the field my brother feels surprised because our uncle is coming. My brother feels very happy. Today we work hard and very fast, faster than yesterday because my uncle helps us. We can finish the harvest today. TO BE CONTINUED

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">After I get there, I will see my grandfather`s cows, goats, sheep, and chickens. Night is a time for me to rest. I the morning I will go back to the garden with my grandfather. Grandpa said “Soon we will be shearing sheep, and milking the cows” <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">After seeing the farm my grandfather takes me to see the plantation. My grandfather plants fruit and vegetables .They harvested move quickly than others, about every three months. My grandfather hires a lot of unemployed people in this village. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> After two months of staying at grandfather’s finally the sheep have produced wool. I can see how to cut the fleece. After that I go to the cowshed for milking. The workers are working with my grandfather to finally really raise their incomes. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Two months are over. It is time to wait for the rice harvest. In the morning I and my grandfather look at the rice fields. We are shocked to see that in the plant rice fields, many poorer citizens come out of curiosity, after it turns out there are crop circles. Every day many people keep coming to see the crop circles. We suspect UFO air craft. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">After the police arrive to investigate the mystery it is finally revealed that the crop circle was not because of UFO`s but because of human activity, seeking new sensations. The police still have not found who was responsible. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">**Reza**
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Agus **<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">In the morning I go to Grandpa`s house. In the village I will stay for five months at my Grandfather`s house because for a long time, my grandfather is there as well as his gardens and livestock. My grandfather has his one hectare plantation fenced to keep out the wild animals.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">I'm a farmer. My name is Irfan and I'm 20 years old. Every morning I always go to the rice fields. My field is 2 kilometres from the nearest village. I have 2 hectares of land. In the morning I prepare to go to the rice field. After breakfast I go to the rice field at 06.00. After I arrive at the field, I look after my corn, rice, and bananas. My brother comes to his farm at 07.00.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">My brother's farm is beside my farm. I tend my plants until the afternoon. After I grow my corn, rice, and bananas, I also feed my chickens and goats. After that I go home with my brother at night. At my home, I eat dinner with my family. After that I go to sleep. I wake up in the morning at 05.00 and I prepare to hoe. I work like this everyday and I harvest my rice and corn every 3 months. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">**Rayhan**

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">CROP CIRCLES IN MY RICE FIELD

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">In the morning I go to the rice field with my father. My field is 1 kilometer from my house. I always walk to the rice field. My father and I arrive at the rice field. We are happy because my crop can be harvested and I can cut my crop. Then my father tells me to wash my cow and sheep and give feed to them. I go to my barn to wash my pets. My cow is has a bad smell. I take my cow to the river to wash it. It is very hard to pull my cow. After I wash my cow I go back to my barn and give food to it Then I give food to the sheep and take it to the river, to wash it. My sheep has soft wool. After I’m done washing my sheep, I go back to my barn and go to the rice field.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">I am happy because my crop is not broken and people in village are also happy because their crops are not broken. My father and other people agree to have a celebration tonight. At sunset my father and I go back home and tell my mother to make food and at 8 o’clock we are very happy because everybody is excited. The music in my village is dangdut. I go to bed at 12 midnight.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">In the morning I wake up at 5.00 a’clock and take a bath. My father and I going to the rice field again to plant crops. My father tells me to buy some seed. I walk to the market. From my land to the market is 2 kilometers and on the way I see strangers In my neighbour’s land. I go back to my father and tell him about what I see and my father says “ Is there a crop circle?” My father calls people in village and they are shocked.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Then the police, fireman and journalists ask me “What happened and when did it happen?” My village is full of people. They go from my village at 6 a’clock and I go back to my home and I will never forget what happened today.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">**Firza**

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">A story about a farmer <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> I am a farmer. In this story I work with my boss. I work as a farmer and work in my boss’ rice field. Every month I get paid. My income is Rp100,000 per month. I like to work in the rice field. Every 3 months we harvest the rice and we sell it. If we have a great crop we will get a bonus. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> In one year we have 3 harvests. We always have good crops because we work hard. In the field there is a big hut for every farmer to have a rest. I live in the barn. My room is not so clean because my room is behind the horse cage and because of that my room smells. In the morning I am always washing the horse and the cage. Some times I am milking the cows. My bed is a hay stack. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> The barn color is brown and the roof color is red. The barn is made from wood and steel. There is a lot of hay. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> My boss is a business man. He has many companies in Indonesia.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Every time I work I always wearing a straw hat and my boots. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> One night I found some aliens making crop circle and, suddenly, I feel confused. Maybe the aliens give some poison to me. Some people found me asleep on the roof. I tell all my friends and they do not believe me and I show everybody the place when the aliens made the crop circle. After that everyone believes me.


 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Sandy **

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">In the rice field, I work with my family to make money. Every day, before I go to school, I work there. The rice field is at the bottom part of the mountain. Beside the rice field, I take my bag there and my Mom takes food to eat (breakfast and lunch), but my father finds his food for breakfast in the forest in front of the bottom part of the mountain. There are many kinds of fruit to eat, but he always sees many snakes on top of the trees. He is scared, but the snakes do not attack him.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">My father and my mother are working until sunset, but I work until 10 am. Every day I see the Argo Bromo train on the long bridge from Jakarta to Jogja. There is a train with a lot of passenger cars. I hear the trains passing by, and I hear the air <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">blowing <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">through the bamboo. It’s like music. I also hear the sounds of my father’s hoe. In the rice field, I smell meat stew and spinach that is carried by my mother. I smell many kinds of flowers beside the rice field.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">It’s 10am, and I must go to school. I go to school with my friend, who is waiting at the waterfall behind the mountain. My school is small. We have 3 teachers and 25 students. It is an old building and dirty. I hope the government can renovate our school. I love my friends, because every day we will play together. My hobby is playing soccer. Because of my hobby, every day I play soccer. The soccer field is not big and doesn’t have goalposts. I make goalposts with big bamboo.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">At 1 pm, I go to my grandmother house, 2 km from my school. I stay there until my parents have done their work. My grandmother has a complete livestock farm with chickens, goats, a horse, sheep, cows, and buffaloes. At my grandmother’s house, every day, we feed the livestock with grass and peas for the chickens. I am very happy there, because I can ride the horse in the hills and play in the waterfall behind the hills. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Now at 6 pm, it means it is sunset. My parents go to my grandmother’s house to pick me up to home. Good bye Grandma… ||