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 2.The main characters in the story are karta and the sea queen.
3.SUMMARY- The story at the start is set on a dark night. where a man named karta sat at the biggest cave. he was sitting silently without moving. After 7 days and 6 nights karta sat still and alone. karta was a peasant that didn't earn money. karta had always been poor but wanted to become wealthy. karta had decided to find a way to make this happen, so he decided to look for the queen of the sea after hearing of her by a friend. apparently the queen of thee sea lives in a lovely palace under the sea. others have said people searching for wealth shall come to her and ask for her help in their time of need. people seeking greed have been told to fast and sit stilll for 7 days and nights.on the seventh night the queen shall appear if she felt she wanted to help them but if she didn't appear that would suggest that she was not willing to help.

karta had started questioning if she would help him, t there was a strong wind and a woman rose from the sea the figure of the woman came closer and closer. larta could see her more clearly now she had long black hair and her eyes sparkled like stars. karta could see that she also had the lower body of a fish-she was a mermaid-. the queen gave karta the oppurtunity to be rich for 10 years but would then be turned in to a pillow. karta made his decision and was turned into the richest man on the island.

After 10 years of being rich, karta returned to the place were he met the queen. karta being greedy wanted 5 more years to live in a wealthy place. when the 5 years passed, karta waited in the rain once again for the queen of the sea, and once again she returned. karta once more asked for 1 more year and the queen granted this.

karta lived alone in his large wealthy house as his wife died of sorrow and his children had left. karta had never lived alone for this long. At the end of his last year karta returned to see the sea queen when she took him and karta was never seen again.

4.MORAL- Don't be greedy and dont take your life for granted. be happy with what you have.

5. This part of indonesia must have a strong belief in myths and legends as this story is based on a legend. The story is differant to..... stories we would read here in the setting and the amount of characters found in our stories.

6. this story would most likely be a legend or a myth.