Jacob.B

**in what area of Indonesia is the story set?** The story is set in Aceh.
 * The Parakeet's trick**

**list the main characters?** Meuseukin, creepy and smart, Roro Kidul, Parakeet, The Raja.

**Write a brief summary:** There was a man that lived in Aceh, his name was Meuseukin. One day he go’s to forests to look for some wood, he saw a tree full of nests, they were nests of Parakeets. Meuseukin come up with a plan to buy the birds and sell them for a good price. The next morning Meuseukin went back to the forest taking with him some bird - lime, on the tree where he found the nests, he rubbed his bird - lime on the tree. He thought by tomorrow he would have all the birds for himself. But the Parakeets come up with a trick, the trick was that if the man comes tomorrow they must pretend to be dead.

**Is there a moral to the story?** Yes That you should never treat animals like that.


 * 1) The difference from this type of story from a story from another country is that the animals and just the type of story are different.

**6.** This story is a folk tale because of the story line.