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=**__Guru Husin Alim__**=

1. The story does not say which city the story is set in but it was set in a school near a forest and an ocean.

2. The main characters are: - Lo' Belang Tampil. He is an orphan, very poor and also was not very bright. - Guru Hisin Alim, a brilliant religion teacher. - Nabi Ilir was a God whom Lo' Belang Tampil had to find in order for him to be able to learn.

=3. __**Summary of the story**__=

Guru Husin was a brilliant religion teacher. He had been trying to build house for quite some time but when ever he was nearly finished building the house, the bricks would collapse for no reason. One of Guru's pupils was his daughter who was very clever. One of his other pupils was Lo' Belang Tampil was not very bright and had difficulty learning and was an orphan. Lo' Belang Tampil was in love with Guru Husin's daughter. One day Guru Husin said to Lo' Belang Tampil that in order to be able to learn he must seek the saint and imortal Nabi Ilir. Guru Husin gave Lo' Belang Tampil some dried fish. He told Lo' Belang that when he was near Nabi Ilir that the fish would come alive and jump from his pocket. As Lo' Belang Tampil was walking through a forest he saw a Hadj with a tree growing from his head. A little further in the forest he saw a golden bird swallowing carcasses he also saw a cow standing in lucious grass but refused to eat it, a crocidile that could only float on the surface of the water and finally a man wedged between two trees. Lo' Belang Tampil reached the ocean and all of a sudden the fish jumped from his pocket and into the ocean. Nabi Ilir appeared in front of Lo' Belang Tampil. Lo' Belang Tampil said "Nabi Ilir! I have been searching for you! As I was searching I saw some mysterious things." He described all of the things he had seen on his way to the sea. "All the things you saw were punishments for sins. The Sin of the Hadji with the tree growing from his head was desire. The Bird that eats carcasses is a punishment of usury. The sin of the cow that refuses to eat the luscious grass was that he entered without asking. The reason the crocodile could not dive under the surface of the water was bacause he wouldn't say his prayers. The man wedged between the tree wouldn't pay alms even though he has enough money to. "I see," Lo' Belang Tampil said "and what has my tutor Guru Husin done to deserve a permanently unfinished house?" "He refused to let you marry his daughter just because you are a poor orphan." Answered Nabi Ilir. "Tell him that if you marry his daughter his house will be able to be built." Lo' Belang Tampil went back to the school and told Guru Husin every thing that had happened. Guru Husin immediately prepared a wedding for Lo' Belang Tampil and his daughter and once they were married the house could be finished.

4. The moral of this story is that people should not judge others on how much money they have or were they come from but on important things like their personality.

5. This story shows that people in Indonesia worship Gods who are mysterious in the way they work and they also believe the gods will punish them if they do something offensive. It also shows that they used to teach religion by repetition.

6. I believe this story is a folk tale created to teach children how to treat others.