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//**Freedom: Folk Tales of Indonesia 89-93**//

 * 1) ==== The folk tale know as "Freedom" begins it's narrative in a small (possibly poor; however it is of little significance if it is) village and as the story develops, the main character, who is a dog, travels to a well off city in a rich part of Indonesia. ====
 * 2) ==== Our main character and one of the few people (or rather creatures) in this Freedom is a masterless dog who has many adventures in his village. He has minimal human interaction (however, he enjoys chasing naughty school kids) and spends most of his time looking for food in the warungs and searching through the forest pestering the animal life. When the dog reaches a city, he encounters another dog who belongs to a rich master. And this confrontation is the peak of the tale. ====
 * 3) ==== There once was a dog in a small village in Indonesia, who lived without a master. He found himself hungry frequently, and searched for food in the wilderness and along the "warungs" of the village. One day, while terrorising the wildlife and chasing school children, the dog travelled further then he had ever before and stumbled along a city, of which he had never seen before. He drooled at the smell of it all and was aghast at the many people and vehicles passing by. On further observation of the city, he encountered another dog who was travelling with his master. The dog offered him a life of luxury and easy work. The poor dog was astounding by the dogs appearance and was in a trance. He would accept. But then he could see a scar on the rich dogs neck from the leash he was kept on. Realising that this dog had no freedom and no life, the poor dog turned away, knowing that even though he would starve and be forced to hunt... he would be free. ====
 * 4) ==== The moral of this story is in the fact that even though the dog had a chance to be well fed and cared for, just by working low labour, he would rather be starving if he was free, thus the title "Freedom". When the dog sees the red scar on the other dogs neck (due to a leash) he turned away, rather happy with his current position. For freedom is more valuable then any treasure or luxury. ====
 * 5) ==== A common characteristic of Indonesian myth and legends is the contribution of animals in the story. Indonesian folk tales also usally have a moralistic nature and end with a somewhat positive conclusion ====
 * 6) ==== This story is a "Folk Tale". I gather this from two evident sources. One: It's nature is very moralistic, and I imagine it would be the kind of story that would be passed down, in addition the Indonesians are very serious (in places) about animals with special abilities and natures, so it possibly wouldn't be a legend and Two: It says on the books cover. ====

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