The+Parakeet's+Trick

The Parakeet's Trick - By Julia Bombardieri

This story is about a flock of parakeets and when Meuseukin comes and tries to catch them they pretend to be dead and get away. But they flew away before their chief could escape. He keeps the bird and uses him to get money because he was very beautiful. One day the Raja asked Meuseukin to go to his palace and show him the bird. He goes to he palace and sells the parakeet to the Raja. Then a while later the parakeet pretends to be dead, while they were burying him he flew back to his flock.

 This story is set in Aceh, a region in Indonesia.

The main characters are: Meuseukin King of the Parakeets/ Parakeet Chief Raja Flock of parakeets

The moral is to always respect nature.

The human characters in other stories are usually the good people not the people you don't want to succeed. This tells us that Indonesians really love their wildlife and nature.

I would call this story a folk tale as it is about an everyday man who finds the chief of the parakeets and becomes famous!