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keepers,teachers and all friends.Today I would like to present you all a story entitled ‘The Magic pencil’. Once upon a time,there lived a poor woodcutter called Lagang.Lagang stayed with his mother in an old hut,at the edge of the forest.Lagang liked drawing things.In his free time,he drew pictures with sticks and stones because he was too poor to buy a pencil. One day,as usual,Lagang went to cut wood in the forest.as Lagang was buzy cutting wood in the forest,suddenly he heard someone crying for help. ”Please help me”. He looked around him.Then,he saw an old woman trapped under a big branch.The old woman looked pale and she was dying. Lagang quickly took his axe and cut off the branch to free the old woman.Immediately,after the old woman was free,Lagang was shocked to see that the old woman had changed into a beautiful fairy. “Who...who are you ?”Asked Lagang. “Fear not,my son,”said the fairy. ”I am the fairy of this forest.You’ve been so,kind for rescuing me.Here,take this pencil.Draw anything you want and it will become real.But remember,only draw for poor people.” Lagang took the pencil from the fairy but before he could thanked her, the fairy had disappeared out of sigh. Lagang was very happy. He took the pencil home and showed it to his mother. “Son,draw some food and see what happen.” Said his mother anxiously. Lagang held his pencil and drew some food on the table. Immediately,the food came to life.Lagang and his mother were very happy and they enjoyed the food. After that,Lagang drew a house with furniture in it and it became real too. So that Lagang and his mother had a house to live in, they were no more sad or worried. Although Lagang was quite rich now, he did not forget the fairy’s advice.The next day,he went to the village to draw for the poor.There were people crying for food,clothing,house and so on.Lagang drew for them.They were grateful for Lagang because he was honest and kind.



One day, the news of Lagang and his magic pencil reached the king. The king was a cruel and greedy king. Immediately he called for Lagang and ordered him to draw a tree covered with gold. “ Draw me a tree covered with gold,” But Lagang replied “ Your Majesty, I can only draw for the poor. You’re so rich and you don’t need them.” The king was very angry and he ordered Lagang to be put into prison. Inside the prison, Lagang was very surprised to see many villagers being locked up in a small cell. Lagang quickly thought a plan. He took out his magic pencil and drew a key.Then he opened the cell with the key. Later he drew soe horses and helped the villagers to escape. When the king and his men knew about this, they quickly gave chase. When they were just about to catch up with Lagang and the prisoners, Lagang quickly drew a river on the ground. The king and his men were riding too fast that they did not see the river. They rode into the river and were killed. Soon the villagers appointed Lagang to be their king.Lagang was a good and wise king. The people loved him and so was his mother. They lived happily ever after. My dear friends, this story has a moral teaching .It teaches us to be kind and honest. Thank you.



MALAYSIA A UNIQUE COUNTRY



Malaysia is a multiracial country.Malaysia is unique because of its diversity of races,religions and cultures, the stability of the country and many places of interest. Besides ,there are many international achievements which are the pride of our nation. Diversity of races , religions and cultures is a significant characteristict of our nation. Malaysia is a multiracial country with a rich cultural heritage. Unique to Malaysia is the ‘Open House’ concept where during the various cultural and religious festival like Hari Raya , Chinese New Year , Deepavali , Gawai Day and others, friends and families and even strangers would visit the homes of those who are celebrating the festival,to wish them well and enjoy the feast prepared by the host.Although the visitors may be from differenet races, they still can tolerate with each other, and live under the same roof, where they celebrate the festival together.This will help to strengthen the ties among themselves. Moreover, the stability and peacefulness of Malaysia is also a uniqueness of us. We live harmoniously in a country where there are no wars and conflicts among Malaysians.We are fortunate that our country is safe nd peaceful.So,people can live safely here.Somehow, Malaysia is a paradise for those Iraqis or Pakistanis.Besides, our country is freed from natural disasters such as earthquakes. Earthquakes may bring death and destroy many buildings. On top of that, there are many places of interests in country such s beaches, islands and rain forest.Malaysia’s rain forest is considered as the oldest in the world.The diverse species of animals and plant life continue to excite a great deal of scientiific research.Many believe that some unconsidered plant my hold cures to many currently incurable human diseases. There are many islands in our country such as Pulau Langkawi, Pulau Redang, Pulau Ketam and many others.Pulau Langkawi has a lot of historical informations.Those who are in favour of history can go there to explore the history of that place.All the beaches in those island are beautiful.The sand is soft and white.The accomondation is well – established and that makes those islands ideal places to visit.



Following this,there are also international achievements of our country.Those achievements include the existence of Kuala Lumpur International Airport ( KLIA ), Formula One ( F1 ) racing circuit and the Petronas Twin Towers.KLIA is unique because it has all that is needed for business, entertainment and relaxation. The airport is part and parcel of the Multimedia Super Corridor where high technology industries are being actively developed.There is also Formula One Race Track near the airport , where we can watch from rcing all over the world to gather here.Besides that , Petronas Twin Towers which is building that soars 452 metres into the sky is once upon a time, the tallest building in the world and yet it is a national pride to the people of Malaysia. In short, Malaysia is unique that it has diversity of races, religions and cultures, a stable



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achievements.Malaysia is rich of cultural heritage, it would be worth to pay a visit here.