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English Task. Work inpairs.
Made by Me and Nabila Arum Septirani  (XI Science 1)

One day, there was a poor old widow who had a son named Jack. They lived in a village near the river. The old widow worked as a farmer, while her son was jobless. The widow loved her son very much, she always tried to give the best for her son that her son happy.

The son told her mother that he wanted to get married, "Mom, I love a girl, I want to marry her". Her mother answered with a little smile, "I'm glad to hear that, if you really love her, marry her.” Jack married the girl. The girl named Sara. Sara lived in a small hut with Jack and his mother. After married, Jack still didn’t want to find a job and Sara asked to buy expensive items.

Day after day, characteristic of Sara more seen. Spoiled, selfish, and loved to make up all the time. One afternoon, Sara was bored, her mother-in-law was worked and her husband was taking a nap. Sara went around the village, when she was passed the market, she saw a rich woman wore a pearl necklace and beautiful dress. Sara really wanted the necklace, she wanted to show off to other girls in her village.

When Sara arrived home, she told Jack and cried, "I want new dress and pearl necklace. Why your mother can not give it to me? It means that your mother doesn’t love me.” Jack’s mother came home, Jack said, "Mother, my wife wanted a beautiful neackle with pearls on it and some beautiful dresses. She need it to be pretty. You must be proud if your daughter-in-law looks really beautiful ". His mother answered with Sadness, "Yes, I will be so proud, my son. But.. too bad.. I can not buy them. I didn’t have so much money. Believe me, I wanted to, but I can’t ". Sara secretly heard the conversation between them.

Sara were became really mad and upset. She made Jack to hate his mother with million ways. Jack began to hated his mother. He was often angry with her mother. His mother, who is patient, still continued pray for the good of his beloved son and her daughter-in-law.

One day, Sara found a beautiful leather purse on Jack's locker. She thought it would be so expensive if she selled it. Then, she went to the town and sold it to a rich man. Jack were so angry known his purse were gone. Sara told him that his mother took it and selled it. Without thinking, he drove out his mother, "Go away from here!" Her mother cried, "Listen to me, my son..... I never known about your leather purse, I've never seen it before. I...” He pushed his mother," Get out!"

Jack’s mother really sad, he didn’t stop cried, he didn’t know where to go. Suddenly, he met a man all-dressed-in-white. "Follow me, people like you deserve to live happily ever after", the strange man said. The poorwidow followed him. She didn’t know where she was. Suddenly, she found herself in a shiny place, filled with various foods and everything was available there. The poor widow lived happily without have to work hard there.

Less than a week, Jack and Sara’s life fell apart. Sara was madbecause she obsessed to be rich, and Jack, because he didn’t know how toget money, he eventually became a beggar in town.