GUNO AND KUYO
Everywhere in Java, Sumatra, and Celebes, the people know of two men named Guno and Koyo, and whenever they hear them they smile, because the name Guno means "helpful" and Guno is really a very unhelpful man while Koyo's name means "rich" Koyo in fact has no money at all. Whatever he manage to get, Guno the "helpful" one helps him to lose. One day Guno convinced Koyo to rob an old hadji (old man). They went to the old man's house and they dug a hole for them to enter the house and when it was big enough for them to enter, Guno crawled through, He silently gathered the valuables of the sleeping man and handed them out through the hole to Koyo, As Guno prepared to go out, he saw the Old man's colorful robe, then he dressed himself in it. He knew that he will dirt his new robe if he crawl again, so instead of crawling again he decided to escape in the door. Koyo was expecting Guno to appear in the hole. He was startled seeing an unknown man in a dignified robe coming out of the door, he taught it was the old man, and that Guno was still inside, because he was frightened that it might be the old man he left the loots and began to run. Guno thinking that the old man was behind him, he threw his robe away and fled after Koyo. Because of the noise that they are making while fleeing, the neighbors were awakened, and they came out with sticks and sickles to pursue them.
Guno and Koyo ran across the open fields until they reach
the edge of the river. Koyo told Guno that if they stay there they will be
caught but if they jump to the river they might drown. Guno told him that the
river isn't flooded, because if it is flooded, it would be muddy and dark, but
it is so clear that you can almost see the bottom. Koyo looked and it was true,
the starlight light up the rock in the bottom. Koyo told Guno that he go first
so that they will know how it is. Guno jumped from the edge. But the river was
dry, and Guno fell into the stones below, as he was surprised, he heard Koyo
shouting from above and asked how is it. Guno was embarassed, so he began to
make swimming motions as he lay on the bottom of the dry river and he said to
Koyo that it's fine. Koyo began to jump in the river and landed next to Guno,
Guno told Koyo that he was right while he was still doing some swimming
motions. The people arrived on the edge, they shout and told the two men to
come out and face their punishments. In terror, Koyo also began to do swimming
motions. The villagers seeing Koyo and Guno swimming in a dry river, put down
their weapons and laughed. They couldn't punish silly fugitives.
So Today whenever a person tries to get of a predicament by
a ridiculous act, someone is sure to say "Don't go swimming in a dry
riverbed!"
INTRODUCTION
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| Harold Courlander |
Guno and Kuyo is a story written by Harold Courlander, a
folklorist novelist, political analyst and as well as Asians, Indians, and countless
American tribes, His work became crucial to an understanding of the paths
traveled by world civilization. Courlander received a B.A. in English from the
University of Michigan in 1931, at the University of Michigan, he received
three Avery Hopwood Awards, one in drama and two in literary criticism. He
spent time in the 1930s on a farm in Romeo, Michigan where he built a one-room
log cabin in the woods and spend much of his time writing, The African.
was born on September 18, 1908 in
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. He was not a familiar name to most of the people
during his lifetime. By preserving the history of Native Americans,
BODY
As I read this story word by word, i imagine every action
they are doing. It’s really funny if i will see it with my own two eyes. How
if, this story wasn’t really fictional? It wasn’t impossible, but maybe, there
was an instance like this but in a different way. And also, when we people,
back when we were little, tend to have a situation like Guno and Koyo had. For
example, doing something you really like yet you know it’s not right so you
find a way for others to get distracted and forget about it even when it leads
you to having an embarrassing moment. Back to the story, Guno and Koyo taught
me to avoid doing predicament actions in order to cover up all my mistakes.
It’s fine to commit mistakes because for me, mistakes are always transformed to
learning and mistakes are proofs that we are doing something because we are not
afraid to try something new that would
give us more understanding, experience and knowledge. Guno and Koyo is a story
to teach people and to teach me to avoid doing things that I would regret in
the end. And to avoid things that I know will trouble me. And also not to steal
money even if it is really needed, just do your part and God will do the rest. Because all things
happen for a reason.
CONCLUSION
I have known that this simple story however reflects or relate
a real-life situation.
REFERENCES
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