Narrative text - The Lazy Boy and a Hoe

The Lazy Boy and a Hoe

Once upon time, there was a boy who the name was Patto. He was handsome, but he was a lazy and arrogant boy. He just lived with his old mother as a farmer. His father was died five years ago. Every day his mother went to the rice field and garden to plant. His mother  always looked tired, but Patto never helped her. The boy thought that he was a handsome boy, so he did not proper to be a farmer.

One day, his mother looked very tired. She laid at home. She asked patto to hoe in the rice field to be planted rice, but the boy refused it.

 “Patto,  I am very tired today, could you go to the rice field to hoe?” asked his mother.

 “No, I could not. I am lazy. I do not proper to be a farmer. I am too handsome to be a farmer. Why do not you do it by yourself?”

“ Iam very tired today, I need to take a rest today”, answered his mother.

“It is not my business!!” answered the boy angrily.

Then the boy was going out the home angrily. He went to play with his friends. He just played, ate, and slept every day. He never helped his parents although his parents looked tired worked along day every day.

Once day, his mother was sick. She could not went to the rice field to plant. She asked Patto again to plant in the rice field, but Patto refused it again. He knew that his mother was sick, but Patto ignored it. He did not care about his mother condition. He just wanted having happy.

“Patto, I cannot to plant today, I feel not well.  Could you replace me to plant in the rice field today? Only today. Could you, please?”

“It is not my business!! I is lazy, I just want to have fun today. My friends is waiting for me in the river”

“Why do not you never care about me, your mother? I work every day for you, but you never help me. You always ignore it and just have fun every day with your friends. Have you ever thought about your father? He just leave a hoe for us when he died. He want you to use the hoe kindly. He want you to be a hardworker man, wise man, and success man. But now, you are a lazy man, arrogant and…”.

“Stop!!!!” answered the boy angrily. “I do not care about it, it is my life. It is not your business what I would to be”.

The boy ran away left his mother alone. His mother just cried and held her sickness. She prayed in order that the boy could be kind boy. She looked at the hoe. She remembered his father who was very kind, wise, and hardworker man. But did not the boy. The boy did not know that his mother sick seriously. The boy just had fun with his friends without care about his mother who was sick at home.

          In the evening, the boy just came back home. He felt hungry, but did not food there. He called his mother, but there was no answered.

“Mother…I is hungry now. Mother…why there iss no food here. Mother.!!!”

 He looked for his mother. He came to mother’s bed room and he found his mother slept. He woke his mother up, but his mother did not woke up. Then he realized that his mother was died. He was very regretted about it. He cried and screamed. He was very regretted because along his life he never helped, cared, and thought about his mother. He had lost his father, now he lost his mother.

          A week later, he remembered about the hoe that his parents left. He thought about what was the secret of the hoe. He remembered about his parents’ hardwork for life. He tried to rise of his laziness. He tried to use the hoe to find the secret of it. He went to the rice field to hoe. Then he planted rice, vegetables, and everything that can be planted. He tried to be hardworker man like his parents wanted.

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          A year later, the boy who was used to be lazy boy, now he is a hardworker boy. He become a success boy with his agrarian business. He is aware that hardwork is a key to be success. He is proud on his parents who heir a hoe for him.