Short Story and Summary

An Honest Man’s Gold Story

     Two brothers lived with their mother in the town of Wan Kung. Their father had died a long time ago. The elder brother was very lazy. His name was Ah Chin. The younger brother’s name was Ah Lan. He was very hard-working and good to his mother. Ah Chin married a girl called Sui Geok. But his wife was as lazy as he was and their marriage was not a success. Ah Lan married a nice hard-working girl and they were very happy together.

    One day, the two brothers’ mother became seriously ill. She sent for her sons. “Although Ah Lan is my younger son” she said. “I’m leaving all my money to him.” Ah Chin was not very pleased to hear this. However, after his mother’s death, he took all the money from Ah Lan.
    One day, when Ah Lan was on his way to work in a nearby forest, he saw three ugly men. He was afraid and climbed a tree and hide. The three men stopped in front of a large rock. One of them said, “Ai, ai, ai,” and the door opened in the rock. Ah Lan was surprised to see them place some gold inside. When they had gone, he climbed down from the tree and stood in front of the rock.

    “Ai, ai, ai,” he said and the door opened. He went inside and saw a lot of gold. The following words were written on the wall, “Any honest man may take this gold”. He took some of the gold and returned home.

    When Ah Chin heard what had happened, he went to the rock. He called  “Ai, ai, ai,” just as his brother had told him. The door in the rock opened. He went in. he had never seen so much gold in all his life. It shone with a beautiful yellow color. “Wonderful!” he cried. “I’ll take it all away with me.” The gold was very heavy. As he was trying to lift it, the door in the rock closed behind him. 

    Several days passed. Ah Lan went to look for his brother. He found him dead  in the cave. All the gold had gone, this was Ah Chin’s punishment for being so greedy.
    Not long afterwards, Ah Chin’s wife came to stay with Ah Lan and his wife. She was treated very well. Then she stole some food and took it away to eat it under a tree. Suddenly, the tree was struck by lightning. It fell on top of her and killed her. This was her punishment for being dishonest.

    Afterwards, when Ah Lan found her, the tree had turned into gold. He became a rich man. This was his reward for being hard-working and honest. 

Summary 

     In the short story "An Honest Man's Gold Story", there's two brothers live with their mother because their father had died a long time ago. The elder one named Ah Chin, he was very lazy different with the younger brother named Ah Lan, he was hard working. They both married, Ah Chin married with a lazy girl too and their married not happy. However Ah Lan married with a hardworking girl and they happy together.

    When their mother got sick, she decided to give all her money to Ah Lan, but Ah Chin disagree so after their mother died he took all the money.

    One day Ah Lan saw three ugly man entered a big rock which full of gold. He decide to try it and take the gold too. In that big rock written "Any honest man may take this gold". He told about that to his brother. Heard about that Ah Chin go to that big rock and took it all, because he so greedy the door in the rock closed then he died. 

    Afterwards, Ah Chin wife stay with Ah Lan and his wife. She stole some food and took it away and ate it under a tree,the tree was struck by lightning then fell to her and killed her. When Ah Lan found her the tree returned into gold then he became a richman because of his hard working and honest. 

Question :
1.  Who is the main character of the story ...
     a. Father
     b. Ah Lan
     c. Ah Chin
     d. Sui Geok
     e. Mother
2.  From the text we know that Ah Chin is ...
     a. Honest
     b. Friendly
     c. Generous
     d. Handsome
     e. Greedy
3.  What can we learn from the story above ...
     a. We have to respect other
     b. We have to be honest
     c. We have to collect many gold
     d. Don't help other people
     e. Don't collect gold
4.  Afterwards, when Ah Lan found her. The tree had turned into ...
     a. Gold
     b. Rock
     c. Cave
     d. Gate
     e. Car
5.  How many paragraph in the story ...
     a. 5
     b. 6
     c. 7
     d. 8
     e. 9