The Story of Guno & Koyo

GUNO & KOYO

SUMMARY:

  - Everywhere in Java, Sumatra and Celebes, the people know of two men named Guno and Koyo and whenever they hear of them they smile. For the name Guno means “Helpful” and Guno is really a  very unhelpful man; and while Koyo’s name means “rich”, Koyo in fact never has any money at all. Whatever he manages to get his hands on, Guno the “Helpful”, one helps him lose.

    It is said that one time Guno persuaded Koyo to go with him to rob an Old Hadji.  They crept in the night to the old man’s house and began to dig a hole under the wall. When the hole was large enough for a man to enter, Guno crawled through. He silently gathered the valuables of the sleeping Hadji and handed them neatly on the ground. As Guno prepared to go out, he saw the Hadji’s colorful robe hanging on a peg. He took the robe down and dressed himself in it. He said to himself: “I will soil my new robe if I crawl out the way I came in.” So instead of going through the hole, he went to the door, unlocked it and stepped out.

    Koyo, expecting Guno to appear though the hole, was startled. Seeing the dignified robe figure coming out of the door, he thought it was  the Hadji, and that Guno was still inside.     “Ai! The Hadji!” Koyo screamed.    And leaving the file of loot where he had placed it on the  ground, he began to run. Guno, thinking the Hadji was behind him, hastily  threw his new robe away and fled after Koyo.    Because the two of them made so much noise fleeing through the village, the neighbors were awakened, and they came out with sticks and sickles to pursue them.

    So Koyo, too, took a deep breath and closed his eyes, and leaped from the ledge. He landed next to Guno, sprawling on the ground.    Guno, still waving his arms as though he were swimming turned to Koyo and said:    “You can see now that I was right. The river is not in flood.”    The people of the village arrived on the ledge. They looked down and shouted at the two men to come out and take their punishment.    In terror, Koyo also began to make swimming motions.    The villagers, seeing Guno and Koyo swimming this way in the river that had been dry for months, put down their weapons and laughed. They couldn’t bring themselves to punish the silly fugitives.    So today, whenever a person tries to get out of a predicament by a ridiculous act, someone is sure to say:

                                      “Don’t go swimming in a dry riverbed.”

INTRODUCTION:

- A folklorist novelist, political analyst, Harold Courlander 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,  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.

BODY:

-Guno means ''HELPFUL'' and Koyo means "RICH'', well it turns out they are not helpful or rich in story maybe thats just a fiction well the story is funny sometimes, I really like the story made by Harold Courlander and I really like it, maybe

some folks might know about this story in Asian countries and to know what it means to them not stealing old peoples special stuff and I hope this story's will tell the folks and the people too.

REFLECTION:

-When I read this story it turn's out to be funny, it would be awesome if I see them with my own eyes and maybe they might do the swimming motions again, it would be hilarious and what if the story might not be real, I guess it would be impossible, but I should respect my actions not doing bad things to the people.

CONCLUSION:

-When I heard that the story said that Guno & Koyo are stealing something, I would not follow them because stealing is bad and I should follow the good ways like the nice people do.


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