Orientation:

• Who are the characters?

• When did the story take place?

• Where did the story take place?

• How did the story start?

A long time ago, Kamboi Rama mountain, there were two villages, Kamboi Rama and Aroempu.

Kamboi Rama was a residence for Kamboi people, and Aroempu was a sago plantation owned by God Iriwonawani, who also owned a tifa.

Whenever the tifa sounded, all Kamboi people would gather. 

Everyday, the Kamboi women would go to Aroempu taking sago for their meals.

As time passed by, the sago trees were becoming scarcer. 

God Iriwonawani got really angry, “Get out of here! Don’t just take but sow and plant!”

Being scared, Kamboi people migrated to the coastal area and named themselves Randuayaivi.

However, upon the mountain, there still lived a couple of husband and wife, Irimiami and Isoray.

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• Characters

(E.g.: ....a sago plantation owned by God Iriwonawani, who also owned a tifa.

• Setting of time

(E.g.: long time ago)

• Setting of place

(E.g.: upon Kamboi Rama Mountain)

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Complication:

• What happened to the characters?

• What challenges did the characters encounter in the story?

Climax:

• What is the biggest problem in the story?

One day, on their way home after a hunt in the jungle, tired, Irimiami and Isoray decided to rest.

Irimiami sat on the ground leaning on a tree.

Meanwhile, Isoray was still finding a
place to sit.

She saw a large stone and thought that it would be comfortable to sit on it.

As she sat, all of a sudden, Isoray shouted and jumped off the stone.

“Ouch! The stone is so hot that I almost got burned!” Isoray cried.

“What is it, dear?” Irimiami who almost fell asleep immediately stood up, startled by his wife’s screams.

“I don’t know what happened either, but this stone feels really hot,” answered Isoray in panic.

A short time later, in their astonishment, wisps of smoke came out of that stone.

Being curious, Irimiami tried to sit on that stone.

“Ouch! It’s really hot!” he shouted.

Becoming more curious, that couple decided to test the stone’s heat.

“How if we put this venison on that stone?” said Irimiami.

 “Let’s just try, dear,” answered Isoray.

Exquisite smells came from the burning meat.

As it was ready, they ate them up.

“What delicious meat,” Irimiami said happily.

Still being unsatisfied with what they had
found, they continued testing the stone.

“Let’s try to put these bamboo stem on it,” said Isoray.

“Let’s try these grass and leaves,” Irimiami
added.

“How about that timber!” shouted Isoray.

Day by day, they kept on testing the stone.

One a bright day, they gathered more grasses and put them on the stone. 

The grasses burned quickly and spread to the surrounding plants, the fire got bigger.

They started to panic.

“My husband, we’ve burned this place,” Isoray cried in fear.

“It’s a big disaster and we can’t stop it in our
own.

So, let’s meet God Iriwonawani for help,” said Irimiami in tremble.

They ran to God Iriwonawani.

“My Lord, please help us put out the fire,”
begged them.

“Well, I shall help on the condition that you stop that harming act of yours,” said the God.

“We promise, my Lord,” they said.

With magical power, the fire could finally be stopped.

Nevertheless, it seemed that they had not learned from their mistakes.

They kept on testing the stone, until one day they started a really big fire that did not stop for seven days and nights.

They were really terrified and could not do anything but asked God Iriwonawai for help.

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• Sequence of events

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• Problems or conflicts

(E.g.: shouted and jumped off, cried)

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Resolution:

• How did the characters solve the problems?

• How was the ending?

Coda:

• What did the characters learn?

• What do you learn from the story?

Finally, the sounds of the tifa were heard again after a long time.

All Randuayaivi people ran to Kamboi mountain, witnessed the burning forest which was again successfully
extinguished by God Iriwonawani.

On the mountain, Irimiami and Isoray finally told the story of ‘the holy stone.’

On the following day, all Randuayaivi people came back to the mountain bringing food items.

Those food items were put on the holy stone and the traditional feast took place for three days and nights.

All people chanted and danced around the holy stone, worshipping it and passing the holy stone story.

Since then, the people of Papua, particularly those of Yapen islands, sanctify the fire stone.

The stone has become a sacred stone that they worship annually

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• How the problems solved

(E.g.: finally)

• How the story ends

(E.g.: since then)

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Orientation:

• Characters: Kamboi Rama people, God Iriwonawani, Irimiami & Isoray

• Setting of time: long time ago

• Setting of place: in Kamboi Rama Mountain

• The story starts: Kamboi Rama people shared place of living with God Iriwonawani and earned food from her sago plantation.

The expressions to show:

• Characters

(E.g.: ....a sago plantation owned by God Iriwonawani, who also owned a tifa. ... there still lived a couple of husband and wife, Irimiami and Isoray.)

• Setting of time

(E.g.: long time ago; every day; as time passed by)

• Setting of place

(E.g.: upon Kamboi Rama
Mountain; upon the mountain; in the jungle)

Complication:

• Things happened to the characters and challenges were: sago trees became scarcer, Irimiami and Isoray found a stone, Irimiami and Isoray tested the stone, Irimiami and Isoray burned the forest.

Climax:

• The biggest problem: when Irimiami and Isoray started a really big fire because they kept testing the stone.

• Sequences of the events

(E.g.: one day; meanwhile; a short time later; one bright day; nevertheless)

• Problems or conflicts    

(E.g.: shouted and jumped off, cried, being curious, being unsatisfied; started to panic; cried in fear)

Resolution:

• How the characters solved the problems: Irimiami and Isoray asked helps from God Iriwonawani.

Coda:

• Moral value: Curiosity can lead us to discovery, but if we do it arbitrarily, it will lead to disaster.

• How the problems solved

(E.g.: finally; successfully)

• How the story ends

(E.g.: since then; annually)