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Platypus

People call platypus duckbill because this animal has a bill like
duckbill. Platypus is native Tasmania and southern and eastern Australia.
Platypus has a flat tail and webbed feet. Its body length is 30 45 cm
and covered with a thick and wolly layer fur. Its bill is detecting prey and
stirring up mud. Platypus eyes andhead are small. It has no ears but has
ability to sense sound and light. Platypus lives in streams, rivers, and lakes.
Female platypus usually dig burrows in the streams or river banks. The
burrows are block with soil to protect it from intruders and flooding. In the
other hand, male platypus does not need any burrows to stay.

News Item
Landslide in Bukittinggi
Two people died while four others were wounded in a landslide at a
yard behind a house near Teleng market in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra on
Tuesday.
Killed were 3-year-old Yusuf, who was the son of a kiosk owner at the
market, Bujang, and 22-year-old Meli, who was a visitor to the market. The
injured were rushed to the Achmad Muchtar and Yarsi hospitals.
Bukittinggi Deputy Mayor Ismet Amziz said Tuesday it was suspected
that recent heavy rainfall had caused the landslide.

Narrative
Arabian Story
Maura, who like to be thought of as the most beautiful and powerful
queen of Arabia, had many suitors. One by one discarded them, until her list
was reduced to just three sheiks. The three sheiks were all equally young and

handsome. They were also rich and strong. It was very hard to decide who
would be the best of them.
One evening, Maura disguised herself and went to the camp of the
three sheiks. As they were about to have dinner, Maura asked them for
something to eat. The first gave her some left over food. The second sheik
gave her some unappetizing camels tail. The third sheik, who was called
Hakim, offered her some of the most tender and tasty meat. After dinner the
disguised queen left the sheiks camp.
The following day, the queen invited the three sheiks to dinner at her
palace. She ordered her servant to give each one exactly what they had given
her the evening before. Hakim, who received a plate of delicious meat,
refused to eat it if the other two sheiks could not share it with him.
This sheik Hakims act finally convinced queen Maura that he was the
man for her. Without question, Hakim is the most generous of you She
announced her choice to the sheiks. So it is Hakim I will marry.

Analytical Exposition
Problem of Being too Fat
Being too fat is commonly known as over weight or obesity. It is simply
the defined as too much body fat inside. Over weight potentially leads high
risk of health problem.
Being too fat is recognized as a major factor for heart disease. Due to
the over weight the heart will work harder. It can lead to the heart attack.
Furthermore, obesity potentially rises blood cholesterol and blood pressure. In
addition, being too fat can change the amount of sugar in the blood. This will
cause diabetes and other serious disease.
Beside all of that, being too fat is often avoided by many young
women. They said that becoming too fat will bother their physical beauty
appearance.

More serious studies are necessary to see the effect of obesity.

However it is clear enough that over weight is not good enough for healthy
life.