Dodos Are Not Extinct
Hello, my reading friends. It's Awnie.
Halo, teman-teman pembacaku. Aku Awnie.
I'm so glad you came to read with me.
Aku senang sekali kalian datang membaca bersamaku.
If you want to read more stories with me,
Kalau kalian ingin membaca lebih banyak cerita bersamaku,
be sure to subscribe.
jangan lupa berlangganan.
All right, are you ready for a story?
Baiklah, kalian sudah siap dengar cerita?
Hey, guess what!
Kamu tahu ngga?
This book is going to let us in on a really big secret.
Buku ini akan membocorkan sebuah rahasia besar pada kita.
Let's find out what it is as we read Dodos Are Not Extinct.
Mari kita cari tahu rahasia itu saat membaca Dodos Are Not Extinct.
If you have a copy,
Kalau kalian punya bukunya,
go get it so you can read along with me.
ambil sekarang supaya bisa membaca bersamaku.
Dodos Are Not Extinct by Paddy Donnelly
Dodos Are Not Extinct karya Paddy Donnelly
Hey, you! I got a pretty big secret to tell you.
Hei! Aku punya rahasia besar untukmu.
I'm actually a dodo in disguise.
Sebenarnya aku dodo yang sedang menyamar.
I know, I know. Dodos are extinct, right?
Aku tahu. Dodo sudah punah, kan?
Wrong.
Salah.
We've been hiding out this whole time.
Kami bersembunyi selama ini.
When you become rare, you become famous.
Kalau kamu langka, kamu terkenal.
And when you become famous,
Kalau kamu terkenal,
people want photos and autographs.
orang-orang ingin foto dan tanda tanganmu.
That celebrity life wasn't for us.
Kehidupan seleb bukan untuk kami.
So we disguised ourselves
Jadi kami menyamar
—and we're pretty good at it too.
—dan kami cukup ahli melakukannya.
The old "not being able to fly" thing
Masalah “tidak bisa terbang”
does prove to be a problem sometimes.
memang jadi kendala kadang-kadang.
No matter.
Tak apa.
We slip into tuxes and hang out with the penguins.
Kami pakai tuksedo dan bergabung dengan para penguin.
My uncle Hugo even hid out
Paman Hugoku bahkan pernah menyamar
as an ostrich for a fortnight.
jadi burung unta selama dua minggu.
He always likes to do his own thing.
Dia memang selalu suka caranya sendiri.
Dodos aren't the only ones.
Dodo bukan satu-satunya.
Other "extinct" animals are still out there to be spotted.
Hewan-hewan “punah” lainnya juga masih bisa ditemukan.
Have you ever heard of woolly mammoths?
Pernah dengar mammoth berbulu?
Well, they actually shave all their hair off
Sebenarnya mereka mencukur habis bulunya
and just hang out with regular elephants.
lalu berbaur dengan gajah biasa.
Pretty good, right?
Cerdik, kan?
Sabertooth tigers do the opposite though.
Tapi harimau bertaring pedang justru kebalikannya.
To blend in with the other big cats,
Untuk menyamar di antara kucing besar lainnya,
they grow mustaches to hide those massive teeth.
mereka menumbuhkan kumis agar taring besarnya tak terlihat.
They do get a reputation for being grumpy, though,
Tapi akibatnya mereka terkenal suka cemberut,
As those Smilodons can't smile for school photos.
Karena Smilodon itu tak bisa tersenyum di foto sekolah.
Who else?
Siapa lagi?
Oh! Have you ever heard of a quagga?
Oh! Pernah dengar quagga?
Great name, right?
Namanya keren, kan?
Well, their front end looks like a zebra
Bagian depan mereka mirip zebra,
and their back end looks like a horse.
dan bagian belakang mirip kuda.
So they just wear striped pants or a brown scarf
Jadi mereka tinggal pakai celana bergaris atau syal cokelat
and pretend they're one or the other.
dan berpura-pura jadi salah satunya.
And do you think all pelicans are actually pelicans?
Menurutmu semua pelikan benar-benar pelikan?
They could be a pterodactyl lurking under that big beak.
Bisa jadi itu pterodaktil yang bersembunyi di balik paruh besar.
Megalodons and moas, Tasmanian tigers and passenger pigeons,
Megalodon dan moa, harimau Tasmania dan merpati penumpang,
Great auks and giant Irish elk...
Auk besar dan rusa Irlandia raksasa...
The real professionals are the dinosaurs, though.
Tapi para ahli sesungguhnya adalah dinosaurus.
These Jurassic experts have been doing it
Para ahli dari zaman Jurassic ini sudah menyamar
for millions and millions of years.
jutaan tahun lamanya.
Some can slip in among humans without being noticed.
Beberapa bisa berbaur di antara manusia tanpa ketahuan.
Disguises can be expensive, though.
Tapi penyamaran bisa mahal.
So a lot of dinosaurs have full-time jobs.
Jadi banyak dinosaurus yang punya pekerjaan tetap.
In fact, one of the top surgeons is a velociraptor.
Bahkan, salah satu ahli bedah terbaik adalah seekor velociraptor.
Some dinosaurs are too big to blend in at the office,
Sebagian dinosaurus terlalu besar untuk menyamar di kantor,
So they've had to get a little more creative.
Jadi mereka harus lebih kreatif.
Instead of disguising themselves as other animals,
Alih-alih menyamar sebagai hewan lain,
They find other places to hide in plain sight.
Mereka mencari tempat lain untuk bersembunyi di tempat terbuka.
So keep your eyes peeled for the next time you see a particularly stubbly elephant,
Jadi awasi baik-baik kalau kamu melihat gajah dengan rambut kasar,
Or a tiger with a mustache,
Atau harimau berkumis,
Or you catch a huge crane sneezing.
Atau bangau raksasa yang bersin.
We could be right under your nose.
Bisa jadi kami tepat di depan matamu.
Who knew there were so many extinct animals
Siapa sangka begitu banyak hewan punah
living among us in disguise?
yang hidup di antara kita dengan menyamar?
I hope you enjoyed our story today.
Semoga kamu menikmati cerita kita hari ini.
See you next time!
Sampai jumpa di lain waktu!
Vocabulary List
extinct (adjective): punah
disguise (noun/verb): (n.) penyamaran, (v.) menyamar
rare (adjective): langka
autograph (noun): tanda tangan (selebritas)
slip into (phrasal verb): mengenakan (dengan cepat/diam-diam)
hang out (phrasal verb): nongkrong, menghabiskan waktu santai
ostrich (noun): burung unta
fortnight (noun): dua minggu
spot (verb/noun): (v.) melihat, menemukan; (n.) titik, tempat
shave off (phrasal verb): mencukur habis
opposite (adjective/noun/preposition): (adj.) berlawanan; (n.) kebalikan; (prep.) di seberang
blend in (phrasal verb): menyatu, berbaur
grumpy (adjective): pemarah, mudah kesal, cemberut
striped (adjective): bergaris, belang
lurk (verb): bersembunyi, mengintai
stubby (adjective): pendek dan tebal, kekar
crane (noun): bangau; derek (alat berat)