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The Curse – Chapter 8
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It rained non-stopped for _______________ days and on the fifth day, ________________ mother passed away. After
the funeral, Azreen entered Madhuri’s _______________. Upon seeing the kerosene lamp, she remembered how the
______________ of her mother’s basket broke when she filled it with ________________. Azreen and Madhuri took some
______________ and _____________ a new basket to replace it. Instead of scolding, Azreen’s mother ____________ when she
saw her daughters’ tiredness and ___________________ to make a new basket.
Azreen saw a ______________ at the window and waited behind the ___________________ to wait for the person to
come back. The fire in ___________________ room was caused by the __________________ and it was put out by using
______________________. Luckily the _________________ was not too badly damaged.
Pn Fatihah left the house before _______________ to meet a ______________ to get _______________ to win back
her husband’s affection. She saw a ________________ whom she first thought was ________________ behind a pile of tree
trunks. The woman came to ____________ her then she lost _____________________.
Mohd Asraf had been absent from working for ____________ days to look ___________ his grandmother. The
headmaster had called up with ________________ and ___________________ voice. His grandmother would
________________ everytime he fed her, and the _____________ made it impossible to go to the doctor because there were
no _______________ allowed to leave the jetty. His grandmother was the one who took ______________ of him since young.
During the fire incident in Azreen’s house, her father saw a piece of _________________ which he had seen on the
bomoh’s _____________. He also caught him trying to steal his ______________. He went to the bomoh’s ______________ and
______________ loudly on the __________. The door opened and En Saleh pushed him into the hut and _______________ the
door.
The Old Lady who witnessed the incident turned to leave when she almost _______________ tripped
_________________ who was lying at the side of a cut pile of _________________ . She was shocked to see the Old Lady and
quickly _____________ away. The Old Lady was wondering what the woman had been doing lying on the ground.
_______________ was waiting for The Old Lady in the rain without ____________________________. She invited her
into the house and gave her _______________ and ________________ to dry herself. Azreen refused to go back home that
_______________ because she more __________________ in the hut as there were too many ____________________ back
home and also ___________________.
The rain had caused ____________________ in the village. Mohd Asraf had to ______________ to look for some
__________________________ to cure his grandmother. Pak Huzaimi suggested to him to get them from
___________________________ who lived up in the hills. Mohd Asraf made up his mind.
The Old Lady like living in the __________________ island. She enjoyed the dazzling ____________________and the
___________________________. She advised Azreen about _______________________ . It was something about weight being
lifted from the chest and finally felt _________________ . The Old lady was humming and it reminded Azreen of her
_______________ .
______________________ appeared outside the Old Lady’s gate. He knew Azreen always visited the The Old Lady.
Azreen _______________ at him and he moved to the _______________________. In fear, he explained that he wanted to
borrow some _________________ . The Old lady asked whether he had brought anything as an exchange. Azreen
___________________ him inside the hut. Mohd Asraf was shocked to see the __________________ home with distinctly
___________ and _________________ smell.
Mohd Asraf showed the ____________ of herbs to cure his grandmother. He also explained about the _____________
and _________________ on her grandmother’s shoulders. Upon hearing that, The Old Lady said Mohad Asraf’s grandmother
might have other _________________ . Azreen suggested The Old Lady to give a ___________________ to Mohd Asraf’s
grandmother. Mohd Asraf’s also insisted The Old Lady to heal his grandmother and he would ____________________ of the
villagers who hated and scared of her.

The Curse – Chapter 9
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Siti helped to look after __________________ while Mohd. Asraf went out to get for his grandmother some
_______________________________. After an hour, Mohd Asraf came back with ___________________ and
___________________________. The Old lady examined Nek by placing her _________________ on the wrists. She
___________ her eyes for ______________________.
Siti was warned about The Old lady by her __________________. However, Siti could see the look of
_________________ and ______________________ in the Old Lady’s eyes.
After a while, the Old Lady asked Siti to __________________________ of water. She would go back to her place to get
some specific __________________________ and _____________________. She also asked to prepare a
___________________, ____________________ and _____________________ .
____________________________ saw the Old lady coming out from ____________________________. She recognized
the Old Lady as the one who killed her own _____________________ with a _____________________, and yet did not feel any
_______________________ or _____________________ for what she done. Puan kamsiah felt _____________ and
_____________________ because her daughter, Siti was in the same house with the Old Lady. She blamed Azreen who was a
____________________ of the Old Lady.
Soon, there was a ________________ at the back door. It was ____________________. As usual, she spread rumours
that the evil was spreading in the village that had caused ___________________, _____________________, ______________
and ___________________.
Mohd Asraf apologized for not attending Azreen’s mother’s ______________ . He had heard a lot about
__________________ but did not know what to believe. Soon, the Old lady came back and asked ______________ and
_________________ to leave the kitchen, or they could help to take the _____________________ and _________ them.
Everything finished in the evening. ______________ went back home . The Old Lady massaged Nek with some
_______________ onto Nek’s ________________, ____________________ and __________________ . Mohd Asraf tasted the
___________________________ which the Old Lady had prepared for Nek. It tasted _________________ . Nek coughed as
soon as she shipped the tea and the Old Lady asked her to empty her ________________ into a container. The sip was to be
sipped every _______________ to cure Nek’s cough. Everybody was tired. ______________________ slept in the kitchen.
Mohd Asraf spent the _____________ by helping Nek to sip the tea until it finished. He then slept on the __________ .
Azreen ________________ in the living _____________. She felt _________________ . she wondered whether the
neighbouhood had seen the Old Lady going into Nek’s _____________ . She saw a thick ______________ of a university
prospectus sticking out from Mohd. Asraf’s books, dated ___________ ago, but she did not read it.
At three in the morning, Azreen wrote to ___________________. She wrote about Madhuri’s ______________, her
mother’s __________________, the unending ____________, ______________ and dying ______________. She also
mentioned about ________________________ who took the risk to __________ Nek. She expressed her guilt for accidentally
caused the __________________ in ______________ room.
Back in Haji Ghani’s _______________, Pn Fatihah was preparing _________________ for her husband. Haji Ghani was
not happy to see the _________________ as the other villagers were having trouble with their __________________ because
of the ______________. He lost his ____________________ and left to the town hall.
Azreen woke up and saw the Old lady ________________ Nek, while Mohd Asraf was _____________ a bowl of gruel.
_____________ appeared at the door to inform that she could not help Mohd Asraf on that day. The Old Lady realized that it
was because of her. Even though Nek’s condition was much _______________ but the Old lady felt odd because for such a
combination of symptoms, Nek _______________ very quickly.

Azreen went home to get some _______________. While in her room, she heard a sound from the
____________________ . She saw the front door was ______________ . Standing at the __________________ , she saw
______________, the bomoh. She grabbed an _________________ and chased after him. The bomoh informed her about a
__________________ of villagers who were on their way to _____________________________.
Azreen rushed leaving the bomoh behind. At Mohd Asraf’s _____________, she saw some women were
_______________. Puan Normala was the _______________ of the group. She blamed Azreen as the one who brought
__________________________ into the village and caused the _______________ spread all over the village. Puan Normala
mentioned about the _______________ and _____________ as the signs of the curse brought by the Old Lady.
Azreen was pushed and she fell forward. ______________________ warned Azreen to make sure the Old Lady leave
the village or there would be a ________________ among them. Azreen’s _______________ __ suddenly appeared and his look
made Puan Normala stopped. The crowd then dispersed with a threat by Puan Normala to ________________. Mohd Asraf
came out from the house and said his grandmother had ___________________.
Actually, Encik Saleh Abdullah did not worry about Azreen. He knew Azreen was ___________________________ and
________________________ , that she could take care of herself. Once he reached home, he took a ________________ and
repaired the _____________________.
Nek was then sitting up on ___________________ . The Old Lady took her __________________ and checked her
___________________ and ____________________ . The Old Lady told Azreen that she did not expect Nek to recover so soon.
It worried her. She wiped Azreen’s _____________________ and recalled Puan Normala as still being ___________________
and ______________________ . She realized that she should leave the place.
The Old Lady left without Mohd Asraf said ________________ to her. The ____________ had also stopped.
Chapter 10

The floodwaters receded after five hours. Azreen left Nek’s house when it was near dusk. When she reached home, she
saw her father sitting on the living room floor. After performing her prayers, Azreen prepared dinner. She also added the herbs
which the Old Lady had given her. During dinner, there was a calm amiable silence between Azreen and her father.
Azreen was reading at midnight when there was a flurry of knocks on the front door. It was Siti. She came to inform
Azreen that Nek passed away an hour ago and Mohd Asraf and a few men were on their way to the Old Lady’s house to take
revenge. Mohd Asraf was convinced by the neighbours that the Old lady had deliberately poisoned Nek. Upon hearing that,
Azreen grabbed her slippers and ran to the Old lady’s house. While running, she kept tripping over the roots and rocks.
At the Old Lady’s house, she saw seven men who dared not moved closer to the house but stood at the edge of the
garden. They were prevented to move closer because of superstition and fear of the supernatural. Mohd Asraf was closer to the
house and was holding a torch and a hoe. He raised the hoe and whacked the door once. Azreen pushed him aside and stood in
front of the broken door to stop him. Mohd Asraf ignored her and pushed her once again before he whacked the door open with
the hoe.
Azreen took a spade and stabbed Mohd Asraf’s foot. In pain he dropped the hoe but the fallen torch rolled towards the
house wall and burnt the wooden wall. The fire spread very fast which shocked Mohd Asraf. Azreen got up and crashed into the
house with the smoke blinded and chocked her. She found the Old Lady lying beside her stove and her leg was stuck underneath
a pillar. Azreen tried to heave the pillar but it was scorching hot. The Old Lady asked Azreen to leave her and get out of the
burning house. The Old Lady reminded Azreen to always forgiveothers. Azreen was still trying to push the heavy pillar but it
hardly budged.
The Old lady’s head slowly lolled back lifelessly and her eyes closed. Azreen shook to wake her up. Someone suddenly
dragged her out from the house before it collapsed. It was her father. He asked Azreen to go home and cleaned up. Mohd Asraf
and the men were nowhere to be seen. Azreen went Mohd Asraf’s house and banged loudly on the door. Mohd Asraf appeared
behind her and in anger, Azreen beat him, scratched him and kicked him. Azreen moaned that the Old lady would never poison
his grandmother. Mohd Asraf asked for forgiveness and he said that he was devastated. He had lost two important persons in
his life, who were Madhuri and Nek. Mohd Asraf confessed that he and Madhuri were in love that they had planned to leave the
island. Mohd Asraf was offered a teaching course in KL and was about to leave but Madhuri asked him to postphone as she
would ask her husband to release her and informed her parents about the news. Madhuri also wanted to see Azreen before she
left. She had written to Azreen in London earlier. Few hours after their last meeting at the rubber plantation, Mohd Asraf heard
the news that Madhuri was dead and it really broke his heart.
Upon hearing that, Azreen shook her head in disbelief and ran away. She stopped on a tall cliff that plunged straight to
the sea. The next morning, her anger slowly melted as she remembered what the Old Lady taught her, that is to forgive. Azreen
stood up and went to the rubber estate. She went down near a tree which had a cup hung crookedly from the bark and noticed
thin cut lines ran diagonally from the cup. She was surprised to see the bomoh who suddenly appeared behind her. Both of
them said they were just passing through the estate.
Awang, the bomoh revealed that Madhuri was not Azreen’s real sister. She was found at the paddy field by Azreen’s
father when she was still a baby. Her mother had left her for hours while looking for scraps. The baby was nearly dying from
thirst and neglect. Azreen was shocked when she heard the secret. The bomoh also said that it was Madhuri’s real mother who
broke the chicken’s neck and started the fire in Azreen’s house.
Another secret shocked Azreen. It was the bomoh who let the gate open years ago that caused Azreen’s parents
involved in an accident which paralysed Azreen’s mother. The bomoh owed Azreen because she admitted letting the gate open.
If not, the owner would realized it was the bomoh’s doing.
The bomoh was behind Azreen telling her more stories. As they were leaving the plantation, the bomoh suddenly
mentioned about what happened on the day Madhuri was found dead. He took some tools from the rubber estate and was to
return them when Azreen’s father spotted him doing it. Luckily he was not accused of killing Madhuri. He knew the affair
between Madhuri and Mohd Asraf. He saw them strolling about together a few times in the rubber estate.
In another setting, haji Ghani was at a meeting with his committee members. He had gone to the cemetery that
morning. He knew the affair between his young wife and Mohd Asraf. On that fateful day, he knew his wife had been with his
lover at the rubber plantation. He brought a dagger with him on that day thinking that he would use it to stab his wife’s lover if
he found them there. However, he fainted and staggered away when he saw Madhuri’s dead body with a slash wound on her
torso and white fluid flowing from the wound. He and his men made the villagers believed that it was an accident. He was
ashamed if people knew that he failed to keep his pretty young wife.
Chapter 10

The floodwaters receded after __________ hours. Azreen left ______________ house when it was near dusk. When
she reached home, she saw her father ______________ on the living room floor. After performing her prayers, Azreen prepared
_________________. She also added the ___________ which the Old Lady had given her. During dinner, there was a calm
amiable silence between __________ and ___________________.
Azreen was reading at _______________ when there was a flurry of knocks on the front door. It was ______________.
She came to inform Azreen that Nek _________________ an hour ago and _________________ and a few men were on their
way to the Old Lady’s house to take revenge. Mohd Asraf was _______________ by the neighbours that the Old lady had
deliberately ________________ Nek. Upon hearing that, Azreen grabbed her slippers and ran to the Old lady’s house. While
running, she kept tripping over the _____________ and ________________.
At the Old Lady’s house, she saw ______________ men who dared not moved closer to the house but stood at the
____________ of the garden. They were prevented to move closer because of _________________ and ______________ of the
supernatural. Mohd Asraf was closer to the house and was holding a _____________ and a _____________. He raised the hoe
and whacked the ______________once. Azreen pushed him aside and stood in front of the broken ____________ to stop him.
Mohd Asraf ignored her and pushed her once again before he whacked the ____________ open with the hoe.
Azreen took a ______________ and stabbed Mohd Asraf’s ____________. In pain he dropped the hoe but the fallen
torch rolled towards the house wall and _____________the wooden wall. The fire spread very fast which ______________
Mohd Asraf. Azreen got up and crashed into the house with the smoke ____________ and ___________ her. She found the Old
Lady ____________ beside her ___________ and her leg was stuck underneath a ____________. Azreen tried to heave the pillar
but it was scorching hot. The Old Lady asked Azreen to leave her and get out of the burning house. The Old Lady reminded
Azreen to always _____________others. Azreen was still trying to push the heavy pillar but it hardly ___________.
The Old lady’s ____________ slowly lolled back lifelessly and her ___________ closed. Azreen shook to wake her up.
Someone suddenly _______________ her out from the house before it collapsed. It was her _____________. He asked Azreen
to go home and cleaned up. ________________ and the men were nowhere to be seen. Azreen went Mohd Asraf’s house and
______________ loudly on the door. Mohd Asraf appeared behind her and in anger, Azreen _______________ him,
_____________ him and ______________ him. Azreen moaned that the Old lady would never ______________ his
grandmother. Mohd Asraf asked for ___________________ and he said that he was devastated. He had lost two important
persons in his life, who were _________________ and _____________. Mohd Asraf confessed that he and Madhuri were in love
that they had _____________ to leave the island. Mohd Asraf was offered a teaching course in KL and was about to leave but
Madhuri asked him to postphone it as she would ask her _______________ to release her and informed her _____________
about the news. Madhuri also wanted to see _______________ before she left. She had written to Azreen in London earlier.
Few hours after their last meeting at the _______________________, Mohd Asraf heard the news that Madhuri was dead and it
really broke his heart.

Upon hearing that, Azreen ______________ her head in disbelief and ran away. She stopped on a ________________
that plunged straight to the sea. The next morning, her anger slowly _______________as she remembered what the Old Lady
taught her, that is to ______________. Azreen stood up and went to the ____________________. She went down near a tree
which had a ___________ hung crookedly from the bark and noticed thin cut lines ran diagonally from the cup. She was
surprised to see the ______________ who suddenly appeared behind her. Both of them said they were just _______________
through the estate.
Awang, the bomoh revealed that ______________ was not Azreen’s real sister. She was found at the
_________________ by Azreen’s father when she was still a baby. Her mother had left her for hours while looking for
________________. The baby was nearly dying from _______________ and ______________. Azreen was shocked when she
heard the secret. The bomoh also said that it was Madhuri’s real mother who _______________ the chicken’s neck and started
the _____________ in Azreen’s house.
Another secret shocked Azreen. It was the _____________ who let the gate open years ago that caused Azreen’s
parents involved in an ______________ which paralysed Azreen’s mother. The bomoh owed Azreen because she admitted
letting the gate open. If not, the owner would realized it was the bomoh’s doing.
The bomoh was behind Azreen telling her more stories. As they were leaving the ________________, the bomoh
suddenly mentioned about what happened on the day Madhuri was found _______________. He took some ____________
from the rubber estate and was to return them when Azreen’s _____________spotted him doing it. Luckily he was not accused
of killing ______________. He knew the affair between Madhuri and Mohd Asraf. He saw them strolling about together a few
times in the _________________.
In another setting, haji Ghani was at a _________________ with his committee members. He had gone to the
________________ that morning. He knew the affair between his young wife and Mohd Asraf. On that fateful day, he knew his
wife had been with his lover at the ____________________. He brought a ________________with him on that day thinking that
he would use it to stab his wife’s lover if he found them there. However, he ______________ and _____________________
when he saw Madhuri’s dead body with a _________________wound on her _____________ and _____________ fluid flowing
from the wound. He and his men made the ________________believed that it was an accident. He was ashamed if people knew
that he failed to keep his pretty young wife.

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