The Golden Snail

Scene 1 Narator : Long time ago, In Daha Kingdom, lived the queen named Kertamarta. She had two beautiful girls named Kirana and Ajeng. Dewi Candra Kirana was kind and very beautiful. One day the queen want to gave in mariage kirana with Raden Inu Kertaparti.He was wise and very handsome. The Queen : Kirana Kirana : Yes, mother The queen : I think i was too old. I want you to enganged with Radden Inu Kertaparti from the kingdom of Kahuripan Kirana : yes, my mother I will do it for our queendom, for you, and for my love. Ajeng : What? I disagree with this. Why do not me mother? The Queen : its my choice. Kirana its better than you, she is smarter, prettier than you, and she have good behaviour too Ajeng : Its not fair to me, i never disagree with this Kirana : Thank you mother to trust me The Queen : Of course my princess Scene 2 Narator : The people of both Kingdoms celebrated the good news of the engagement and every one was happy, except one. The jealous Lady Ajeng Ajeng did not enjoy the news as she wanted to become the wife of the Prince. She looked a way to get rid of Ajeng Candra Kirana. The day when Kirana enganged with a kind and wise person from Kahuripan Queendom named Raden Inu Kertapati. The Queen : ladies and gantleman! today, my daughter Kirana enganged with Raden Inu Kertapati. May they will be happy until the end of time and they will marry one month after this moment. Inu Kertapati : thanks a lot, Kirana. I will always love you forever. Kirana : I just can give my heart for you. Thank you so much. In another place Ajeng : said to herself: "I need to find a way to separate the Prince and the Princess before they get married" Scene 3 Narator : Desperate as she was and willing to do everything to avoid a marriage, Ajeng went to an evil Witch Ajeng : Excusme, anybody here? Witch : Yes, just come in pretty girl Ajeng : hey nyai, I very envy with Kirana because she enganged with Inu Kertapati. Bost her into something really disguisting and keep away from Inu Kertapati. Witch : "Your request, Ajeng, will be fulfiled . I'll put a spell on the Princess" Ajeng : "That's good news. After the Princess is cursed, the Prince will marry me!" with joy and laughter. Witch : but, the magic will be lost if kirana met with inu kertaparti Ajeng : never mind, kirana will never met with inu again, hahahaha

Scene 4 Narator :After ajeng asked help to the witch, she went to the kingdom again and want to saw her mother Ajeng : mother, do you know something about kirana? The Queen : What do you mean? Ajeng : Do you know if she make a relationship with one of of our bodyguard. I have a proof. Its a love letter from Kirana to that bodyguard. I found it in her room Queen : reading and angry, then call kirana. Kirana whats this? Its your love letter right? What do you want? You will mary with inu but you make relationship with a bodyguard? Are you stupid or what? Kirana : i dont know mother, its not mine, i dont make a relationship with anyone except inu Queen : but i have a proof Kirana : its not true mother, trust me Queen : Enough, Get out of this palace, you are not worth to be my daughter anymore. You will not marry Prince Inu Kertapati! GET OUT Kirana : cry Scene 5 Narator : Since then on, the Princess roamed the country without direction. She wandered through forests and walked through the fields. Until one day she found herself all alone on a deserted beach. Kirana :Dear God, what will happen to me. What will I become?" cry in tears as she fell on her knees. And then the witch and ajeng come Kirana : what happend, Ajeng. Who is she? The Witch : dont ask a lot of questions! The witch read a magic formula Narator :It was at that moment, that the spell of the bad Witch fell on her and the Princess turned into a Golden Snail. A large wave came and dragged the Golden Snail into the sea. Ajeng : look sharp! Throw it to the river. Good bye, Kirana. I will arrogate Inu Kertapati from your self.hahahaha Scene 6 Narator : Finally, after days, the Golden Snail washed ashore on a beach nearby the village of Dadapan. There an old lady from the village of Dadapan saw the Golden Snail on the white sandy beach. Old lady : "What a beautiful snail you are. Come with me, I will take well care of you" Narator : And she took the Golden Snail to her humble home near the beach. As soon as she arrived home, the old lady placed the Golden Snail in a pot with fresh clean water. Old lady : "Stay here, beautiful snail" said with a large smile on her old and wrinkled face, Narator :And then as usual she went to the beach to catch fish. The old lady had no luck that day and went home with empty hands and a rumbling stomach. However, when she came home she was surprised to find her table laid with delicious and tasty food. Old lady : what happen, where are all of this from? Is it a gift from god? Thanks god Scene 7 Narator : The following day, when she came back from the beach, she saw smoke coming out of her house and wondered Old lady : "What is going on in my house?" took a peek into the house

Kirana : cook Old lady :"Who is she?"come to her house, ask to kirana who are you? Kirana : surprised, i...i...i am candra kirana Old lady : what? Candra kirana? Are you serious? Kirana : yes, i am candra kirana from daha kingdom Old lady : if thats true, why you are here? Kirana : you did, you brought me here, im the golden snail that you found it yesterday Old lady : what? The golden snail? Are you joking or what? Kirana : A witch envoy my sister change me into a golden snail because she was envy with me. Old lady : im so sorry to hear that, Jealousy is indeed a terrible thing and can cause other people to suffer, Dear God, please listen to my humble pray, take the curse off the Princess, you can stay for a while Scene 8 Narator : After that, Kirana changed again into the golden snail and the old woman greatly amazed. Meanwhile, the news of the missing of Princess Dewi Galuh Chandra Kirana came to the ears of Prince Inu Kertapati. The Prince felt unhappy and immediately went of to search his beloved Princess. Raden Inu Kertapati looked for Kirana with turned into ordinary people. And then he met a raven which was a wicth. The Witch : koak koak do you want to see kirana? Kertaparti : how do you know? surprise The witch : let me show you the way to find Kirana. Inu Kertapati : you know it? (the rave keep nodding.) okay,lets go!. Narator : But The rave showed the wrong way to Inu Kertapati. Along the way, they met a hungry old man. The old man : young man... please give me some food, im verry hungry, please.. Inu Kertapati : so pity. Its a bit for you.. The Old Man : thanks a lot, boy. You are so kind with me. The witch : lets go kertaparti, it waste our time The old man : hey, you are a witch immediately hit the rave with his stick. The witch : change to woman again: aaaaa, you...you...who are you? Kertaparti : what...what happen? The witch : hahahaha, kertaparti, are you surprised? The old man : what do you want? Tell me? Or i will change you into something bad The Witch : no, no, ill tell you, i just do what ajeng say Kertaparti : what? Ajeng? And where is Kirana? The witch : i dont know where she is,, but ajeng give me a command to keep away yo from kirana? Kertaparti : ajeng? I know that news is not true, but thank you for tell me that The old man : you must be a witness for prince. Prince let me accompany you The witch : keep nodding and go Kertaparti : thank you mister Narator : They walked and walked until arrived at a hut in the Dadapan village. they asked for some water to drink. Inu Kertapati : excuse me. The Old Man : may I ask for some water?

The Old Woman: of course,wait a minute. The Old Man : okay. Inu Kertapati : Inu Kertapati saw Kirana from the window. this is you, Kirana? Kirana turned. Kirana : raden Inu Kertapati? (embrace) Kertaparti : lets go home kirana Kirana : no, mother is angry with me, she chase away me Kertaparti : ill tell the truth to your mother Kirana : you know about that? Kertaparti : yes, the witch tell me all the truth, she agree to be my witness The old woman: thanks god, kirana you must go home Kirana : thank you grandma, thank you for anything, i love you grandma The old woman: your welcome, i love you too Kirana Scene 9 Narator : The Prince and Princess had finally found each other again and from that moment on the curse vanished from the Princess forever. Prince Inu Kertapati took the Princess back to his palace. And then they arived at the pallace Kirana : you are very cruel, Ajeng. Inu Kertapati : you will get a punishment from the queen. Ajeng : what do you mean?this is immposible! You! You!you! kirana! No! Its immposible........ The queen : come hey Kirana, why you are here?? Kertaparti : your majesty, kirana is not fault, issues about Kirana its not right, ajeng make all of this The queen : ajeng, is it right? I very dissatisfied with you. Ajeng : mother, im sorry... i didnt mean too The queen : what do you mean hah? You make me chase away kirana even kirana its not fault Ajeng : im so sorry mother... The queen : its enough, YOU, GET OUT from here.... Ajeng : Kirana, please save me The queen : Bodyguard, take ajeng out from here,,, Bodyguard take ajeng out The queen : kirana, im so sorry to chase away you, i hope you can forgive me Kirana : yes mother, its okay, i just happy to meet with kertaparti and you again, i love you mother The queen : i love you to my princess, Kirana : kanda, I feel so happy. Inu Kertapati : me too, dinda. Narator : At the end, the Prince and the Princess got married, and later on Prince Inu Kertapati was crowned as King Kameswara I of the Kindom of Kahuripan (Kediri). Moral Love and faith can overcome all problems and truth and honesty will win over hatred and evil deed. That is the moral of the story of the Golden Snail Princess.