SANGKURIANG

Once upon a time in west Java, Indonesia lived a wise king who had a beautiful daughter. Her
name was Dayang Sumbi. She liked weaving very much. Once she was weaving a cloth when
one of her tool fell to the ground. She was very tired at the time so she was too lazy to take it.

Then she just shouted outloud . “Anybody there? Bring me my tool. I will give you special
present. If you are female, I will consider you as my sister. If you are male, I will marry you”

Suddenly a male dog, its name was Tumang, came. He brought her the falling tool. Dayang
Sumbi was very surprised. She regretted her words but she could not deny it. So she had to
marry Tumang and leave her father. Then they lived in a small village. Several months later they
had a son.

His name was Sangkuriang. He was a handsome and healthy boy. Sangkuriang liked hunting
very much. He often went hunting to the wood using his arrow. When he went hunting Tumang
always with him. In the past there were many deer in Java so Sangkuriang often hunted for deer.

One day Dayang Sumbi wanted to have deer’s heart so she asked Sangkuriang to hunt for a deer.
Then Sangkuriang went to the wood with his arrow and his faithful dog Tumang. But after
several days in the wood Sangkuriang could not find any deer. They were all disappeared.
Sangkuriang was exhausted and desperate. He did not want to disappoint her mother so he killed
Tumang. He did not know that Tumang was his father. At home he gave Tumang’s heart to her
mother.

But Dayang Sumbi knew that it was Tumang’s heart. She was so angry that she could not control
her emotion. She hit Sangkuriang at his head. Sangkuriang was wounded. There was a scar in
his head. She also repelled her son. Sangkuriang left her mother in sadness.

Many years passed and Sangkuriang became a strong young man. He wandered everywhere.
One day he arrived at his own village but he did not realized it. There he met Dayang Sumbi. At
the time Dayang Sumbi was given an eternal beauty by God so she stayed young forever. Both of
them did not know each other. So they fell in love and then they decided to marry.

But then Dayang Sumbi recognized a scar on his Sangkuriang’s head. She knew that
Sangkuriang was his son. It was impossible for them to marry. She told him but he did not
believe her. He wished that they marry soon. So Dayang Sumbi gave a very difficult condition.
She wanted Sangkuriang to build a lake and a boat in one night! She said she needed that for
honeymoon.

Sangkuriang agreed. With the help of genie and spirits Sangkuriang tried to build them. By
midnight he had finished the lake by building a dam in Citarum river. Then he started building
the boat. It was almost dawn when he nearly finished it. Meanwhile Dayang Sumbi kept
watching on them. She was very worried when she knew this. So she made lights in the east.
Then the spirits thought that it was already dawn. It was time for them to leave. They left
Sangkuriang alone. Without their help he could not finish the boat.

Sangkuriang was very angry. He kicked the boat. Then the boat turned out to be Mount
Tangkuban Perahu. It means boat upside down. From a distant it looks like a boat upside down.
 “BAWANG MERAH AND BAWANG PUTIH”

A long time ago in Sumatra, tere was a village lived a family consisting of father, mother and a
beautiful teenage girl named Bawang Putih. They were a happy family. Although Bawang Putih
dad just ordinary traders, they lived in harmony and peace. One day Bawang Putih’s mother was
seriously ill and eventually died. Bawang Putih was grieving as well as his father.
In the village lived a widow who had a girl named Bawang Merah. Since mother died Bawang
Putih, Bawang Merah’s mother often visited to the house of Bawang Putih. She often brought a
food, helped cleaning the house and accompanied Bawang Putih. Father like with her. Finally
father Bawang Putih thought that might be better if he married the Bawang Merah’s mother,
Bawang Putih would feel so lonely anymore.
With consideration of Bawang Putih, then the father married to Bawang Merah’s mother.At the
first time, mother of Bawang Merah and Bawang Merah very kind to Bawang Putih. But time
passed, they began to look their original nature.
They often scold Bawang Putih and give her a tough job if father Bawang Putih was going to
trade. Bawang Putih should be doing all the housework, while Bawang Merah and her stepmother
just sitting around. Of course Bawang Putih father did not know it, because Bawang Putih never
told.
One day Bawang Putih father fell ill and later died. Since then, Bawang Merah and her mother
became more powerful badly and persecution of Bawang Putih. Bawang Putih was almost never
rested. She had to get up before dawn, to prepared the water for bathing and breakfast for Bawang
Merah and stepmother.
Then she had to feed livestock, watering the garden and washing clothes to the river. She still had
to ironing, cleaning the house, and many other jobs. However Bawang Putih always did her job,
because she hopes one day her stepmother would love her as her own child.
This morning, as usual, Bawang Putih was carrying basket of clothes to be washed in the river.
With little singing, she down a path at the edge of the usual small forest path. The day was very
sunny weather. Bawang Putih immediately washed all the dirty clothes she carried.
Because too much fun, Bawang Putih not realize that the clothes had washed, went away.
Unfortunately the clothes was favourite clothes of her stepmother. When she realized it, her
stepmother’s dress had drifted too far. Bawang Putih tried down to the river to look for it, but
could not find it. In desperation, she returned home and told her mother.
“Basic! Ugly! careless!” Snapped her stepmother. “I do not want to know, you have to look for
the clothes! And do not dare to go home if you have not found it. Understand?!”
Bawang Putih was forced to obey her half overlying desire. She directly down the river where she
washed before. Sun began to set, but the Bawang Putih had not find the clothes. She put up her
eyes, carefully examined every overhung roots jutting into the river, that known where she
washed the clothes, may be she could find there.
After stepping away and the sun was leaning to the west, Bawang Putih saw a shepherd who was
bathing the buffalo. Bawang Putih then asked him: “O my good uncle, uncle doyou see the red
dress drifting through here? Because I need to find and bring it home. “” Yes, I had seen my
daughter. If you chase quickly, maybe you can catch itu, “said the uncle.
“Well uncle, thank you!” Said Bawang Putih and ran back down. It was getting dark, Bawang
Putih was getting desperate. Soon the night would arrived. From a distant looked light emanating
from a hut on the banks of the river. Bawang Putih soon approached the house and knocked.
“Excuse me …!” Said Bawang Putih. An old woman opened the door.
“Who are you, girl?” Asked the old woman.
“My name is Bawang Putih, Grandma. Now I’m just looking for my mother’s clothes were
washed away. And now it was benighted. Can I stay here tonight? “Asked Bawang Putih.
“Sure, girl. Are you looking for clothes that are red? “Asked the grandmother.
“Yes Grandma. Did grandmother find it? “Asked Bawang Putih.
“Yes I Do. The clothes had been stuck in front of my house. Unfortunately, even though I liked
the clothes, “said the grandmother. “Well I’m going to return it, but you must first join me here
for a week. I have not been talking to anyone, how? “Asked the Grandma
During the week Bawang Putih lived with the grandmother. Every day Bawang Putih helped to
do housework. Of course grandmother was happy. Until finally even been a week. Grandma gave
Bawang Putih reward, but she must choose one of them. Finally Bawang Putih choose the
smallest pumpkin. “I’m afraid not bring a big one,” she said. Grandma smiled and delivered
Bawang Putih up to the front of the house.
At home, Bawang Putih handed her stepmother’s red shirt while she went to the kitchen to split
the yellow pumpkin. Surprise, when Bawang Putih gourd split, it contained gold jewels very
much. She was so excited and shouting this magical thing to tell her stepmother and Bawang
Mera. But they greedy grab the gold and jewels. They forced Bawang Putih to tell them how she
could get the prize. Bawang Putih also told the truth.
Heard Bawang Putih’s story, Bawang Merah, and her mother was planning to do the same thing
but this time the Bawang Merah that would do it. In short, Bawang Merah eventually got old
grandmother’s house on the edge of the river. Such as Bawang Putih, Bawang Merah was asked
to accompany her during the week. Unlike Bawang Putih, Bawang Merah during the week just
lazing and not helping Grandma.
If anything is done then the result was never good because it is always done at random. Finally
after a week Bawang Merah went to go. “Grandmother, you must give me a pumpkin as a gift
because accompany you during the week?” Asked Bawang Merah. The old woman had ordered
Bawang Merah choose one of two pumpkins on offer. Quickly Bawang Merah take a big one and
without thanked she walked away.
At home, Bawang Merah immediately to her mother and happily showed pumpkin. For fear of
Bawang Putih would asked a part of jewelry, they asked Bawang Putih to go to the river. Then
they could not wait to cut the pumpkin. They in hurry cut it. But unfortunately, it was not gold or
any jewels in of the pumpkin, but venomous animals such as snakes, scorpions, and others. The
animals were immediately attacked Bawang Merah and her mother. They cried and screamed.
But no one helped them. They were died after that moment. That is the reward for those who are
greedy.
 FINDING FARMERS MAGIC BOX

Once upon a time... In the afternoon, there was a poor farmer. He lives with his wife, One day,
he dug his field and found a very large box. He then store them in their homes. One sunny
morning, she dropped apples in the box. Suddenly, the box gets filled with apples. No matter
how many apples were taken out, more apples going on inside the box. One day, forming
dropping gold coins into the box.

Simultaneously, Apple began to disappear and the box full of gold coins. Farmer soon became
rich. After hearing that his son became wealthy, forming a father visiting couples. His father was
not very strong. He could not go out to work again. So the farmer asked his old father to help
him take the gold coins out of the box. His father worked hard, took the gold coins out of the
box. When he was told that he was very tired and wanted to rest, the farmer yelled to him, Why
are you so lazy Why can not you work harder old man said nothing and continued to work long
Suddenly? Man fell into the box, he died.

As well as gold coins began to disappear and the box is filled with the dead. The former should
be pulled out and buried. To do this, farmers have to spend all the money that had been collected
earlier. When he had spent all his money, broke the box. The farmer was ugly as before, terrible
ending.
 THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF

There was once a young shepherd boy who tended his sheep at the foot of a mountain near a dark
forest. 1 It was lonely for him watching the sheep all day. No one was near, except for three
farmers he could sometimes see working in the fi elds in the valley below.

One day the boy thought of a plan that would help him get a little company and have some fun. 3
He ran down toward the valley crying, “Wolf! Wolf!”

The men ran to meet him, and after they found out there was no wolf after all, one man remained
to talk with the boy awhile.

The boy enjoyed the company so much that a few days later he tried the same prank again, and
again the men ran to help him.

A few days later, a real wolf came from the forest and began to steal the sheep. The startled 6
boy ran toward the valley, and more loudly than ever he cried, “Wolf! Wolf!”

But the men, who had been fooled twice before, thought that the boy was tricking them again. So
no one came to help the boy save his sheep.

Moral: If you often don’t tell the truth, people won’t believe you even when you are telling the
truth.
 A WOLF AND A DOG

Once there was a wolf who was nearly dead with hunger. He was very thin, so that the outline of
his bones could be seen clearly beneath his thinning coat of hair. With hardly enough energy to
walk, the wolf had little hope of finding food. As he lay beneath a large tree, a dog out for a walk
noticed him. Seeing how thin and hungry-looking the wolf was, the dog felt sorry for him and
said, "You are in terrible shape! You look as if you haven't eaten for many days."

"You're right," said the wolf. "I haven't eaten because you and your friends are doing such a good
job of guarding the sheep. Now I am so weak that I have little hope of finding food. I think I will
surely die."

Then why not join us? Asked the dog. "I work regularly and I eat regularly. You could do the
same. I will arrange it. You can help me and the other dogs guard the sheep. In that way, we
won't have to worry about your stealing the sheep any more and you won't have to worry about
going hungry any more. It's a good deal for both of us."

The wolf thought it over for a few minutes and then decided that the dog was right. So they went
off together toward the ranch house where the dog lived. But, as they were walking, the wolf
noticed that the hair on a certain part of the dog's neck was very thin. He was curious about this,
for the dog had such a beautiful coat every where else. Finally, he asked the dog about it.

"Oh, don't worry about that," said the dog. "It's the place where the collar rubs on my neck when
my master chains me up at night."

"Chained up!" cried the wolf, "Do you mean that you are chained up at night? If I come to live
with you, will I be chained up at night too?"

That's right," answered the dog. "But, You'll get used to it soon enough. I hardly think about it
anymore."

"But, if I am chained up, then I won't be able to walk when I want to take a walk or to run where
I want to run," the wolf said. "If I come to live with you, I won't be free anymore." After saying
this, the wolf turned and ran away.

Moral: Freedom is everything!