Aji Saka

Good morning the judges, friends, and audience, my name is Alexius Andrianno` Alfa Renanta. I’m from Saint
Michael Junior High School. The praise is for the almighty god for all of the grace and blessing for us. Today I want
to tell you all about a great story from the central java. It is about a young man named Aji Saka who becomes a
king after he has beaten the evil giant king. So let’s enjoy the whole story.

A long time ago there was a beautiful kingdom called Medang Kamulan. The kingdom was ruled by Prabu Dewata
Cengkar. The people in the kingdom were very afraid by the king. It was because the king was evil, arrogant and he
liked to eat human flesh. Once a week, he commanded his trustable messenger, Patih Jugul Muda, to look for him
one of his people to be eaten. Many people secretly leaved the kingdom to save themselves from the cruel king.

Far away from the kingdom of Medang Kamulan, there was a village called Medang Kawit. A handsome young man
named Aji Saka lived there. Aji Saka had a brave spirit. He loved to help people who needed help. One day, Aji Saka
looked at an old man lying unconscious on the ground. The old man was wounded. Some thieves just hit him and
stole his money. Aji Saka then carried the old man to his hut. Then, He arrived at his hut. Soon after, the old man
started to regain consciousness. “Where…am I?” he asked. “You’re in my house. You’re safe now,” said Aji Saka. It
turned out that the old man was from the kingdom of Medang Kamulan. “Everybody was leaving Medang
Kamulan,” the old man told Aji Saka. He also told him about Prabu Dewata Cengkar’s bad habit. “We were
terrified, that’s why we left,” The old man said.

After he heard the explanation from the old man, Aji Saka decided to do the right thing and stopped Prabu Dewta
Cengkar menace. He left his village. With white turban on his head, Aji Saka went to the kingdom. The turban had
a magic power and it's a gift from his Guru that could be used to fight evil. On his journey to Medang Kamulan, Aji
Saka passed through a very dark forest where he met an evil genie. The genie blocked his path. “If you want to get
through this forest, you must be my slave for ten years,” the genie demanded. Aji Saka refused to be the genie’s
slave. The two of them then fight for seven days and seven nights, until at last Aji Saka came out as winner. The
genie finally allowed Aji Saka to pass through the forest.

When Aji Saka arrived in the kingdom of Medang Kamulan, the king was very angry to Patih Jugul Muda. He was
not able to find the king some humans. “If you can’t find me any humans, I’ll eat you instead,” Prabu Dewata
Cengkar said to Patih Jugul Muda. After Patih Jugul Muda left, Aji Saka revealed himself. Prabu Dewata Cengkar’s
eyes suddenly widened upon seeing Aji Saka. He could already imagine how delicious his meat would taste. “Who
are you?” asked Prabu Dewata Cengkar. “I am Aji Saka from the village of Medang Kawit,” Aji Saka answered.
“Ha...ha...ha.... I’m glad you came here. You would be my meal. I'm starving,” said the king.

“I would gladly let you eat me, but I want something in return.” Aji Saka said. “What is it that you want?” asked
Prabu Dewata Cengkar. “I want a land as large as my turban,” said Aji Saka. He then took off his turban and threw it
on the ground. Prabu Dewata Cengkar agreed. He himself would measure the land with Aji Saka’s turban.
Suddenly the turban grew bigger and bigger. It just kept on stretching until it finally covered the whole kingdom.
Prabu Dewata Cengkar was very angry. He then attacked Aji Saka with his magic dagger. They fought powerfully at
the cliffy coast, but, then the turban wrapped itself around the king and began to strangle him. The turban then
threw the king’s body to the South Sea. The waves carried Prabu dewata Cengkar away until he finally drowned
and died. The wild sea animals came and tore the king’s body fiercely.

Aji Saka was proud of his action, and then he invited the people of Medang Kamulan to come back to the kingdom.
They all thanked the brave Aji Saka. They also agreed to make Aji Saka to be their king. Aji Saka then ruled the
kingdom wisely. Under the leadership of Aji Saka, Medang Kamulan became a peaceful and prosperous Kingdom.

Well, from this valuable story we can learn how to be brave, helpful, never easily to give up and do good thing just
like Aji Saka. Nowadays in reality, many people are lack of empathy; they don’t really care about the others
difficulties. We are being so materialistic and always think about” what can I get?”. Furthermore, It’s too easy for
us to say “I can’t” we never realized that God has given all that we need for doing the great things. Let’s be brave
to do great thing in our life, never give up with all of difficulties for reaching our dreams. Let’s give more
contribution for helping the people around us. The only thing that blocks us is EVIL how about we change the
word in to LIVE with other people. "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we
give." - Winston Churchill Thank you for all of your attention.