The Devouring rock

once upon a time, there is a family with a mother, an 11-

year old sister, and a three-year-old brother. They were a
very poor family in Malaysia. One day, the children's
mother caught a fish in a river and she was lucky
because, in the fish, there were fish eggs inside. During
those old times, fish eggs aren't very easy to find as we
found in a supermarket. Anywho, when the mother came
back, she told her 11-year old daughter, "Daughter,
please eat the fish with rice with your younger brother.
I'm going to find some firewood to cook. Please save the
fish egg for me to eat when I get back from work." The
daughter accepted her mother's request, "Okay, Mum.".
After the girl and her little brother had their lunch, her
brother asked, "Sister, I'm hungry." The sister replied,
"Have some of my fish." After the boy ate his sister's
leftover fish, he complained again, "Sister, can I have a
half of the fish egg?". The daughter rejected his brother's
question, "I'm sorry, but this is for Mum. She will be very
angry when you ate it".The brother started tears and
decided to drag his sister's leg, begging her to let him eat
half of the egg. The sister cannot do anything but to say
yes. "Alright then, you can have half of the fish egg." The
little brother was happy to eat half of the fish egg. After
few minutes, the sister reminded the brother that she
went to the river to wash the family's clothing and
decided to place the fish egg in a basket on top of the
kitchen so the brother won't gobble it up. When the
sister went to the river, the boy was hungry. No one was
at home, so he decided to grab a stool and grab the mini
basket and gobble up the last half of the fish egg. When
the sister got back from washing the family clothing, she
doesn't suspect a thing. A few hours later, the two
siblings' mother came back from grabbing firewood. The
mother's face was happy to eat the fish egg, "I want to
eat my fish egg." The sister went to grab it from the
kitchen, "Okay..". When the sister grabbed the basket,
she saw that the last fish egg was gone. "Mum, the fish
egg is gone!", the girl said in shock. "Did I tell you to not
eat the fish egg except for the fish?", the mother said. "I
gave brother half of it.", the sister said honestly. The
sister asked the brother," Did you eat the last fish egg?".
The brother admitted it, "Yes." The mother is not angry
at the brother, but she is upset on the inside. The sister
tried to make it up to her mother, "Maybe, I can cook
something else for you?" The mother denied the sister's
question, "No, It's alright". It was the middle of the night,
and the mother decided to wake up. She went into the
jungle, there is a huge stone, calling her name. The sister
woke up and noticed that her mother was missing. The
three-year-old brother woke up because he needs
breastfeeding from his mother. The sister approached
her brother, "Mum is missing!". The brother is crying to
his red bright cheeks. The two siblings decided to run
into the jungle, shouting their mother's name, "MUM!
MUM! MUM". They saw their mother, the mother was
close to the eating stone. The mother's mind was blank
and cannot hear anything except the calling voice of the
stone. The two siblings even decided to pull the mother's
hair. But, it was too late. Their mother was gone..forever.
They only got a lock of their mother's black-brownish
hair. The sister was upset with the brother, "This is all
your fault, if you did not eat the egg, this would not be
 happening..". The sister cannot blame her brother. "It's
alright, we have no family, no mother or father." The
brother was sad to hear, "When you go anywhere, I will
follow you everywhere." The next day, the two siblings
were begging for food, when suddenly, they saw an old
grandmother, who sells traditional Malay medication.
The old grandmother questioned the children,
"Grandchildren, where are you going, what are you doing
here?". The sister replied to the grandmother's question,
"We do not have a mother or father anymore, and we
don't have a place to stay." The grandmother was
shocked and offered them to stay with her, "Oh, since I
don't have anyone too, can you be my grandkids? When I
go to work, you must follow me to sell medicine to the
village." The two siblings accepted the grandmother's
offer. One day, the grandmother and the two children
went to the Gunung Sari Palace because the king there
was ill. The King's son saw the beauty of the sister's face.
"Father, that girl is so beautiful! I want to marry her." the
son demanded. The father accepted the marriage, also
because the king noticed that the girl's grandmother is
the medicine seller.