A Hungry Crocodile

One day, there was a hungry crocodile waiting a prey near the lake in the
jungle.That crocodile hiding under the surface of the lake for a long time, but there
was not yet any prey approaching that lake to drink. That crocodile was so cruel and
thus it had no friend and the other animals hate it so much.

At the afternoon, the crocodile could not stay any longer to the lake. It finally
walked to the ground.But that day was unlucky day for that crocodile. After getting at
the bank of the lake suddenly there was a big branch of the tree falling upon its neck.
The crocodile could not move at all.

Not long after the falling branch, finally there was a buffalo coming to the lake
to drink.The buffalo saw the crocodile and the buffalo was afraid and would leave
that lake soon. But the crocodile asked it sadly to help.The buffalo felt sad about it
and decided to help the crocodile.But after helping the crocodile, the buffalo got
something unexpected.The crocodile bit the buffalo’s leg and the buffalo shouted
loudly asking help for any other animal near it.Kancil that was at the way to go to the
Lake heard the buffalo’s voice. Kancil run quickly to see what had happened to the
buffalo.

Near the lake, kancil saw the buffalo and the crocodile.Kancil asked: “what
happened?”And the buffalo answered: “the crocodile bite my leg after I help to
remove the big branch from its neck”.The crocodile also said: “I’m hungry and you
are at my territory, therefore I bit you poor buffalo.”The crocodile laughed at the
buffalo.Kancil said to buffalo, “It is impossible you had helped the crocodile, thus the
crocodile had the right to bite you.”

The buffalo said, “I’m not telling a lie. I can prove it.”Kancil said, “I believe that
crocodile is right, but then you can try to prove your telling. But first crocodile must
release your bite, okay?”Crocodile said, “Okay, it is easy, but after that I will eat the
buffalo.”Kancil said, “Okay, deal.”

The buffalo laid the big branch at the former position, upon the crocodile’s
neck.After that suddenly kancil said, “Lets run buffalo, lets run!”The buffalo and
kancil run as fast as possible and the crocodile had realized that it is had been fooled
by kancil.The crocodile was still trapped there and there was no one helped it.
 Dolphin and the Fisherman
One day there was a fisherman fishing in the sea. The fisherman was fishing
alone on his small old boat

That day was not a good day to fish. The fisherman got none of fish even he
had been fishing for several hours.The fisherman could not stay longer for fishing if
there was no fish eating his bite.He was bored and hungry. But he thought that he
had no fish then he would have no money for his family.He was confused and
sad.He prayed to the God for his lucky.He decided to fish for more few minutes and
if he got none then he would back home soon but if he got one then he would
continue to fish.After praying, the fisherman changed his bait and fish one more
again.Not too long after he threw his hook, a fish bite his bait.

Finally, he got one.After that he was so lucky, he got more and more fish
easily. His boat was almost full of fish and he could go home and sell the fish.On the
way back, he saw something at the sea surface. It was like a buoy moved round and
round.The fisherman moved his boat closer to it to see clearly. It was like what he
thought, that thing is a net with the buoy at the surface.If the buoy was wobbling,
there must be some fish trapped at the net.

But whose net was that?There was no boat except that fisherman at that
area. It meant that the net was a missing net.The fisherman took that net to see what
kind of fish which made the buoy wobbling. It was a dolphin trapped at that net.

What a pity dolphin.It was a beautiful dolphin with white colour and it was rare
kind of dolphin at that sea.The fisherman took it free. The dolphin looked happy after
that. It swam around the fisherman and jumped three times before it finally leaved
him.

A month after that, the fisherman met that white dolphin at the different
situation.It was a cloudy day and the fisherman was still in the middle of the sea.The
storm would come soon and the fisherman in a hurry prepared to back home. But it
was too late, before the fisherman closed to the beach the storm was coming.The
wave was so high and the fisherman’s boat was slowly sinking.The fisherman could
not do anything else except trying to swim. But he was too old and he could not
stand any longer. At that moment the white dolphin came and saved the fisherman.

The storm was over and the fisherman was already at the beach.He did not
remember how he was there but what he can remember was that the dolphin had
saved him.He looked at the middle of the sea and he saw the white dolphin jumped
several times.
 An Ugly Chick
One day, at the farm there was a hen with her 7 eggs. The one of those eggs
was too big for the usual hen’s egg. The hen did not understand how she had that
egg but she still took care of it.

At one morning, all of those eggs cracked. There were six cute yellow chicks
and one big black and ugly chick. The mother did not understand why one of his
chicks was too big and black and ugly. That ugly chick also grew too fast than the
other six chicks. All chicken at that farm laughed at that ugly chick and every day
they mocked him. That ugly chick was so sad. He felt different and ugly and he was
so shy of his appearance.

One day, the ugly chick decided to run away from the farm. He asked the
other bird about his kind but there was no bird knew about him. He was more and
more sad and lonely. He walked slowly near the river to get food. He saw his
appearance at the river and it was true that he was so ugly and different from the
other chicks.

When the ugly chick went alone, a man come and caught him. The man took
it home and kept it in a stall. Every day that man gave some food and water for that
ugly chick. He was saved actually but he felt alone inside that stall.

He can see the other chicken outside the stall. He did not understand why that
man did not release him outside the stall. The chick grew bigger and he did not know
how long he had been in the stall so far. He did not know yet how he looked like after
he grew bigger. What he knew was that all chickens on that farm were afraid of him.
That made him became more and more sad and felt ugly. One day, the man
released him outside that stall because its stall was not enough for his size. He can
feel a little bit happier because finally he could walk around.

He saw a big and beautiful bird came close to him. That bird was as big as
him and has so very beautiful feather. He was afraid and the he run away. Near the
pool at that farm, finally he can see his appearance. He was the same with the big
bird he had seen before. Then he understood that he was not a chicken but a bird.
Then he came to that bird and asked about his kind. He told all of his sad stories to
that bird.

Finally, he knew that he was a peacock and he was happy because he was not
alone and ugly anymore. He was a beautiful peacock with his new family.
 Kancil and the Lion
One day, kancil was so thirsty and wanted to drink to the river. Near the river,
he saw a big lion tried to eat a small rat. The rat was so desperate and could not do
anything. Kancil felt pity about him and he actually was also afraid of the lion. But
kancil had to help the rat.

He thought hardly and he had an idea. He walked closer to the lion and said
hello to them. Kancil said, “Hi guys, you all looked so happy, what kind of game are
you playing now?” The Lion said, “How dare you come here small animal, who are
you? Oh, lucky me, I can also eat you now. I’m so hungry.” The lion roared.

Kancil said, “I’m the king in the jungle. I’m not afraid of anything even human.
I will eat everything that made me angry even it is a big animal like you.” The lion
was a little bit doubt about kancil. He said, “You are a king? I don’t believe you. How
come a small animal like you become a king? Can you prove me?” Kancil said, “Of
course you do not know me. You are a new comer here. I am a king and all animal in
this jungle respects me because I am a strong animal that has no afraid of anything.
You can ask that little rat if you do not believe me.”

The lion said to the rat, “Is that true poor rat?”

The rat already knew that Kancil said a lie and tried to help him.

The rat said, “Yes that is true. He is the king; a very brave king. “

The lion said: “Can you give me a proof? If you lie to me then I will eat you?”

Kancil said, “I eat a lion yesterday and I still save the head in the hole near the river.
So, I am not afraid of you. Follow me to see your friend’s head in the hole.”

The lion began to scare. But he is too shy to be looked scared. The lion follow kancil
to go to the hole near the river.

Kancil said, “Here we go. I let you see that lion head. But you have to know that I will
eat anyone who had seen that head. Just prepare yourself.”

The lion began trembling. He scarily looked inside the hole so that he did not clearly
see something in the hole except the shadow of his head.

The lion thought that his shadow was the lion head that had been kept by kancil.

After seeing that hole, the lion run as fast as he could because he was afraid that
kancil would eat him.

Kancil and the rat were laughing. There was nothing inside the hole except
clear water so if anyone saw that hole in a day they would see their own shadow at
the surface of the water.
 Baru Klinting

Once upon a time, there lived a boy. His name was Baru Klinting. The boy
was cursed by an evil witch because of his magical power. The curse made the boy
had so much stinking wound on all of his body. The wound never became dry. When
Baru Klinting took a walk in a village, he saw some children played. Baru Klinting
wanted to join them. But the children didn’t like Baru Klinting and abused him. Then
Baru Klinting went out from the children. When he continued to take a walk, he got
himself hungry. Baru Klinting tried to come to a house and ask for some food. But he
was abused and chased away.

The village was a rich village, but the citizen was arrogant. Then one day he
met an old kind widow. She desired to give Baru Klinting a place, and also some
food. After He finished to eat, he thanked to the woman and said, “Mam, if you hear
kentongan sound, you have to go away from this village with that dimple, OK?”, then
the woman replied, “yes I will”.

 When Baru Klinting was on the way to go out from the village, Baru Klinting
met the children who often abuse him. He became angry. Then he implanted a palm
leaf rib. He promised that no one could pull this thing up, except himself.

One by one tried to pull the rib that implanted by Baru Klinting, but no one
could pull this up. Then adult tried that too, but the rib could not be pulled up. Finally
Baru Klinting himself pulled the rib because he was the only one who could pull it
(remember that Baru Klinting has magical power). Soon, water came out from the
place where the rib was implanted. The water was very fast and heavy so that big
flood happened.

Baru Klinting knocked kentongan to warn the old woman.Then, the woman
who was grinding rice went in to dimple as soon as possible, and she was safe. The
flood is so fast and heavy. Then that village became a pond called “Rawa Pening”
and the woman told this story to the villager in the other village.

Candi Prambanan

In the old days of Java Island, in a region called Prambanan, lies two
kingdom. Kingdom of Pengging and Kraton Boko. Pengging kingdom is gifted with a
fertile and get prosperous. The kingdom is lead by a wise king named Prabu Damar
Moyo and has a male son named Raden Bandung Bondowoso while Kraton Boko is
a kingdom that obey under the rules of Pengging. The Boko king is very cruel, he is
strong and tall, like a giant. The people of Boko always afraid of the kings anger.
Although the king were not handsome, he has a very beautiful daughter called
Princess Roro Jongrang.

One day, the king of Boko wants to rebels against the Pengging. Lead by the
Boko prime minister, the giant race, Gopolo, the Boko army is prepared to announce
the war between Boko and Pengging. They even raid its own people's properties to
support the campaign.
 Fierce war happens in the borders of the Pengging teritorial mark. Many
victims were falling on both sides and people Pengging be suffering because of war,
many people hunger and poverty. Knowing his people suffer and have many victims
soldiers who died in the borders, then Prabu Damar Moyo sent his son Raden
Bondowoso go to war against King Boko. The young Bondowoso is able to defeat
king Boko. Seeing the king died, then Prime minister Gupolo escape. Raden
Bondowoso pursue Patih Gupolo to Kraton Boko.

After reaching Kraton Boko, Patih Gupolo reported on Princess Roro

Jonggrang that his father had been lost in the battlefield, by a knight named Raden
Bandung Pengging Bondowoso. Princess Loro Jonggrang wept, saddened his heart
because his father had been killed on the battlefield. Raden at Kraton Boko
Bondowoso arrived, soom he troubled to see Puteri Raden Bondowoso Loro
Jonggrang beautiful, so he wanted to marry Princess Loro Jonggrang as his wife.

As the Boko kingdom is lost in the rebels, and o save her fathers kingdom, the
Loro Puteri Raden Jonggrang accept the princes, with some request. She did not
want to marry Bondowoso because he had killed his father. To reject the proposal
Raden Bondowoso, then Princess Loro Jonggrang have a strategy. The first request,
Princess Loro Jonggrang asked for Jalatunda wells (very deep well) while the
second request, asked for him to make 1000 temples in one night.

Raden Bandung Bondowoso agreed. Raden Bondowoso Immediately make

Jalatunda wells and after so he called Princess Roro Jonggrang to see the well. She
trick the prince and send him down. She ask Boko's prime minister to close the well
with heavy rocks so that the prince could not reach the top of the well. Raden
Bondowoso is a tough man, he is also smart. Its not a longtime before he was able
to come out from the wells. He was very angry to the princess, but soon after meet
the princess, he falls again with the beauty of the princess

She ask Raden Bondowoso the second request, to make 1000 temples in 1
night. Bondowoso then command his workers from genie tribe to help him build the
1000 temple. The 1000 temples are building up, one by one with the help of the
genie tribes. The princess wants to sabotage the building of the temples. She asks
her servants to pound the rice pounding tools and also burns lots of paddy's straw .

Because of it, the roosters crowed. The genie take a lookto the sky and its
brighter in the east. The leader of the genie reported to Bondowoso that they have
stopped to make the temple because the morning has arrived. Princess Roro
Jonggrang told to count the temples and its only 999 temples, not 1000.

So, Bondowoso won't be able to marry the princess because he failed to

complete the request. Being deceived and tricked, Raden Bondowoso angry and
curse Princess Roro Jonggrang. "It's missing one, and you that should fit the
numbers". The princess is soon turned into a stone statue; it is exist in the heart of
the Prambanan temples until now.
 Jaka Kendhil

Once upon a time, in a remote village in Central Java, there is a poor widow.
He has a son who resembles a pot for cooking rice. In Central Java, pot for cooking
rice is called kendil. Because the boy that resembled kendil then He is known by the
name of Joko Kendil                      

Although such kendil his son, but the mother did not feel shame or regret, even on
the contrary He was very fond of her sincerely. When I was little, Joko Kendil as
children age. He is very playful so endeared her friends. One day there was a
wedding in the nearby village. Joko Kendil quietly slipped into the kitchen.

"Oh, no kendil nice. Better to place cakes and fruits," said a mother putting an
assortment of cakes and fruit into the kendil. He did not know that it actually is a
human kendil. Once fully charged, Joko Kendil slowly rolling out.

"Kendil magical! Kendil magical! Cried the people who saw it happen. They are
scrambling to have that magical kendil. Joko Kendil even more rapidly rolled home.

Arriving home, John Kendil indirectly to his mother. "Where did you get the cake and
fruits as much as this?" she asked in amazement. Joko Kendil honestly tell you what
happened. Everything was not stolen but awarding mothers in the kitchen of a
marriage party. According to them kendil beautiful Iebih right to store cakes and fruits
rather than used for cooking rice.

Year after year Joko Kendil get older and more mature. But his body has not
changed, it remains as kendil. One day Joko Kendil expressed his desire to get
married. Of course, confused mother, who wants to marry his son-shaped kendil.
Her mother is getting confused again when Joko Kendil states would only marry a
princess.

"What is your wish not mistaken, my son? You are children of the poor, such as
kendil body shape. How could a princess wants to marry you?"

said his mother. But Joko Kendil still urged to immediately melamarkan princess for
her. Finally, on the appointed day Kendil Joko and his mother to the king.

The king has three daughters's beautiful. Joko Kendil Dengah mother carefully
explained that he had come was to apply for one of the princess. The king was very
surprised but wisely he asked his reply to the third daughter.
 Timun Mas

Once upon a time, an old widow wanted a daughter to live with her in the
village. Knowing her wish, a huge giant visited her house. He gave her a cucumber
seed. He told the old widow that there will be a a baby inside the cucumber. The
giant promised to come back for the baby once she turned sixteen.

The old widow planted the seed in her yard. By the next morning, a cucumber
grew. She cut it open and found a baby girl inside. The old widow was so happy and
named the baby Timun Mas. Day by day, Timun Mas grew into a beautiful lady. The
widow remembered what the giant had warned her. So when Timun Mas turned
sixteen, the widow told her to run into the jungle with a bag of salt. “You must not let
the giant catch you,” the widow cried out as Timun Mas ran into the jungle.

The giant came and asked the widow for Timun Mas. The widow refused to
tell him and so he went into the jungle. He angrily called out for Timun Mas. Timun
Mas heard his voice and ran away from him. The giant chased her. Timun Mas threw
the salt that the widow had given her. It turned the jungle into a muddy field. The
muddy field swallowed the giant and he was never seen again. Finally, Timun Mas
returned home and lived happily ever after with the old widow.