Lutung Kasarung

Long time ago, there was a king named Prabu Tapa Agung.

Prabu Tapa Agung was an old king. He had two
daughters, Purbalarang and Purbasari. Prabu Tapa Agung
planned to retire as a king. He wanted Purbasari to replace him
as the leader of the kingdom. Hearing this, Purbalarang was
angry.

"You cannot ask her to be the queen, Father. I'm older than
she is. It's supposed to be me, not her. It’s impossiple, Father!"
said Purbalarang. 

“No, Purbararang, no. It’s because i love you and I choose

Purbasari as the queen because she is only one who deserves to
be a queen. After all, she is your littlesister. ”, answered the
king.

“No, Father. It’s hurt me.”

Purbalarang then set a bad plan with her fiance, Indrajaya.

They went to a witch together and asked her to put a spell on
Purbasari. Then they gave her a bowl of drinks and
told Purbasari to drink it.Later, Purbasari had a bad skin. There
were black dots all over her body.

Purbasari was very sad. Then,she ran away and stayed in

the jungle. Everyday she spent her time playing with some
animals. One day,she met a monkey. It was so magicly that the
monkey could talk! Purbasari named him lutung kasarung. He
was actually a god. His real name was sanghyang Gurumina.
Lutung Kasarung planned to help Purbasari. He made a small
lake and asked her to take a bath there.
Amazingly, her bad skin was cured. Purbasari got her
beautiful skin back.

The next day, she asked Lutung Kasarung to accompany

her to go back to the palace. Purbalarang was very shocked. She
challenged purbasari to do a contest.

"The one who has longer hair will be the queen." Said
Purabararang.

The king then measured his daughters' hair. Purbasari had

longer hair than Purbalarang. But Purbalarang did not give up.

"A queen must have a handsome husband. If my fiance is

more handsome than yours, then I will be the queen," said
Purbalarang.

Purbasari was sad. She knew Purbararang's fiance,

Indrajaya, was handsome. And she did not have a fiance yet.

"this is my fiancé, Indrajaya. Where is yours?" asked

Purbalarang.

Lutung Kasarung came forward. Purbalarang was laughing

very hard. "Your fiance is a monkey, ha ha ha."

Suddenly, Lutung Kasarung changed into a very handsome

man. He was even more handsome than
Indrajaya. Purbalarang and Indrajaya very surprised. Purbasari
then became the queen. She forgave Purbalarang and let her stay
in the palace.