1.

Fable (Fabel)

THE DONKEY AND THE SHADOW

One day a donkey and his owner were walking down the road. They passed a traveler
who stopped them and asked if the donkey was for hire. The owner said, “yes” and he agreed to
have the donkey carry the man to the next village.
The traveler climbed up on the donkey and they set off. The day was hot
and about half way, they decided to stop and rest. The only shade they
could find was under the donkey.
Both men tried to fit under the donkey but there was not enough room. “I should be the one to
sit under the donkey,” the traveler said. “I paid for a ride on the donkey.”
“No,” said the owner. “You paid to ride on the donkey, not to sit under the donkey.” The
donkeys shadow belongs to me.”
On and on they argued. The donkey got tired of listening to their quarrel and wondered off.
When the men finally stopped arguing, they found that the donkey and his shadow were both
gone. Now there was no donkey and there was no shadow.
The traveler demanded half of his money back and then had to walk on his own to the next
village. The owner of the donkey had to spend hours walking around in the sun looking for his
lost donkey.
source link: https://fablesofaesop.com/the-fox-and-the-stork.html

2. Folktale (Cerita Rakyat)

The Story of Stone Soup
 Once upon a time, somewhere in post-war Eastern Europe, there was a great famine in which
people jealously hoarded whatever food they could find, hiding it even from their friends and neighbors.
One day a wandering soldier came into a village and began asking questions as if he planned to stay for
the night.
"There's not a bite to eat in the whole province," he was told. "Better
keep moving on."
"Oh, I have everything I need," he said. "In fact, I was thinking of
making some stone soup to share with all of you." He pulled an iron
cauldron from his wagon, filled it with water, and built a fire under
it. Then, with great ceremony, he drew an ordinary-looking stone
from a velvet bag and dropped it into the water.
By now, hearing the rumor of food, most of the villagers had come to
the square or watched from their windows. As the soldier sniffed the
"broth" and licked his lips in anticipation, hunger began to overcome their skepticism.
"Ahh," the soldier said to himself rather loudly, "I do like a tasty stone soup. Of course, stone soup with
cabbage -- that's hard to beat."
Soon a villager approached hesitantly, holding a cabbage he'd retrieved from its hiding place, and added it
to the pot. "Capital!" cried the soldier. "You know, I once had stone soup with cabbage and a bit of salt
beef as well, and it was fit for a king."
The village butcher managed to find some salt beef . . . and so it went, through potatoes, onions, carrots,
mushrooms, and so on, until there was indeed a delicious meal for all. The villagers offered the soldier a
great deal of money for the magic stone, but he refused to sell and traveled on the next day.
Source: "The Story of Stone Soup (alternate link)". The Stone SouperComputer

3. Legend (Legenda)
THE LEGEND OF BATU MENANGIS
 On a hill in area of Borneo, there lived a poor widow and her daughter. The girl was
really beautiful. However, she was very lazy and spoiled. She loved to dress up every day, but
never helped her mother.
One day, they went down to a village for shopping. A market was
far away from their house. They walked there. The girl got dressed very
nice and walked in front of her mother. While the widow walked behind,
carried a basket, wore dirty clothes. Nobody knew they were mother and
daughter.
While entering village, people looked at them. Young men were so fascinated by girl’s
beauty. However, she was in contrast to a woman walking behind her. It made people wonder.
Some young men asked her whether woman was her mother. But girl arrogantly replied that she
was her maid. More people asked her along the way to market. She gave a same answer that
widow was her slave.
Eventually, mother’s heart hurt to hear her daughter’s answer. Mother prayed to God to
punish her ungodly daughter. Suddenly, girl stopped then slowly turned to be a stone. Daughter
cried; she apologized to his mother. But it was too late. A pretty girl was turned into a stone but
continued to tear; it’s called A Crying Stone.
Source: https://lampungpost.id/weekend/cerita-anak/legenda-batu-menangis/

4. Myth (Mitos)

STORY OF THE RAINBOW

A long time ago, there was a farmer. He had a small farm. One day he found that a wall
which he had built on previous days was getting knocked down. The farmer did not know who or
what made it. Because he felt tired of this happening the farmer decided to catch who should be
responsible.
One evening, while the farmer was in guard, he heard something strange near that wall,
then he ran to find out who or what it was. It was surprising him because there were three stars
maidens there. When they saw the farmer was approaching, they tried to escape. Two of the star
maidens could run and escape but one of them was left behind.
The farmer then caught the star maiden. She was beautiful
and soon the farmer felt in love with her. Because he was afraid that
the star maiden would run away, the farmer hid her magical wings
so she could not fly anymore. the farmer and the star maiden got
married.
Time went by they live together and got a beautiful baby boy. They lived happily for a
long time, until one day, the star maiden found her magical wings near their house. She wore her
wings back and flew with her son next to her. The farmer was alone and heart broken.
The Gods saw the tears of the farmer. They felt pity of him so they decided to build a bridge
of different colors for him to climb to the sky and see his son and wife.

5. Fairy Tale (Dongeng)

RUMPELSTILTSKIN
A long, long time ago in a faraway land, there was a poor miller who wanted to get
rich, so he told the king that his daughter could spin straw into gold. When the king heard
this, he gave his order to put the girl in the tower and lock her in a room filled with
straw. The miller's girl was locked in a room in the tower. She started crying because she
didn't know how to turn all that straw into gold. Suddenly a funny looking old man
appeared out of nowhere. “Can help you turn straw into gold, but you should give your
gold necklace in exchange”, he said. She agreed to give her gold necklace. The next day
the king came in. he was astonished. Seeing the gold, the King ordered his men to give her
more straw. Again, the girl started crying. The old man appeared again and offered to help
her in exchange for her gold ring. She gave her gold ring to the old man.
By the morning straw had been turned to gold. Once again,
the king was astonished by the miller's daughter talent. The
king decided to give even more straw this time and also
promised to marry her and make her Queen if she spins that
straw into gold. Night came and the old man appeared
again. “I have nothing to give you”, the girl said. “You
promise me that you will give me your first-born child in
exchange for my help,” the old man said. The girl had no
choice. “Alright, I will give you my first child”, she
promised.
The next morning, when the king entered the room, he was amazed, it was filled with
gold again. He kept his promise. They got married and soon the queen gave birth to a
child. That night the funny old man appeared again and asked for the queen's child. She got
scared. She said, “I will give you anything gold, precious stone, land”. “I have no interest
in your gold. But I will let you keep your child if you guess my name within three days”,
the old man answered. The Queen agreed. Two days passed and she kept listing names but
the old man kept saying “No” to all her guesses. The queen decided to send a messenger to
follow the old man. In the way, the old man sang to himself,"Tomorrow, Tomorrow,
tomorrow, I will go to king's house, nobody knows my name, I'm called
Rumpelstiltskin...".
The next day the funny old man returned to the palace and the queen kept listing
names until she finally listed “Rumpelstiltskin”. The old man got so angry. In a flash, he
stamped his foot on the ground so hard that a big hole opened and he disappeared into it
forever.
Source: http://www.shortstories4kids.com/2018/02/Rumpelstiltskin-fairy-tale.html