LEGENDA

Malin Kundang

Once upon a time, on the north coast of Sumatra lived a poor woman and his son. The boy was called
Malin Kundang. They didn’t earn much as fishing was their only source of income. Malin Kundang
grew up as a skillful young boy. He always helps his mother to earn some money. However, as they
were only fisherman’s helper, they still lived in poverty. “Mother, what if I sail overseas?” asked Malin
Kundang one day to his mother. Her mother didn’t agree but Malin Kundang had made up his mind.
“Mother, if I stay here, I’ll always be a poor man. I want to be a successful person,” urged Malin
kundang. His mother wiped her tears, “If you really want to go, I can’t stop you. I could only pray to
God for you to gain success in life,” said his mother wisely. “But, promise me, you’ll come home.”

In the next morning, Malin Kundang was ready to go. Three days ago, he met one of the successful
ship’s crew. Malin was offered to join him. “Take a good care of yourself, son,” said Malin Kundang’s
mother as she gave him some food supplies. “Yes, Mother,” Malin Kundang said. “You too have to
take a good care of yourself. I’ll keep in touch with you,” he continued before kissing his mother’s
hand. Before Malin stepped onto the ship, Malin’s mother hugged him tight as if she didn’t want to let
him go.

It had been three months since Malin Kundang left his mother. As his mother had predicted before, he
hadn’t contacted her yet. Every morning, she stood on the pier. She wished to see the ship that brought
Malin kundang home. Every day and night, she prayed to the God for her son’s safety. There was so
much prayer that had been said due to her deep love for Malin Kundang. Even though it’s been a year
she had not heard any news from Malin Kundang, she kept waiting and praying for him.

After several years waiting without any news, Malin Kundang’s mother was suddenly surprised by the
arrival of a big ship in the pier where she usually stood to wait for her son. When the ship finally pulled
over, Malin Kundang’s mother saw a man who looked wealthy stepping down a ladder along with a
beautiful woman. She could not be wrong. Her blurry eyes still easily recognized him. The man was
Malin Kundang, her son.

Malin Kundang’s mother quickly went to see her beloved son. “Malin, you’re back, son!” said Malin
Kundang’s mother and without hesitation, she came running to hug Malin Kundang, “I miss you so
much.” But, Malin Kundang didn’t show any respond. He was ashamed to admit his own mother in
front of his beautiful wife. “You’re not my Mother. I don’t know you. My mother would never wear
such ragged and ugly clothes,” said Malin Kundang as he release his mother embrace.

Malin Kundang’s mother take a step back, “Malin…You don’t recognize me? I’m your mother!” she
said sadly. Malin Kundang’s face was as cold as ice. “Guard, take this old women out of here,” Malin
Kundang ordered his bodyguard. “Give her some money so she won’t disturb me again!” Malin
Kundang’s mother cried as she was dragged by the bodyguard, ”Malin… my son. Why do you treat
your own mother like this?”

Malin Kundang ignored his mother and ordered the ship crews to set sail. Malin Kundang’s mother sat
alone in the pier. Her heart was so hurt, she cried and cried. “Dear God, if he isn’t my son, please let
him have a save journey. But if he is, I cursed him to become a stone,” she prayed to the God.

In the quiet sea, suddenly the wind blew so hard and a thunderstorm came. Malin Kundang’s huge ship
was wrecked. He was thrown by the wave out of his ship, and fell on a small island. Suddenly, his
whole body turned into stone. He was punished for not admitting his own mother.*** ( sumber :
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The Wolf and The Lamb

A lamb was grazing with a flock of sheep one day. She soon found some sweet grass at the edge of the
field. Farther and farther she went, away from the others.

She was enjoying herself so much that she did not notice a wolf coming nearer to her. However, when
it pounced on her, she was quick to start pleading, “Please, please don’t eat me yet. My stomach is full
of grass. If you wait a while, I will taste much better.”

The wolf thought that was a good idea, so he sat down and waited.

After a while, the lamb said, “If you allow me to dance, the grass in my stomach will be digested
faster.” Again the wolf agreed. While the lamb was dancing, she had a new idea. She said, “Please take
the bell from around my neck. If you ring it as hard as you can, I will be able to dance even faster.

The wolf took the bell and rang it as hard as he could. The shepherd heard the bell ringing and quickly
sent his dogs to find the missing lamb. The barking dogs frightened the wolf away and saved the
lamb’s life.

The Lake Toba

A long time ago, there lived a young orphan farmer in the northern part of the island of Sumatra. The
area is very dry. Syahdan, the young man lived from farming and fishing. One day he was fishing a fish
so beautiful. The color is golden yellow. So holding, the fish turned into a lovely princess. The
daughter of a woman who was condemned for violating a ban. He will turn into a kind of creature that
first touch. Therefore, human touches it, it turns into a princess.

Fascinated by her beauty, the young farmer’s daughter asked her to be his wife. The proposal is
accepted on condition that the young man would not tell its origin from the farmer ikan.Pemuda the
terms agreed. After a year, the couple blessed with a boy. He has a bad habit that is never satiated. He
ate all the food.

One day the boy was eating all the food from their parents. The young man was very upset saying:
“basic offspring of fish!” That statement by itself isterinya.Dengan thus unlock the secrets of their
promise has been violated.

His wife and son disappeared mysteriously. The land of their former footing  springs. The water that
flows from the spring growing bigger and bigger. And being a vast lake. The lake is now called Lake
Toba.

Si Pitung

Pitung is a pious young man from Rawa Belong. He diligently studied the Koran in Haji Naipin.
Finished learning the Koran he was trained in martial arts. After years of religious knowledge and the
ability to master the martial increased.

At that time the Dutch were colonized Indonesia. Pitung pitied the plight experienced by young people.
Meanwhile, kumpeni (the name for the Netherlands), a group of employer and the landlord lives
wallowing in luxury. Homes and their fields guarded by thugs who ferociously.

With the assistance of his friends of the Rais and Jii, Pitung began planning the robbery of the
employer and the wealthy landlords. Rampokannya results were distributed to the poor. In front of a
starving family home laid Sepikul rice. Families who wrapped it provides compensation payable
moneylenders. And orphaned children parcel dikiriminya clothes and other gifts.

Pitung success and his friends because of two things. First, it has a high martial arts and dikhabarkan
they are immune to bullets. Second, people do not want to tell where Pitung is now. However, the
robbery victim Pitung rich with kumpeni always trying to persuade people to open my mouth.

Kumpeni also use violence to force people to testify. One day, kumpeni and wealthy landlords
managed to get information about family Pitung. So they seized both her parents and the Hajj Naipin.
With a heavy ordeal finally they get the information about where and confidential Pitung are immune.

 
Armed with all that information, police were ambushed Pitung kumpeni. Of course Pitung and his
friends fight. But unfortunately, information about the immune secret Pitung already open. He was
pelted with rotten eggs and shot. Thus he was killed, Pitung still regarded as a defender of the common
people.

Aji Saka

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom named Medang Kamulan ruled by king named Prabu Dewa
Cengkar who wild and likes to eat human. Every day the king takes a man who was taken by Patih
Jugul Young. A small portion of the people who fret and fear fled secretly to other areas.

In the hamlet of Kawit Medang a young man named Aji Saka powerful, industrious and good-natured.
One day, Aji Saka managed to help an old man who was beaten by two robbers. Old man who
eventually appointed by Aji Saka’s father turned out to refugees from Medang Kamulan. Hearing
stories about the King of Gods Cengkar savagery, Aji Saka Medang Kamulan intend to help people. By
wearing a turban on the head of Aji Saka went to Medang Kamulan.

The journey to Medang Kamulan not smooth, Aji Saka had fought for seven days and seven nights with
the devil forest watchman, because Aji Saka refused enslaved by demonic gatekeepers for ten years
before being allowed to pass through the forest.

But thanks to the miracle, Aji Saka managed to escape from the vicious flame. Shortly after praying Aji
Saka, a beam of light from the sky hit the yellow highlight demons at once eliminate forest dwellers.

Aji Saka arrived in Medang Kamulan quiet. In the palace, King of the Gods are angry because Patih
Cengkar Young Jugul not bring the victim to the King.

With bold, facing King Aji Saka Cengkar Gods and gave himself to be eaten by the King in exchange
for the use of the land area of the turban.

When they are measuring soil on demand Aji Saka, turban stretches so wide breadth exceeds King of
Gods kingdom Cengkar. King was angry after knowing the real intentions of Aji Saka was to end his
despotism.

When the King of the Gods Cengkar angry, Aji Saka turban wrapped strongly around the body of the
King. King of the Gods Cengkar body thrown Aji Saka and crashed into the sea south and was lost in
the waves.

Aji Saka then crowned king Medang Kamulan. He brought his father to the palace. Thanks to a just and
wise government, Aji Saka kingdom Medang Kamulan to deliver the golden era, an era where people
live quiet, peaceful, prosperous and prosperous.
 Lutung Kasarung

Cerita rakyat from West Java

Prabu Tapa Agung had led a kingdom in West Java for a long time. He was getting old and therefore
wanted to choose a successor. But unfortunately, he had no son. He thought of choosing one of his
daughters, Purbararang and Purbasari. But it wasn’t an easy choice. They were both very pretty and
smart. The only difference was their temperament. Purbararang was rude and dishonest, while
Purbasari was kind and caring. With those considerations, Prabu Tapa Agung finally chose Purbasari to
be his successor.

Purbararang didn’t agree with her father’s decision. “It’s supposed to be me, Father. I’m the eldest
daughter!” Purbararang said. Prabu Tapa Agung smiled. “Purbararang, to be a queen takes more than
age. There are many other qualities that one must possess,” explained Prabu Tapa Agung wisely.
“What does Purbasari have that I don’t?” Purbararang pouted. “You’ll find out when Purbasari has
replaced me,” Prabu Tapa Agung answered.

After the discussion, Purbararang went back to her room. “Is there something wrong?” asked Indrajaya.
Indrajaya is Purbararang’s future husband. “I’m upset! Father chose Purbasari as his successor and not
me! I have to do something!” Purbararang said. Driven mad by her anger, she came to a witch and
asked her to send rash all over Purbasari’s body. Before going to bed, Purbasari started to feel itch all
over her body. She tried applying powder to her body, but it’s no use. Instead, the itching grew even
worse. She didn’t want to scratch it, but she just couldn’t help it. In the next morning, there were
scratch mark all over Purbasari’s body. “What happened to you?” asked Purbararang, pretending to be
concerned. “I don’t know, sis. Last night, my body suddenly felt very itchy. I scratched and scratched,
and this is what happened,” Purbasari answered. Purbararang shook her head. “You must have done
something really awful. You’ve been punished by the gods!”

That day, the whole kingdom was scandalized. “What have you done, Purbasari?” demanded Prabu
Tapa Agung. Purbasari shook her head. “I didn’t do anything that would upset the gods, Father,” she
answered. “Then how can you explain what happened to your body?” Prabu Tapa Agung asked again.
“If you don’t confess, I’ll banish you to the woods.” Purbasari took a deep breath. “Like I said before, I
didn’t do anything wrong. And I’d rather be thrown into the woods than to confess to a deed I didn’t
commit.”
After a short discussion with his advisor, Prabu Tapa Agung ordered Purbasari to be moved to the
woods. Purbasari was very sad, but she couldn’t do anything to defy her father’s order. She was
accompanied to the woods by a messenger. He built a simple hut for Purbasari. After the messenger
left, suddenly a black monkey came to Purbasari’s hut. He carried a bunch of bananas. From behind
him, some animals looked on. “Are the bananas for me?’ Purbasari asked. The black monkey nodded,
as if he understood what Purbasari said. Purbasari took the bananas with pleasure. She also said thanks.
The other animals that were looking on also seemed to smile. “Are you willing to be my friend?”
Purbasari asked them. All the animals nodded happily. Although she was living by herself in the
woods, Purbasari never lacked of supplies. Everyday, there were always animals bringing her fruits and
fish to eat.

A long time had passed since Purbasari was banished to the woods, but her body still itched. At some
places, her skin was even ulcerating. What am I supposed to do?” Purbasari sighed. The monkey who
was sitting next to her stayed still, there were tears in his eyes. He hoped Purbasari would remain
patient and strong.

One night, on a full moon, the monkey took Purbasari to a valley. There is a pond with hot spring
water. The monkey suddenly spoke, “The water of this pond will heal your skin,” he said. Purbasari
was surprised, ”You can talk? Who are you?” she asked. “You’ll find out, in time,” the monkey said.
Purbasari didn’t want to force the monkey. She then walked to the pond. She bathed there. After a few
hours, Purbasari walked out of the pond. She was shocked to see her face reflected on the clear pond
water. Her face was beautiful again, with smooth and clean skin. Purbasari observed her entire body.
There were no traces of any skin ailments. “I’m cured! I’m cured!” Purbasari shouted in joy. She
quickly offered thanks to the gods and also to the monkey.

The news of Purbasari’s condition quickly spread to the kingdom, irritating Purbararang. She then
accompanied by Indrajaya go to the woods to see Purbasari. Purbasari asked if she would be allowed to
go home. Purbararang said she would let Purbasari return to the palace if Purbasari’s hair were longer
than hers. Purbararang then let her hair down. It was so long, it almost touched the ground. But it
turned out that Purbasari’s hair was twice longer than Purbararang’s hair.

“Fine, so your hair is longer than mine.” Purbararang admitted. “But there is one more condition you
must fulfill, do you have a future husband who is handsomer than mine?” said Purbararang as she
walked toward Indrajaya. Purbasari felt miserable. She didn’t have a future husband yet. So, without
much thought, she pulled the black monkey beside her.

Purbararang and Indrajaya burst out, but their laughter didn’t last long. The monkey meditates and
suddenly transformed into a very handsome young man, a lot more handsome than Indrajaya. “I’m a
prince from a kingdom far away. I was cursed to be a monkey because of a mistake I committed. I
could regain my true form only if there’s a girl who would be willing to be my wife,” said the young
man.
Finally, Purbararang gave up. She accepted Purbasari as the queen, and also confessed everything she
had done. “Please forgive me. Please don’t punish me,” Purbararang said, asking for forgiveness.
Instead of being angry, Purbasari smiled. “I forgive you, sis,” she said. Soon after, Purbasari become
queen. Beside her was the handsome prince, the former monkey known as Lutung Kasarung.

Mouse Deer and Tiger

Cerita rakyat from Central Java

One upon a time, there was a mouse deer living in a forest. Although he was small, he wasn’t afraid of
the other bigger animals who wanted to eat him. He was so smart; he always managed to ditch them.
One day, a tiger was wandering around for food. He hadn’t been eating for days. He was really hungry.
While he was walking in the forest, he saw Mouse Deer. The tiger wanted to eat him.

Tiger slowly ducked, crawled, approaching Mouse Deer, then…”Gotcha!” said Tiger. He caught
Mouse Deer. “Hello, Mouse Deer! I’m really hungry right now. You’ll be my lunch!” said Tiger.
Mouse Deer didn’t want to be his lunch. He tried to be calm. He looked around and saw some buffalo’s
dung. He had an idea. “I’m sorry, Tiger. I can’t be your lunch now. The King has ordered me to guard
his cake,” said Mouse Deer calmly. “His cake?” said Tiger curiously. “Yes, there it is. It’s very
delicious. The King doesn’t want anyone else to eat it, so he ordered me to guard it,” Mouse Deer
pointed the buffalo’s dung. “Can I taste it?” Tiger asked. “Of course you can’t. The King would be
very angry,” said Mouse Deer refused. “Just one little bite, Mouse Deer! The King will never know,”
said Tiger. “Well, okay, Tiger. But first let me run far away, so the King won’t blame me,” said Mouse
Deer. “All right, Mouse deer. You can go now.” Mouse Deer ran quickly out of sight. Tiger then took a
big mouthful of the ‘cake’. “Phoooey!” He spit it out. “Yuck, that’s not cake. That’s buffalo’s dung.”

Tiger ran through the forest. He caught up with Mouse Deer. “Mouse Deer, you tricked me. But now
you will be my lunch.” Mouse Deer looked around and saw a wasp nest in a tree. “I’m sorry, Tiger. I
can’t be your lunch now. The King has ordered me to guard his drum,” said Mouse Deer calmly. “His
drum?” said Tiger curiously. “Yes, there it is. It has the best sound in the world. The King doesn’t want
anyone else to hit it,” Mouse Deer pointed the wasp nest. “Can I hit the King’s drum?” Tiger asked.
“Of course you can’t. The King would be very angry,” said Mouse Deer refused. “Just one little hit,
Mouse Deer! The King will never know,” said Tiger. ”Well, all right, Tiger. But first let me run far
away, so the King won’t blame me,” said Mouse Deer. “All right, Mouse Deer. You can go now.”
Mouse Deer ran quickly out of sight. Tiger then reached up and hit the wasp nest. Bzzzzzzz…!
“Ouch…ouch! That’s not a drum. That a wasp nests!”

Tiger ran away. But the wasps keep following him. He came to the river. He jumped in and stayed
underwater as long as he could. At last the wasps went away. Then he jumped out. He ran through the
forest till he found Mouse Deer. “Mouse Deer, you tricked me again. But now you will be my lunch.”
Mouse Deer looked around and saw a cobra. The snake was coiled asleep on the ground. “I’m sorry,
Tiger. I can’t be your lunch now. The King has ordered me to guard his belt,” said Mouse Deer calmly.
“His belt?” said Tiger curiously. “Yes. There it is. It’s the best belt in the world. The King doesn’t want
anyone else to wear it,” Mouse Deer pointed the cobra. “Can I wear it?” Tiger asked. “Of course you
can’t. The King would be very angry,” said Mouse Deer refused. “Just for one moment, Mouse Deer!
The King will never know,” said Tiger. ”Well, all right, Tiger. But first let me run far away, so the
King won’t blame me,” said Mouse Deer. “All right, Mouse Deer. You can go now.” Mouse Deer ran
quickly out of sight. Tiger then took the snake and started to warp it around himself. The cobra woke
up. It squeezed Tiger and bit him. SSssssstt! “Oouch! Ow! Ooow! That’s not a belt! That’s a cobra!
Help! Mouse Deer! Help!” But Mouse Deer was already far away. He laughed aloud. Mouse Deer was
safe from Tiger now.***

 Malin Kundang

Cerita rakyat from West Sumatra

Once upon a time, on the north coast of Sumatra lived a poor woman and his son. The boy was called
Malin Kundang. They didn’t earn much as fishing was their only source of income. Malin Kundang
grew up as a skillful young boy. He always helps his mother to earn some money. However, as they
were only fisherman’s helper, they still lived in poverty. “Mother, what if I sail overseas?” asked Malin
Kundang one day to his mother. Her mother didn’t agree but Malin Kundang had made up his mind.
“Mother, if I stay here, I’ll always be a poor man. I want to be a successful person,” urged Malin
kundang. His mother wiped her tears, “If you really want to go, I can’t stop you. I could only pray to
God for you to gain success in life,” said his mother wisely. “But, promise me, you’ll come home.”

In the next morning, Malin Kundang was ready to go. Three days ago, he met one of the successful
ship’s crew. Malin was offered to join him. “Take a good care of yourself, son,” said Malin Kundang’s
mother as she gave him some food supplies. “Yes, Mother,” Malin Kundang said. “You too have to
take a good care of yourself. I’ll keep in touch with you,” he continued before kissing his mother’s
hand. Before Malin stepped onto the ship, Malin’s mother hugged him tight as if she didn’t want to let
him go.

It had been three months since Malin Kundang left his mother. As his mother had predicted before, he
hadn’t contacted her yet. Every morning, she stood on the pier. She wished to see the ship that brought
Malin kundang home. Every day and night, she prayed to the God for her son’s safety. There was so
much prayer that had been said due to her deep love for Malin Kundang. Even though it’s been a year
she had not heard any news from Malin Kundang, she kept waiting and praying for him.

After several years waiting without any news, Malin Kundang’s mother was suddenly surprised by the
arrival of a big ship in the pier where she usually stood to wait for her son. When the ship finally pulled
over, Malin Kundang’s mother saw a man who looked wealthy stepping down a ladder along with a
beautiful woman. She could not be wrong. Her blurry eyes still easily recognized him. The man was
Malin Kundang, her son.

Malin Kundang’s mother quickly went to see her beloved son. “Malin, you’re back, son!” said Malin
Kundang’s mother and without hesitation, she came running to hug Malin Kundang, “I miss you so
much.” But, Malin Kundang didn’t show any respond. He was ashamed to admit his own mother in
front of his beautiful wife. “You’re not my Mother. I don’t know you. My mother would never wear
such ragged and ugly clothes,” said Malin Kundang as he release his mother embrace.

Malin Kundang’s mother take a step back, “Malin…You don’t recognize me? I’m your mother!” she
said sadly. Malin Kundang’s face was as cold as ice. “Guard, take this old women out of here,” Malin
Kundang ordered his bodyguard. “Give her some money so she won’t disturb me again!” Malin
Kundang’s mother cried as she was dragged by the bodyguard, ”Malin… my son. Why do you treat
your own mother like this?”

Malin Kundang ignored his mother and ordered the ship crews to set sail. Malin Kundang’s mother sat
alone in the pier. Her heart was so hurt, she cried and cried. “Dear God, if he isn’t my son, please let
him have a save journey. But if he is, I cursed him to become a stone,” she prayed to the God.

In the quiet sea, suddenly the wind blew so hard and a thunderstorm came. Malin Kundang’s huge ship
was wrecked. He was thrown by the wave out of his ship, and fell on a small island. Suddenly, his
whole body turned into stone. He was punished for not admitting his own mother.***
 Sangkuriang

Long time ago in West Java, lived a beautiful girl named Dayang Sumbi. She was also smart and
clever. Her beauty and intelligence made a prince from the heavenly kingdom of Kahyangan desire her
as his wife. The prince asked permission from his father to marry Dayang Sumbi. People from
Kahyangan could never live side by side with humans, but his father approved on one condition, when
they had a child, the prince would transform into a dog. The prince accepted the condition.

They get married and lived happily in the woods until Dayang Sumbi gave birth to a baby boy. The
prince then changed into a dog named Tumang. Their son is named Sangkuriang. He was very smart
and handsome like his father. Everyday, he hunted animals and looked for fruits to eat. One day, when
he was hunting, Sangkuriang accidentally killed Tumang. His arrow missed the deer he was targeting
and hit Tumang instead. He went home and tells her mother about the dog. “What?” Dayang Sumbi
was appalled. Driven by sadness and anger, she grabbed a weaving tool and hit Sangkuriang’s head
with it. Dayang Sumbi was so sad; she didn’t pay any attention to Sangkuriang and started to cry.

Sangkuriang feel sad and also confused. How can his mother love a dog more than him? Sangkuriang
then decided to go away from their home and went on a journey. In the morning, Dayang Sumbi finally
stopped crying. She started to feel better, so she went to find Sangkuriang. But her son was no where to
be found. She looked everywhere but still couldn’t find him. Finally, she went home with nothing. She
was exhausted. She fell asleep, and in her dream, she meets her husband. “Dayang Sumbi, don’t be sad.
Go look for my body in the woods and get the heart. Soak it with water, and use the water to bathe, and
you will look young forever,” said the prince in her dream. After bathing with the water used to soak
the dog’s heart, Dayang Sumbi looked more beautiful and even younger.
And time passed by. Sangkuriang on his journey stopped at a village and met and fell in love with a
beautiful girl.He didn’t realize that the village was his homeland and the beautiful girl was his own
mother, Dayang Sumbi. Their love grew naturally and he asked the girl to marry him. One day,
Sangkuriang was going on a hunt. He asked Dayang Sumbi to fix the turban on his head. Dayang
Sumbi was startled when she saw a scar on his head at the same place where she, years ago, hit
Sangkuriang on the head.

After the young man left, Dayang Sumbi prayed for guidance. After praying, she became convinced
that the young man was indeed her missing son. She realized that she had to do something to prevent
Sangkuriang from marrying her. But she did not wish to disappoint him by cancelling the wedding. So,
although she agreed to marry Sangkuriang, she would do so only on the condition that he provides her
with a lake and built a beautiful boat, all in one night.

Sangkuriang accepted this condition without a doubt. He had spent his youth studying magical arts.
After the sun went down, Sangkuriang went to the hill. Then he called a group of genie to build a dam
around Citarum River. Then, he commands the genies to cut down trees and build a boat. A few
moments before dawn, Sangkuriang and his genie servants almost finished the boat.

Dayang Sumbi, who had been spying on him, realised that Sangkuriang would fulfill the condition she
had set. Dayang Sumbi immediately woke all the women in the village and asked them to wave a long
red scarf. All the women in the village were waving red scarf, making it look as if dawn was breaking.
Deceived by false dawn, the cock crowed and farmers rose for the new day.

Sangkuriang’s genie servants immediately dropped their work and ran for cover from the sun, which
they feared. Sangkuriang grew furious. With all his anger, he kicked the unfinished boat. The boat flew
and landed on a valley. The boat then became a mountain, called Mount Tangkuban Perahu
(Tangkuban means upturned or upside down, and Perahu means boat). With his power, he destroyed
the dam. The water drained from the lake becoming a wide plain and nowadays became a city called
Bandung (from the word Bendung, which means Dam).***

Cindelaras

 Cerita rakyat from East Java

Raden Putra was the king of Jenggala kingdom. He had a beautiful queen and concubine. Unlike the
queen, the concubine had bad personalities. She was envious and jealous with the queen, so she
planned to make the queen leave the palace. The concubine then asked the royal healer to help her in
her plan. One day, the concubine pretended to be ill. Raden Putra called the royal healer to give the
concubine treatments. “What is her disease?” Raden Putra asked the royal healer. “I’m very sorry, My
Majesty. She is sick because the queen put poison in her meal,” the royal healer lied.

Raden Putra was shock and angry to hear the explanation. He called the queen and asked her if the
story was true. Of course the queen denied, but Raden Putra won’t listen. “Please Your Majesty, have
mercy. I really didn’t do anything,” cried the queen in her tears. Raden Putra’s anger ended in a
decision. The queen should be banished to the woods and terminated. He did not know that the queen
was already pregnant. Raden Putra commanded one of his general to do the punishment. The queen
was banished to the woods, but the wise general didn’t have the heart to kill her. He built a simple
house in the woods for her. On his way back to the palace, he smeared his sword with rabbit blood, so
Raden Putra would believe that he had killed the queen.

After the general left, the queen lived by herself in the woods. Several months later, she gave birth to a
healthy baby boy. The baby was named Cindelaras. He grew up as a nice, healthy, and handsome boy.
One day, while Cindelaras helped her mother to collect some fire woods, an eagle dropped an egg.
Cindelaras brought the egg to be brooded by a chicken behind their house. The egg hatched into a chick
and then it slowly became a strong rooster. The rooster is no ordinary rooster. The rooster could sing.
Every morning, the rooster woke Cindelaras up with its beautiful song, “My master is Cindelaras. His
house is in the woods. He’s the son of Raden Putra.” The rooster often sang that song.

Cindelaras always woke up early in the morning and listen happily to his rooster’s song. He didn’t
realize the meaning of the song until one day, he started to think. “Who is Raden Putra?” he asked his
mother. The queen then told him the whole story. She also told him why they were banned from the
kingdom and lived in the woods. Cindelaras was very surprised. He decided to go to the palace to meet
the king, his father. Cindelaras asked her mother’s permission to go to the kingdom and to tell the king
what really happened. He also brought his rooster that grew bigger and stronger each day.

On his way, Cindelaras stopped at a village. There, he met some people who were involved in
cockfighting. They challenge him to see how strong his rooster was. “If your rooster wins, you’ll get a
reward,” said the man who challenged him. Cindelaras accepted the challenge. In a few minutes, his
rooster defeated the opponent’s rooster. He was challenged again by other man, and one more time, his
rooster won. He won again and again.

The news about Cindelaras’ rooster quickly spread to the whole Jenggala kingdom and made Raden
Putra curious. So, he invited Cindelaras to the palace. “What is your name, boy?” Raden Putra asked as
Cindelaras arrived in the palace. “My name is Cindelaras, Your Majesty,” Cindelaras answered. He felt
both thrilled and happy to see Raden Putra.
Raden Putra challenged Cindelaras with one condition. If Raden Putra’s rooster won, Cindelaras’ head
would be cut off. But if Cindelaras’ rooster won, Raden Putra would share half of his wealth.
Cindelaras accepted the condition. The competition was held in the front yard of the palace. The two
roosters fought bravely. But in just a few minutes, Cindelaras’ rooster won the fight! Raden Putra
shook his head and stared at Cindelaras from his seat, “That rooster is no ordinary rooster, and the boy
is not an ordinaty boy either. Who is he exactly?” he thought. Raden Putra was about to asked when
suddenly Cindelaras’ rooster sang the song, “My master is Cindelaras. His house is in the woods. He’s
the son of Raden Putra.”

Raden Putra was surprised. “Is it true?” he asked. “Yes, My Majesty. My name is Cindelaras and my
mother was the queen,” said Cindelaras. Raden putra called the general who had banished the queen.
The general then confessed that he never killed the queen. Later, the royal healer also admitted his
mistake. Raden Putra was so shocked. He immediately went to the woods to pick up the queen. Ever
since, Cindelaras and his parents lived happily together. As for the concubine, she was sent to the jail
as punishment.***

Timun Mas

Long time ago in the island of Java, Indonesia, lived a couple of farmer.  They had married for some
years but they had no children.  So they prayed to a monster called Buta Ijo to give them children. 
Buta Ijo was a ferocious and powerful monster.  He granted their wish on one condition.  When their
children had grown up, they had to sacrifice them to Buta Ijo.  He liked eating fresh meat of human
being.  The farmers agreed to his condition.  Several months later the wife was pregnant.

She gave birth to a beautiful baby girl.  They named her Timun Emas.  The farmers were happy. 
Timun Emas was very healthy and a very smart girl.  She was also very diligent. When she was a
teenager Buta Ijo came to their house.  Timun Emas was frightened so she ran away to hide.  The
farmers then told Buta Ijo that Timun Emas was still a child.  They asked him to postpone.  Buta Ijo
agreed.  He promised to come again.  The following year Buta Ijo came again.  But again and again
their parents said that Timun Emas was still a child.
When the third time Buta Ijo came their parents had prepared something for him.  They gave Timun
Emas several bamboo needles, seeds of cucumber, dressing and salt.

‘Timun, take these things’

‘What are these things?’

‘These are your weapons.  Buta Ijo will chase you.  He will eat you alive.  So run as fast as you can. 
And if he will catch you spread this to the ground.  Now go!’

Timun Emas was scared so she ran as quickly as she could.  When Buta Ijo arrived she was far from
home.  He was very angry when he realized that his prey had left.  So he ran to chase her.  He had a
sharp nose so he knew what direction his prey ran.

Timun Emas was just a girl while Buta Ijo was a monster so he could easily catch her up.  When he
was just several steps behind Timun Emas quickly spread the seeds of cucumber.  In seconds they
turned into many vines of cucumber.  The exhausted Buta Ijo was very thirsty so he grabbed and ate
them.  When Buta Ijo was busy eating cucumber Timun Emas could run away.

But soon Buta Ijo realized and started running again.  When he was just several steps behind Timun
Emas threw her bamboo needles.   Soon they turned into dense bamboo trees. Buta Ijo found it hard to
pass.  It took him some time to break the dense bamboo forest.  Meanwhile Timun Emas could run
farther.

Buta Ijo chased her again.  When he almost catch her again and again Timun Emas threw her dressing. 
This time it turned into a lake.  Buta Ijo was busy to save himself so Timun Emas ran way.  But Buta
Ijo could overcome it and continued chasing her.

Finally when Timun Emas was almost caught she threw her salt.  Soon the land where Buta Ijo stood
turned into ocean.  Buta Ijo was drowned and died instantly.

Timun Emas was thankful to god and came back to her home.

  Roro Jonggrang
Long time ago, there was a kingdom named Prambanan. All the people of Prambanan lived peacefully.
But then, Prambanan kingdom was attacked and occupied by the Pengging kingdom. Prambanan then
was ruled by Bandung Bondowoso of Pengging kingdom. He was a mean king. He also had great
supernatural power. His soldiers were not only humans, but also genies.

The king of Prambanan had a beautiful daughter named Loro Jonggrang. Bandung Bondowoso fell in
love with her and wanted to marry her. “You’re very beautiful. Would you be my queen?” asked
Bandung Bondowoso. Loro Jonggrang was shocked. She didn’t like Bandung Bondowoso because he
was a mean person. She wanted to refuse, but she afraid that Bandung Bondowoso would be angry and
endangered the people of Prambanan. Then, she came up with a plan. “If you want to marry me, you
have to build a thousand temples for me in just one night,” said Loro Jonggrang. “What? That’s
impossible!” said Bandung Bondowoso. But he did not give up. He consulted with his advisor. “Your
Majesty can asked the genies to help built the temples,” said the advisor.

So, Bandung Bondowoso summoned his entire genies soldier and commanded them to help him built a
thousand temples. The genies worked in unbelievable speed. Meanwhile, Loro Jonggrang heard from
her servant that the building of a thousand temples was almost finished. She was so worried. But again,
she came up with a great idea. She asked all of her servants to help her. “Please prepare a lot of straw
and mortar. Please hurry up!” said Loro Jonggrang. “Burn the straw and make some noise pounding the
mortar, quickly.” All those servants did what Loro Jonggrang ordered them; burning straw and
pounding the mortar, making the genies think that the sun is going to rise.

“It’s already dawn. We have to go,” said the leader of the genies to Bandung Bondowoso. All the
genies immediately stopped their work and ran for cover from the sun, which they afraid of. They
didn’t know that the light was from the fire that burning the straw, not from the sun.
Bandung Bondowoso can’t stop the genies from leaving. He was angry. He knew Loro Jonggrang had
just tricked him. “You cannot fool me, Loro Jonggrang. I already have 999 temples. I just need one
more temple. Now, I will make you the one-thousandth temple.” He pointed his finger to Loro
Jonggrang and said some mantras. Magically, Loro Jonggrang’s body turned into stone. Until now, the
temple is still standing in Prambanan area, Central Java. And the temple is called Loro Jonggrang
temple.

 Jaka Tarub And Nawang Wulan

Jaka Tarub was a handsome and diligent young man. He lived in a village near a lake. One day, when
Jaka Tarub passed the lake, he heard some giggles and laughs of some girls who were bathing in the
lake. He was curious, so he peeped through the bushes. There were seven beautiful girls in the lake.
They’re fairies from the heavenly kingdom of kahyangan. Jaka Tarub saw a scarf near the bushes. It
belonged to one of the fairies. Jaka Tarub then took it and hid it.

Crack!!! Accidentally, Jaka Tarub stepped on a twig. “There’s someone!” said one of the fairies. “Let’s
get back. Hurry!” she said. They pulled over and wear their scarf. “Where is my scarf?” one of the
fairies couldn’t find her scarf. She was the youngest fairy called Nawang Wulan. They tried to search
for it, but it was no where to be found. “We’re sorry, Wulan. We have to go back to kahyangan,” said
the eldest fairy. “You’ll have to find it by yourself. We’ll wait for you in kahyangan,” she said in
empathy. The other fairies then flew to the sky leaving Nawang Wulan behind. Nawang Wulan saw
them leaving in tears. She was so sad.

“Excuse me …,” said Jaka Tarub, startling Nawang Wulan. “Are you okay?” he asked. Nawang Wulan
moved backward, “Who are you?” she asked. “My name is Jaka Tarub. I was passing by and I heard
you crying, so I came to see what happen,” Jaka Tarub lied. Nawang Wulan then told him about her
problem. “I can’t fly without my scarf,” she said. Jaka Tarub then asked Nawang Wulan to come home
with him. At first, Nawang Wulan refused the offer. But since she didn’t have anywhere else to go,
Nawang Wulan then decided to follow Jaka Tarub.

Nawang Wulan stayed with Jaka Tarub in the village. A month passed, and they decided to get married.
Nawang Wulan was willing to marry a human because she fell in love with Jaka Tarub. After a year,
they had a beautiful daughter. They named her Kumalasari. They lived happily.

Jaka Tarub was also happy to live with Nawang Wulan and Kumalasari. Especially because he always
got a lot of harvest since he married Nawang Wulan. He couldn’t even keep all of his harvest in the
barn because it was always full. “It’s so weird. Nawang Wulan cooked everyday, but why is my barn
always full,” Jaka Tarub mumbled to himself. He was so curious. One day, Jaka Tarub stayed at home.
“I want to stay home today. I’d like to play with Kumalasari,” he said to his wife. “Well, I’ll go to the
river to wash the clothes. Please keep an eye on Kumalasari,” asked Nawang Wulan. “I’m cooking rice
now. Please do not open the pan cover before it’s done,” she said just before she left. “Could this be the
secret?” Jaka Tarub thought. After Nawang Wulan left, he curiously opened the pan cover. He found
only one single paddy. “How come?” he wondered.

Before lunch, Nawang Wulan came home. She headed to the kitchen to see the rice she had cooked.
She found that the rice turned into only a few grains. “Did you open the pan cover?” she asked her
husband. “I… I’m sorry. I was curious,” Jaka Tarub said as he realized his fault.

Ever since, Nawang Wulan had lost her power. She couldn’t cook rice with only a single paddy. Their
paddy supply was slowly lessened. Their barn was almost empty. One day, Nawang Wulan went to the
barn to get some paddy. When she took one of them, she found a scarf. “What’s this? This is my scarf,”
said Nawang Wulan startled.

That night, Nawang Wulan asked her husband about the scarf. Jaka Tarub’s eyes widened, “You found
it?” he asked. Jaka Tarub looked down and asked for her forgiveness. “Because I’ve found my scarf,
it’s time for me to go back to where I belong,” Nawang Wulan said. Jaka Tarub tried to stop her, but
Nawang Wulan had made up her mind. “Please take good care of Kumalasari,” she said. “If she wanted
to see me, take seven grains of candlenut and put it into a basket. Shake it as you play the bamboo flute.
I’ll come to see her,” she explained.

Jaka Tarub promised to take good care of their daughter. He once again asked for forgiveness for all of
his mistakes. “I’ve forgiven you, so you don’t have to feel guilty. I must go now. Take care,” said
Nawang Wulan as she flew to the bright full moon.***

Damar Wulan

Damar Wulan was born in the village of Paluh Amba, not far from the capital city of Majapahit. He
was the son of Udara, the former prime minister of Majapahit. Since his father had retired his family
live in a quiet and prosperous village outside the capital. Damar was a smart boy so he could easily
learned the lessons his father taught him. He learned martial art, religion, politics, and literature. He
was very good at all those subjects. When his father thought that he is mature enough, he asked Damar
to find job in Majapahit. He told Damar to apply for a job at the Prime Minister’s office. He hoped that
his close relation with the new prime minister would help him get the prime minister’s attention.
Furthermore Damar was a smart boy so his father was sure Damar was capable to do any job.

Damar was very confident he would get a good position at the prime minister’s office. Early morning
he left his village. At midday he got to Majapahit and he directly went to the prime minister’s house.
Prime Minister Logender was his name. The guards sarcastically questioned him when he told them he
would see the prime minister.

‘Who do you think you are?’

‘I am Damar Wulan. I am the son of the former prime minister Udara. My father told me to see the
prime minister here’

‘If you think you can impress us by telling us about your father, you are completely wrong poor boy.
The son of a prime minister would never go anywhere on foot’

‘But, that’s true. My father told me to find job here’

‘Listen poor boy, the prime minister is a very busy person. He does not have time for job seeker like
you. But if you need a job, there is a vacant position here. Let me report my chief’

Then the soldier reported to his superior. After that someone called Damar to get into the commander’s
chamber. He told Damar that the prime minister’s office needed several boys to take care of the horses.
Damar was surprised because he expected clerical job but then he accepted the offer. Since that day he
lived in a simple hut behind the prime minister’s house.

Damar did a good job so his superior was satisfied with him. He was also very sociable. Soon he had a
good relationship with the prime minister and his family. The prime minister had two sons – Layang
Seto and Layang Kumitir and a daughter – Anjasmoro. His sons were very arrogant and lazy. They
treated Damar cruelly. They wanted Damar to do whatever they want. Every body hated them but
nobody dare to express their feeling. Anjasmoro, on the other hand, liked Damar very much. Gradually
she fell in love to Damar. So did Damar. They had a secret love. When Layang Seto and Layang
Kumitir knew what happened to Damar and Anjasmoro, they were very angry. They treated Damar
more and more cruelly.

At the time the kingdom of Majapahit faced a very serious problem because of the rebellion of Menak
Jinggo. He was a half brother of the Queen Kecono Wungu. He was a prince of Majapahit and a highly
respected general of the Majapahit army. For his great achievement for his country his father appointed
him as the ruler for the kingdom of Blambangan, a vassal state under Majapahit. When his father
passed away he was sure that he would become the successor. But he was very disappointed when his
father appointed his sister instead. He thought that he was more capable than Kencono Wungu so he
rebelled.

Menak Jinggo proved to be a good general. Under his leadership the Blambangan army could win
several battles with Majapahit army. The territory of Majapahit one by one fell to Blambangan. At the
time the morale of the Majapahit army was already down. They were not sure that they could win the
war. So the queen and the prime minister met everyday to discuss the worsening situation. Some weeks
went by but still they did not have any ideas to solve the problem. Every report they received about the
war was only about the defeat of the Majapahit army.

Prime Minister Logender was shocked when his wife reported to him about the affair of Anjasmoro and
Damar Wulan. For a highly respected person like him, it was a very serious blow to his ego. He was a
very respectable person while his daughter dated with a poor boy. It was a serious humiliation. He
could not accept it. This fact made him very angry. He thought very hard to find a solution. Suddenly
an idea struck his sharp mind when he was meditating at midnight.

Early in the morning he went to the palace and asked the queen for an audience. Then he explained his
plan.

‘Your Majesty, last night I had an idea’

‘Tell me about it’

‘Our army could not win because we apply a wrong strategy. The Blambangan army is very good at a
frontal open warfare like that. Furthermore our army’s morale is now down. So we have to avoid open
warfare. Since now on we have to launch a new tactics of secret operation. We must send a small army
unit to kill Menak Jinggo secretly’
‘Who will do that?’

‘I have a body guard. His skill in martial art is excellent. He is very capable at individual fight. So he is
ready for this duty. I am sure he is the right person’

‘OK, I think you are right. Send him as soon as possible to Blambangan. If he can do his job well I will
give him great reward’

When Logender got home he called Damar Wulan immediately. He asked him about his martial art
skill. Damar said he had mastered some fighting skill. His father had trained him Pencak Silat, the
Indonesian martial art. As a result, he was very skillful at using sword, lance, as well as empty hand
fighting technique. Then Logender asked him to fight both Layang Seto and Layang Kumitir. Both of
them fought emotionally since they hated Damar very much. But Damar was smart, skillful, strong and
tough. In just several minutes he could beat both of them without difficulty. Logender was angry but
also satisfied since he found a way to get rid of both problems – his home and his country.

‘Damar, you are a great fighter. I am very proud of you. And that’s why you will receive a great honor
to fight for your country. Now there is a rebellion in Majapahit. The king of Blambangan has done a
crime. His name is Menak Jinggo. Find him in his palace and Blambangan and kill him. Are you
ready?’

 ‘I am ready any time Sir’

‘Good. Today you have to prepare everything and tomorrow you must leave for Blambangan secretly.
Do not tell any one about this duty. Not even Anjasmoro. Don’t be afraid because the Majapahit army
will fully support you. They will back you and provide all your needs. When you can kill Menak
Jinggo behead him and bring his head here. If you can do this job well you will be promoted to a high
position as the commander of Majapahit army’
‘Yes, Sir. I am very glad to receive this order. I will do my best’
The next day, very early in the morning Damar Wulan left Majapahit alone. Meanwhile Prime Minister
Logender had implemented his own plan. He prepared a small army unit under the leadership of his
two sons. They went behind Damar in a distant so that Damar did not notice them. They went secretly
so no one knew it. Their task was not to protect Damar but to kill him and seize the head of Menak
Jinggo if he could kill Menak Jinggo. But if Damar was killed then they had nothing to do.

Several days later Damar Wulan arrived in Blambangan. The Majapahit army kept on spying on him.
They were surprised to see Damar did not directly attack the palace. He applied for a job instead. Once
again he was accepted to work in the palace to take care of the horses. Everybody including the king
Menak Jinggo liked him because he was very polite and he did his job well. He was also very
handsome that two of the king’s wife fell in love with him. Waito and Puyengan were the wives of
King Menak Jinggo.

As everybody trusted him, it was easy for Damar to search the palace. He knew where Menak Jinggo
lived. One night he secretly jumped the palace wall to kill the king. Finally he was inside the king’s
bedroom. But unfortunately the king was ready to welcome him. A small army unit was there to arrest
him. He was no match for Menak Jinggo. But Menak Jinggo was a smart person. He did not kill Damar
instantly. He wanted to gather information from him. So he ordered his guards.

‘Don’t kill him. Let him alive, treat him well. I will question him tomorrow’.

‘Yes, Your Majesty’

He ordered his men to treat him well. He even let Waito and Puyengan to see Damar. By doing so he
hoped that Damar would give him valuable information. But Damar was also a smart person. He dated
Waito and Puyengan and he asked them the way to kill Menak Jinggo. Since the two women loved
Damar they revealed a secret.

‘Nobody can hurt him. He is a tough guy and he is protected by god. God gave him a secret weapon
called Wesi Kuning’

‘What is that?’

‘That’s a golden amulet. It is just a small amulet, as small as a thumb but it is very powerful. Its shape
is like a stick. It is stored in his bedroom’

‘He is a dangerous man. We have to stop him. Could you help me find his amulet?

‘I will help you if you marry me’

‘Sure I will marry both of you as soon as I can arrest him’

When their turn to amuse the king arrived Waito and Puyengan could get into the kings chamber. They
used that opportunity to steal the amulet. Then they gave it to Damar Wulan. Menak Jinggo did not
realize their conspiracy. When the night was very quiet they opened the door for Damar Wulan. There
was a fight but it was too late for Menak Jinggo. The sudden attack did not give him much chance to
survive. Consequently Damar could beat his enemy and Menak Jinggo was beheaded.

Damar Wulan immediately left Blambangan palace that night while promising Waito and Puyengan to
be back after he received the rewa.

Danau Toba 

Once upon a time there was a prosperous village in a far away island called Sumatra. In northern part
of the island, lived a farmer whose name was Toba. He lived alone in a hut by a small forest. He
worked on his farmland to grow rice and vegetables that he sells to local market. Once day he wanted
to catch some fish so he went to a river and fished there. He was very surprised when he got a big fish.
The fish was as big as human being. Soon he went home and put the fish in his kitchen. He planned to
cook the fish for his dinner that night. When he got to his house that afternoon he took a bath. Then as
he walked into his bedroom after taking a bath Toba was very shocked. Do you want to know what
happened? There stood in his living room a very beautiful girl. The girl greeted him nicely. For a
moment Toba was speechless. When he could control his emotion he asked her.

‘Who are you? What’s your nae? Why suddenly you are here in my house?’ ‘Pardon me if I surprised
you Mr. Toba, but you took me here. I was the fish that you caught in the river. Now that I become a
human being again, I would like to thank you and I will be your servant to express my thankfulness’

 ‘Were you the fish?’

‘Yes, I was the fish. Look at your kitchen’.

Toba immediately rushed to his kitchen and the fish was nowhere to be seen. He saw some gold coins
instead. ‘Whose coins are these? Why there are some coins here?’
‘Those coins are mine. As I changed into human being my scales changed into gold coins’
‘Ok you can live here and work for me. Your room is over there’
‘Thank you very much Mr. Toba’

 Since that day the beautiful girl lived in Toba’s house. Since she was very beautiful Toba fell in love
with her and not long after that they got married. The girl married to Toba on one condition that he
would never tell anybody about her past. Toba agreed to the condition. Several months later Toba’s
wife delivered to a baby boy. Their son was healthy. Soon he grew up into a handsome boy. Toba
named him Samosir. Unfortunately Samosir was a lazy boy. He did not want to work at all. When his
father worked hard in his rice field and farm, Samosir just slept. When he was awake he talked a lot
and he ate a lot. Toba was very disappointed with his son’s nature. He hoped that one day Samosir
would change into a diligent boy. Day in and day out but Samosir never changed. Toba used to go to
his farm and rice field early in the morning. Then at midday his wife would bring him food. They used
to eat lunch at their farm. As he was a teenager Toba and his wife tried to change his behavior. They
ordered Samosir to bring food for his father for lunch while her mother stayed at home to do household
chores. But Samosir never did his duty well. He always woke up very late. He woke up after midday.
Then one day his mother forced him to bring the food.

‘Sam, wake up. Go to the farm and bring the food for your father. He must be very tired and hungry
now’.

But Mom, I am tired and hungry too’

‘What makes you tired? You just wake up. Go now. You father needs the food’

Toba reluctantly went to the farm. But he did not go to the farm immediately. He stopped somewhere
in the street and ate the food. It was already late afternoon when he got to the farm. His father was
disappointed. Then he was angry as he realized that his son had eaten his food. He said sarcastically.

‘O, you are stupid lazy boy. You are son of a fish!’

Samosir was hurt. He went home right away and as he got home he told his mother about his father’s
words. Samosir’s mother was shocked. She was also deeply hurt. ‘O Toba. You break your promise so
I cannot live with you here anymore. Now you have to accept to consequence of what you did.
Samosir, now go to the hill, find the tallest tree and climb it’

‘Why mom? What will happen?’

‘Just do it, never ask any question. Good bye’

As soon as she finished saying that suddenly the weather changed. Sunny day suddenly turned into
cloudy day. Not long after that the rain poured heavily. The rain last for several days. Consequently the
area was flooded. The whole area became a big lake. Then it was called Lake Toba and in the middle of
the lake there is an island called Samosir Island. Meanwhile Toba’s wife disappeared. Lake Toba is
located in the province of North Sumatra, Indonesia. Today it becomes a tourist destination.
 The Apple Tree and the Dandelion

It was spring and the apple tree put out its bright little flowers. They were so lovely that even the
princess was muchimpressed.

She cut off some branches and arranged them in a valuable vase in a palace hallway.

The apple branch was very proud of this tribute to its beauty. Through the windows it could see the
flowers in the garden and the meadow, and it pitied them greatly for their foible, especially the humble
dandelion, because with one puff children could blow away their seeds, suing them naked and
defenceless. 

He pitied them because their destiny was so different from his. At the same time, he was proud of his
own shapeliness, his beauty, and his rich vase in the hall. It did not occur to him that the sun shone on
the poor dandelion just as brightly as it did on him.

One day, however, the princess brought in a dandelion to paint, and put it in the same vase as the
flowering apple branch. Beside the delicate beauty of the meadow flower, destined to be blown away
by the wind, the white flowers of the apple grew a bit red, with shame.

The Pride of Icarus

Daedalus, one of the greatest inventors of ancient times, was asked by theking of Crete to build a maze
where he could imprison the Minotaur, a monster half-man and half-bull, sothat it could never get out
again. 

The ingenious architect did as he was asked, but some time later he helped Theseus, a famous hero, to
kill the monster. 

As a punishment, the king of Crete ordered Daedalus to be imprisoned himself in the labyrinth, with his
young son, Icarus.

“Don't worry,” the father encouraged the boy. “I know already how we can get out of this prison!”

Daedalus made a huge pair of wings and he stuck them with wax onto his son's shoulders. The wings
could be moved up and down by moving the arms. Then Daedalus made another pair of wings for
himself.
The wings worked wonderfully. The two men took off, and with a few armstrokes they managed to
climb high enough to get over the walls of the labyrinth, But then the young boy, out of pride, wanted
to fly higher and higher, until the heat from the sun Melted the wax and his wings fell off. 

Then Icarus plunged to the ground and died. Daedalus, full of sadness, carried on flying until he
reached safety.

oOo

Ivan the Archer and the Princess

Ivan was the tsar's valiant and courageous archer. He was always entrusted with the most difficult
tasks. One day, when Ivan was old, the tsar commanded him to journey to the furthest limits of the
world and bring back the beautiful princess Vassilla to bethe royal bride.

Ivan had to face a thousand perils in this quest, but eventually he succeeded in stealing Vassilla away.

But the princess wanted vengeance for her kidnapping and told the tsar she would never marry him,
unless her kidnapper was first put to death on a pot of boiling oil.

The ungrateful tsar ordered that Ivan be executed. Even then the brave archer showed no fear, and
stepped without hesitation into The steaming pot. But Ivan's extraordinary courage brought about a
supernatural reaction, and he proved invulnerable to the boiling oil. 

When he was brought out of the pot, not only was he completely unharmed, but he had become young
once more and astonishingly handsome!

On seeing this miracle, the populace denounced the tyrant and threw him into the pot of oil instead of
Ivan, who was acclaimed as tsar in his place. The Princess Vassilla of course, could not refuse her hand
in marriage to the new and handsome tsar.

Nando and his Grandfather

A long time ago in Minahasa lived an old man with his grandson, Nando. Nando was limped. He could
not walk well. His grandfather loved him very much. He never permitted Nando to go out alone. 

Nando's grandfather's job was looking for wood in the jungle. Nando really wanted to go to the forest
with him but he never gave permission. But finally he let Nando to go to the forest with him.
In the forest, Nando walked slowly behind his grandfather. He was very excited. He saw some
monkeys. When his grandfather looked back, he was shocked. Nando was lost. He looked for him
everywhere but he couldn't find him. Sadly, the grandfather went back home.

The following day, the grandfather was back to the jungle. When he was walking, he heard a strange
bird making sound "Moo poo ... Moo poo". He felt the bird said, "Opoku ... Opoku". It means "My
grandpa ... My grandpa ...... The grandfather was surprised. He approached the bird. It was limped.
There were tears in the bird's eyes. He knew that Nando had changed into a bird. 

Our Last Night

(Malam Terakhir Kita)

For a very first time in my life I felt so helpless. For a first time I couldn’t say anything. I was crying
silently and the only thing that made my heart beat was you. And you seem so sad. Where is that
charming smile of yours??

I feel your heart crying, it doesn’t want to be lonely. Two crystal clear tears run down your cheek. You
turn quickly; you don’t want me to see them. At that very moment I knew you loved me. I am drifting
again in my thoughts...

Time has no meaning when I am with you. I notice no one. When you hug me the stars get brighter as
if they are small candles lit by our love.

You give me the most passionate nights and the tenderest kisses. When I cuddle in your arms I feel so
secure and powerful. I don’t want to think about the future. No, I don’t, not at times like these when I
am so happy.

I love you more and more each day. Time is not a bus or a car and it can’t be broken or stopped.
Yes, today is our last night together "Don’t cry, dearest, I want to tell you that I love you more than
anything in the whole world "..! For a first time in my life I feel numb, for the first time I hate my fate!

You hugged me in your warm embrace, kissed me, turned and left. My heart was tearing in parts.
I was standing in front of the entrance, seeing the most precious person in my life leave!

For a first time I was so helpless, I wanted but couldn’t stop you.
Today I am here….How quickly life changes.

You were making love to me yesterday passionately, and today a whole ocean stands between us.
I am lying in the bed alone, and the only thoughts I have are again about you!
 FABLE
A RABBIT AND TWENTY CROCODILES

Once upon a time, a Rabbit wanted to cross a river, but he could not swim. He had an idea, he saw a
boss of Crocodiles swimming in the river. The Rabbit asked he cross of crocodile.

“how many crocodile are there in the river?” the boss of crocodile answered, “we are twenty here”.

“where are they?”the Rabbit asked for the second time. “what is it for?” the boss crocodile asked.

“all of you are good, gentle and kind, so I want to make a line in order. Later, I will know how kind
you are,” said the Rabbit.

Then the boss of the Crocodiles called all his friend an asked then to make a line in order from one side
to the order side of the river. Fust then, the Rabbit started to count while jumping from one crocodile to
another: one…two… three… four…until twenty. And finally, he thanked all Crocodiles because he had
crossed the river.

In the fable we can find massage is, before act, we think to do first, so that we can finish the difficult
problem.

2.

THE CAT ARROGANT

A long time ago, in a dense forest lies the are very much. Among the animals, which live there is a cat
arrogant very clean, hairy and smooth white. So many animals who liked it, but she was to proud and
arrogant to excess.
One day, the cat wants to live alone without family cat, because she felt it was great to rend for
themselves without the help of her family.

On her way she’s resting adjacent to the family chickens. Sunny morning, when the cat is angry
because her voice has awakened chickens, “hi chicken presumptuous of you to wake coupled with your
son, your son is ugly” said the cat. Chicken family very angry, they repel cats, with feeling annoyed cat
it.

With feeling so tired cat sleeping in the shoulders of an elephant, When elephant was about to wake up
the elephant accidentally dropped the cat “ hi you fool elephant, why you dropped me,, you want to kill
me?” elephant closer and said “oh you’re so beautiful”. Cat scratches elephant, rampage elephants
make that cat darted him.

Cats are very upset and hungry, she tried to look for food on the ground. She met worm “you are a
beautiful cat but why did you take my food.” The cat said “all animals are well aware of my beauty
because I was entitled to do as I please”. And worm said “bask cat snob, what you can survive in the
soil”. “hahaha it’s the little things” said the cat. They also made a deal.

Eventually, after a day on the ground cat worm group tried to see, but the cat was already dead. Some
worm told this to the cat family, but when her family until the cat arrogant who had  died, had been in
the eating lions.

Moral : never overbearing advantages because each person it’s advantages.

3. THE WOLF AND THE STORK

A long time ago, the wolf and the stork were friends. One day, the wolf asked the stork to come to his
house to eat.

When the stork arrived at the wolf’s house, The wolf put two bowls of soup on the table. The wolf ate
his bowl of soup so quickly. When he finished, he asked the stork, “did you like my soup?.”

But the stork was angry because he couldn’t eat the soup. His beak was too long! When the stork went
home, he was still hungry. The wolf laughed and laughed.

Then, the stork had an idea. He asked the wolf to come to dinner. He filled two tall pitchers with good
soup. They began to eat. When the stork finished eating, he asked the wolf if he wanted more to eat.
But the wolf was angry. His mouth was so big that he couldn’t get it into the pitcher. The wolf went
home hungry and the stork laughed and laughed.

The wolf and stork have never been friends ever since.

The moral massages : every bad action that will result in a bad anyway.

4.THE TWO DUCKS AND THE FOX

One day, two duck walked a long the road to go to the lake for their swim. In the middle of the road,
they met Mr. fox. He sat under the tree.

“hello, sister. Where are you going? Asked Mr. fox.

“good morning, Mr. fox, we are going to lake over there. We want to swim. Would you like to join
us?” asked the ducks.

“no thanks, do you both come a long here every day?” asked Mr. fox.

“yes, we always walk here every morning.” Said the ducks.

“delicious..s I mean nice to see you both,” said Mr. fox.

The next day, the first duck said “are we going to swim today? I bet that Mr. fox is waiting for us and
he has a bad plain.

“I know, I have a plan for him too.” Said the second duck.

One their way they met Mr. fox again.

“hello sisters, going to swim again?” asked Mr. fox.

“yes, we are, why don’t you take us to the lake and protect us from bad animals?” said the second duck.

“of course, it’s my pleasure,” replied Mr. fox.

“this is an easy way to have a free lunch. I have a big bag with me now,” though Mr. fox.

Three of them walked to the lake and sang some songs.

“When I say run, let’s run fast together.” Said the second duck. “run!!!”
They ran so fast and jumped into the lake. Mr. fox jumped upon them, but he forgot that he could not
swim. So, Mr. fox drowned in the lake. He failed to get his free lunch.

Moral : do not ever intend evil to someone, because evil is self inflicted.

5.THE LONELY LANDY

One day, there was a porcupine named landy. He was lonely. No one wanted to play with him, because
they afraid of his spikes.

“dear landy, we don’t want to play with you because your spikes are too sharp. We don’t want you to
hurt us,” said cici the rabbit one day.

“cici is right, landy, it is not because you’re bad or rude to us, no, landy, just because of your spikes.
They will stab us if we are close to you.” Said tito the rooster.

Landy felt lonely. Landy spent most of the time day dreaming at the river bank. “I would be happy if
there were no spikes on my body.”

Suddenly, kuku the turtle appeared from the river. He came to landy and said, “landy, what are you
thinking of?”

“oh, nothing.” Landy replied.

“don’t lie to me, landy! Who knows I can help you.” Said kuku  wisely. Then he sat beside landy. He
wasn’t afraid of landy’s spikes.

Shortly, landy told his problem. Kuku nodded his head. He said. “poor you, but it isn’t your fault. I
know your spikes are very usefull and helpful for you. They will realize it someday, trust me!”

Thanks, kuku, you are my best friend.”

One day, koko the frog held his birthday party. He invited all his friends, including landy. But he
decided not to com. He didn’t want to mess up the party.
“I’ll come with you landy. I’ll tell everyone that you’re harmless.” Said kuku, finally landy attended
the party. Everyone enjoyed it.

Suddenly tito screamed, “help…help…! The evil wolf is coming. Save yourself!” then, everyone saved
their lives, except kuku and landy. Kuku pulled his head and his leg into his shell. And landy rolled his
body into a ball.

Unintentionally, the evil wolf touched landy. Of course, the spikes pricked him. He screamed. “ouch!”
since his foot was bleeding, he didn’t chase landy’s friend any longer. Then, he ran away.

“horray… horray…! Long live landy! He saved our lives.” Said cici and her friends. They thanked him
from then on. Landy wasn’t lonely anymore.

The end

Moral    : we don’t underestimate someone’s bad physical appearance and we must appreciate them.

6. The Liberty of Ants

Ants are little creatures and regularly got the abuse by the creatures which are more prominent than
them. One of the creatures that colonize the ants was grasshoppers. Consistently they requested the ants
to discover nourishment and gather it. At the point when the sustenance was gathered, then an insect
took the nourishment and place it in the home. Consistently the ants were given the occupation and
needed to work without halting.

Numerous ants had kicked the bucket due to the depletion at work and that condition constantly
proceeded. In the ants’ settlement, there were two ants which were extremely overcome and constantly
plotted a disobedience. The two ants named Upin and Ipin. They welcomed others to subvert the force
controlled by the beetles. On the other hand, no ground dwelling insect set out to unite and toppled the
force of beetles. Most ants believed that the condition was a fate and a willing of God which ought to
be gotten.

Upin and Ipin never surrendered and continued attempting to get a considerable measure of individuals
with a specific end goal to pulverize the state possessed by the insects. One day, the ruler’s child kicked
the bucket due to running the sustenance out. Every nourishment was offered altogether to the
grasshopper, so the youthful lord kicked the bucket by starvation. This incident understood the ants that
they needed to battle and drove their own particular country.

Ipin Upin and serve as the pioneer of the resistance. Burrowing little creature Upin is extremely master
in making weapons while Ipin is a specialist in making ground dwelling insect war technique. A few
weeks after the fact, Upin has figured out how to make many weapons without being seen by the
insects. Then, Ipin and all ants have concurred that they will assault the base camp of the grasshopper
when the night. Prior to the armed force ants supplied by arms, they soon moved to the central station
of grasshoppers through existing passages underground.

When they arrived, Ipin promptly gave orders for the ants were isolated into 10 gatherings and
scattered to each corner. They then exited the passage through the gaps burrowed. After every one of
the fighters out of the passage, then they discharged weapons into the assemblages of every
grasshopper. In under ten seconds, numerous insects are passing on because of introduction to the
poisons delivered by these weapons. The assault completed ceaselessly for one night, and the following
day, the ants have won the battle. They returned home with a feeling of happiness on the grounds that it
had been free from colonization by grasshoppers. In the mean time, Upin and Ipin named right now
ruler. Ants lived cheerfully and calmly in view of their bold.

7. An Ant and Chrysalis 

(Semut dan Kepompong)

An ant nimbly running in search of food came across a chrysalis that was close to its time of change.
The chrysalis moved and this attracted the attention of the ant, who for the first time realized that it was
a living thing. 

"Poor, pitiable animal!" cried the ant disdainfully, "what a sad fate yours is! While I can run around at
my pleasure, you lie imprisoned in your shell." 

The chrysalis heard all this, but did not respond.

After a few days, when the ant passed the same way, nothing but the shell remained. 

Wondering what had happened to its content, the ant felt itselfsuddenly shaded and fanned by the
gorgeous wings of a beautiful butterfly. 

"Behold in me," said the butterfly, "your much pitied friend!" So the butterfly rose in the air and was
lost in the summer breeze.

Tom, Adam and Bear

(Tom, Adam dan Beruang)

Tom and Adam were close friends. They always did everything together. One day, they had a walk in
the woods. Tom and Adam were very happy. They enjoyed walking in the woods very much. After
walking for several hours, they got tired.

Tom said, “Let's have a rest under that tree”

Adam agreed. They took a rest under a big tree. Adam was so tired that soon he fell asleep.

Suddenly, Tom saw a bear came out of the bushes. He was terrified. He quickly climbed up the tree and
left Adam alone. The bear came closer. It sniffed Adam's face. Adam woke up and was very shocked to
know that a bear was sniffing his ear. He was stiffed and could not move.

“I'm going to die. It's going to kill me,” he thought. He was lying on the ground quietly. After a few
seconds, the bear moved away. It disappeared to the bushes. After that, Adam hurriedly climbing down
the tree and approached Tom. Tom opened his eyes. He was surprised to see that the bear didn't hurt
Adam.

He asked Adam, "What did the bear whisper to your ears?"

Adam frowned and he said angrily, "The bear told me that a person who thinks only of himself cannot
be a good friend." 

oOo

The White Cat and the Imps

(Kucing Putih dan Setan)

Once upon a time, there was a man who had captured a polar bearwhich he intended to present to the
tsar. On the way home, he found himself in the woods as night began to fall, and he asked a woodsman
for refuge.

“Of course, you may stay the night,” said the woodsman, “but you’ll have to make do as best you can,
because there won't be much space. This night is the feast of the trolls, the impish spirits of the forest,
and unfortunately they have a tradition of celebrating with a banquet in my house!”

The man laid out his bed in the closet, and the bear crawled in under the covers and soon fell asleep.

Teat evening the trolls arrived, hundreds of every shape and size, noisy and cheeky like little boys. One
of them spied the white fur under the covers, and thought a large cat was hiding there. The troll tugged
spitefully at the fur, until the polar bear leapt out in fury. The terrified trolls fled.

The year after, before turning up at the house, the trolls asked the woodsman if he still had his “big
cat”. 
“Oh yes!” confirmed the woodsman, “and the seven kittens she has had in the last twelve months are
all bigger than the mother!”
Needless to say, the trolls never returned to the woodsman's house for their banquet.

oOo

The Singer and the Dolphin

(Penyanyi dan Lumba-lumba)

Arion was one of the most famous singers in the ancient world. On one occasion he won an important
festival Sicily, and as his prize he received so many jewels and golden cups that he was obliged to hire
a ship to carry them all home to Corinth. 
Unfortunately, this huge treasure madethe sailors very jealous, and in order to have it for themselves,
they attacked the singer and were about to throw him overboard.

Arion did not put up a struggle, instead he asked only that he be allowed to sing one last song. His wish
was granted and the sailors were so enchanted by his voice that they were hardly aware of what
happened next. 

At the first notes of his song, a dolphin swam alongside, attracted by the beautiful music. Immediately
Arion jumped overboard onto the dolphin's back and was carried back across the sea.

When the ship finally reached port in Corinth, the wicked sailors began to tell everyone that there had
been a storm, during which the famous singer had been lost at sea. They were struck dumb with
amazement, however, when Arion arrived with a company of soldiers to arrest them.

In memory of this event, a statue of a young man on the back of a dolphin, was erected in the port of
Corinth. This statue is still there today.

oOo

The Camel and the Jackal

(Onta dan Srigala)

There once was a Jackal who hated water but needed to cross a river. He decided to come to an
agreement with a camel.
“If you carry me to the other side of the river,” he proposed to the camel, “I will show you a field full
of sugar cane. Then, while you eat the sugar cane, I will dine on the fish and crabs I find on the river-
bank.”

The camel agreed to this bargain and the Jackal jumped up on his back. The crossing went perfectly,
but afterwards the jackal who had a much smaller stomach, satisfied his hunger long before the camel.
Whilst the camel was still eating, the jackal began to howl. The noise brought the farmers running with
big stick. The little jackal managed to escape, but the camel could not avoid a beating.

“Why on earth did you do that?” asked the camel when he was carrying the jackal back across the river.

“Oh, it's just that I nearly always sing for a while after dinner,” replied the jackal.

“Well, I nearly always have a roll in the water when I've finished eating,” said the camel, and he
splashed down in the river.
So with a ducking in the river, the camel repaid the jackal for the beating it had received.

oOo

The Foolish Donkey

(Keledai yang Bodoh)

Once, a farmer owned a donkey and a lapdog. The donkey worked hard all day, hauling heavy loads.
The lapdog stayed with its master all day and lived in the house with him. It did not work, but was
allowed to sit on its master's lap. The donkey grew jealous of the lapdog.

"Perhaps if I behave like the dog, like wag my tail and jump on the master, the master will start loving
me as much as he does the dog." So the donkey waited for its chance.

One day, when it was left unattended, the donkey broke its halter and ran into the farmhouse kitchen,
where the farmer sat at the table. The donkey rushed up to him and began wagging its tail vigorously
and knocked off all the things on the table. It then started jumping around and frolicking like a little
dog and finally, plunked itself down on the farmer's lap. The shocked farmer yelled for help. The
farmhands came running in and dragged the donkey off to its stable and gave it a beating it would
never forget for the rest of its life.

oOo
 Bees and Hornets go to Court

The bees and the hornets were in dispute, because both claimed that they were owners of the honey In a
honeycomb. Since they simply could not come to an agreement, they all ended up in the court-room.
There, the judge, a wasp, found it impossible to decide who was In the right.

There were witnesses who declared that they had seen black and yellow insects going in and out of the
comb, but this testimony did nothing to clarify the situation, as both bees and hornets are black and
yellow insects. 

The wasp was obliged to make further enquiries and ask many questions, it seemed that the
proceedings would go on forever until the Queen Bee finally lost her patience.

“The longer this goes on,” she said to the judge, “the more time and money is lost to us. We are not
able to work, so meanwhile our honey is going bad in the comb. I propose a quick solution, both the
bees and the hornets shall build another honeycomb. Whoever builds the best honeycomb in the
shortest time shall be declared owners of the comb.”

Naturally, the hornets, who cannot build honeycombs, did not accept this proposal and from this the
wasp deduced Immediately that the honeycomb could belong only to the bees

oOo

Scorpion and Tortoise

(Kalajengking dan Kura-kura)

A scorpion and a tortoise became best friends and they took a vow that they would never be separated.
So, when one of them was obliged to leave his native land, the other promised to go with him. One day,
they have to travel outside their village. When they had traveled only a short distance, hey came to a
wide river. The scorpion was now in great trouble.

"Alas," he said, "You, my friend, can easily swim, but how can a poor scorpion like me ever get across
this stream?"

"Never fear," replied the tortoise. "Just place yourself on my broad back and I will carry you safely."
Then, the scorpion settled on the tortoise's broad back, and then the tortoise crawled into the water and
began to swim. Halfway across, he was startled by a strange rapping on his back, which made him ask
the scorpion what he was doing.

"I am whetting my sting to see if it is possible to pierce your hard shell, "answered the scorpion.

"Ungrateful friend," said the tortoise. "You know very well that I have power to both save myself and
punish you as you deserve." And then he sank his back below the surface and shook off the scorpion
into the water.

oOo

The Man and the Lion

A Lion and a Man chanced to travel in a company through the forest. They soon began to quarrel, for
each of them boasted that he and his kind were far superior to the other both in strength and mind.

Now they reached a clearing in the forest and there stood a statue. It was a humas statue in the act of
tearing the jaws of a Lion.

“See,” said the man, “that’s how strong we are! The King of Beasts is like wax in our hands!”

“Ho!” laughed the Lion, “a Man made that statue. It would have been quite a different scene had a Lion
made it!”

Moral: It all depends on the point of view, and who tells the story. Always trust your own wit and try
judge the circumstances.

Lion and Poor Slave

A slave, ill-treated by his master, runs away to the forest. There he comes across a lion in pain because
of a thorn in his paw. The slave bravely goes forward and removes the thorn gently.

The lion without hurting him goes away.

Some days later, the slave’s master comes hunting to the forest and catches many animals and cages
them. The slave is spotted by the masters’ men who catch him and bring him to the cruel master. The
master asks for the slave to be thrown into the lion’s cage.

The slave is awaiting his death in the cage when he realizes that it is the same lion that he had helped.
The lion did not eat him. The slave then rescued the lion and all other caged animals.
Moral: One should help others in need, we get the rewards of our helpful acts in return.

The Wolf and the Crane

A Wolf had been feasting too greedily, and a bone had stuck crosswise in his throat. He could get it
neither up nor down, and of course, he could not eat a thing. Naturally, that was an awful state of
affairs for a greedy Wolf.

So away he hurried to the Crane. He was sure that she, with her long neck and bill, would easily be able
to reach the bone and pull it out. “I will reward you very handsomely”, said the Wolf, “if you pull that
bone out for me”.

The Crane, as you can imagine, was very uneasy about putting her head in Wolf’s throat. But she was
grasping in nature, so she did what the Wolf asked her to do. When the Wolf felt that the bone was
gone, he started to walk away.

“But what about my reward!” called the Crane anxiously.

“What!” snarled the Wolf, whirling around. “Haven’t you got it? Isn’t it enough that I let you take your
head out of my mouth without snapping it off?”

Moral: Expect no reward for serving the one who has no honor. Staying in a company of selfish people
will not do anyone any favor.

The Lion and a Clever Fox

Long ago, there lived a lion in a dense forest. One morning his wife told him that his breath was bad
and unpleasant. The lion became embarrassed and angry upon hearing it. He wanted to check this fact
with others. So he called three others outside his cave.

First came the sheep. The Lion opening his mouth wide said, “Sheep, tell me if my mouth smells bad?”
The sheep thought that the lion wanted an honest answer, so the sheep said, “Yes, Friend. There seems
to be something wrong with your breath”. This plain speak did not go well with the lion. He pounced
on the sheep, killing it.

Then the lion called the wolf and said, “What do you think? Do I have a bad breath?” The wolf saw
what happened to the sheep. He wanted to be very cautious in answering a question. So, the wolf said,
“Who says that Your breath is unpleasant. It’s as sweet as the smell of roses”. When the lion heard the
reply, he roared in an anger and immediately attacked the wolf and killed it. “The flatterer!” growled
the lion.
Finally, came the turn of the fox. The lion asked him the same question. The fox was well aware of the
fate of the sheep and the wolf. So he coughed and cleared his throat again and again and then said, “Oh
Dear Friend, for the last few days, I have been having a very bad cold. Due to this, I can’t smell
anything, pleasant or unpleasant”.

The lion spared the fox’s life.

Moral: Do not involve yourself in a bad company or a bad situation else you may end up getting
punished for no fault of yours. Sometimes, It’s wise to stay away from certain situations.

The Bear and The Two Friends

Once two friends were walking through the forest. They knew that anything dangerous can happen to
them at any time in the forest. So they promised each other that they would remain united in any case
of danger.

Suddenly, they saw a large bear approaching them. One of the friends at once climbed a nearby tree.
But the other one did not know how to climb. So being led by his common sense, he lay down on the
ground breathless, pretending to be a dead man.

The bear came near the man lying on the ground. It smelt in his ears, and slowly left the place. Because
the bears do not touch the dead creatures.Now the friend on the tree came down and asked his friend on
the ground, “Friend, what did the bear tell you into your ears?” The other friend replied, “The bear
advised me not to believe a false friend.”

Moral: True Friend is the one who always supports and stands by you in any situation.
 FAIRYTALE

The Fairy Tulips

Once upon a time there was a good old woman who lived in a little house. She had in her garden a bed
of beautiful striped tulips.

One night she was wakened by the sounds of sweet singing and of babies laughing. She looked out at
the window. The sounds seemed to come from the tulip bed, but she could see nothing.

The next morning she walked among her flowers, but there were no signs of any one having been there
the night before.

On the following night she was again wakened by sweet singing and babies laughing. She rose and
stole softly through her garden. The moon was shining brightly on the tulip bed, and the flowers were
swaying to and fro. The old woman looked closely and she saw, standing by each tulip, a little Fairy
mother who was crooning and rocking the flower like a cradle, while in each tulip-cup lay a little Fairy
baby laughing and playing.

The good old woman stole quietly back to her house, and from that time on she never picked a tulip,
nor did she allow her neighbors to touch the flowers.

The tulips grew daily brighter in color and larger in size, and they gave out a delicious perfume like
that of roses. They began, too, to bloom all the year round. And every night the little Fairy mothers
caressed their babies and rocked them to sleep in the flower-cups.

The day came when the good old woman died, and the tulip-bed was torn up by folks who did not
know about the Fairies, and parsley was planted there instead of the flowers. But the parsley withered,
and so did all the other plants in the garden, and from that time nothing would grow there.

But the good old woman’s grave grew beautiful, for the Fairies sang above it, and kept it green; while
on the grave and all around it there sprang up tulips, daffodils, and violets, and other lovely flowers of
spring.

Snow White

Once upon a time there lived a little, named Snow White. She lived with her aunt and uncle because
her parents were died.

One day she heard her aunt and uncle talking about leaving Snow White in the castle because they
wanted to go to America and they didn’t have enough money to take Snow White with them.
Snow White didn’t want her uncle and aunt to do this. So she decided to run away. The next morning
she run away from home when her aunt and uncle were having breakfast, she run away into the wood.

In the wood she felt very tired and hungry. Then she saw this cottage. She knocked but no one
answered so she went inside and felt asleep

Meanwhile seven dwarfs were coming home from work. They went inside. There, they found Snow
White woke up. She saw the dwarfs. The dwarfs said; “What is your name?”. Snow White said; “My
name is Snow White”. One of the dwarfs said; “If you wish, you may live here with us”. Snow White
told the whole story about her. Then Snow white ad the seven dwarfs lived happily ever after.

Love Story of Cinderella

Once upon a time there lived a beautiful young girl named Cinderella . He lived with her step mother
and two step sisters . Her mother and sister were arrogant and had bad temper. They treated Cinderella
very badly. Her step mother made Cinderella do the hardest job in the house, such as mopping the
floor, cleaning the pot and pan and preparing food for the family. Her step sisters did not work on the
house. Their mother gave them many beautiful dresses to wear.

One day, two step sisters received an invitation to the ball. The King would choose a girl to be the wife
of his prince.

They were excited about this and spent so much time choosing the dresses they would wear. Finally,
the ball came, and the sisters went to the ball. Cinderella were crying after they left . “Why are crying ,
Cinderella?” the voice asked . He looked up and saw her fairy godmother standing beside her, “because
I wanted to go to the ball” Cinderella answered . Well godmother said, “You are a cheerful,
hardworking, uncomplaining girl. I will bring you go to the ball . Magically. Fairy godmother turned a
pumpkin into a coach and mice into two smooth coachman and footman. Her godmother tapped
Cinderella’s dress with her wand, and it became a beautiful ball gown .

Then he gave her a pair of pretty glass slippers. “Now, Cinderella”, she said, you have to go before
midnight. Then he drove away a wonderful coach. Cinderella had a marvelous time either . She danced
again and again with the king’s son. Suddenly the clock began to strike twelve, she ran toward the door
as fast as he could do. In her hurry, one of her glass slipper fell down. A few days later, the prince
declared that he would marry the girl whose feet fitted the glass slipper. Stepsisters tried on shoes but it
was too small for them, no matter how hard they squeezed their toes into it .
In the end, the king let Cinderella try the shoes. He stretched his legs and slipped the shoes. It fitted
perfectly. Finally, he was ushered into a magnificent and high palace. Young kings were glad to see
him again . They marry and live happily ever after .

Sleeping Beauty

In a faraway kingdom, there was an empire led by a king and queen. The king led his region with a
very wise and prudent. Despite being a king, their life was less happy because they did not have a child.
It made the king and queen became sad.

Then one day the queen gave birth to a beautiful little daughter named Princess Aurora. The birth of the
little princess made the king and the entire kingdom happy. The king was making a big celebration to
welcome his daughter. He invited all the people in the kingdom, including all the fairies that live in the
kingdom. The king invited them to ask for their blessing. But the king forgot to invite all the fairies in
the kingdom. The facts that there were 13 fairies in kingdom but the king only invited 12 fairies.

When the celebration party was running on, all of the fairies invited by king surrounded the little
princess to give a blessing. One by one fairy was utter blessings. One fairy gave blessing of goodness,
another fairy gave blessing of health, and the next fairy gave blessing of beautiful voice and so on.
When the 12th fairy was about to give her blessing, the 13th fairy who were not invited by the king
come. She was very angry and could not accept this humiliation.

The 13th fairy was not giving a blessing to the little princess, she even cursed her. The 13th fairy said,
“When the baby is 16 years old, she will be pricked by a needle and fall asleep for a long time”. After
saying that curse the 13th fairy left the palace using her broomstick. Everyone in the palace was
shocked and saddened as well as the king and queen. The queen begged to the fairies, “Please withdraw
this curse”. “What have been spoken irrevocable my queen” said the fairy. The others fairy tried to
calm king and queen, “You do not worry. The princess will not die, she just fall asleep for a long time
“” And this curse will be lost if there is prince who awakened her “another fairy added. Hearing the
explanation, the king and queen relieved. However, they were still afraid of the incident occurred. The
king ordered to get rid of all the needles in the palace.

Days passed, Princes aurora grown into a beautiful princess. She was very good and had very beautiful
voice. Everyone in the palace loved her. At the age of 16, the princess entered a small room in her
palace. She saw a woman who was sewing. The princess was surprised and asked, “What are you
doing?”, “I’m sewing, come here I will teach you to sew” the woman replied. Princess Aurora did not
know that the old woman is evil fairy in disguise. She took needle in the hands of women. Then
suddenly she was pricked and fell asleep. When Princess Aurora asleep, all people in the kingdom were
fell asleep too. Then the fairy put her on a mattress.
Years passed, Princess Aurora had been asleep for hundreds of years. Until the day came, a prince from
a distant land approached the kingdom. He saw a beautiful princess asleep there. Then the prince kissed
princess aurora. Then the cursed was destroyed. The princess woke up from her sleep, as well as those
that exist in the palace. Eventually they become lovers and lived happily ever after.

The Clever Violinist

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One day a violinist decided to play some music as he was walking through the woods. But this attracted
a large fierce bear.

“How well you play,” he said to the man, to gain his confidence. “Could you teach me to play as well?”
“Of course,” answered the violinist, not fooled at all. “As long as you do what I tell you. Put your paws
in the crack in this tree.”

The bear did as he was told and the musician was quick to jam his paws in the crack with a large stone.
The bear was stuck tight.

The next time the violinist played, he attracted a lion, and the same scene was repeated. This time the
beast was caught in a trap and ended up hanging by its tail from a tree. Then it was the turn of a tiger,
which was captured by a similar trick.

When the three wild beasts managed to free themselves, the chased after the violinist, seeking revenge;
but they found him in the company of a new friend: a huge woodsman with a giant axe, who chased the
animals away. And so the clever violinist Crossed the forest in safety.

The Three Brothers

Once upon a time, there were three young brothers who lived with their father in a small village. 

Their father was old and always sick. The old man knew that he was not going to live for long, so he
tried to split his wealth for his sons.

"Listen, sons. I'm going to leave you this small hut and that small farm land out there for all of you.
The buffalo is for you, Kirno," said the old man to his first son.

"What about me, Father?" asked Beno, the second son.

"You can take care of our plough," said the old man.
"And you my little son, I give you this small bag of rice seed." "Thank you, Father," said Gito, the third
son.

"All of you can change your destiny with all the things I give you. However, you must help each other
and remember that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west," muttered the old man.

Those were the last words from the old man to his sons. Few hours later, the old man passed away.

A day after the old man died, Kirno went to the market to sell his buffalo. Gito ran after him, trying to
remind him about their father's will which asked them to help each other.
But Kirno ignored him. Beno also sold the plough and enjoyed the money himself. Kirno and Beno did
nothing but spent their money.

Gito was very upset. But he wanted to become a good farmer Like his father. 

So, he borrowed a plough from his neighbour. He had to plough the farm land by himself because he
did not have any buffaloes. He worked so hard from the sun rose until the sun set.

After seven years of working hard, Gito became a successful farmer. But he was not happy because he
kept thinking of his brothers. He looked for his brothers everywhere, but still he could not find them.

One day, Gito went down to town to buy some farming equipment. When he was about to leave the
shop, a beggar asked him for some money and a pickpocket was trying to take his wallet. 

These people were actually Gito's brothers. Gito recognized them at the first place. Feeling very happy,
Gito quickly hugged them.
In the end, Gito told them that he had become a successful farmer. He also invited them to stay in his
house. Kirno and Beno felt ashamed to Gito. They realized that they had done a terrible mistake in the
past.

The End
Princess Merida

Princess Merida Story as Narrative text

Berikut adalah cerita tentang Princes Merida dalama bahasa Inggris

King Fergus and Queen Elinor ruled the kingdom of DunBroch in Scotland. They had three sons and
one daughter, the beautiful Princess Merida. All four children were mischievous!
Queen Elinor tried to teach Merida how to behave like a perfect princess. But Merida liked to slip away
from the palace to practice with her bow and arrow. She was a skilled archer.
One night, the queen announced that three clans were coming to visit. Each would present a suitor to
compete for Merida’s hand in marriage. Merida was horrified. “I won’t go through with it!” she
shouted. To Merida’s dismay, the suitors arrived as planned. Merida sat waiting on her throne for the
archery contest to begin. She knew she could handle a bow and arrow far better than the suitors could!
Once the suitors had taken their shots, Merida marched onto the field. The queen yelled for her to stop,
but Merida didn’t listen. She fired her arrows and hit each target dead center. She had won! Now she
wouldn’t have to marry anyone!

Rapunzel

Long time ago there lived a married couple. They were very lonely because they did not have children
who accompanied them. Every day the couple prayed to god to be given a child. Until one day his wife
was pregnant. Her husband was very happy and the days they turned into happiness. One day his wife
fell ill. She suffered a strange illness. So many times, her husband treated her but she was still sick. The
husband also confused his wife was getting worse. Even she did not want to eat and drink. “You have
to eat a lot so that our children healthy!” said her husband. “I cannot eat any food” replied his wife.
The husband thought that deep in the forest there was a magical flower that can cure all diseases
guarded by a witch. Because of his love for his wife, he went to the forest. After arriving in the woods,
he crept to take the flowers. When she was picking the flowers that were in the midst of garden, the
witch knew. She was furious and wanted to kill him. “Please do not kill me. My pregnant wife was
sick. If I did not give this magical flower she and my baby will die “the husband said. Finally the witch
let him go, but with one condition when the baby was born, he had to give the baby. Without thinking,
her husband agreed.

When he got home, he gave the magic flower to his wife. Then his wife’s illness miraculously
disappeared and she born a beautiful baby. When the baby was born, the witch came. She robbed the
baby and took him away. They could not do anything about it.

The witch was holding their baby at a very high tower with no doors. The tower only has a window in
it. Witch was raising the child in the tower and named her Rapunzel. Rapunzel grew into a beautiful
girl. Her hair which was never cut became very long. The witch was always coming to the tower to
bring food. She always called him from below, “Rapunzel let your hair down”. She used her hair as a
rope to climb the tall tower.

Rapunzel stayed on top of the tower alone even she never saw human except that witch. She had a very
beautiful voice so that her days were spent to sing. One day, a handsome prince passed the tower. He
heard Rapunzel singing so beautifully. He fell in love with her voice. The prince came to the tower
every day to hear Rapunzel sing. One day, the prince saw a witch climbed the tower using Rapunzel
hair.

The next day, the prince tried to climb the tower. She called Rapunzel. “Rapunzel let down your hair”
he said. The prince climbed to the top of the tower. Having reached the top, Rapunzel surprised that the
one who came is not witch but others. They both met each other until they become lovers. The prince
told everything to Rapunzel and Invited Rapunzel to escape. However, when they wanted to escape, the
wicked witch came and pushed the prince of the top tower so that he was blind.

The witch was very angry. She cut Rapunzel’s hair and discarded her into the faraway desert. The
prince who was blind looked for Rapunzel for years. He walked alone and finally reached the desert.
One day, he heard a voice he knew singing. The prince realized that it was the voice of Rapunzel.
Eventually they both met again. They hugged and cried with joy until Rapunzel’s tears fell to the eye of
prince. Then the prince got his sight back. Afterwards the prince brought Rapunzel to his kingdom and
they lived happily ever after.

The Imp’s Saturday

It was Saturday night, but very few children had yet gone to sleep. They all relied on the sleep imp,
whose jobit was to sing the lullabies, but the imp had not passed by yet. So one mother decided to go
and complain about him.
"I'm sorry," the imp explained, "but tomorrow is a holiday. It is Sunday, and we imps have to clean up
the whole world so it looks prettier. You have no idea how many things I still have to do tonight."
"What things?"

"I have to climb to the tops of the bell towers and polish up the bells, so that they will ring clear and
true. I have to go into the fields and check if the wind has dusted clean the grass and the flowers. I have
to go up into the sky and bring down the stars one by one and make them bright and shiny."

"But the stars," said the woman, "are stuck up in the sky. You can't just take them down and clean them
like light bulbs,"

"Are you suggesting I don't know what I'm doing" asked the imp, a bit put out.
However, the little boy had fallen asleep in the meantime, so the mother decided there was no point in
staying there any longer to argue about it, so whether or not the stars are really fixed in the sky, we
never did find out.

he  Origin of the city  Surabaya

 Once upon a time, there were two animals, Sura and Baya. Sura was the name of a shark and Baya was
a crocodile. They dwelled in an ocean.

Once Sura and Baya were looking for some nourishment. Abruptly, Baya saw a goat.

“Yummy, this is my lunch,” said Baya.

“No way! This is my midday meal. You are greedy” said Sura. Then they battled for the goat. After
several hours, they were very exhausted.

Feeling exhausted of battling, they lived in the different places. Sura dwelled in the water and Baya
dwelled in the land. The border was the sandy shore, so they would never battle afresh.
One day, Sura went to the land and looked for some nourishment in the stream. He was very famished
and there was not much nourishment in the sea. Baya was very furious when he knew that Sura broke
the pledge.

They fought afresh. They both hit each other. Sura bit Baya's tail. Baya did the same thing to Sura. He
bit very hard until Sura eventually provided up and A went back to the sea. Baya was happy.

3.The origin of the city of Banyuwangi

 Once upon a time, there was a local ruler named King Sulahkromo thing. Prime Minister King has
named Raden Sidopekso. Prime Minister 's wife has named Sri Tanjung. She is so beautiful and sweet
that the king wanted her to be his wife. One day, the King sent the Prime Minister for long missions.
While the Prime Minister went, the King tried to get Sri Tanjung. But the king failed.

  He was very angry and upset. So, when Sidopekso back, the King told him that his wife was
unfaithful to him. Prime Minister is very angry with his wife. Sri Tanjung said that was not true.
However, Sidopekso said that he would kill her. She took him to the river bank.

 Before he killed him and threw him into the river, he said that he will be proven innocent, Once
Sidopekso kill him, he threw his body into the river dirty. River soon became clean and start spreading
the wonderful aroma and very fragrant. Sidopekso said, "... Banyu Wangi... Banyuwangi ". It means '
fragrant water '. Banyuwangi proof of love born of noble and sacred. That's the origin of the town of
Banyuwangi.

4. The to be king poor monkey wants

  Once upon a time... Happy monkey dance at gatherings of animals, and they are all very pleased with
his performance that they elected him their king. A Fox, envying him the honor, discovered a piece of
meat lying in a trap, and leading the Monkey to the spot, said that he had found a shop in the woods,
but do not use it, he had been saving for him as treasure trove of his kingdom, and counseled him to
seize it.

  Monkey approached carelessly and was caught in a trap, and on his accusing the Fox deliberately took
him into a trap, he replied, "Oh Monkey, and you, with your mind like you, will be the King of
animals?

5.Finding farmers Magic Box

  Once upon a time... In the afternoon, there was a poor farmer. He lives with his wife, One day, he dug
his field and found a very large box. He then store them in their homes. One sunny morning, she
dropped apples in the box. Suddenly, the box gets filled with apples. No matter how many apples were
taken out, more apples going on inside the box. One day, forming dropping gold coins into the box.

  Simultaneously, Apple began to disappear and the box full of gold coins. Farmer soon became rich.
After hearing that his son became wealthy, forming a father visiting couples. His father was not very
strong. He could not go out to work again. So the farmer asked his old father to help him take the gold
coins out of the box. His father worked hard, took the gold coins out of the box. When he was told that
he was very tired and wanted to rest, the farmer yelled to him, Why are you so lazy Why can not you
work harder old man said nothing and continued to work long Suddenly? Man fell into the box, he
died.

  As well as gold coins began to disappear and the box is filled with the dead. The former should be
pulled out and buried. To do this, farmers have to spend all the money that had been collected earlier.
When he had spent all his money, broke the box. The farmer was ugly as before, terrible ending.

6. Pinocchio And the wicked witch

 Once upon a time... In a large pine forest in the country Italy, lonely. He always dreamed about having
a child. Every day, he went to cut wood for the city people. One day, an idea illuminated his mind, the
idea of crafting a puppet, that he would give the name of Pinocchio. He made the doll and at night, the
puppet come to life! One year of happiness and thriller passed, on Sunday morning, Gepetto told
Pinocchio: it's my birthday soon, my little boy! I hope you do not forget it! Oh, sure, I'm not! Pinocchio
felt awkward.

 He did not think about it. Gepettos birthday comes just three days ahead, and he had not prepared a
gift. After a long night of reflecting, Pinocchio finally decided to offer a homemade chocolate cake to
her as a gift. When the sun rose, Pinocchio was ready to go outside to find the ingredients. The main
problem was not even known he was in and the recipe.

 So after school, he decided to go ask someone for the ingredients to bake a cake. During his walk,
Pinocchio, the wooden puppet, met shamans city. Hey, little boy, do you need help for your chocolate
cake? Hum You can help me?, Tanya Pinocchio. Sure, I could. Follow me! After walking a few
minutes so, Pinocchio saw big, big, big huge candy house. They entered together and Pinocchio was
caught by a large enclosure. Mouahahaha! I was finally able to catch you! You are mine, you will work
for me! , Said the evil witch.

  Pinocchio was terrified. When the guards came and took him out of the cage, he immediately ran very
fast and he managed to escape. At the same time, the evil wizard , summoned all his troops with him,
ran after him and he pulled out his wand. Evil devil changed the little wooden puppet into a chocolate
cake! When he returned home, he told the whole story to his father and they went to find a fairy god .
After a long journey, they finally found the fairy god and they had a magic potion for Pinocchio,
Pinocchio to treat the poor.

7.Love story of Cinderella

 Once upon a time... In the past era, there was a beautiful young girl named Cinderella. He lived with
his mother and two sisters. Mother and sister arrogant and bad tempered. They treated Cinderella very
badly. Step mother made Cinderella do the hardest job in the house, such as scrubbing the floor,
cleaning the pot and pan and preparing food for the family. Second step sister, on the other hand, does
not work on the house. Their mother gave them many handsome dresses to wear. One day, two half-
brothers received an invitation to the ball that the king 's son would give at the palace.

 They were excited about this and spent so much time choosing the dresses they would wear. Finally,
the ball came, and away went the sisters. Cinderella could not help crying after they left. Why are
crying, Cinderella? The voice asked. He looked up and saw her fairy godmother standing beside her,
because I wanted to go to the ball Cinderella. Well godmother said, you've been such a cheerful,
hardworking, uncomplaining girl that I will see that you go to the ball. Magic, fairy godmother turned a
pumpkin into a coach and mice into a smooth two coachman and footman. Her godmother tapped
Cinderella's dress with her wand, and it became a beautiful ball gown.

 Then he gave her a pair of pretty glass slippers. Now, Cinderella, she said, you have to go before
midnight. Then he drove away a wonderful coach. Cinderella had a marvelous time either. She danced
again and again with the king 's son. Suddenly the clock began to strike twelve, she ran toward the door
as fast as he could do. In her hurry, one of her glass slipper behind. A few days later, the child king
declared that he would marry the girl whose feet fitted the glass slipper. Stepsisters try on shoes, but it
was too small for them, no matter how hard they squeezed their toes into it.

 In the end, the king's page lets Cinderella try the shoes. He stretched his legs and slipped the shoes on
the page. It fitted perfectly. Finally, he was ushered into a magnificent palace and height. Young kings
were glad to see him again. They marry and live happily ever after. End of story Cinderela no longer
with his mother and brothers sisters.

True Friends

Once upon a time, there were two close friends who were walking through the forest together.
They knew that anything dangerous can happen any time in the forest. So they promised
each other that they would always be together in any case of danger.

Suddenly, they saw a large bear getting closer toward them. One of them climbed a nearby
tree at once. But unfortunately the other one did not know how to climb up the tree. So being
led by his common sense, he lay down on the ground breathless and pretended to be a dead
man.
The bear came near the one who was lying on the ground. It smelt in his ears, and slowly left
the place because the bears do not want to touch the dead creatures. After that, the friend on
the tree came down and asked his friend that was on the ground, "Friend, what did the bear
whisper into your ears?" The other friend replied, "Just now the bear advised me not to
believe a false friend."

Moral of the Story- A true friend in need is a friend indeed.

 Fox and A Cat

One day a cat and a fox were having a conversation. The fox, who was a conceited creature,
boasted how clever she was. 'Why, I know at least a hundred tricks to get away from our
mutual enemies, the dogs,' she said.

'I know only one trick to get away from dogs,' said the cat. 'You should teach me some of
yours!'
'Well, maybe some day, when I have the time, I may teach you a few of the simpler ones,'
replied the fox airily.

Just then they heard the barking of a pack of dogs in the distance. The barking grew louder
and louder - the dogs were coming in their direction! At once the cat ran to the nearest tree
and climbed into its branches, well out of reach of any dog. 'This is the trick I told you about,
the only one I know,' said the cat. 'Which one of your hundred tricks are you going to use?'

The fox sat silently under the tree, wondering which trick she should use. Before she could
make up her mind, the dogs arrived. They fell upon the fox and tore her to pieces.

Moral : A single plan that works is better than a hundred doubtful plans.

The Ant and the Dove

One hot day, an ant was seeking for some water. After walking around for a moment, she
came to a spring. To reach the spring, she had to climb up a blade of grass. While making her
way up, she slipped and fell unintentionally into the water.

She could have sunk if a dove up a nearby tree had not seen her. Seeing that the ant was in
trouble, the dove quickly put off a leaf from a tree and dropped it immediately into the water
near the struggling ant. Then the ant moved towards the leaf and climbed up there. Soon it
carried her safely to dry ground.
Not long after at that, there was a hunter nearby who was throwing out his net towards the
dove, hoping to trap it in this way.

Guessing what he should do, the ant quickly bit him on the heel. Feeling the pain, the hunter
dropped his net and the dove flew away quickly from this net.
The morality: One good turn deserves another.
 The Fox and the Grapes

One afternoon there was a fox that was walking through the forest and spotted a bunch of
grapes hanging from over a lofty branch. “Just the thing to quench my thirst,” quoted the fox.
Taking a few steps backward, the fox jumped but unfortunately he missed the hanging
grapes. Again the fox took a few paces backward, ran, and tried to reach them but he still
failed.
Finally, giving up, the fox turned up his nose and said, “They’re probably sour anyway,” and
proceeded to walk away.

Moral Value: it’s easy to despise what you cannot have.