Kumpulan Stortel

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Telaga Warna (ditty)

Long time ago there was a kingdom in West Java. The kingdom was ruled by a king

called Prabu. He was a kind and wise king. Under Prabu’s leadership the kingdom

grew into a prosperous kingdom. There’s no hunger in the kingdom. !verybody in

the kingdom loved their king. "ut there’s one problem. The king and his #ueenhadn’t got any children. $t made the couple very sad. That was why Prabu decided

to go to the %ungle. There he meditated and prayed to &od. !veryday he begged 'or

a child. His dream (nally came true. ) 'ew months later the #ueen got pregnant. )ll

people in the kingdom 'elt very happy. They sent many presents to the palace to

e*press their happiness. +ine months later a baby girl was born. The baby grew as a

beauti'ul teenager then.

Prabu and his #ueen loved their daughter so much. They gave what ever she

wanted. $t made the princess grew into a spoiled girl. When her wish couldn’t be

'ul(lled she would be very angry. ,he even said bad things o'ten. !ven though the

princess behaved badly her parents still loved her and so did the people in thekingdom.

Time passed and the princess grew more beauti'ul. $n a 'ew days the princess

would be seventeen years old. That’s why people o' that kingdom brought many

presents 'or her. They bring gold and beauti'ul %ewelries. Prabu collected the

presents. Then Prabu stored them in a special room. ,ome times he would take

them to give to his people who needed it. Prabu only took a 'ew gold and %ewels.

Then he brought them to a goldsmith. -Please make a necklace 'or my daughter

said Prabu. -/y pleasure 0our /a%esty the goldsmith replied. The goldsmith

worked with all his heart and his ability. He wanted to create the most beauti'ul

necklace 'or the princess.

The birthday came. People gathered in the palace (eld. Then Prabu and the #ueen

appeared. They waved to their beloved people. 1heers were loud and louder when

the princess appeared. !verybody admired her beauty. Prabu got up 'rom his chair

and took a small pillow. ) beauti'ul necklace was on the pillow. Prabu took that

necklace. -/y beloved daughter today $ give this necklace to you. This necklace is

a gi't 'rom people in this country. They love you so much. They presented it 'or you

to e*press their happiness because you have growing to a woman said Prabu. The

princess accepted the necklace. ,he looked at the necklace in a glance. -$ don’t

want this necklace2 $t’s ugly2 shouted the princess as she threw the necklace away.

The necklace hit the 3oor and was broken. The gold and %ewels were spread out on

the 3oor.

+o body dared to speak. They never thought that their beloved princess would do

such a cruel thing. $n their silence people heard the #ueen crying. !very woman 'elt

sad and began crying too. Then everybody was crying. ,uddenly 'rom the middle o'


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the (eld a spring emerged. $t #uickly became a pool. The palace was getting

3ooded. ,oon the place became a big lake.

+owadays the water on that lake is not as 'ull as be'ore. There is only a small lake

now. People called the lake Telaga Warna 4it means lake o' colour5. 6n a bright day

the lake is 'ull o' colour. These colors come 'rom the re3ections o' 'orest plants3owers and sky around the lake. "ut some people said that the colours are 'rom the

princess’ necklace which spreads at the bottom o' the lake.777

Sangkuriang

Long time ago in West Java lived a beauti'ul girl named 8ayang ,umbi. ,he was

also smart and clever. Her beauty and intelligence made a prince 'rom the heavenly

kingdom o' 9ahyangan desire her as his wi'e. The prince asked permission 'rom his

'ather to marry 8ayang ,umbi. People 'rom 9ahyangan could never live side by side

with humans but his 'ather approved on one condition when they had a child the

prince would trans'orm into a dog. The prince accepted the condition.

They get married and lived happily in the woods until 8ayang ,umbi gave birth to a

baby boy. The prince then changed into a dog named Tumang. Their son is named

,angkuriang. He was very smart and handsome like his 'ather. !veryday he hunted

animals and looked 'or 'ruits to eat. 6ne day when he was hunting ,angkuriang

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:

8ayang ,umbi was appalled. 8riven by sadness and anger she grabbed a weaving

tool and hit ,angkuriang’s head with it. 8ayang ,umbi was so sad; she didn’t pay

any attention to ,angkuriang and started to cry.

,angkuriang 'eel sad and also con'used. How can his mother love a dog more than

him: ,angkuriang then decided to go away 'rom their home and went on a %ourney.

$n the morning 8ayang ,umbi (nally stopped crying. ,he started to 'eel better so

she went to (nd ,angkuriang. "ut her son was no where to be 'ound. ,he looked

everywhere but still couldn’t (nd him.


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)'ter the young man le't 8ayang ,umbi prayed 'or guidance. )'ter praying she

became convinced that the young man was indeed her missing son. ,he reali>ed

that she had to do something to prevent ,angkuriang 'rom marrying her. "ut she

did not wish to disappoint him by cancelling the wedding. ,o although she agreed

to marry ,angkuriang she would do so only on the condition that he provides her

with a lake and built a beauti'ul boat all in one night.

,angkuriang accepted this condition without a doubt. He had spent his youth

studying magical arts. )'ter the sun went down ,angkuriang went to the hill. Then

he called a group o' genie to build a dam around 1itarum ?iver. Then he commands

the genies to cut down trees and build a boat. ) 'ew moments be'ore dawn

,angkuriang and his genie servants almost (nished the boat.

8ayang ,umbi who had been spying on him realised that ,angkuriang would 'ul(ll

the condition she had set. 8ayang ,umbi immediately woke all the women in the

village and asked them to wave a long red scar'. )ll the women in the village were

waving red scar' making it look as i' dawn was breaking. 8eceived by 'alse dawnthe cock crowed and 'armers rose 'or the new day.

,angkuriang’s genie servants immediately dropped their work and ran 'or cover

'rom the sun which they 'eared. ,angkuriang grew 'urious. With all his anger he

kicked the un(nished boat. The boat 3ew and landed on a valley. The boat then

became a mountain called /ount Tangkuban Perahu 4Tangkuban means upturned

or upside down and Perahu means boat5. With his power he destroyed the dam.

The water drained 'rom the lake becoming a wide plain and nowadays became a

city called "andung 4'rom the word "endung which means 8am5.777


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Aji Saka

) long time ago there was a kingdom called /edang 9amulan. The kingdom o'/edang 9amulan was ruled by Prabu 8ewata 1engkar. The people in the kingdom

were very scared by the king. $t was because the king liked to eat human 3esh.

6nce a week he commanded his messenger Patih Jugul /uda to (nd him a human

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/uda. )'ter Patih Jugul /uda le't )%i ,aka revealed himsel'. Prabu 8ewata 1engkar’s

eyes suddenly widened upon seeing )%i ,aka. He could already imagine how

delicious his meat would taste. -Who are you: asked Prabu 8ewata 1engkar. -$ am

)%i ,aka 'rom the village o' /edang 9awit )%i ,aka answered. -Ha...ha...ha.... $’m

glad you came here. 0ou would be my meal. $=m starving said the king.

-$ would gladly let you eat me but $ want something in return. )%i ,aka said. -What

is it that you want: asked Prabu 8ewata 1engkar. -$ want a land as large as my

turban said )%i ,aka. He then took oA his turban and threw it on the ground. Prabu

8ewata 1engkar agreed. He himsel' would measure the land with )%i ,aka’s turban.

,uddenly the turban grew bigger and bigger. $t %ust kept on stretching until it (nally

covered the whole kingdom. Prabu 8ewata 1engkar was angry. He then attacked )%i

,aka. "ut then the turban wrapped itsel' around him and began to strangle him.

The turban then threw the king’s body to the ,outh ,ea. The waves carried Prabu

dewata 1engkar away until he (nally drowned and died.

)%i ,aka then asked the people o' /edang 9amulan to come back to the kingdom. They all thanked the brave )%i ,aka. They also agreed to make )%i ,aka to be their

king. )%i ,aka then ruled the kingdom wisely. Under the leadership o' )%i ,aka

/edang 9amulan become a peace'ul and prosperous kingdom.777

Mouse Deer and Tiger

6ne upon a time there was a mouse deer living in a 'orest. )lthough he was small

he wasn’t a'raid o' the other bigger animals who wanted to eat him. He was so

smart; he always managed to ditch them. 6ne day a tiger was wandering around

'or 'ood. He hadn=t been eating 'or days. He was really hungry. While he was

walking in the 'orest he saw /ouse 8eer. The tiger wanted to eat him.

Tiger slowly ducked crawled approaching /ouse 8eer then...B&otcha2B said Tiger.

He caught /ouse 8eer. -Hello /ouse 8eer2 $’m really hungry right now. 0ou’ll be my

lunch2 said Tiger. /ouse 8eer didn’t want to be his lunch. He tried to be calm. He

looked around and saw some buAalo’s dung. He had an idea. -$’m sorry Tiger. $

can’t be your lunch now. The 9ing has ordered me to guard his cake said /ouse

8eer calmly. -His cake: said Tiger curiously. -0es there it is. $t’s very delicious. The

9ing doesn’t want anyone else to eat it so he ordered me to guard it /ouse 8eer

pointed the buAalo’s dung. -1an $ taste it: Tiger asked. -6' course you can’t. The

9ing would be very angry said /ouse 8eer re'used. -Just one little bite /ouse

8eer2 The 9ing will never know said Tiger. -Well okay Tiger. "ut (rst let me run'ar away so the 9ing won’t blame me said /ouse 8eer. -)ll right /ouse deer. 0ou

can go now. /ouse 8eer ran #uickly out o' sight. Tiger then took a big mouth'ul o'

the Ccake’. -Phoooey2 He spit it out. -0uck that’s not cake. That’s buAalo’s dung.

Tiger ran through the 'orest. He caught up with /ouse 8eer. -/ouse 8eer you

tricked me. "ut now you will be my lunch. /ouse 8eer looked around and saw a

wasp nest in a tree. -$’m sorry Tiger. $ can’t be your lunch now. The 9ing has


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ordered me to guard his drum said /ouse 8eer calmly. -His drum: said Tiger

curiously. -0es there it is. $t has the best sound in the world. The 9ing doesn’t want

anyone else to hit it /ouse 8eer pointed the wasp nest. -1an $ hit the 9ing’s

drum: Tiger asked. -6' course you can’t. The 9ing would be very angry said

/ouse 8eer re'used. -Just one little hit /ouse 8eer2 The 9ing will never know said

Tiger. Well all right Tiger. "ut (rst let me run 'ar away so the 9ing won’t blameme said /ouse 8eer. -)ll right /ouse 8eer. 0ou can go now. /ouse 8eer ran

#uickly out o' sight. Tiger then reached up and hit the wasp nest. ">>>>>>>@2

-6uch@ouch2 That’s not a drum. That a wasp nests2

Tiger ran away. "ut the wasps keep 'ollowing him. He came to the river. He %umped

in and stayed underwater as long as he could. )t last the wasps went away. Then he

%umped out. He ran through the 'orest till he 'ound /ouse 8eer. -/ouse 8eer you

tricked me again. "ut now you will be my lunch. /ouse 8eer looked around and

saw a cobra. The snake was coiled asleep on the ground. -$’m sorry Tiger. $ can’t be

your lunch now. The 9ing has ordered me to guard his belt said /ouse 8eer

calmly. -His belt: said Tiger curiously. -0es. There it is. $t’s the best belt in theworld. The 9ing doesn’t want anyone else to wear it /ouse 8eer pointed the

cobra. -1an $ wear it: Tiger asked. -6' course you can’t. The 9ing would be very

angry said /ouse 8eer re'used. -Just 'or one moment /ouse 8eer2 The 9ing will

never know said Tiger. Well all right Tiger. "ut (rst let me run 'ar away so the

9ing won’t blame me said /ouse 8eer. -)ll right /ouse 8eer. 0ou can go now.

/ouse 8eer ran #uickly out o' sight. Tiger then took the snake and started to warp it

around himsel'. The cobra woke up. $t s#uee>ed Tiger and bit him. ,,ssssstt2

-6ouch2 6w2 6oow2 That’s not a belt2 That’s a cobra2 Help2 /ouse 8eer2 Help2 "ut

/ouse 8eer was already 'ar away. He laughed aloud. /ouse 8eer was sa'e 'rom

Tiger now.777


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The Origin of Landak River(giga)

Long time ago lived a 'armer and his wi'e in a village by the side o' a 'orest. They

lived simply and they like to help other people especially one who in aDictions. 6ne

night the 'armer and his wi'e were resting in their house. The 'armer was sitting

beside his sleeping wi'e. ,uddenly a white centipede came out 'rom the wi'e’s

head. The 'armer was ama>ed. He then 'ollowed the centipede until they reach a

small pond not 'ar 'rom their house. Then the centipede suddenly disappeared. The

'armer went home and 'ound his wi'e still soundly asleep.

$n the morning the wi'e told his husband about the dream she had last night. -$ was

walking through a vast (eld and $ came to a lake. $ saw a giant hedgehog in the

lake. $t was glaring at me so $ ran away. )'ter he heard his wi'e’s dream the

'armer went back to the small pond. $n the pond he saw something very shiny. Hecame to the shiny ob%ect and took it. $t was a golden hedgehog statue. $t was very

beauti'ul. $ts eyes were made o' diamond. The 'armer then brought the statue

home.

)t night the 'armer had a dream. ) giant hedgehog came to him -Please let me

stay in your home. )s return $ will give you everything you want. Just caress the


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statue’s head and say the prayer. There are two kinds o' prayers one is to start

your wish and the second is to stop your wish. +ow memori>e the prayers.

$n the ne*t day the 'armer told his wi'e about his dream. They really wanted to

prove it. The 'armer slowly caressed the statue=s head. He said the prayer and

asked 'or rice. ,uddenly rice came out o' the mouth o' the statue. The rice kept oncoming out 'rom the statue=s mouth. The 'armer immediately said the prayer to

stop it. The rice then stopped coming out 'rom the statue.

The 'armer and his wi'e then asked 'or other things %ewelry and other stuA they

needed. They became very rich. "ut they still like to help other people. ) lot o' poor

came to them 'or help. Un'ortunately a thie' 'ound out about the secret o' the

golden hedgehog statue. Pretending to be a poor asking 'or help he stole the statue

'rom the 'armer’s house.

The thie' blurred to the district area o' +gabang. There was a drought in the area.

The thie' wanted sympathy 'rom the people so he said to them that he would

provide them with water. The thie' then caressed the hedgehog statue and said the

prayer. Water came out o' the statue’s mouth. )ll the people were so happy. "ut the

water kept on coming out. The thie' didn’t know the prayer to stop the wish. People

who saw the incident were really scared. They ran away to avoid the water as it was

started to 3ood the area. The thie' also wanted to run away but he cannot move his

legs. $n his vision there was a giant hedgehog holding both his legs. Water kept

coming 'rom the statue and slowly it became a river. The thie' was drowned in the

river. People then named the river as Hedgehog ?iver or ,ungai Landak.777

Legend of Gunung atu angkai

/any years ago in Loksado lived a young man with his mother. He was called

)ndung 9uswara. He was a smart young man. He had medical skill that he learned

'rom his late 'ather. )ndung 9uswara worked hard everyday to 'ul(ll their daily

needs. 6ne day )ndung 9uswara went to the 'orest alone searching 'or 'ruits and

vegetables. 6n his way home he 'ound an old man s#uee>ed badly between two

big trees. )ndung 9uswara immediately helped him. He then healed his woundper'ectly. -8ear young man $ thank you 'or your help the old man said and took

something hanging on his neck. -)s my gratitude $ give you this necklace. Hope'ully

it would bring good 'ortune 'or you said the old man. )ndung 9uswara took the gi't

and went home.

"oth )ndung 9uswara and his mother passed their times happily. "ut )ndung

9uswara wanted a better li'e 'or him and his mother. -/aybe it is better to leave my


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home to another country and practice my medical skill he thought. However he

had not enough courage to tell his intention to his mother. He knew his mother

would be alone i' he le't. )'ter a month passed (nally )ndung 9uswara told his

mother about his intention. -/other $ want to make our li'e better. $ want to go to

other country and (nd a better %ob he said to his mother. -)ndung@ my son. $' it is

your (nal decision $ won’t stop you. )ll $ can do is pray 'or you to (nd what you’researching 'or his mother said wisely. -Thank you /other )ndung 9uswara smiled

happily.

The ne*t morning )ndung 9uswara le't his homeland to pursue his dream. He went

overseas. He walked 'or weeks until he reached the kingdom o' "asiang. 6n his

way he met a 'armer whose body was 'ull o' ulcers and scabies. )ndung 9uswara

tried to help him. He cured the 'armer with his medical skill.

The 'armer was so happy. He oAered )ndung 9uswara to stay at his home. He also

told )ndung 9uswara that almost all inhabitants o' the country were suAering 'rom

the same diseases. The news about )ndung 9uswara’s medical skill #uickly spreadthroughout the whole country. )ll sick people come to him to be cured 'rom their

sickness.

The king o' "asiang also heard the news about )ndung 9uswara’s e*cellent medical

skill. The king then ordered his guard to brought )ndung 9uswara to cure the

princess who was also been sick. -/y daughter has been on her bed 'or two weeks.

,he can not do anything. /any healers had attempted to recover her but they

'ailed. Will you cure her: asked the king to )ndung 9uswara. -/y /a%esty $ am %ust

a poor wanderer and $ have minimal medical skill. ,o please 'orgive me i' $ also 'ail

in recovering the princess )ndung 9uswara replied.

)ndung 9uswara was then allowed to enter the princessCs room. The princess was

very pale and weak. However her beauty clearly seemed through her wonder'ul

'ace. )ndung 9uswara was ama>ed looking at her -)h the princess is so beauti'ul

he said to himsel'. He then tried to cure the princess with all his skill but the

princess did not move at all. )ndung 9uswara then thought o' another way. He took

the necklace hanging on his neck. The necklace was soaked in the cup o' water 'or

a moment. )'ter reading some prayers upon the water )ndung 9uswara spattered

it on the princessCs 'ace 'or several times. ,uddenly the princess could move her

body. Her eyes and lips opened and her 'ace turned bright. The princess was

eventually able to sit on her bed.

The king was very grate'ul 'or )ndung 9uswaraCs help to his only daughter. To

e*press his grate'ulness he allowed )ndung 9uswara to marry his daughter. The

princess was happy to welcome )ndung as her husband. The same was 'elt by

)ndung who 'ell in love with the princess.

) year passed and the princess was pregnant. ,he told her husband that she

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accompanied by several kingdom troops went to search the 'ruit. )'ter arriving at

the 9alimantan $sland )ndung 9uswara headed to Loksado to (nd the kasturi tree

which according to local people was bearing 'ruit. )ndung 9uswara stood

surprisingly a'ter knowing that the tree grew e*actly in 'ront o' his motherCs small

hut. )ndung 9uswara immediately commanded the troops to return to the kingdom

without taking the 'ruit to avoid meeting his own mother.

"ut suddenly )ndung 9uswara’s mother went out 'rom the hut. ,he saw her son

among the troops in 'ront o' her home. -)ndung@)ndung@my son she tried to

call her son. )ndung 9uswara and the troops continuously walked to keep away

'rom the old woman. However she ran a'ter them and kept calling 'or his son.


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advised his son -"eing (shermen is our only income. 8o not take the bad weather

as our enemy. $mpalak nodded. -0es


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'ather. Just ignore him honey $mpalak was embarrassed to acknowledge his old

'ather in 'ront o' his beauti'ul wi'e.

$ntobu tried to row his sampan closer to the bagga but suddenly there’s a big

waves in the sea. $ntobu’s sampan was hit by the waves and almost drowned.

-Help@ Help me@ $mpalak help@2 $ntobu was shouting asking help 'rom his son."ut $mpalak ignored his 'ather. He even turned his bagga into the opposite direction

'rom $ntobu’s sampan.

$ntobu’s heart was broken to see his son’s ignorance. His 'elling is mi*ed with

sadness and anger. He looked into the sky and prayed -6h &od. Please hear my

prayer. $ curse that rebellious son’s bagga into stone. +ot long a'ter $ntobu said the

prayer a storm came and struck $mpalak’s bagga. The wind blew so hard pushing

the bagga to the shore. ,uddenly the bagga and $mpalak turned into stone. The

stone still e*ist until now. People called it "atu "agga 4"agga ,tone5.777


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so blossomy. "ut 'rom all the 3owers only one turned to 'ruit. 8ay by day the 'ruit

grows bigger bigger than any watermelon 8ermawan ever see. Harvesting time

(nally came and he decided to take the watermelon. -6h my &od it is so heavy

he uttered while trying hardly to carry it into the house to put on the table. He took

a kni'e and started to cut the watermelon. 8ermawan was shocked. $nside the

watermelon is some kind o' yellow sand. -What could this be: 8ermawanwondered. Then he reali>ed that the strange yellow sand was actually a pile o' pure

golden sand. -Holy &od it’s gold. $’m rich he danced happily. He heard bird

twittered and he looked outside. He saw the sparrow on a tree. -Thank you he

shouted. -Thank you he shouted again and then the sparrow 3ew away.

8ermawan then bought a big house with a very big garden the ne*t day. )ll o' the

poor came to his house and were welcomed 'or meals. This time 8ermawan would

not run out o' money. He had so much money and his (elds produced plants with

good 'ruits as well.

The news about 8ermawan’s 'ortune was heard by /u>akir and made him envy. Hewent to 8ermawan house and 8ermawan honestly told his brother about the

sparrow. /u>akir immediately commanded his servants to (nd a bird with broken

wings as he heard the story 'rom his brother. ) week passed but /u>akir’s servants

still couldn’t (nd such bird. He was so angry and even couldnCt sleep during the

nights. The ne*t day he asked one o' his servants to catch a bird using chopsticks.

6' course the chopsticks hurt the bird and broke its wings. /u>akir then pretended

to pity the bird and took care o' it. 8ays passed and the bird was completely healed

and let to 3y. The 'ollowing day the bird came back to /u>akir and brought a seed

'or him. He was very happy. $ will be very rich soon even richer than 8ermawan

he said to himsel'.

/u>akir planted the seed at the back yard o' his house and it grew to a (ne

watermelon tree a'ter several days. $t also bore only one 'ruit which was much

bigger than that once owned by 8ermawan. )s the harvesting time approached

/u>akir asked his servants to take the 'ruit into his house. He couldnCt wait to (nd a

pile o' golden sand inside. He cut the watermelon himsel' and was very shocked

when black mud mi*ed with dirt 3ushed out to his 'ace. $t smelled very bad.

/u>akirCs clothes and also the room were terribly dirty because o' it. He ran to the

street because he couldnCt stand the rotten smell 'rom the watermelon. )ll the

people on the street laughed at him 'or what they saw.777


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Lau "a#ar

6nce upon a time there was a very 'ertile land at the 9aro ?egency. $t was known

as the 9awar Fillage. $ts people were mostly 'armers and the land did produce

wonder'ul harvest. $t is said that one day the harvest was doubled compared to the

previous year. The barns were e*tremely 'ull with rice. ed. Herson her daughterEinElaw and her grandson all went to the party. The old woman lay

on her bed alone. -$ really want to be at the party but $ cannot even stand on my

'eet sobbed the old woman. ,he could only see the merry party 'rom distance.

The lunch time came and all o' the people at the party gathered around the table

'or the 'oods that had been prepared. )ll o' them en%oyed the 'oods happily.

1ontradictory to what was going on at the party the old woman was starving in the

house. ,he didnGt eat even a bite since morning. -/y goodness $ am so hungry.

Why any o' my 'amily didnGt come to bring me something to eat: sighed her with

her body shivering 'or hunger. ,he 'orced hersel' up 'rom the bed and searched 'or

something to eat in the kitchen but there’s nothing. Her daughter in law did not tocook that day reali>ing that 'oods would be prepared in the 'east. The poor old

woman came back to her bed. ,he was so disappointed and sad that her tears

dropped. ,he cried 'or her poor li'e.

)t the party the son asked her wi'e BWhy don=t you take some 'ood 'rom the party

and give it 'or my mom. )sk our son to deliver it. -)lright said the woman while

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BWow2 $t’s really made o' gold. $’m rich. $’m richB the husband said happily. He kept

pulling the chain. He 'orgot the old man=s advice to take only short chain because it

was enough 'or him. The poor man became greedy. He wanted to take the golden

chain as long as possible.

While he was busy pulling out the golden chain a bird came to him. $t talkedB?emember the old man=s advice. Take only a short golden chain.B "ut the poor man

ignored the bird and kept on pulling out the chain. ,low but sure his sampan was

'ull o' the golden chain. $t was so 'ull that (nally the sampan could not hold the

weight any more. The sampan started to drown. The golden chain was sinking and

went to the bottom o' the river creating a big wave in the river. The wave almost

swallowed the poor man. He was so panicked. He swam as 'ast as possible to the

river side.

When he arrived on the river side he 'elt sorry to himsel'. He blamed himsel' 'or

being a greedy man. "ut it was already too late. "ut then he reali>ed that it was a

lesson 'or him to work hard i' he wanted to earn money.777

%ai Manggale (yaya)

6nce upon a time in Tapanuli lived a 'amous sculptor named 8atu Panggana. When

he got an order he went to the 'orest to look 'or the most suitable wood and carved

it according to the order. 6ne day he got an inspiration to carve a wood he 'ound.

He worked all day in his workshop to carve the wood into a statue o' a beauti'ul

woman. Then he put the statue in 'ront o' his house.

Later a young merchant passed by and saw the statue. His name was "ao

Partigatiga. He was very impressed by the beauty o' the statue. He then put

beauti'ul clothes and %ewelries on the statue. -$t’s so beauti'ul he said to himsel'

proudly. The statue looked like a real human. Then he le't 8atu Panggana’s house.

)'ter that a priest named 8atu Partoar and his wi'e passed by. They were also

impressed by the beauty o' the statue. B$ want to pray to &od to make her live like a

real human. $ want to make her as our daughterB said 8atu Partoar to his wi'e. The

couple didn’t have any children yet. The statue changed into a very beauti'ul girl.

8atu Partoar and his wi'e then took the girl home. They named her +ai /anggale.


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The news about +ai /anggale’s beauty spread throughout the village. )ll the

villagers came to 8atu Partoar’s house to see +ai /anggale. )mong them were

8atu Panggana and "ao Partigatiga. +ai /anggale honestly told the villagers that

she was actually a statue which became a living woman by the grace o' &od.

8atu Panggana went a'ter 8atu Partoar to claim his own creation and "aoPartigatiga also claimed his right 'or the living statue. -$t was me who carved her

'rom a wood. ,o she is mine said 8atu Panggana. -,he is wearing my clothes and

%ewelries. ,o she should go with me said "ao Partigatiga. B?emember $ am the

one who made her live like a human. ,o she stays hereB 8atu Partoar also %oin in

the argument.

Those three men were arguing. They claimed to have the rights o' +ai /anggale. To

calm them an elderly o' the village gave a solution. His name was )%i "ahir. B0ou all

can have her and have a relationship with her. 8atu Panggana you’re her uncle.

"ao Partigatiga you’re her brother. )nd 8atu Partoar you’re her 'ather.B The three

men accepted )%i "ahir=s advice. )nd they were happy because now they wererelated.777

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