A long time ago, there was a young woman who had nice parent. Her dad was a human being, but her mum was a witch. Because of this, she would never get old. Three a man who had diferent parent also. They met beach other, and Rafter a while they fell in love and got married
After a year the girl had a baby boy. They really Love their son. One daythe father took his son to go hunting for a deer using a bow and narrows. Accindentally, the son shot the Arrow in the wrong direction and killed his own father. He went crazy, and when he told his mother about this., she was really mad with him. His mother hit him on the head with a rock and kicked out of the house.
Several year later, the mother finally found another man. They fell in love. The man wanted to marry her. Rafter the man took a shower, he asked her to brush his hair. While she was brushing his hair, she saw a mark on his head. She asked him what happened since he had a mark on his head. He said “I was hit by my mother”. She really was disturbeb by this, but she just kepit quiet because she knew that was her own son. Her son still didn’t know that she was his own mother. She decided not to marry him, but the man kepit forcing her to marry him.
Finally, she made a deal with the man. The deal was she would marry him, but First he had to build a ship and it needed to be done before the sun rose. He starter Building the ship. He built it by himself because he had half of her witch power. When she found out that the ship whould be done soon, and it would be done before Sunrise, she woke all the chickens and made the chickens start crowing. When the son heard the Crowe of the chickens, he was really sad because he thought he hadn’t finished the ship before the sunrise. He realized that he was not going to marry her, so he kicked the ship with all his power. The Ende up going separate ways.
THE STINGY AND THE GENEROUS
Long, long time ago there lived two brothers. They had compelety diferent characters. The big brother was very tsingy and greedy. He never shared his wealth with poor people. The little brother was exactly the opposite. He was generous and kind to poor people. He even had Money left because he had shared it with the poor.
One day the generous brother was sitting in his garden when suddenly a little bird fell on his lap. It was wounded. He took care of it, fed it and put it in a nice cage. Rafter the bird was healthy, the generous brother let it fly. After some time the bird returned to him and gave him a watermelon seed.
The generous brother, then, planted the seed and watered it until it grew into a good watermelon plant. Yet, the plant was very strange. It had only one fruit; a big and Heavy one. When the watermelon was ripe enough, the generous brother picked it and cut it into two. How surprised he was. The watermelon was full of gold.
The generous brother sold the gold and became very rich. He built a big house and bought a very large field. Still, he never forgot to share his wealth with the poor.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Once kupon a time there was a prince. He was good looking and very rich. He lived in a beautiful castle together with his staffs and servants.
One rainy dark night, a woman came to his castle. She was old and ugly. The prince didn’t like her and sent her away. After he sent the woman away, she turned into a beautiful fairy. She cast a spell over the prince and his castle. The Prince became abeast. He was no longer good looking. He looked very ugly instead and all his servants turned into furniture.
One day, an old man named Maurice was traveling past the castle. It was raining so hard that he decided to enter the castle. When the Beast saw him, he captured him.
After some time, Maurice’s daughter, Belle, began to worry about him.
She started to look for him. Finally, she arrived in the castle and she found her father there. She asked the Beast to let her father go but he refused. Belle, then, agreed to stay in the castle so that her father could go home.
While Belle was staying at the castle, the Beast slowly changed. He was not mean anymore. Belle began to like him and finally they fell in love with each other. Right Rafter she declared her love for him the spell was broken. The Beast and his servants became human agen. Then, the Beast and Belle got married. They lived happily ever after.
TAKATULIANG, THE WOODCARVED
Long, long time ago on the Island of Simbau, in the Sulawesi Sea, there lived a king and his beautiful daughter. The princess was not only beautiful, but she was also wise and kind.
Many princes wanted to marry the king’s daugter and this made the king confused. He, then, announced a contest: whoever presented the princess with the most valuable gift would marry her.
Takatuliang, a poor woodcarver, wanted to join the contest but he was so poor that he had nothing to present. Then, he went far into the forest. There he chose the best tree and carved it into a doll. Next, he took an old piece of cloth and sewed it into a dress for the doll. After that, he cut his own hair and glued it to the doll’s head.
On the day of the contest, all of the princes gathered before the king and the princess. One by one, they presented their gifts: diamonds, silk, gold, jewelry. Then came Takatuliang’s turn.
“What do you have? Asked the princess.
“I bring only a dool.” Said Takatuliang softly.
“How many dolls like this do you have?” asked the princess agen.
“Only this one. I carved it myself and decorated it with my own hair and my father’s old cloth. He died and this is the only thing he left me.” Answered Takatuliang.
The princess was very touched to hear Takatuliang’s story. She decided to marry Takatuliang because he had presented her everything he had. Together, Takatuliang and the princess lived happily ever after.
BANDUNG BONDOWOSO AND RORO JONGGRANG
Once, there was a beautiful Javanese princess whose name was Roro Jonggrang. Moro Jonggrang whose beauty was very famous in the land was the daugter of Prabu Baka, an evil king.
One day, a handsome young man with super natural power, named Bandung Bondowoso, defeated and killed Prabu Baka. On seeing Princess Roro Jonggrang’s beauty, Bandung Bondowoso fell in love and wanted to marry her.
Meanwhile, Princess Roro Jonggrang felt sad duet o the death of her father. She did not want to marry Bandung because he had killed her father. But she was also afraid of Bandung. So to refuse politely, she made a condition. “I will marry you but you have a build one thousand temples in one night as a wedding gift.” Requested Roro Jonggrang. Bandung agreed with this condition.
Helped by the spirits of demons, Bandung Bondowoso starter Building the temples. Approaching midnight, the work was nearly done. Moro Jonggrang knew and thought, “what shall I do? Bandung is smarter than me. I will lose against Bandung.”
Suddenly she got a idea. She woke up all the woman in the palace and ordered them to make the noisy sounds of grinding rise so that the roosters would think it had already dawn.
Bandung Bondowoso got frustrated because he failed to complete the thousandth temple. “The princess has deceived me!” Following his anger, he cursed Roro Jonggrang, “You have cheated me. Now, the thousandth temple is you!”
At once, the princess turned intu a statue. Knowing this, Bandung Bondowoso regretted this and he went away into a far land. From then, people called the temple Prambanan Temple and the princess statue, Roro Jonggrang statue.
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