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 who
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: True friend in need's a friend indeed.
The Legend of Crying Stone
Once upon a time in Borneo, there lived a poor widow and her daughter. The
girl was really beautiful. However, she was very lazy and spoiled. She loved to
dress up every day, but never helped her mother.
One day, they went down to a village for buy something. A market was far
away from their house. They walked there.
The girl got dressed very nice and walked in front of her mother. While the
mother walked behind, carried a basket, wore dirty clothes. Nobody knew they
were mother and daughter.
While entering the nearby village, people looked at them. Young men were so
fascinated by girl’s beauty. However, she was in contrast to a woman walking
behind her. It made people wonder.
Some young men asked her whether woman was her mother. But the girl
arrogantly replied that the old woman was her maid. More people asked her
along the way to market. She gave a same answer that her mother was her slave.
Eventually, the mother was really hurt to hear her daughter’s answer. Mother
prayed to God to punish her ungodly daughter.
Suddenly, girl stopped then slowly turned to be a stone. The daughter cried and
apologized to her mother.
But it was too late. The pretty girl was turned into a stone forever but continued
to tear her regret to her mother
The Legend of Tangkuban Perahu Mountain
Once, there was a kingdom in Priangan Land. Lived a happy family. They were
a father in form of dog,his name is Tumang, a mother which was called is
Dayang Sumbi, and a child which was called Sangkuriang.
One day, Dayang Sumbi asked her son to go hunting with his lovely dog,
Tumang. After hunting all day, Sangkuriang began desperate and worried
because he hunted no deer. Then he thought to shot his own dog. Then he took
the dog liver and carried home.
Soon Dayang Sumbi found out that it was not deer lever but Tumang’s, his own
dog. So, She was very angry and hit Sangkuriang’s head. In that incident,
Sangkuriang got wounded and scar then cast away from their home.
Years go by, Sangkuriang had travel many places and finally arrived at a
village. He met a beautiful woman and felt in love with her. When they were
discussing their wedding plans, The woman looked at the wound in
Sangkuriang’s head. It matched to her son’s wound who had left severall years
earlier. Soon she realized that she felt in love with her own son.
She couldn’t marry him but how to say it. Then, she found the way. She needed
a lake and a boat for celebrating their wedding day. Sangkuriang had to make
them in one night. He built a lake. With a dawn just moment away and the boat
was almost complete. Dayang Sumbi had to stop it. Then, she lit up the eastern
horizon with flashes of light. It made the cock crowed for a new day.
Sangkuriang failed to marry her. She was very angry and kicked the boat. It felt
over and became the mountain of Tangkuban Perahu Bandung.
The Legend of Toba Lake
In one village of North Sumatera, there lived a poor farmer named
Toba. One day, he went fishing. Luckily, he got a beautiful goldfish.
He carried it home then planned to cook it. When he got home, the
fish turned into a beautiful woman.
The woman told him that she was cursed. She asked Toba to keep it
as a secret. Toba agreed it only with one condition that she would
marry him. Then they got married and soon had one child named
Samosir. This boy liked to eat much food.
One day, mother asked Samosir to bring lunch to father. On the way
to rice field, he stopped and ate most of food. After that, he gave the
rest of food to his father. Toba was very angry and shouted at Samosir
“You, a fish kid, you are so greedy!” Samosir cried and ran toward his
mother. He asked mother why father called him a fish kid.
The woman was really upset that Toba broke his promise. Mother and
son disappeared. Soon there were springs that caused a vast lake. It’s
called Toba Lake. A land in the middle of Toba Lake is called
Samosir Island.
The Legend of Kesodo Feast in Mount Bromo
Hundreds years ago, the last king of Majapahit had a young princess from one of his wives.
The princess was named Roro Anteng. Later, Roro Anteng married Joko Seger, who came
from Brahman caste.
Because of unfortunate situation the couple was forced to leave the kingdom. They settled in
the mountain area. They ruled the area and named it Tengger, which was derived from their
names, Roro Anteng and Joko Seger.
