Farmer and His Three Sons
A farmer had three sons. They were all strong and young, but they never
agreed with one another. They often quarreled among themselves. The
farmer had given them a lot of advice, but they always turned a deaf ear.
They disliked advice. The farmer felt very sad about it.
The farmer was thinking hard and then he got a good idea. He called all
of his sons and ordered them, “Bring me a few sticks.” Then, the farmer
tied the sticks into a bundle.
“Each of you, break this bundle of sticks said!” said the farmer to his
sons. They did what their father said, but they could not break it. Then,
the farmer untied the sticks and gave each of his sons a stick. Each of
them broke the stick easily in the glance of an eye.
“There you are, my sons!”, said the farmer. “If you remain united, you
are strong. But if you quarrel with one another, you will be broken one
by one easily. Do you understand what I mean?”
At last, the advice worked out. They lived in harmony and united ever
after. The farmer felt relieved. “Now I can die peacefully,” he
whispered.
THE GOLDEN SLUG (KEONG MAS)
In the ancient time, lived a young man named Galoran. He was respected because of his wealth
and honor. His parents were nobleman so he could live with luxury. However, he was very
wasteful and every day just squandered the wealth of his parents.
One day, his parents died, but he did not care and continued to spend money as well as before.
Because his life was so extravagant, all the treasure that he had was running out and he became
an unemployed person. Many people sympathized with him and offered a job. But every time he
got the job, he just dallied and it made him always be fired. Several months later, there was a
wealthy widow who interested him. He married the widow and of course, he was very happy to
be living in luxury again.
The widow had a daughter who was very diligent and clever to weave. Her name is Jambean, a
beautiful girl and had been famous because of her weaving. However, Galoran did not like the
girl, because the girl often scolded him because of his laziness. Finally, he threatened to torture
and kill Jambean. He revealed the plan to his wife and the wife was very sad to hear of the threat.
Hearing the news, Jambean was very sad but she volunteered herself to be killed by her father.
She told that she wanted to be dumped into a dam and did not burry under the ground after the
death. The mother agreed and did all of her wants. In the dam, her body and head suddenly
turned into the golden slugs.
Several years later, there are two widows who were looking for firewood. They were kindred, the
first widow named Mbok Sambega Rondo and the second called Mbok Rondo Sembagil. When
looking for the firewood in the jungle, they were very surprised because of finding the beautiful
golden slugs. They brought it and maintained at home.
Once they brought the snails, there was always a miracle every day. Their kitchen was always
filled with the delicious food when they came home from work. They were very surprised, and
wanted to know the person who made those foods. They pretended to go to work and hid in the
back of the house. A few moments later, there was a beautiful girl came from the inside of the
conch and she began to cook the delicious meals.
Both widows then secretly held and did not let the girl to get into the snail anymore. The girl
apparently was Jambean who had been killed by her father. Both widows then allowed her to
stay with them. Because of their versatility in weaving, she got her famous back and made a
handsome prince attracted. In the end, she married the prince and lived happily.
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 and the seven dwarfs lived
happily ever after.
