Hi everyone!
Have you heard a legend about A Crying Stone?
The Crying Stone
Long time ago, lived a girl with her mother at a mountain near a town in Kalimantan.
The girl's named was Darmi. Darmi is very beautiful. Every day, she wears makeup
and her best clothes. She always wanted to be rich and beautiful. Unfortunately, her
character wasn’t as beautiful as her appearance. She was very lazy and never
helped her mother. Moreover, she was really spoiled.
One day, her mother asked Darmi to accompany her to the market. "Okay, but I don't
want to walk beside you, you have to walk behind me.” With a sad heart, her mother
agreed. So, Darmi walked in front of her mother while her mother followed behind
her.
The girl and her mother looked very different. The girl looked very beautiful in her
pretty dress. Meanwhile her mother looked very old in her simple dress.
On the way to the market, people greeted the beautiful girl and asked who the old
woman behind her was. Is it her mother? Then, the girl replied to them, “Of course
she’s not! She is my slave!”, said Darmi arrogantly.
Her mother was very sad but couldn't do anything. She was offended by the insult.
Then, she said to Darmi: "Darmi, how could you keep telling those people that I'm
not your mother?". And Darmi said, "Mom, I have to do that, because I don't want
them to laugh at me if they find out that you are my mother. We look so different".
"Enough Darmi! You've hurt me! So deep that I can't stand on it any longer. You
must honor me as your own mother." Said her mother.
Her mother couldn't bear the pain anymore. She prayed to God to punish her
daughter. "My dear lord, I can't stand on my daughter’s behaviour. She's been too
far in hurting me. Please, give her a punishment to make her feel sorry for what she
has done to me".
And God answered her prayers. Slowly, Darmi's legs turned into stone and the
process continued to upper part of the girl's body. The girl began to panic. She felt
sorry and cried for her mother's help. "Mom, please! Forgive me". Said the girl. But, it
was too late.
Finally. her whole body turned into stone. Until now, people can still see the tears
falling down the stone. That's why the stone is called "Crying Stone".
