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The Crying Stone

A beautiful girl refuses to walk with her mother to the market and tells people her mother is her servant. As punishment for her disrespect, the mother's prayers to God turn the girl entirely into stone, where she remains as a crying stone statue.

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The Crying Stone

A beautiful girl refuses to walk with her mother to the market and tells people her mother is her servant. As punishment for her disrespect, the mother's prayers to God turn the girl entirely into stone, where she remains as a crying stone statue.

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n a small village, a girl lives with her mother. The girl is very beautiful.

Everyday she puts make-


up and wears her best clothes. She doesn't like to help her mother work in a field. The girl is very
lazy.

One day, the mother asks the girl to accompany her to go to the market to buy some food. At first
the girl refuses, but the mother persuades her by saying they are going to buy new clothes. The
girl finally agrees. But she asks her mother to walk behind her. She doesn't want to walk side by
side with her mother.

Although her mother is very sad, she agrees to walk behind her daughter. On the way to the
market, everybody admires the girl's beauty. They are also curious. Behind the beautiful girl,
there is an old woman with a simple dress. The girl and her mother look very different!

"Hello, pretty lady. Who is the woman behind you?" asks them.

“She is my servant,” answers the girl.

The mother is very sad, but she doesn't say anything. The girl and the mother meet other people.

"Hello, beauty. Who is the woman behind you?" asks them again.

Again the girl answers that her


mother is her servant.

She always says that her mother is her servant every time they meet people. At last, the mother
cannot hold the pain anymore.

She prays to God to punish her daughter. God answers


her prayer. Slowly, the girl's leg turns into stone. The process continues to the upper part of the
girl's body. The girl is very panicky.

"Mother, please forgive me!" she cries and ask her mother to forgive her.

But it's too late. Her whole body finally becomes a big stone. Until now people still can see tears
falling down the stone. People then call it the crying stone or in Indonesian mean batu
menangis.

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