Thursday, January 24, 2013

The Crying Stone a Folktale from west Kalimantan


On the way to the market, everybody admired girl’s beauty. They were also curious. Behind the beautiful girl, there was an old woman with a simple dress. The girl and her mother looked very different!
“Hello, pretty lady, who is woman behind you?” asked them. “she is my servant,” answered the girl.
The mother was very sad, but she did not say anything.
The girl and the mother met other people. Again they asked who the woman behind the beautiful girl. Again the girl answered that her mother was her servant. She always said that her mother was her servant every time they met people.
One day, the mother asked the girl to accompany her to go to the market to buy some food. At first the girl refused, but the mother persuaded her by saying they were going to buy new clothes. The girl finally agreed. But she asked her mother to walk behind her. She didn’t want to walk side by side with her mother. Although her mother was very sad, she agreed to walk behind her daughter.
“Mother, please forgive me!” she cried and asked her mother to forgive her. But it was too late. Her whole body finally became a big stone. People called it the crying stone or batu menangis since there were tears falling down the stone.
In a small village, a girl lived with her mother. The girl was very beautiful. Everyday she put make-up and wore her best clothes. She did not like to help her mother work in a field. The girl was very lazy.
At last, the mother could not hold the pain anymore. She prayed to God to punish her daughter. God answered her prayer. Slowly, the girl’s leg turned into stone. The process continued to the upper part of the girl’s body. The girl was very panicky.






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