A long time ago, there was a
kingdom in simeulue, nanggroe aceh Darussalam. The king and the queen had a
son, the prince. They loved the prince very much. They always gave him anything
he wanted and that made him grew as a spoiled young man. The king realized his
mistakes. He wanted to give the prince a lesson. He asked the prince to leave
the palace and became a merchant.
“I will give you some money. Use the money only for
trading. Don’t come back until you rich!” asked the king.
The prince was sad. He knew
his father was angry with him because he was a spoiled boy. He then promised
himself that he could become a great merchant. After he left the palace, he
went to a village. While he was walking, he saw some kids were trying to shoot
a bird using their slingshots.
“Stop! Don’t hurt the bird!
I’ll give you some money if you stop hurting him,” said the prince. After that,
the king gave some money to those kids.
Later, he saw some men were
torturing a snake. Again, the prince asked them to stop hurting the snake. He
also gave them some money. He kept on giving some money to people who tortured animals.
Finally he did not have a money at all. He was so worried. He knew he could not
become a merchant without any money in his pocket. He was also scared of going
home. His father would be very angry at him. Next, the prince went to the
forest. He did not know anywhere to go. While he was sitting under a big tree,
a giant snake came to him. He was so frightened. “Don’t worry, young man. I
will not eat you. I’m the king of snakes in this jungle. I heard you help many
animals from being tortured. Now, I want to give you a gift. This is Mentiko
Betuah. This magical stone can give you anything you want.”
The prince was very happy. He
asked the Mentiko Betuah to give him a lot of money. Amazingly, the prince
later had a lot of money. So he went home and told his father that the money
was from his business merchant.
The prince kept the Mentiko
Betuah carefully. He went to a goldsmith and asked him to make the magical
stone as a ring. Unfortunately, the goldsmith stole the Mentiko Betuah. The
prince was angry. Luckily he had made friends to the animals. Then they all
helped him find the Mentiko Betuah.
A cat, a dog, and a mouse
went together to find the magical stone. They finally found the goldsmith.
However he could not enter his house, only the mouse could. After waiting for a
moment, the mouse came out of the house. He said he could not find the magical
stone. After that they all went back to the palace. The cat and the dog did
know that the mouse the mouse actually had found the magical stone. He was
hiding it in his mouth. He then gave the Mentiko Betuah to the prince. He was
so happy and said that the mouse was the hero.
The cat and the dog were
jealous and angry. They tried to kill the mouse. That’s why until now cats and
dogs always try to catch mice.
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