Nyai bagendit also hated beggars. She thought that beggars
were lazy people. She never felt sorry to any beggars coming to her house. So
when the old beggar came to her house, nyai bagendit immediately to ask her to
go. “go away you lazy old woman! Go out my house!” “Please, nyai, give me some
money or just give me some food. I’m so hungry,” said the beggar. “Food? You asked for food? This is my house not
restaurant. Go now! I don’t want to see you here!”
Nyai bagendit then threw a stone to the old beggar. The old
beggar was very sad. She then said,”nyai bagendit, I know you’re the richest
person in the village. You have anything but you never help other people. You
are not grateful to God. Wait for the punishment from God. You will be
punshied!” the old beggar then left nyai bagendit’s house. “ha ha ha! You are
right. I’m the richest person here. So no one can punish me, not even God can
punish me!” nyai bagendit was arrogant. Nyai bagendit then went back to her
house.
Not long
after that, an earthquake happened. Her house fell down. Nyai bagendit cried
for help. “Help me! Somebody please help me!” but nobody listening her crying
for help. Nobody in the village felt the earthquake. Amazingly, the earthquake
only happened in nyai bagendit’s house. The land was opened. It was so big that
the entire nyai bagendit’s house house and all her wealth were gone. The
villagers just watched what happened to nyai bagendit and her house. They were
amazed. They knew that God punished nyai bagendit for behaving badly and never
helped other people. Slowly, the place where nyai bagendit’s house stood became
lake. Since then, people named the lake as Situ bagendit. It means Lake bagendit.
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