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narrative
CINDERELLA
Once upon a time, there was a young girl named Cinderella. She lived with her step mother and two step sisters.The step mother and sisters were conceited and bad tempered. They treated Cinderella very badly. Her step mother made Cinderella do the hardest works in the house; such as scrubbing the floor, cleaning the pot and pan and preparing the food for the family. The two step sisters, on the other hand, did not work about the house. Their mother gave them many handsome dresses to wear.
One day, the two step sister received an invitation to the ball that the king’s son was going to give at the palace. They were excited about this and spent so much time choosing the dresses they would wear. At last, the day of the ball came, and away went the sisters to it. Cinderella could not help crying after they had left.
“Why are crying, Cinderella?” a voice asked. She looked up and saw her fairy godmother standing beside her, “because I want so much to go to the ball” said Cinderella. “Well” said the godmother,”you’ve been such a cheerful, hardworking, uncomplaining girl that I am going to see that you do go to the ball”.
Magically, the fairy godmother changed a pumpkin into a fine coach and mice into a coachman and two footmen. Her godmother tapped Cinderella’s raged dress with her wand, and it became a beautiful ball gown. Then she gave her a pair of pretty glass slippers. “Now, Cinderella”, she said; “You must leave before midnight”. Then away she drove in her beautiful coach.
Cinderella was having a wonderfully good time. She danced again and again with the king’s son. Suddenly the clock began to strike twelve, she ran toward the door as quickly as she could. In her hurry, one of her glass slipper was left behind.
A few days later, the king’ son proclaimed that he would marry the girl whose feet fitted the glass slipper. Her step sisters tried on the slipper but it was too small for them, no matter how hard they squeezed their toes into it. In the end, the king’s page let Cinderella try on the slipper. She stuck out her foot and the page slipped the slipper on. It fitted perfectly.
Finally, she was driven to the palace. The king’s son was overjoyed to see her again. They were married and live happily ever after.
The cat and the shadow
Once upon a time, there lived a cat. He had just got piece of meat after a long and tiresome hunt. He was carrying it home in his mouth to eat it in peace.
On his way home, he had to cross a piece of wood lying across a running brook. When he crossed it, he looked down. He saw his own shadow reflected in the water beneath. He thought it was another cat with another piece of meat. Then, he made up his mind to have the other cat’s meat, too. So, he attacked the shadow in the water.
When he did it, he opened his mouth and forgot his own piece of meat. It fell out and dropped into the water. The meat disappeared in the running book. He could never find it anymore.
The cat had learned a precious lesson. He could not feed himself with a nice piece of meat because of his own greed.
The Crying Stone
A Folktale from West Kalimantan
In 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. Again they ask who the woman behind the beautiful girl. 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 batu menangis.
The cat and the shadow
Once upon a time, there lived a cat. He had just got piece of meat after a long and tiresome hunt. He was carrying it home in his mouth to eat it in peace.
On his way home, he had to cross a piece of wood lying across a running brook. When he crossed it, he looked down. He saw his own shadow reflected in the water beneath. He thought it was another cat with another piece of meat. Then, he made up his mind to have the other cat’s meat, too. So, he attacked the shadow in the water.
When he did it, he opened his mouth and forgot his own piece of meat. It fell out and dropped into the water. The meat disappeared in the running book. He could never find it anymore.
The cat had learned a precious lesson. He could not feed himself with a nice piece of meat because of his own greed.