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THE MAGIC CANDLE

               

One day, young wanderer got lost in the wood. Suddenly, he saw a light from an old hut. He knocked on the door and old woman opened it. She was crying. She said that a devil had stolen her magic candle. The candle could grant anything she asked. The wanderer asked her where the devil lived. “in a castle not far from here”, said the old woman.

            The wanderer went to the castle. There he found the devil, but he was old an weak. Therefore, when the wanderer grabbed the magic candle from the devil’s table and ran away. He couldn’t chase him.

            However, the wanderer wasn’t a kind man. He didn’t return the magic candle to the old woman, but kept it for himself.he lit the candle and made a wish , “i want to go far away from here”.

            Suddenly, a genie appeared and took him to a beautiful palace. The wanderer wanted to make some money. So, he lit the candle again and wished for some jewelry. He sold them to the guest and was soon making a lot of money. Then, a princess came to buy some jewelry, but there was nothing left. The wanderer feel in love with her and asked her to marry him. The kind princess said yes, and they got married the next day.

            In his happines, the wanderer told the princess about his adventure and the magic candle. hearingthat, the princess got very angry.At night, she lit the candle and wished the wanderer disoppeared.

            In the morning the wanderer awoke and found himself back in his ugly house in the village.

The Hen with the Silver Eggs

One day, in an Arabian city, a woman went to the market and bought a beautiful hen.

A few days later, to her surprise, the hen she bought laid a silver egg.

 "this is fantastic, i have a silver egg", said woman.

 And she was thinking.

If the hen could only be persuaded to lay more than one egg each day, the woman was sure she would never have to work again.

So the woman decided to make the hen eat more, so that it could lay more eggs. But the only result was that the hen died of indigestion and did not lay more eggs at all. 

The Legend Of Banyuwangi River 

Long time ago, there was a king ruled a big kingdom in East Java. His name was Prabu Menak Prakoso. The king realized that he must expanded his territory to Bali island. So, he and his troops invaded a kingdom in Klungkung, Bali. He was success in invading the kingdom. He killed the king. Yet, the king’s son and daughter survived and ran into the forest. The son’s name was Agung Bagus Mantra and the daughter’s name was Made Surati.

Prabu Menak had a charming son named Raden Banterang. One day, Banterang went to jungle for hunting. In the jungle, he met king of Klungkung’s daughter, Made Surati. He amazed with the beauty of Surati. Then, Surati was taken by him to the kingdom. Several months later, he made Surati as his wife. They lived a happy life together in Kingdom.

One day, Surati went to market to buy some foods. In the market, she was shocked when she met some beggars. She was more surprised when she realized one of the beggars was his brother, Agung Bagus. She asked Bagus to live in Kingdom. But, Bagus rejected her idea because he found that Surati was the prince’s wife who killed and ruined his kingdom. Instead of accepting Surati’s request, he asked her to kill Raden Banterang, Yet, Surati declined his idea to kill her husband.

Then, Bagus was angry with her. He thought Surati as a traitor and no longer as her sister. So, he had an idea to kill his Surati. He made up an issue that Surati had an affair with another man. Banterang believed with this issue. He was angry to his wife. He asked Surati to tell the truth. Surati tried to explain the situation. She told his husband that she wasn’t lie to him. But, Banterang did not believe her. Then, Surati told that his brother had made this issue to kill her. She also explained that she is a daughter of King Kulungkung. Banterang became more angrier when he knew this truth. He took his dagger and tried to kill Surati.

Surati asked a wish just before Banterang took his dagger. She wanted Banterang to throw her body into the river after he killed her. She wanted to prove that she was not lie. She said to Banterang if after he threw her body into the river and it smelled terrible, it meant she was lie. However, if the river smelled fragrant after her dead body was thrown. It meant she was innocent.

Without hesitation, Banderang killed Surati. After he killed her, he kept Surati’s wish. He threw her into dirty black river. Suddenly, the color of the river turned into the glass color and became clean. He could also smell fragrant from the river. He realized that his wife was not lie and innocent. He was angry and screamed like a crazy person. Then, Banterang decided to suicide and threw himself to river.

This is the legend of Banyuwangi River. Banyu is a Javanese word that meant water or river. Wangi meant fragrant. Banyuwangi legend was born as a proof of love sacrifice. Until now, people name this rives as Banyuwangi.

Story of Bawang Merah and Bawang Putih Sebagai Contoh Text Narrative
Bawang  Putih lived with her step mother and her step sister, Bawang Merah. Bawang Putih’s mother died when she was a baby. Her father remarried another woman and later her step sister was born. Unfortunately, not long after that her father died. Since then, Bawang Putih’s life was sad. Her step mother and her step sister treated Bawang Putih badly and always asked her to do all the household chores.

One morning, Bawang Putih was washing some clothes in a river. Accidentally, her mother’s clothes were washed away by the river. She was really worried so she walked along the river side to find the clothes. Finally she met an old woman. She said that she kept the clothes and would give them back to Bawang Putih if she helped the old woman do the household chores. Bawang Putih helped her happily. After everything was finished, the old woman returned the clothes. She also gave Bawang Putih a gift. The old woman had two pumpkins, one pumpkin was small and the other one was big. Bawang Putih had to choose one.

Bawang Putih was not a greedy girl. So she took the small one. After thanking the old woman, Bawang Putih then went home. When she arrived home, her step mother and Bawang Merah were angry. They had been waiting for her all day long. Bawang Putih then told about the clothes, the old woman, and the pumpkin. Her mother was really angry so she grabbed the pumpkin and smashed it to the floor. Suddenly they all were surprised. Inside the pumpkin they found jewelries. “Bawang Merah, hurry up. Go to the river and throw my clothes into the water. After that, find the old woman. Remember, you have to take the big pumpkin,” the step mother asked Bawang Merah to do exactly the same as Bawang Putih’s experience. Bawang Merah immediately went to the river. She threw the clothes and pretended to search them. Not long after that, she met the old woman. Again she asked Bawang Merah to do household chores. She refused and asked the old woman to give her a big pumpkin. The old woman then gave her the big one. Bawang Merah was so happy. She ran very fast. When she arrived home, her mother was impatient. She directly smashed the pumpkin to the floor. They were screaming. There were a lot of snakes inside the pumpkin! They were really scared. They were afraid the snakes would bite them. “Mom, I think God just punished us. We had done bad things to Bawang Putih. And God didn’t like that. We have to apologize to Bawang Putih,” said Bawang Merah.

Finally both of them realized their mistakes. They apologized and Bawang Putih forgave them. Now the family is not poor anymore. Bawang Putih decided to sell all the jewelries and used the money for their daily lives.

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