Cerita Rakyat : Timun Emas dan Keong Emas Bahasa Inggris
Golden Cucumber
Timun Emas
Long time ago, lived an old women named Mbok Sirni. She lived by
herself because her husband had long passed away and she had no children. Every
day, she prayed so God would give her a child. One night, when she was praying,
a giant passed her house and heard her pray. “I can give you a child on one
condition,” the giant said to Mbok Sirni, “You must give the child back to me
when it is six years old.” Mbok Sirni was so happy; she did not think about the
risk of losing the child later and agreed to take the giant’s offer. The giant
then gave her a bunch of cucumber seeds. “Plant it around your house.” The
giant then left without saying anything else. In the morning, Mbok Sirni
planted the seeds. The seeds grew within mere days, and blossomed
plentifully.Not longer after that, a big golden cucumber grew from plants.
Carefully, Mbok Sirni plucked the golden cucumber and carried it home. With
caution and care, she sliced the cucumber. She was very surprised to see a
beautiful baby girl inside the cucumber. She then named the baby Timun Emas (it
means Golden Cucumber).
Years passed by and Timun Emas has grew to become a lovely and
beautiful little girl. She was also smart and kind. Mbok Sirni loved her very
much. But she kept thinking about the time the giant would take Timun Emas away
from her. One night, Mbok Sirni had a dream. In order to save Timun Emas from
the giant, she had to meet the holy man who lived in Mount Gundul. The next
morning, Mbok Sirni took leave of Timun Emas to go to Mount Gundul. The holy man
then gave her four little bags, each one containing cucumber seeds, needles,
salt, and shrimp paste. “Timun Emas can use these to protect herself,” said the
holy man to Mbok Sirni.
A few days later, the giant came to see Mbok Sirni about her
promise. “Mbok Sirni! Where is Timun Emas?” shouted the giant. “My daughter,
take these bag with you. It can save you from the giant. Now, run through the
back door,” said Mbok Sirni. But the giant saw Timun Emas running to the woods.
The giant was angry. Starved and enraged, he rushed toward Timun Emas. Mbok
Sirni tried to stop him, but the giant was unstoppable.
The giant was getting closer and closer, so Timun Emas opened the
first bag she got from Mbok Sirni. Inside the bag were cucumber seeds. She
threw the seeds, and instantly they grew into large cucumber field. But the
giant ate them all, giving him more strength. As the giant was getting close,
Timun Emas took the second bag with needles inside and spilled the content
behind her. The needles turned into bamboo trees, sharp and thorny. The giant’s
body was scratched and bled. “Aaargh, I’ll get you, Timun Emas!” shouted the
giant as he tried to get himself out from the bamboo field. He made it and
still chasing Timun Emas.
Timun Emas then reached the third bag and spilled the salt inside.
The ground which the salt touched turned into a deep sea. The giant almost
drown and had to swim to cross the sea. After some time, he managed to get out
from the water. Timun Emas saw the giant coming, so she reached for the last
bag. She took the shrimp paste and threw it. The shrimp paste became a big
swamp of boiling mud. The giant was trapped in the middle of the swamp. The mud
slowly but surely drowned him. Helpless, he roared out, “Help! Heeeeelp…!” Then
the giant drown and died. Timun Mas then immediately went home. Since then,
Timun Emas and Mbok Sirni live happily ever after
Golden Snail
Keong Emas
Once upon a time,
there was a king named Kertamarta from East Java. He was the king of Panutan
Kingdom. The king had two daughters, named Dewi Galuh dan Candra Kirana. They
were beautiful and kind. Candra Kirana, the younger one, was engaged to the
crown prince of Kahuripan Kingdom, Raden Inu Kertapati. Unfortunately, Dewi
Galuh was envious of her little sister’s happiness, Candra Kirana, because Dewi
Galuh liked Raden Inu. Day by day, Dewi Galuh’s enviousness turned into hatred.
Then, Dewi Galuh planned something to make Candra Kirana go away from the
palace. Secretly, Dewi Galuh asked help to a witch who was well-known with her
terrifying spell. She asked the witch to put a spell on Candra Kirana. She
would make her ugly.
“Okay. I’ll do. Please
make her go out of the palace in order to meet me directly. At that time, I’ll
put a spell on her and her beauty will turn into very dreadful creature.” The
witch said.
After that, Dewi Galuh
did what the witch asked. She smeared Candra Kirana and the king became angry.
Candra Kirana was expelled by the king. She left the palace with a broken
heart. She walked aimlessly and finally she arrived on the beach. The witch
followed her secretly. The witch met her and said, “Abrakadabra Candra Kirana
lalalala pararara. Under my spell, be an ugly snail.”
Then, Candra Kirana became a snail. However, the witch’s spell didn’t
totally work. She didn’t turn into an ugly snail. Her beauty didn’t fade away.
She turned into a gold snail which would take people’s attention whenever they
saw it. The witch was panic and then she threw the gold snail into the sea. She
hoped that it would never appear on the beach anymore and made people take it.
The witch was so confident that it would disappeared forever and she said, “My
spell will be broken if Candra Kirana, or that snail, was found by her fiancé.
Hahaha. Good bye, ugly snail.”
One day, a granny was fishing on the sea by using a
net. The gold snail or Keong Mas was trapped on it. The granny took Keong Mas
to her hut. Initially, she would cook Keong Mas. But, she called it off. She
thought that the snail was very beautiful. Then, she put Keong Mas into a bowl
which was full of water in order the snail could be alive.
The next day, the granny went to sea again to fish,
but she didn’t get anything. When she arrived at home, she was surprised that
her hut was already neat and there were some delicious foods to eat. She
wondered who did those things for her because she lived alone. It happened
again in the following days. Then, another day, she pretended going to fish.
But actually, she peek what happened in her hut when she was away. She saw that
Keong Mas turned into a beautiful lady. Then, she came in and asked Keong Mas,
“Who are you, the beautiful lady?”
“I am a princess from Panutan Kingdom. I am under a
witch’s spell. The witch was assigned by my older sister because she was
envious of me.” Keong Mas explained.
Suddenly, she turned again into a gold snail. The
granny was shocked seeing it. Meanwhile, Prince Inu Kertapati was looking for
Candra Kirana. He couldn’t stay calm knowing that his fiancée disappeared. He
decided to travel incognito as an ordinary folk. The witch knew it and she
turned into a crow to stop Prince Inu’s step to find Candra Kirana. The crow
told Inu Kertapati about the direction but it was actually the wrong path. In
his way, Prince Inu and the crow met an old man. He gave him foods and that old
man saved him from the wrong direction given by the crow. The old man hit the
crow and it turned into smoke.
He told Prince Inu the right direction. After walking
for some days, he was thirsty and asking water to an old woman who lived in a
hut. Coincidentally, he saw his fiancée who was cooking in that hut. He asked
permission to the old man to meet her. Finally, the witch’s spell on Candra
Kirana was broken. Prince Inu brought Candra Kirana and the granny to the
palace and told what happened to his fiancée. The king apologized her daughter.
Then, he said that he would punish Dewi Galuh. But, Dewi Galuh was afraid of
being punished. She ran away to the forest and she fell down from a cliff.
Finally, Price Inu and Candra Kirana got married. They lived happily ever
after.
