Molly’s dream

Molly’s dream

Cerita Narrative Inggris dan terjemahannya

Molly was a young woman who worked for a farmer on his farm. One day the farmer gave her a pail of milk. He told her to sell it and keep the money for herself.

Molly was very much pleased. She put the pail of milk on her head and went to market.

As she walked along, she said to herself, “I shall get some money for the milk. With the money I will buy a few hens. The hens will lay eggs, and from the eggs I shall get more hens. I will sell the hens, and with the money I will buy a new dress.

“How beautiful I shall look in my new dress! The young men will ask me to walk with them, but I will not walk with them. They will ask me to dance with them, but I will not dance with them. They want to marry me, but I will toss my head, and refuse them all.”

So she tossed her head. Down came the pail and milk and all.

Her fine dream was all over.

Terjemahannya

Khayalan Molly

Molly adalah seorang gadis mudah yang bekerja pada lading seorang petani. Suatu hai pak tani memberikannya seember susu. Dia memintanya untuk menjual susu tersebut dan uang hasil penjualannya diberikan kepadanya.

Molly sangat senang. Dia membawa susu tersebut di atas kepalanya ke pasar.

Sambil berjalan, dia berkata pada dirinya, “Saya akan mendapatkan uang dari susu ini. Dengan uang tersebut nanti saya akan belikan ayam. Kemudian ayam itu akan bertelur, dan dari telur itu menetas maka ayam saya akan bertambah banyak. Saya akan menjualnya dan dengan uang tersebut saya akan membeli pakaian baru.

“Betapa cantiknya saya kelihatan dengan pakaian baru tersebut. Para pria akan meminta saya berjalan dengannya, tapi saya tidak mau berjalan dengan mereka. Mereka akan meminta saya untuk berdansa bersamanya, tapi saya tidak mau berdansa dengan mereka. Mereka ingin menikah dengan saya, saya akan menggelengkan kepala, dan menolak mereka semua.”

Maka dia pun menggelengkan kepalanya. Ember yang berada di atas kepalanya jatuh dan susu yang berada di dalamnya tumpah semua.

Dan khayalannya telah berakhir (tanpa mendapatkan apapun)

A quarrel between two women

A quarrel between two women

Cerpen Bahasa Inggris dan terjemahannya

There were once two women who lived in the same house. They each had a child. It happened that one of the children died one night. Its mother took the other woman’s child, and put the dead child in her bed instead.

The next morning they had a quarrel.

“This is my child. The dead child is yours,” said one.

“No, the dead child is yours. This living one is mine,” said the other.

Each one said the living child was hers, but no one could tell who was its true mother. And they went to see Solomon, the wise king of the Jews.

When King Salomon heard their story, he said, “Cut the child into two and give each woman one half.”

“That’s a good idea,” said the dead child’s mother.

“Give her the child. Let the baby be hers. But don’t kill the baby,” said the living child’s mother.

“Give the child to this woman,” said the king. “She is the baby’s true mother.”

Terjemahannya

Pertengkaran antara dua orang ibu

Cerpen bahasa inggris dan terjemahannya

Pada suatu masa hiduplah dua orang ibu dalam satu rumah. Keduanya memiliki seorang bayi. Pada suatu malam salah satu dari bayi mereka meniggal dunia. Ibu yang bayinya meninggal mengambil bayi ibu yang satunya dan menukar dengan bayinya yang sudah meninggal dunia.

 Pada saat pagi tiba keduanya mengakui bayi yang masih hidup itu adalah bayinya.

“Ini bayi saya. Yang meninggal itu adalah bayimu,” kata salah satu ibu tersebut

“Tidak, bayi yang sudah meniggal itu adalah bayimu. Bayi yang masih hidup ini adalah bayiku,” kata ibu yang satunya.

Keduanya masing-masing mengakui bayi yang hidup itu adalah bayi mereka, dan tidak orang yang bias memutuskan atau menentukan siapakah ibu yang sebenarnya. Akhirnya mereka memutuskan untuk mengadu kepada Solomon (Nabi Sulaeman), raja yang bijaksana pada Zaman itu.

Ketika Raja Sulaeman mendengar cerita mereka, dia mengatakan “belah bayi itu menjadi dua, dan berikan kepada mereka masing-masing sebelah dari bayi tersebut.”

“Itu ide yang bagus,” Kata Ibu yang telah meninggal anaknya.

“Berikan saja bayi itu kepadanya. Saya siap mengalah biarkan saja bayi itu menjadi miliknya. Tapi jangan dibelah (dibunuh),” kata ibu bayi yang sebenarnya.

“Berikan bayi tersebut kepada wanita ini,” kata Raja. “Dialah ibu yang sebenarnya dari bayi tersebut.”

A touch of gold

A touch of gold

A Touch of gold

King Midas was very wealthy king. His hobby was collecting gold. From the time he got up in the morning to the time he went to bed, he would count his gold.

One morning, as he was sitting alone in the garden, Dionysus, the god of wine, came to him and said, “Midas, I grant you a touch of gold. Whatever you touch, it will turn into gold. Be careful. What you think will bring you the most happiness might cause you the greatest grief.”

Midas was very happy. He didn’t heed Dionysus’s warning. He touched a tree, and it turned to gold. He touched his palace, and it turned to gold. Midas danced joyfully.

Suddenly, he realized that he couldn’t eat because when he touch the food, it turned to gold. He was very hungry and the worst thing happened when his daughter ran to him crying and complained that all the flowers in the garden had turned to gold. When Midas touched his beloved daughter, she turned to gold. He was extremely unhappy.

Finally, Midas went back to Dionysus and said, “Please take back your gift, I no longer want the golden touch. I realized that wealthy does not always bring happiness.”

Dionysus laughed, “I see that you have changed. Go and bathe in the river of Poctulus, the spell will be undone and your woe will be gone.

King Midas was relieved and happy. After he took a bath, he rushed into his palace. He poured the water to his daughter and she came back to life.

The Legend of Sangkuriang

Sangkuriang English Story

SANGKURIANG

In the time when West Java was still thickly covered with woods and undergrowth and wonders existed, there reigned a king, named Raden Sungging Pebangkara. He was a good ruler and to convince himself of the welfare of his subjects, he used to visit them. But the thing he liked most was hunting in the forest.

It happened that in one of the forests the king often visited there lived a she-pig, actually a cursed goddess. One day, as it was very warm, she came out of her hiding place looking for water. There she saw a coconut-shell, filled with water. Glad to have found something and expecting it to be coconut-milk, she drank it at a draught, having no suspicions whatsoever that it was the King’s urine left there the day before when hunting. The consequence was very strange. She became pregnant. In a few months she gave birth to a very pretty girl. When the king was once again hunting in the forest, he saw the girl and, attracted by her beauty, he took her to his palace, called her Dayang Sumbi and treated her as his own daughter.

Time passed and Dayang Sumbi grew up into a fine young girl. She was fond of weaving and thus passed her time. One bright morning, as she was absorbed in weaving, her weaving-spool suddenly got loose. Before she could prevent it, it flew out of the window to the field below. It was out of her reach, as her room was about three stories high. Furthermore she was very tired and had no wish to descend the stairs to fetch the spool. Quite at ease, she mumbled: “Whoever is willing to help me pick up the spool, I’ll treat as my sister, if she is a girl. If he is a man, I’ll take him as my husband.” These words were overheard by a dog, called Tumang, who happened to come along. He immediately picked up the spool and brought it to Dayang Sumbi. Tumang was in fact a cursed god too, like the she-pig. Seeing the dog with the spool in his mouth, Dayang Sumbi fainted. The gods had decided her for her to undergo the same fate as her mother, the she-pig. She too become pregnant and a short time afterwards she gave birth to a strong healthy son, whom she called Sangkuriang.

Sangkuriang became a handsome young man, as time went by. Like his grandfather, he was fond of hunting in the forest and Tumang was his faithful friend when roaming the woods. He loved this creature very much; having no idea at all that it was his own father. One day while hunting, they came across a fat pig. Sangkuriang strung his bow and z-z-z-z-z-z-z! the arrow hissed towards the she-pig, and hit but did not kill her. Wounded, she vanished into the undergrowth.

“Come on, Tumang, run after her!” Sangkuriang shouted, eager to taste the pork. Tumang, however, did not move. Whatever Sangkuriang said to urge Tumang to pursue the pig, it left him unmoved. Sangkuriang lost his self control. In his anger he killed Tumang, cut up his flesh and took it home to his mother. She prepared a tasty dish of it and after the meal she asked:

the legend of Sangkuriang

“Sangkuriang, what kind of flesh is this? It is delicious!”

“This is Tumang’s, mother,” Sangkuriang responded. “I killed him, as he did not obey my command to pursue a fat pig.” For one moment Dayang Sumbi was speechless. Then in rage she took a spool and flung it at him. It struck his forehead and blood dropped out of the wound. This left later on a scar on the spot. Then Dayang Sumbi sent him away.

Deeply grieved, Sangkuriang left and wandered through the woods. He walked for years. Finally he returned to his native place, but did not recognize it any longer. There he stood, looking around him, all alone, musing about the past. At the end of a vast rice-field, which stretched in front of him, he noticed a house on stilts. Looking closely, he saw a young girl sitting at her weaving-loom. He approached her and, charmed by her beauty, he immediately proposed to her, unaware that she was his own mother. The girl looked at him and, noticing his good looks, she promised to marry him. For some time they loved each other tenderly, making plans for their wedding day, but one day she discovered the scar on his forehead.

“That wound!” she whispered, and at the moment she realized that he was no other than her own son who had come back to his village. After being left by Sangkuriang, Dayang Sumbi had been given eternal beauty by the gods, which was why she looked so young and Sangkuriang did not recognize her as his mother. She made efforts to make him understand that a marriage between them was impossible and withdrew her promise to marry him. But Sangkuriang refused to accept the truth and was determined to get his own way. Dayang Sumbi was very sad, as she was ashamed to reveal her secret.

Narrative text - Sangkuriang

“What is to be done?” she pondered. She had an idea and said to him: “All right then, you shall marry me only on condition that you fulfill a wish of mine. Dam up the Citarum River and build a big vessel, which we shall use after being married. But you have only one night to complete the work.” Sangkuriang agreed and started to work. Only at daybreak did he approach the end, in spite of his magic powers and his prayers to the gods for help. Noticing this, Dayang Sumbi got alarmed and hit upon another plan to prevent the marriage. She stretched the red woven veil which covered her head over the eastern side of the plain. Through her magic powers, red light spread over the landscape, giving the impression that the sun was rising, which meant that time was up for Sangkuriang. He was astonished.

“In vain!” he shouted in despair and at the same time, filled with rage; he kicked the vessel, which was almost finished, upside-down. Then he made for the south, for the Indian Ocean. He had not gone very far when the water of the lake rose and overflowed its banks, dragging everything in its way. Sangkuriang himself had no chance of escape and with all his workers he was driven away. Sometime later the lake dried up. The mountain of Tangkuban Prahu on the northern side of Bandung is thought to be the overturned vessel of Sangkuriang. In time it became covered with trees and the lake became the present fertile rice-fields around Bandung area, every year yielding great benefits for all the people.

Source : Folk Tales from Indonesia

The rock and the weasel

Fabel Inggris - The rock and the weasel

The rock and the weasel

Long ago a weasel came to a forest near Phakchong. He saw many mice there. Weasels like to eat mice, so the weasel decided to stay in the forest.

First, the weasel found a place to sleep in a hole beneath a bush. The next day he walked to the top of a small hill. On the hilltop was a rock. The weasel decided to sit on the rock.

“Who’s there? Asked the rock. “Whoever you are, don’t sit on me.”

“I’ll sit here as long as I like,” said the weasel. “After all, you’re not going anywhere.”

The rock sighed, for there was nothing he could do. The weasel sat back on his hind legs. He raised his forelegs in front of him, looked at the sky, and pretended to pray. At sunset the weasel walked down the hill to his home. He did the same thing the next day, and the next day, and the next day after that.

Soon the mice became curious about the weasel. They watched him for several days. Finally they chose one brave mouse to ask the weasel what he was doing. The brave mouse climbed the hill.

“What are you doing?” asked the mouse.

“I’m praying,” replied the weasel.

The mouse ran back down the hill. He told the other mice that the weasel was praying. The mice decided that the weasel was a very great animal. They also thought he must be a very good animal. That evening they waited for him at the bottom of the hill.

 “We want to pay our respects’ to you,” said their leader.

The weasel and the mice

The mice walked around the weasel three times. Then they went home. They did not notice that one mouse was missing.

Each night after that the mice waited for the weasel. Each night he came down from the hilltop. Each night the mice walked around him three times, and each night the weasel ate one mouse.

This went on for several months. Finally the leader of the mice noticed something. The forest had fewer mice than before. He called a meeting of all the mice.

“Something is wrong,” said the leader. “Mice are disappearing, I thing the weasel is eating our friends and relations.

The mice decided to look at the weasel’s home. They went the next day, while the weasel was on the rock. In the weasel’s hole they found a large pile of mouse bone. The mice ran back to the leader who told them what to do.

That evening most of the mice waited at the bottom of the hill. Some of the stronger mice walked up behind the hill. At the sundown the weasel stepped off the rock, and it began to move. The rock rolled down the hill, but the weasel didn’t hear it coming. He was thinking about his dinner.

The rock landed on the weasel.

“Get off,” cried the weasel. “Don’t sit on me.”

“I’ll sit here as long as I like,” said the rock. “After all, I’m not going anywhere.”

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The legend of Malin Kundang (The rebellious son) II

The ship of the rock - Malin Kundang

A long time ago, there was a fisherman living at Batang Arau. He several children but only one son. He gave his son the best possible education. He wanted him to do well and become famous.

When the boy had finished school, his father found a job for him on a large ship sailing to foreign countries. He realized that he would not see him again for many years. But he knew that his son was clever and hard-working and he hoped that his son might have the chance to become a ship’s officer.

The years passed. The fisherman’s daughters married and left home. The fisherman became old and died. His widow lived by herself.

Malin Kundang Story

One day, the villagers came running to the old woman to tell her that her son had returned. “I don’t believe you,” she said

“Yes,” they said, “He’s the captain of a ship which has just sailed into the harbor from Singapore. Come and see for yourself.”

The old woman put on her best clothes. She cooked some food to give her son. She remembered the food he liked best when he was a small boy.

She hired a rowing boat to take her out to the ship which was anchored in the harbour.

She saw a tall handsome man standing on the deck of the ship. It was her son! Even after all these years, there was no doubt about it.
 “Son,” she called out, “don’t you recognize me? I’m you mother,” Tears came to her eyes.

“Who are you?” he replied. “I don’t know you. Don’t let her come aboard,” he instructed his sailors.

 Next day, the old woman came again but her son refused to see her. On the third day, he told his sailors to drive her away. “Why does this old woman come to my ship?” he asked. “I don’t mind giving her a few cents but I don’t like her saying that she’s my mother,”

Malin Kundang -The rebellious son story

“Very well, my son,” the old woman said. “God will surely punish you for being so wicked. How can you refuse to recognize your own mother?” she gazed at him for a long time but he said nothing.

Suddenly, a huge black cloud covered the sun. it became as dark as night. The wind roared with a terrible noise. The sea became very rough and the waves beat against the side of the ship. The ship rocked to and fro. The mast came tumbling down with a great “Cra-a-a-ash”. The ship was driven like a coconut shell across the harbor. Before anyone could do anything about it. It turned over and sank. Then it rained so heavily that it was impossible to see more than a few yards. When the storm stopped, the old woman looked for the ship again. But there was nothing except a large rock sticking out through the water. Her son and his ship were never seen again. 

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