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Name      : KKT English

Subject   : Teaching Material Development

Lecturer : Dr. Rudi Hartono, S.S., M.Pd.

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Nyi Roro Kidul

No one denies that the goddess of the south sea is the queen Nyi Roro Kidul who lives exactly in Parang tritis in Central Java. She has green hair which fills of shells and seaweed. All Javanese adore and respect her. Hey never wear anything in green colour whenever entering the sea for fear of offending Nyi Roro Kidul.

Before turning into a nymph, Nyi Roro Kidul was a young princess named Dewi Kandita, the daughter of King Munangwangi and his first wife. Dewi rembulan was beyond doubt. They were known for their beauty, kindness and friendliness, and people loved them. However, the misery of their lives began when Dewi Muiiara, another wife of King Mundangwangi, known locally as selir, became envy and grew ambitions to become the first wife. She thought that by being the first wife she would deserve full affection and attention from the king.

Dewi Mutiara’s dream came true when one day she bore a son that the king had long been yearning for. Through the assistance of a witch, Dewi Mutiara made the king’s wives Dewi Rembulan and Dewi Kandita suffer from ‘strange’ disease with their bodies covered with scabies that created an odour of fish. The disease led them to be sent into exiled in the forest where later Dewi Rembulan died. After a long, hard and helpless journey, the scabies covered Dewi kandita eventually arrived at a beach where she met a young, handsome man who promised to cure her illness.

At the request of the young man, Dewi kandita chased after him as he ran along the beach. When she reached the water, the man disappears and, to her surprise, all the scabies had disappeared but, strangely, she could not move her legs. Half her body from the waist down, had turned into the body of a fish. Then she became a sea-nymph and locals believe that Nyi Roro Kidul is the manifestation of Dewi Kandita.

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Keong Mas (The Golden Snail)

Prince Raden Putra and Dewi Limaran were husband and wife. They lived in a palace. Prince Raden Putra's father was the king of the kingdom.

One day, Dewi Limaran was walking around in the palace garden. Suddenly she saw a snail. It was ugly and disgusting.

"Yuck!" said Dewi Limaran and then she threw it away into a river.

She did not know that the snail was actually an old and powerful witch. She could transform herself into anything.

The witch was angry to Dewi Limaran. The witch put a spell on her and changed her into a golden snail. The witch then threw it away into the river.

The golden snail was drifting away in the river and got caught into a net. An old woman was fishing and used her net to catch some fish. She was surprised to see a golden snail in her net. She took it and brought it home.

When the old woman woke up in the morning, she was surprised that the house was in good condition. The floor was mopped. And she also had food on the table.

She was thinking very hard. "Who did this to me? The person is very kind."

It happened again and again every morning. The old woman was very curious. One night she decided to stay up late. She was peeping from her room to know who cooked for her.

Then, she could not believe what she saw. The golden snail she caught in the river turned into a beautiful woman. The old woman approached her.

"Who are you, young girl?"

"I am Dewi Limaran, Ma'am. A witch cursed me. I can change back as a human only at night," explained Dewi Limaran. "The spell can be broken if I hear the melody from the holly gamelan," continued Dewi Limaran. The old woman then rushed to the palace. She talked to Prince Raden Putra about her wife. Prince Raden Putra was so happy. He had been looking for his wife everywhere.

He then prayed and meditated. He asked the Gods to give him the holy gamelan. He wanted to break the witch's spell.

After several days praying and meditating, finally Gods granted his wish. He immediately brought the holly gamelan to the old woman's house. He played it beautifully. And then amazingly the golden snail turned into the beautiful Dewi Limaran.

The couple was so happy that they could be together again. They also thanked the old woman for her kindness. As a return, they asked her to stay in the palace.

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Loro Jonggrang

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom named Prambanan. The people lived peacefully. However, their happy lives was disturbed by Pengging Kingdom. The king, Bandung Bandawasa, wanted to occupy Prambanan. He was a mean King.

The war between Prambanan and Pengging could not be avoided. Prambanan lost the war and led by the new king, Bandung Bandawasa.

Pengging could win the war because Bandung Bandawasa had supernatural power. His soldiers were not only human being but also genies. Those creatures always obeyed Bandung Bandawasa. They always did whatever Bandung Bandawasa asked them to do.

The king of Prambanan had a beautiful daughter. Her name was Loro Jonggrang.  Bandung Bandawasa fell in love and wanted to marry her. "if you want to marry me, you have to build a thousand of temples in just one night," said Loro Jonggrang. She hated Bandung Bandawasa because he made the people of Prambanan suffered.

"What? Impossible! You just gave me an excuse for not marrying me!" said Bandung Bandawasa. But he didn't give up. He asked the genies to help him.

Then all those genies worked hard to build the 1000 temples. Meanwhile, Loro Jonggrang heard from the lady-in-waiting that the building of 1000 temples was almost finished. She was so scared; she did not want to marry Bandung Bandawasa. And then she had a great idea. She asked all the ladies-in-waiting to help her.

"Please prepare a lot of straw and mortar. Come on! Hurry up!" said Loro Jonggrang. All those ladies-in-waiting were confused. They did not know why Loro Jonggrang asked them prepare a lot of straw and mortars in the middle of the night.

"Listen, all those genies are building the temples, right? We have to stop them by burning the straw and make some noise by pounding the mortars. The genies will think that sun is going to rise and they will run away. Genies are afraid of sunlight."

It worked! All those genies thought that sun rose. They did not know the light was from the fire that burning the straw. And the noises from pounding the mortars like the start of a new day.

Bandung Bandawasa was angry. He knew Loro Jonggrang just tricked him. "You cannot fool me, Loro Jonggrang. I already have 999 temples. I just need one more temple. Now, I will make you the one-thousandth temple."

With his supernatural power, Bandung Bandawasa made Loro Jonggrang a temple. Until now, the temple is still standing in Prambanan area, Central Java. And the temple is named Loro Jonggrang temple.

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Tangkupan Perahu

Dayang Sumbi was exiled in the jungle, because she was unmarried but pregnant.  She gave a birth to a baby boy and named him Sang Kuriang.  And he became a young and hard working boy. He was a good hunter too.

One day he went hunting with his dog, si Tumang. In the bush he saw a pig, Wayungyang.  He wanted to shoot Wayungyang but si Tumang hindered him. He was angry at it and killed it, and then took its heart home.  He cooked it and ate it with his mother.  When he told that it was si Tumang’s heart, she was very angry and hit Sang Kuriang’s head with a spoon.  And he ran away and left his mother to the east.  He did not know himself and forgot his name. He was about 16 years of age.

After along time Sang Kuriang came back to the jungle where his mother lived.  She looked younger than her age, so Sang Kuriang fell in love with her.  “Will you marry me?’’ one day he asked her. But Dayang Sumbi refused because she recognized that he was her son. He insisted to marry her and Dayang Sumbi asked two marriage settlements.  One, he had to dammed Citarum river, and two, had to make a boat in one night

Sang Kuriang almost finished his work but Dayang Sumbi cheated him.  He was angry and kicked the boat.  The boat fell upside down on the peak of mountain. It was known Tangkuban Perahu, at the northern of Bandung, West Java.

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a kind-heated man and his wife

Once upon a time there lived a kind-heated man and his wife. One morning, his wife found a poor little sparrow.  She took it gently and fed it.  To show its gratitude, the sparrow stayed with them and sang every morning. But there was an ill-tempered old woman who didn’t like the sparrow. She cut the sparrow’s tongue.  That’s why the bird return to its previous nest.

Knowing that their sparrow flew away, the kind man and woman looked for their sparrow.  They walked a long way, crossed the bridge, climbed a mountain, and passed the wood

Not long afterwards, they found the sparrow’s nest. The sparrow welcomed them and provided a feast for them.  Before they went home, the sparrow brought two baskets: one was large and looked heavy, and the other one was small and light. The sparrow asked them to choose one

They choose the small one. And that was the best choice.  There were many rolls of silk and piles of gold in it. Being jealous, the ill-tempered old woman did the same thing as the kind man and woman did.

She chose the big basket which actually contained wasps and venomous crawlers, such as scorpions, centipedes, and other horrible creatures.  Finally, they stung and bit her to death

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A King Sindureja in East Java

Once upon a time, there region in East Java a king named Sindureja. He had a prime minister named Sidapaksa. Sidapaksa had a very beautiful wife

Sidapaksa loved his wife deeply.  They lived in complete happiness. However, Sidapaksa’s mother didn’t like her daughter-in-law. Each day she tried to think a way to separate Sidapaksa from his wife

One day, King Sindureja asked Sidapaksa to search for the bud of a magic flower on mount Ijen. It was a long and dangerous journey. The assignment from the king was so important and urgent. Sidapaksa had to leave his pregnant wife

Not long afterward, a son was born. The baby’s birth gave much happiness to the young mother.

However one day, while this young mother was bathing, her evil mother-in-law threw the baby into the river.  Knowing that her baby had disappeared, the young mother was very sad. She could neither eat nor sleep. She became very ill

Two years passed and Sidapaksa returned from his journey. He succeeded in doing his duty. Just as he was about to enter his house, her mother told him that his wife had thrown their baby into the river

Sidapaksa believed his mother’s story. He was too angry to use his common sense. He drew his Kris and approached his wife who was lying weak on hear bed

“Ah, witched women. Tell me why you threw our new-born child into the river. Tell me!” he said in a rough and angry voice.

“Oh, my dearest husband. I am innocent. I love you, and our baby. I didn’t kill our child. If you don’t believe me, carry me to the river. I will prove that I didn’t do it” replied his wife calmly

Sidapaksa took her wife to the edge of the river. Suddenly, his wife leaped up and threw herself into the river

“Oh my god! How will I know who kill my child?” moaned Sidapaksa

Then he looked down at the water. Suddenly, two pure white flower-buds appeared, one larger and taller than the other. A sweet fragrance came from them.

“Sidapaksa, look here! Beside me is our child. He himself will tell you who drowned him,” the taller one spoke.

“Father, my mother is innocent. Grand mother threw me into the river. Now I’m happy because my beloved mother was come with me,” the smaller one spoke. Then, one two flowers vanished into the water. They left their fragrance behind

Since then, people call the city on its banks of the river Banyuwangi. Banyu means water and wangi means fragrant

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The Faithful Lovers

         The following story will be special for each of you who want to know the real meaning of love.

         Hmm, there once lived a chief's daughter who had many admirers. All the young men in the village wanted to have her for a wife and were all eager to fill her skin bucket when she went to the brook for water.

         There was a young man in the village. He was a good hunter but he was poor and had a mean family. He loved the maiden and wished he could marry her. So, one day when she went for water, he threw his robe over her head while he whispered in her ear: "Will you marry me?"

           For a long time the maiden acted as if she hadn't heard anything, but one day she whispered back telling that she would be willing to marry him if he took a scalp.

           So he made a war party of seven, himself and six other young men. Before they started, they sat down to smoke and rest beside a beautiful lake at the foot of a green knoll that rose from its shore. The knoll was covered with green grass and somehow as they looked at it they had a feeling that there was something about it that was mysterious and uncanny.

  One of the lover's friends was so curious about it that he ventured into the knoll. Four of the young men followed. Having reached to the top of the knoll, all five began to jump and stamp about in sport.

           But, suddenly they stopped. The knoll had begun to move toward the water. It was a gigantic turtle! The five men cried out in alarm and tried to run, but it was too late! They cried; but the others could do nothing. In just a few moments, the waves had closed over them.

           The other two men: the lover and his friend, went on, but with heavy hearts. After some days, they came to a river. Worm out with fatigue, the lover threw himself down on the bank. Fortunately, the lover's friend came to help him.

           The following days, his friend told him that he found a fish which he had cleaned and asked him eat the fish together. The lover said that if he ate the fish, his friend had to promise to fetch him all the water that he could drink. When they had eaten, the kettle was rinsed out and the lover's friend brought it back with full of water. The lover's friend then took the lover to the river. When the lover saw the river, he walked to the river, sprang in, and lying down in the water with his head toward land, drank greedily.

           Then, he called out his friend. The friend came and was amazed to see that the lover was now a fish from his feet to his middle. Sick at heart he ran off a little away and threw himself upon the ground in grief. After awhile, he returned to find that the lover was now a fish up to his neck.

           The friend went home and told his story. There was great mourning over the death of the five young men and for the lost lover. In the river, the lover had become a great fish and its fin was just above the surface. Canoes had to be portage at great labor around the obstruction.

         Meanwhile, he chief's daughter mourned for her lover as for a husband and nobody could comfort her. Day by day, she sat inside her mother's tepee with her head covered with her robe, silent, working, and working. Whenever her mother asked, the maiden did not reply.

         The days lengthened into moons until a year had passed. And then the maiden arose. She left her mother's tepee with holding lots of things in her hands. There were three pairs of moccasins, three pairs of leggings, three belts, three shirts, three head dresses with beautiful feathers, and sweet smelling tobacco.

         One day she had a new canoe made. Then, the next morning she stepped into the canoe and floated slowly down the river toward the great fish. Her canoe came and stopped to the place where the great fin arose.

         "Oh, fish," she cried, "oh, fish, you who were my lover, I shall not forget you. Because you were lost for love of me, I shall never marry. All my live I shall remain a widow. Take these presents. And now leave the river, and let the waters run free, so my people may once more descend in their canoes." Slowly the great fish sank, his broad fin disappeared and the waters of the St. Croix (Stillwater) were free.

(Adapted from: Encarta Reference library, 2005)

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A BEAR AND A RABBIT

Once upon a time there lived as neighbors, a bear and a rabbit. The rabbit was a good shot and the bear, being very clumsy, could not use an arrow to a good advantage.

The bear was very unkind to the rabbit. Every morning, the bear would over to the rabbit and ask the rabbit to take his bow and arrows and come with the bear to the other side of the hill.

The rabbit, fearing to arouse the bear's anger by refusing, consented and went with the bear. The rabbit shot enough buffalo to satisfy the bear's family. Indeed, he shot and killed so many that there was still lots of meat left after the bear and his family had loaded themselves and packed all they could carry home.

However, the bear was so greedy and evil that he didn't allow the rabbit to get any of the meat. The poor rabbit could not even taste the blood from the butchering, as the bear would throw earth on the blood and dry it up. The poor rabbit would have to go home hungry after his hard day's work.

The bear was the father of five children. The youngest boy was very kind to the rabbit. Knowing that the youngest boy was a very hearty eater, the mother bear always gave him an extra large piece of meat. Instead of eating this extra meat, the youngest bear would take the meat outside and pretend to play ball with it, kicking it toward the rabbit's house, and when he got close to the door he would give the meat such a great kick that it would fly into the rabbit's house. In this way the poor rabbit would get his meal unknown to the papa bear.

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Cinderella

            Once upon a time, there was a little girl called Cinderella. She was pretty, loving and clever. But she was very poor. She lived with her step mother and stepsisters. They were very mean. They hated Cinderella very much. her step mother always told Cinderella to do the washing around the house. Poor Cinderella she was so tired and so hungry because every morning she had so many jobs to do. Everyday her ugly step sister was really mean to Cinderella.

One day, a handsome prince would have a Royal Ball. “Next Saturday I am going to have a Royal Ball so that I can meet a beautiful Princess to be my wife. Every girl must be invited”. Said the prince.

Every girl wanted to go the ball in order that she would be the prince’s wife. Cinderella also wanted to go there, “I am going to marry the prince” She thought. But that morning her wicked step mother gave her so much work to do that she would not have time to go to the ball.

Suddenly a wise wizard appeared from nowhere! He did some magic. He made her a sparkling dress and a pair of glass slippers. She looked beautiful. Quickly she rushed to the ball.

At the ball Cinderella danced all night with the prince. The prince felt in love with her. At midnight, Cinderella ran home. Unfortunately, one of her glass slippers slipped off the door. She did not have to put it back on. The prince was sad as he could not find Cinderella again that night.

The next day, the prince and his men brought along the glass slipper and went all over the Kingdom to search for the owner. After searching for a long time, finally they came to Cinderella’s house. The slipper fitted her. The prince was very happy to find Cinderella again.

They got married and lived happily ever after.