THE GOLDEN CUCUMBER
Once upon a time a farmer and his wife lived in a jungle. Everyday they
went to the sacred tree where they prayed begging for a child. When they were
praying, a giant passed and heard their prayed. The giant gave them a cucumber
seed. He said to the farmer,
“You
will have a baby girl, but you have to promise me to give the child to me when
she is seventeen years old. “
They
agreed, because they wanted a baby very much. The giant gave them the seed,
then they went home.
Next
day, they planted the seed in the yard. They watered it everyday. They made
fences around it to keep it from animal’s disturbances. Day by day the vine got
bigger and bigger. A flower bloomed and finally it became a small gold
cucumber. The cucumber grew rapidly, then became a big cucumber. The farmer
picked it when it was ripe and brought it home. When they arrived, they laid it
on the floor. Slowly the farmer cut it. Wow! They were surprised. The farmer
said to his wife,
“Look!
My wife, there is a baby in it.”
His wife
replied, “Yeah! How cute the baby is”
They
were very happy and they named her Timun Emas, means the golden cucumber.
Timun
Emas blossomed into a real beauty with black hair, slim body and bright eyes. When she was seventeen years old, the
giant came and said to the farmer,
“I am
coming to take your daughter”.
The
farmer was surprise and scared but he tried to calm the giant by saying,
“Ooo …
do not worry. She is playing in the garden now. Let my wife get her”
Meanwhile
his wife found Timun Emas and gave her four things in a pouch of somethings and
said to her,
“My daughter, the giant has come to take
you. Bring this bag with you for fighting him”
“What can I do, mother?” asked Timun Emas
“Run as fast as you can, “ said the farmer’s wife.
“What can I do, mother?” asked Timun Emas
“Run as fast as you can, “ said the farmer’s wife.
“Throw
one of three things whenever the giant comes close”
Then Timun Emas ran as fast as she could.
Then Timun Emas ran as fast as she could.
Meanwhile
the giant was impatient. He broke the hut and looked for Timun Emas. From the
garden he saw Timun Emas running towards the jungle. Then he ran to chase her.
When he almost caught her, she took out the first thing from the bag, a handle
of salt, and threw it towards the giant. Suddenly the ground between Timun Emas
and the giant turned into a deep sea. The giant tried to catch Timun Emas by
swimming. It was very hard of course. It was a good chance for Timun Emas to
run further. But in a short time the giant almost caught Timun Emas again.
Timun Emas threw a handful of chilies. In a flash, there grew a thorny dense
bush around the giant. The giant screamed with a pain, but again, the giant got
free and was almost able to catch Timun Emas.
She took
out the third thing from the bag, a handful of needles. Suddenly, the ground
turned into a bamboo forest. But, a magic make the giant become larger then he
ran to chase her again. Timun Emas ran as far as she could but the giant ran
after her quickly. Knowing the giant was coming closer and closer, Timun Emas
threw out the last thing, a handful of fish paste. The ground where the giant
running suddenly turned into a mud pond. He was trapped there. He screamed and
sank down into the mud pond. Timun Emas quickly walked home. The farmer and his
wife were very happy when they look her.
“Mother,
Father, I am still life” shouted Timun Emas.
“Oh, my dear” said the farmer and his wife while embracing her.
“Thank God, our daughter is safe”, said the farmer and his wife again. They were very happy. No more fear. They did not want to lose their daughter anymore. The giant was died.
“Oh, my dear” said the farmer and his wife while embracing her.
“Thank God, our daughter is safe”, said the farmer and his wife again. They were very happy. No more fear. They did not want to lose their daughter anymore. The giant was died.
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