THE GOLDEN SNAIL

Dewi Galuh Candra Kirana was a princess from the Kingdom of Daha.She was kind and very beautiful. She was engaged to Raden Inu Kertapati,the Crown Prince on the Kahuripan Kingdom. Raden Inu Kertapati was wise and very hand some.
Galuh Candra Kirana had a step sister named Galuh Ajeng. Galuh Ajeng was jealous of her. She wanted to marry Raden Inu Kertapati. She looked for a way to get rid of Galuh Candra Kirana.
Galuh Ajeng went to see an old witch. The old witch gave her spell to curse Galuh Candra Kirana. Before cursing her step sister, Galuh Ajeng ‘slandered’ her. The king of Daha belived her words and threw Galuh Candra Kirana away from the palace.
The poor Princess lived in misery. She wandered to a beach. There she was ‘cuesed’ and turned into a golden snail. As Keong Emas – The Golden Snail – Galuh Candra Kirana was drifted by the waves. At last she was washed ashere on a foreign land.
Keong Emas crept to a small village named Dadapan. In that village lived an old woman named Nyai Dadapan. The old woman found Keong Emas.”This snail is very beautiful. I will keep it,”she said. She brought Keong Emas to her hut. Nyai Dadapan put the snail in a big ‘earthen jug’.
One day, Nyai Dadapan came home from fishing. She didn’t catch any fish. But…when she arrived at her hut, she was surprised. Dinner was ready!
“My oh my…there is delicious food. What a coincidence! I am hungry! ”without thinking ’twice’, she ate up the food.
After her stomach was full, She realized something. ”Who cooked these food? ”she said. The next morning she thought, I will pretend to go fishing. But I will hide behind the door and watch. Nyai Dadapan pretended to go. Then, she ‘secretly’ hid behind the door. Not a long after that, she saw Keong Emas crep out of big water jug. Suddenly the snail turned into a beautiful Girl. The girl cleaned the hut and cooked a delicious meal.
Nyai Dadapan came out from behind the door. ”Hi…who are you, beautiful girl?” she asked. ”I…I am the Princess of Daha. Galuh Ajeng, my stepsister, was jealous of me. ”she asked for a spell from an old witch, to cursed me so I turned into a golden snail.”
After saying that, the princess ’body shrank. and then she turned into Keong Emas again.” Galuh Ajeng is very cruel, ”said Nyai Dadapan sadly. She prayed, wishing that Galuh Candra Kirana’s suffering will end soon.
Raden Inu Kertapati heard the news that his fiancee was thrown out from the palace. He carried out an investigation and found out that Galuh Candra Kirana was not guilty. Then the prince went to see the King of Daha. At last Galuh Ajeng was punished by the king. Raden Inu Kertapati went searching for his fiancée. After walking for hours, he become thirsty. He stopped by at Nyai Dadapan’s hut to ask for water.
At the moment, the princess was looking out of the window. Raden Inu Kertapati saw her. ”my dear Candra Kirana!” he ’cried happily. ”oh, my sweetheart!” cried Galuh Candra Kirana. The meeting was very touching. The princess introduced Nyai Dadapan to her ’fiancee’. Her suffering ‘was over’. The curse had vanished.
Raden Inu Kertapati went back to the palace with Galuh Candra Kirana. They ask the goodhearted Nyai Dadapan to come along. The name Keong Emas is now used for: Teater Keong Emas in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah.
Andharu b. 06/x1

THE LEGEND OF SITU BAGENDIT

Far away in an isolated village there was a young rich woman. The house that she had living in was very big. her wealth was plentiful. The young woman lived by herself. She didn’t have any friend at all.
“Wouw, I am very rich! Ha…ha…ha, I am the richest woman in this village!” said the young woman while she was looking at her gold and jewelries. It was so pity, that the young woman very miserly. Her plentiful wealth never been used to help others.
“All of the wealth is mine, isn’t it ?
So why should I give it all other people?” thought the young woman. However, many of villagers were poor. They lived in less condition. Sometime some villagers were hunger, and didn’t get any food for days.
Because of the young woman miserly, the villagers called her Bagenda Endit. Bagenda Endit meant the miserly rich person. ”Bagenda Endit have mercy on me! My child has not eaten for few day,” said an old woman sadly.
“Hi, you crazy old woman! Get away from me!” yelled Bagenda Endit threw the old woman away. Because the old woman didn’t want to go, Bagenda Endit splashed her with water. Splash! And over the old woman body and her body become wet.
Bagenda Endit was a felling less woman. She didn’t even have a little bit mercy to the old woman and her baby. She even got more angry. After that, she asked the old woman to get out of her house yard. And then, she was dragging her out of the yard.
Although Bagenda Endit was very miserly, the village people kept coming in. They came for the water wheel. ”no, I won’t let you to take away the water from my wheel! The water in the wheel is mine!” Bagenda Endit yelled angrily.
“Ha…ha…ha… you’re all stupid! You think you just can take the water from my wheel!” Bagenda Endit said while she was watching the first villagers outside the fence. Suddenly, a decrepit man was standing in Bagenda Endit house yard, he was walking tottery to wheel while holding his stick.
When the old man was trying to take water, Bagenda Endit saw it. Then, she hit the old man with a pounder. ”have mercy on me Bagenda Endit! I want to take the water just for a drink, ”said the old man when he was trying to get up.
Bagenda endit kept beating the old man. And then, an astonishing think happened. Suddenly the old man got up with a healthy body. He walked closer to Bagenda Endit. He pointed his stick at the cruel rich woman’s nose.
“Hi, Begenda Endit, take the punishment from me! ”said the old man loudly. Then he pointed at the wheel with his stick. Wus…byuur, the wheel was sprinkling the water swiftly. Not long enough, the water was flooding up. Bagenda Endit couldn’t save her self. She drawn with all of her wealth.
The village was disappeared. The thing that left was a wide and deep lake was named Situ Bagendit. Situ means a wide lake. It was named Situ Bagendit, because the wide lake came from a wheel that belong to Bagenda Endit. Nicko p. 25/x1