BAWANG
PUTIH AND BAWANG MERAH
Once upon a time, in East Java,
lived a beautiful girl named Bawang Putih. Her father has passed away, and she
lived with her stepmother and stepsister. Before her father passed away, her
stepmother and stepsister were very kind to her. On the contrary, two days after
her father passed away, they treated their badly. She had to do all the house
work. Her stepmother said:
“Bawang Putih, from this moment, you have to clean the
house, guard the house, wash the clothes, and cook delicious meals.”
“But mother…”
“No but! You must obey my rule! What do you think? I
love you?? Oh… No… No… No… I hate you! Why must I kind to my stepdaughter,
ha!?”
“How poor you are” said her stepsister with a sly
smile.
Her stepsister was Bawang Merah. She was very lazy,
and she always got dress every time. But, Bawang Putih was more beautiful than
her.
One day, Bawang Putih went to river to wash a lot of
clothes. Then, she looked a goldfish cried and needed help. Its mouth was
involved by an angler. Seeing the condition Bawang Putih felt sorry and helped
it.
“Thank you for your kindness, would you like to be my
friend” asked the goldfish.
Bawang Putih was very surprised, the goldfish could
speak! And Bawang Putih answered nervously: “O… Of course”. Then, the fish
helped her in washing and they become a best friend.
Unfortunately, their friendship couldn’t last because
her stepsister knew it. And her mom asked Bawang Merah to catch it. Then,
Bawang Merah caught the fish and gave it to her mom. After that, they cooked
it, and ate it! When Bawang Putih knew the fish was her friend, she took the
bones and said:
“Oh my friend, forgive me… I can’t take care of you… I
don’t know they will eat you. I’m sorry if I can’t reply your kindness to me…
Good bye friend, good bye…”
Bawang Putih buried her friend sadly. Several days
later, grew a beautiful tree, with beautiful flowers on the burial.
Surprisingly, a Prince came to see it and need it to be his father’s because
only the tree could help his father to be well again. The prince said:
“Who is the owner of the tree?”
“Oh, it’s mine…” answered Bawang Merah.
“Could you pull and gave it to me?”
“Of course…”
Bawang Merah tried to pull it but she couldn’t.
Everybody also tried, but they also couldn’t. Then, the Prince looked at Bawang
Putih and felt in love with her and asked her to pull the tree. Miraculous! The
tree could pulled by her and she gave it to the prince. The prince said:
“Oh beautiful girl. Thank you for the tree. I love
you. Would you become my wife?”
Bawang Putih only smiled and nodded. The Prince
married her, and Bawang Putih has forgiven her stepmother and stepsister. And
they lived happily ever after.
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