Cerita legenda batu menangis
Once upon a time, there lived a mother and her daughter in a small
village, in Borneo island. The daughter was so beautiful, but she had a
very bad behavior. She never helped her mother to work. She just spent
her time in front of the mirror to beautify herself and to admire her
beauty. While her mother had to work to fulfill their daily needs. She
was also a spoiled girl. She always asked everything to her mother. if
her mother didn't fulfill her want, she would cry. This made her mother
so sad, but somehow she still loved her daughter. So she always tried to
fulfill what her daughter wanted.
One day, the girl forced her mother to buy a new gown for her. At first,
her mother refused her request. She told her daughter that she didn't
have enough money. But her daughter threatened her mother, then she
fulfilled to but a new gown. Before going to the market together, her
daughter reminded her mom,"Let's go shopping, but I don't want to walk
beside you. You had to walk behind me, I felt embarrassed if people see
me". Even though her mother felt really sad, she obeyed her daughter
request, she did not want her daughter feel embarrassed.
The daughter dressed beautifully while her mother wore very simple
dress. Even though they were a mother and a daughter, they looked so
different. Her mother looked like her servant. In the middle of their
way to market, a man greeted them,"Hi cute girl, is she your mother?".
he asked. "How could you think that? Of course she is not my mother, she
is my servant", the daughter replied. Her mother was so sad to hear
that. She kept silent though her heart was crying aloud. Along the
street everyone passing kept asking the girl about her mother. And the
girl always told them that the old woman behind her was her servant.
The mother had stayed patiently along the street. And finally she could
not bear it to hear her daughter's answer. she prayed to the God,"O
Lord, punish my ungrateful daughter, please!", she prayed. Suddenly the
girl's legs turned to be a stone immediately after the mother stopped
praying. The change came slowly. Knowing her legs turned to be a stone,
the daughter screamed."What's happen to my legs?". Then she realized
that she had hurt her mother's feeling. She cried and begged for
absolution to her mother."Mommy, Forgive me please, mom". She begged.
The daughter kept crying. But it was too late. The whole body eventually
became a stone. The mother actually felt so sad to see her daughter.
But she could not do anything to the God's destiny. Even though she had
become a stone completely, people can still see her tears. That is the
reason why it was called Batu Menangis.
Cerita rakyat batu menangis
Pada zaman dahulu, hiduplah seorang ibu dan putrinya di sebuah desa
kecil, di pulau Kalimantan. Putrinya sangat cantik, namun ia memiliki
sifat yang sangat buruk. Dia tidak pernah membantu ibunya bekerja. Dia
hanya menghabiskan waktunya di depan cermin untuk mempercantik dirinya
dan mengagumi kecantikannya. Sementara ibunya harus bekerja untuk
memenuhi kebutuhan sehari-hari. Dia juga seorang gadis yang manja. Dia
selalu meminta segala sesuatu kepada ibunya. Jika ibunya tidak memenuhi
keinginannya, dia akan menangis. Tentu ini membuat sang ibu sangat
sedih, tapi biar bagaimana ibunya masih mencintai putrinya. Jadi sang
ibu selalu mencoba untuk memenuhi apa yang inginkan putrinya.
Putrinya berpakaian sangat cantik sementara ibunya mengenakan gaun yang sangat sederhana. Meskipun mereka adalah ibu dan anak, mereka tampak begitu berbeda. Ibunya lebih tampak seperti pembantunya. Di tengah jalan ke pasar, seorang pria menyapamereka, "gadis cantik, apakah dia ibumu?". ia bertanya. "Bagaimana bisa Anda berpikir seperti itu? Tentu saja dia bukanlah ibuku, dia adalah pembantuku", putri itu menjawab. Ibunya sangat sedih mendengarnya. Dia tetap diam meskipun hatinya menangis sangat keras. Sepanjang jalan, semua orang yang melewati terus bertanya kepada putri tersebut tentang ibunya. Dan putrinya selalu memberitahu mereka bahwa wanita tua di belakangnya adalah pembantunya.
Ibu telah bersabar sepanjang jalan. Dan akhirnya sang ibu tidak tahan lagi mendengar jawaban putrinya. Dia berdoa kepada Tuhan, "Ya Tuhan, hukumlah putri saya tidak tahu berterima kasih ini!", doa sang ibu. Tiba-tiba kaki putrinya itu berubah menjadi batu seketika setelah ibu berhenti berdoa. Perubahan terjadi secara perlahan-lahan. Mengetahui kakinya berubah menjadi batu, putrinya pun berteriak."Apa yang terjadi pada kakiku? ". Kemudian dia menyadari bahwa dia telah menyakiti perasaan ibunya. Dia menangis dan memohon untuk pengampunan kepada ibunya."Ibu, ampuni saya, ibu ". Dia memohon. Putrinya terus menangis. Tapi semua itu sudah terlambat. Seluruh tubuh akhirnya menjadi batu. Ibu benar-benar merasa sangat sedih menyaksikan putrinya berubah menjadi batu. Tapi sang ibu tidak bisa melakukan apa-apa lagi atas kehendak Tuhan. Meskipun sang putri telah menjadi batu, orang masih bisa melihat mata airnya mengalir. Itulah alasan mengapa ia disebut Batu Menangis.
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