KEBUN CERITA

On a night, under the beam of moonlight, King of Lombok named Prabu Kertajagat was heading to Kayangan Temple to worship. Along with him was his wife, family, priests, and some of his men who either held important positions or were highly trusted by him. The full moon that night shone so bright. Around the temple were flambues making the temple even brighter. Upon arriving, they started to kneel down and worship. Demung Sandubaya via http://www.ceritadongenganak.com Among there were also a newly-married couple; Demung Sandubaya and Lala Seruni. Demung Sandubaya was the brother Demung Brangbatun while his wife was a daughter of Rangga Bumbang. A newly-married couple they were that they just vowed to each other no more than a month ago. That night, in the temple, the king glanced at Lala Seruni. As soon as he saw her face, he was stunned on the beauty of Lala Seruni. Among all women presence in the temple, there were no one more beautiful than her, even the king’s wife. Such

Once there in a village in Bali, there lived a good-looking man named Manik Angkeran. Manik Angkeran was a son of Empu Sidhi Mandra. When he was child, Manik spent his boyhood by playing with other boys in the village. Unfortunately, he didn’t seem to carefully choose those who he would spend his day by playing with. He had many bad friends that would give him bad influence. Manik grew up as a man that liked to gamble. And as his parents noticed it, they started to worry. “My Son, I have noticed lately that you have always spend your day gambling with your friends” said his father in one occasion “Don’t you realize that what you have done is not giving you any beneficial effect toward your life neither is it making your life better. Just stop gambling!” But, as his father done talking, Manik would leave home and still continued his bad habit. Almost every of his day was spend on the gambling place. He would never help his parents with their jobs. One day, as he knew that

Di sebuah desa di pulau Tanimbar (Maluku), hiduplah seorang pria kaya bersama istri dan 2 orang anak yang sudah tumbuh menjadi seorang pemuda dan seorang gadis, mereka berdua sangat dimanjakan oleh ayah mereka sehingga mereka mempunyai sifat yang malas dan sombong. Mereka memiliki banyak pelayan yang siap melayani semua keinginan mereka. ( To read the story in English  click here) (The story is adapted f rom here) Ketika ayah mereka meninggal, semua pelayan pergi karena tidak tahan dengan perlakuan mereka. Sehingga sang ibulah yang menggantikan tugas-tugas para pelayan itu. Mulai dari mempersiapkan makanan, menyapu, mengepel, hingga menyetrika dikerjakan oleh ibunya dengan ikhlas. Namun, sungguh tidak terpuji. Kedua anak itu memperlakukan ibu mereka seperti pelayan. Jika ada yang salah mereka tak segan-segan membentak, seperti seorang majikan yang sedang marah kepada budaknya. Hati ibu yang malang sungguh sangat sakit, tetapi hanya bisa pasrah. Bagimanapun juga, mer