KEBUN CERITA

A laundress, newly moved to Charleston following the Civil War, found herself awakened at the stroke of twelve each night by the rumble of heavy wheels passing in the street. But she lived on a dead end street, and had no explanation for the noise.  Her husband would not allow her to look out the window when she heard the sounds, telling her to leave well enough alone. Finally, she asked the woman who washed at the tub next to hers. The woman said: "What you are hearing is the Army of the Dead. They are Confederate soldiers who died in hospital without knowing that the war was over. Each night, they rise from their graves and go to reinforce Lee in Virginia to strengthen the weakened Southern forces."  The next night, the laundress slipped out of bed to watch the Army of the Dead pass. She stood spell-bound by the window as a gray fog rolled passed. Within the fog, she could see the shapes of horses, and could hear gruff human voices and the rumble of canons bein

Alkisah di suatu daerah di Soppeng (sebuah Kabupaten di Sulawesi Selatan), terdapatsuatu desa dengan rakyatnya sangat bersahabat, senantiasa hidup tentram, damai, dan sejahtera. Hampir atau bahkan seluruh masyarakat yang tinggal di daerah itu bermata pencaharian sebagai seorang petani. Setiap hari mereka berbondong-bondong ke sawah untuk bertani di lahan mereka masing-masing. Pada suatu ketika, desa yang terkenal tentram tersebut terusik oleh seorang nenek tua yang rambutnya berwarna putihmemakai konde di kepalanya, wajah yang keriput, dengan badan yang setengah membungkuk, lalu memakai sarung batik dan kemeja. Sekilas terlihat nenek itu hanyalah seorang nenek tua yang biasa-biasa saja yang sedang mencari tempat tinggal.              Tapi siapa yang menyangka bahwa nenek tua itu adalah seorang siluman yang suka memangsa daging manusia terlebihnya daging anak-anak. Dengan karakternya yang dikenal seperti itu, maka warga setempat pun menamai nenek itu dengan sebutan Nenek

Hi guys, what's up? Are you all doing fine? well, i hope everything is great. And please do hope for everything does well in my life too. Thank you. Well now, I just woke up from my  heavenly sleeping, and then i decided to write a West Java folklore namely The legend of Tangkuban Perahu. This story is very popular in Indonesia, and I am sure that almost all kids in Indonesia has known or read this story even once. So, for you who had known this story, please enjoy re-reading it again, do not leave from my blog. LOL. And for you who doesn't know this story please sit down, prepare for your popcorn and a glass of wine, I mean a glass of coke and read the story. Again, as always, if you find my English is terrible on this story, please be advised as English is neither my first nor my second language. Well, I think I have talked much. Alright, enjoy and don't forget to be awesome today!!! Long time ago, in west Java, there live a princess namely D