#077 The Malicious Daughter

Once, long ago, there was a couple who had three beautiful daughters. The oldest daughter was lazy; the middle daughter was careless and had many boyfriends, while the youngest was very talkative and loved to gossip. She loved gossiping so much, she loved to start arguments by spreading rumours.

All the local people hated the daughters especially the youngest one because of her fondness for creating malicious rumours. The parents were very embarrassed by the behaviour of their children; so embarrassed that they decided their children should leave the home and move away from the village.

Of course, the daughters objected and refused to leave. In desperation the coupled begged the neighbours to help capture the rogue females, tie them up, put them on a raft and send them down the river into exile. All the villagers willingly helped and before long the daughters were caught and sent away on a raft.

After a few hours adrift and at the mercy of the current, a renowned local pirate found the raft. He rescued the girls and in true pirate habit, he made them his ‘wives’. The pirate was quickly able to adjust to the behaviour of the eldest and middle daughter but he couldn’t stand the gossiping of the youngest. So, again in true pirate habit, he got rid of her by throwing her into the ocean.

 Fortunately a pair of sea eagles saw the girl’s plight and, while one circled overhead, the other went ashore, picked up a log, returned and dropped it for the helpless girl. She clung to the log and the current took her to land.

Once on dry land the eagles swooped down and picked up the girl and flew high into the sky. Naturally, the daughter needed a chat; she teased the male eagle and whispered to her partner that her husband was cheating on her. The female eagle became furious and very jealous. The couple fought so it was inevitable that the eagles dropped her. She died in the sea and eaten by the fishes.

Some years later a monk saw a skull that had been washed ashore. He picked it up and thought it would make an ideal incense holder. Not long the monks began to argue amongst themselves. They suspected the newly used skull was the problem so they removed it from the Chanting Room and made it into a water scoop for the bathroom. All at once the monks became ill and had rashes all over their bodies. It was clearly the skull causing all these problems.

One brave individual picked it up and threw it with all his might into the cemetery where a gang of thieves found it. Just as soon as they started examining the skull, it began exerting its evil influence and the thieves started fighting amongst themselves.

The grave keeper who witnessed that the skull was malicious, he grabbed the skull, burned it into ashes.

It was truly the end for the malicious young daughter. Everywhere, it will cause problems. So be warned, those of you who enjoy gossiping.

-FIN-

Read the Indonesian translation HERE

Author: Unknown

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