#081 The Legend Of Rawa Pening

Once upon a time, there was a little boy, who was poor, dirty, and smelly, came into a little village. He was very hungry and weak. He knocked at every door and asked for some food, but nobody cared about him. Nobody wanted to help the little boy. Finally, a generous old woman helped him. She gave him shelter and a meal. When the boy wanted to leave, the old woman gave him a “lesung”, a big wooden mortar for pounding rice.

She reminded him, “Please remember, if there is a flood you must save yourself. Use this “lesung” as a boat”.

The little boy was happy and thanked the old woman. The little boy continued his journey. While he was passing through the village, where he had asked for food, he saw many people gathering on the field. The boy came closer and saw a stick stuck in the ground. People challenged each other to pull out that stick. Everybody tried, but nobody succeeded.

“Can I try?” asked the little boy.

The crowd laughed mockingly. The boy wanted to try his luck so he stepped forward and pulled out the stick. He could do it very easily. Everybody was dumbfounded. Suddenly, from the hole left by stick, water spouted out. It did not stop until it flooded the village. And no one was saved from the water except the little boy and the generous old woman who gave him shelter and meal. As she told him, he used the “lesung” as a boat and picked up the old woman. The whole village became a huge lake.

It is now known as Rawa Pening Lake in Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia.

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#080 Who Did Patrick's Homework ?

Patrick never did his homework. "Too boring," he said. He played baseball and basketball instead.

His teachers told him, "Patrick! Do your homework or you won't learn a thing."

And it's true; sometimes he did feel like a ding-a-ling in the class. But what could he do? He hated homework. Then one day, his cat was playing with a little doll and he grabbed it away. To his surprise, it wasn't a doll at all, but a man with size. He had a little wool shirt with old fashioned trousers and a high tall hat much like a witch's. It was an elf!

He yelled, "Save me! Don't give me back to that cat. I'll grant you a wish, I promise you that."

Patrick couldn't believe how lucky he was! Here was the answer to all of his problems. So he said, "Only if you do all my homework until the end of the semester, that's 35 days. If you do a good enough job, I could even get A's."

The little man's face wrinkled and he kicked his legs and pursed his lips, "Oh, am I cursed! But I'll do it."

And he kept his word, that little elf began to do Patrick's homework, but there was one glitch. The elf didn't always know what to do and he needed help.

"Help me! Help me!" he said.

And Patrick would have to help in whatever way.

"I don't know this word," the elf squeaked while reading Patrick's homework.

"Get me a dictionary. No, what's even better that you look up the word and pronounce it out by each letter."

When it came to maths, Patrick was also out of luck because the elf needed his help again.

"What are multiplication tables?" the elf shrieked. "We elves never need that. Addition, subtraction, division and fractions? Here, sit down beside me, you simply must guide me."

Elves knew nothing about human; to them it's something new. So the Little elf, already a shouter, just got louder. "Go to the library, I need books. More and more books. And you can help me read them, too."

As a matter of fact, every day that little elf was a nag! Patrick was working harder than ever! He was staying up nights, he had never felt so tired, and was going to school with his eyes puffed.

Finally, the last day of school arrived and the elf was free to go. Since then was no more homework. Patrick got his A's and his classmates were amazed. His teachers smiled and were full of praise. And his parents? They wondered what had happened to Patrick. In the end Patrick still thought he'd made that tiny man do all his homework. But it wasn't the elf; Patrick was the one who had done the homework!

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#079 A Frog And A Fortune Teller

A frog telephoned a fortune teller hot line and was told, “You are going to meet a beautiful young girl who will want to know everything about you.”

“Great!” said the frog, “will I meet her at a party?”

“No,” said the fortune teller, “next year in biology class.”

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#078 A Frenchman In England

 A Frenchman was travelling in England. He could speak English quite well, but his vocabulary was not good. One day he was dining in a hotel and wanted to order two boiled eggs. But he didn’t remember the word ‘egg’ in English. Just then he saw a cock out of the window.

“What do you call that bird?” he asked the waiter.

“I call it a cock,” answered the waiter.

“What do you call the wife of cock?” he asked

“I call it a hen.” The waiter answered.

“What do you call the hen's children?” he asked

“I call them chicks.” The waiter told him

“What do you call the chicks before they are born?” the Frenchman asked the waiter again.

“I call them eggs,” said the waiter

“That’s the word I am looking for!” said the Frenchman. “Please bring me two boiled eggs.”

-FIN-

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#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-

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