The Crying Stone
In a small village, a girl lives with her
mother. The girl is very beautiful. Everyday she puts make-up and wears her
best clothes. She doesn’t like to help her mother work in a field. The girl is
very lazy.
One
day, the mother asks the girl to accompany her to go to the market to buy some food. At
first the girl refuses, but the mother persuades her by saying they are going
to buy new clothes. The girl finally agrees. But she asks her mother to walk
behind her. She doesn’t want to walk side by side with her mother. Although her
mother is very sad, she agrees to walk behind her daughter.
On the way to the market, everybody admires the girl’s
beauty. They are also curious. Behind thebeautiful girl, there is an old woman with a simple dress. The girl and her mother look very
different!
“Hello, pretty lady. Who is the woman
behind you?” asks them.
“She is my servant,”
answers the girl.
The mother is very sad,
but she doesn’t say anything.
The girl and the mother meet other people. Again they ask who the woman behind the beautiful
girl. Again the girl answers that her mother is her servant. She always says
that her mother is her servant every time they meet people.
At last, the mother cannot
hold the pain anymore. She prays to God to punish her daughter. God answers her
prayer. Slowly, the girl’s leg turns into stone. The process continues to the
upper part of the girl’s body. The girl is very panicky.
“Mother, please forgive
me!” she cries and ask her mother to forgive her.
But it’s too late. Her whole body finally becomes a big stone.
Until now people still can see tears falling down the stone. People then call
it the crying stone or batu menangis.
Story Map
1. Title : The Crying Stone
2. Type :
Legends
3. Theme : Girl
who rebel against mother
4. Characters :
~Mayor = A
girl ->
Fainthearted, arrogant, cavalier, and lazy
Mother -> Lovely and patient
~Minor = All
human -> Praised and wanted to know
5. Setting
:
Time -> One
day
Place -> In a small village, the traditional market
6. Point of view
: The third point of view
7. Languange style
: Daily languange style
8. Summary :
- Reorientation
-> In a small village, a girl lives with her
mother. The girl is very
beautiful. Everyday she puts make-up and wears her
best clothes. She doesn’t like to help her mother
work in a field. The girl is very lazy.
- Complication
-> The girl and the mother meet other people. They ask who the woman behind the beautiful girl. The girl answers that
her mother is her servant. She always says that her mother is her servant every
time they meet people.
- Resolution
-> At last, the mother
cannot hold the pain anymore. She prays to God to punish her daughter.
God answers her prayer. Slowly, the girl’s
leg turns into stone. The process continues to the upper
part of the girl’s body. The girl is very
panicky. “Mother, please forgive me!” she cries
and ask her mother to forgive her. But it’s too late. Her whole body finally becomes a big stone. Until now people still can see
tears falling down the stone. People then call
it the crying stone.
9. Morraly lesson
: We should not be disobedient to
parents (mom), because of
how the state of the mother (poor or
bad) it is our mothers
who give birth, nurture, medidik us. We
have to respect,
appreciate, and acknowledge our own
mothers as our
parents.
Batu Menangis
Di sebuah desa kecil, seorang gadis tinggal dengan ibunya. Gadis itu
sangat indah. Setiap hari ia menempatkan make-up dan mengenakan pakaiannya yang
terbaik. Dia tidak ingin membantu ibunya bekerja di lapangan. Gadis itu sangat malas.
Suatu hari, ibu meminta gadis itu untuk menemaninya pergi ke pasar
untuk membeli makanan. Awalnya gadis itu menolak, namun sang ibu membujuk
dengan mengatakan mereka akan membeli pakaian baru. Gadis itu akhirnya setuju.
Tapi dia meminta ibunya untuk berjalan di belakangnya. Dia tidak ingin berjalan
berdampingan dengan ibunya. Meskipun ibunya sangat sedih, ia setuju untuk
berjalan di belakang putrinya.
Dalam perjalanan ke pasar, semua orang mengagumi kecantikan gadis itu.
Mereka juga penasaran. Di balik gadis cantik, ada seorang wanita tua dengan
gaun sederhana. Gadis dan ibunya terlihat sangat berbeda!
“Halo, wanita cantik. Siapa wanita di
belakang Anda?” meminta mereka.
“Dia adalah hamba-Ku,” jawab gadis
itu.
Ibu ini sangat sedih, tetapi dia tidak mengatakan apa-apa.
Gadis itu dan ibu bertemu dengan orang lain. Sekali lagi mereka meminta
siapa wanita di belakang gadis cantik. Sekali lagi gadis itu menjawab bahwa
ibunya adalah pelayannya. Dia selalu mengatakan bahwa ibunya adalah hamba
setiap kali mereka bertemu orang.
Akhirnya, ibu tidak bisa menahan rasa sakit lagi. Dia berdoa kepada
Tuhan untuk menghukum putrinya. Tuhan menjawab doanya. Perlahan-lahan, kaki
gadis itu berubah menjadi batu. Proses berlanjut ke bagian atas tubuh gadis
itu. Gadis itu sangat panik.
“Ibu, maafkan aku!” dia menangis dan meminta ibunya untuk memaafkannya.
Tapi itu sudah terlambat. Seluruh tubuhnya akhirnya menjadi batu besar.
Sampai sekarang orang masih bisa melihat air mata jatuh batu. Orang-orang
kemudian menyebutnya batu menangis atau batu Menangis.
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