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Selasa, 07 Mei 2013
A Farmer And A Hedgehog Statue
It was a very hot day.
A farmer was working on his field. He was there for several hours. He was very
tired and wanted to get some rest. Just before he found a nice place to rest,
he saw something very shiny. He came to the shiny object and took it. It was a
hedgehog statue. It was very beautiful.
Its eyes were made of
diamond. Those were the shiny objects he saw. The farmer then brought the
statue home. He wanted to show it to his wife. His wife was so happy. They were
so poor and planned to sell the statue. At night, the farmer had a dream. A
giant hedgehog came to him. He said, “Please let me stay in your home. As a
return, I will give you everything you want. Just caress the statue’s head and say
the prayer. There are two kinds of prayers, one is to start your wish and the
second is to stop your wish. Now memorize the prayers.”
The farmer told his
wife about his dream. They really wanted to prove it. The farmer slowly
caressed the statue's head. He said the prayer and asked for rice. Suddenly, a
magic thing happened. Rice came out of the mouth of the statue. The rice kept
on coming out from the statue's mouth. The farmer immediately said the prayer
to stop it. It worked! The rice then stopped coming out from the statue's
mouth. Now the farmer mentioned other things, they
were jewellery's and other stuffs they needed. In just a moment, the
farmer and his wife became very rich. They then shared their materials with the
neighbors.
There was one neighbor
who was very jealous. He was actually a thief! He wanted to know how the poor
farmers became rich. After the thief found out, he stole the magic hedgehog
statue. He immediately took it and ran away. He was very tired from running and
was very thirsty. He wanted to get some water from the statue. He said the
prayer. His wish came true. Water came out of the statue’s mouth. The thief was
so happy. He drank and drank the water. He wanted to stop drinking but he did
not know how to stop the water. He forgot the prayer to stop the wish. Water
kept on coming out. He did not know what to do. He was really panic. He asked
for help. People who saw the incident were really scared. They ran away to
avoid the water. More and more water surrounded him. Slowly, it became a small
pond. Water flowed on the ground. It became a river. People then named the
river as Hedgehog River or Sungai Landak. ***
