Sincere Will Get a Great Return

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom named Auretto, all people lived peacefully there. One of
them was Charlita, the king’s daughter who was assumed as the most beautiful and kindest
Princess of Auretto.
One day, Charlita looked blue. Because of that her father got confused. “What’s the matter my
beautiful daughter? Why are you so sad?” asked King Fernando. Charlita was just silent. She did
not say anything.
Then, King Fernando decided to make a competition to cheer Charlita again. After that, the
palace representative announce: “I will make a competition. The aim is to make my daughter,
Princess Charlita to be happy and laugh again. Everyone who can do it, will get a prize. It will be
held tomorrow when the sun rises. Sign: King Fernando.”
The following morning, everybody came to the palace, tried to give their best performance. They
seemed happy and laugh, but not for Princess Charlita. She was just silent and still looked sad.
King Fernando started to give up. No one amused his daughter. Then, there came a young
handsome man. “Excuse me King Fernando. I would like to join your competition. But, would
you mind if I took Princess Charlita for a walk?” said the young man gently. “As long as you
make my daughter be happy again, it will totally alright.” said King Fernando. The young
handsome man took Princess Charlita for a walk in a beautiful blue lake with a green forest
around it. Princess Charlita smiled and looked happy after that. Every body looked happy, too. “I
know why are you so my beautiful daughter. Now, I promise I will environment green. I regret
for always destroying it. Finally, the environment around the kingdom became so beautiful and
green, full of plants. Then, the young handsome man got a prize from the king. “I will marry you
off my daughter.” said him. “That is the prize I promise for you. Thanks for keeping our
environment well. Thanks for making my daughter happy again.”

The Legend of Rawa Pening

Once upon a time, there was a little poor boy 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 woman helped him. She gave him shelter and a meal. When the boy wanted
to leave, this 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 “lesung” was happy and thanked the old woman.The little boy continued his
journey. While he was passing through the village, 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.
The legend of Rainbow

A long time ago, there was a farmer. He had a small farm. One day he found that a wall which he
had built on previous days was getting knocked down. The farmer did not know who or what
made it. Because he felt tired of this happening the farmer decided to catch who should be
responsible.

One evening, while the farmer was in guard he heard something strange near that wall, then he
ran to find out who or what it was. It was surprising him because there were three star maidens
there. When they saw the farmer was approaching, they tried to escape. Two of the star maidens
could run and escape but one of them was left behind.

The farmer then caught the star maiden. She was beautiful and soon the farmer felt in love with
her. Because he was afraid that the star maiden would run away, the farmer hid her magical
wings so she could not fly anymore. the farmer and the star maiden got married.

Time went by they live together and got a beautiful baby boy. They lived happily for a long time,
until one day, the star maiden found her magical wings near their house. She wore her wings
back and flew with her son next to her. The farmer was alone and heart broken.

The gods saw the tears of the farmer. They felt pity of him so they decided to build a bridge of
different colors for him to climb to the sky and see his son and wife.

Ali Baba
Once upon a time there were 40 cruel thieves who put their stolen money and treasures in a cave.
They went in the cave by saying ”Open Sesame” to the cave entrance. A poor person, named Ali
Baba saw them while they were doing that, so he heard the opening word. After they left, he
went toward the cave and opened it. Suddenly he found a very large quantity of money and
golden treasures. He took some of it and went back home. After that he became a rich man and
his brother wanted to know how he became rich.
Ali Baba turned into the richest man in his village. His evil brother was really jealous of him, and
wanted to know how he could get such a lot of money. Therefore, when Ali Baba went to the
cave again to take some more money, his brother followed him. He saw everything, and decided
to go back the next day to take some money for himself. The next morning he found a lot of
money in the cave, and he wanted to take all of them. Unfortunately, when he was busy carrying
the money to his house, the thieves came. The boss of the thieves asked him how he knew about
the cave. He told everything, but unluckily they killed him and went to Ali Baba’s house.
After finding Ali Baba’s house, they made a plan to kill him the following night. Some of the
thieves hid in big jars, and the boss pretended that he was a merchant who wanted to sell the jars
to Ali Baba. Ali Baba who was a kind man invited the boss of the thief to have lunch together.
After lunch they took a rest. Luckily, the house maid went out of the house, and found that there
were thieves inside the jars. She finally boiled hot oil and poured it into the jars to kill all of
them. The boss of the thieves was caught, and put into prison.
Ali Baba was saved from the danger, and he finally lived happily ever after with his maid who
became his wife shortly after.
Golden Eggs
Long time ago a remote village, in central China was inhabited mainly with farmers and hunters.
One day, a poor farmer lost his entire livestock to flood. He prayed hard to God for help or his
family would die of starvation. Few days later, an old man with long grey beard, passed by his
house took pity on him. He gave him a goose and said “ I don’t have any expensive thing to give
you and hope this goose will help you to ease your hardship.” A week later to almost surprise the
farmer found and egg in his yard. This was no ordinary egg. It was a golden egg. He was
suddenly overcome with joy. Thereafter, his livelihood had rapidly improved but the farmer had
forgotten his earlier hardship. He became lazy, arrogant and spendthrift. Strangely, the goose
only laid one golden egg every six months. The greedy farmer lost his patient and slaughtered his
goose thinking there were plenty of golden eggs inside its stomach. Though he very much
regretted for his foolishness, it’s already too late.**

Pinocchio
Once upon a time, there was a puppeteer named Geppetto. He really wanted a boy but his wife
has been died for a long time ago. One day, he had an idea. He wanted to make a puppet so he
would never felt lonely again. He made a puppet all night without resting. In the morning, finally
he finished his work. He named the puppet, Pinocchio. He played whole day with Pinocchio.
However, he felt lonely again because Pinocchio couldn't talk or walk by himself. In the middle
of the night, Geppetto prayed to the God. His wish was Pinocchio became a real boy, human. He
thought it on his mind in his dream.

In the next morning, he surprised. Pinocchio was alive. He really was happy. He tough Pinocchio
how to walk, how to speak, how to read etc. like a teacher. Pinocchio learned fast. He entered an
elementary school. One day, Pinocchio felt bored. So, he went home late. Geppetto worried
about him. When Pinocchio came to home, Geppetto asked him. He said he was on school but he
didn't. Suddenly, Pinocchio's nose grow longer. It meant that Pinocchio lied.

The next day, Pinocchio got caught by thieves. The thieves was the owner of circus. Pinocchio
became a slave for the circus. He was famous because he was a talking puppet. Geppetto worried
him. Pinocchio didn't come home for 2 days. He found Pinocchio everywhere. When he
discovered the sea, big wave smashed him. He was on whale's stomach when he awoke. He
couldn't find the way out.
In different place, Pinocchio finally could get out from circus. He went to home but Geppetto
wasn't on there. He found Geppetto at sea. He had the same accident like Geppetto. He met
Geppetto in whale's stomach. They got out from its stomach by made a fire.
They went home back together. In the end, they lived happy forever after.

Snow White

Once upon a time there lived a little, named Snow White. She lived with her aunt and uncle
because her parents were died.

One day she heard her aunt and uncle talking about leaving Snow White in the castle because
they wanted to go to America and they didn’t have enough money to take Snow White with
them.

Snow White didn’t want her uncle and aunt to do this. So she decided to run away. The next
morning she run away from home when her aunt and uncle were having breakfast, she run away
into the wood.

In the wood she felt very tired and hungry. Then she saw this cottage. She knocked but no one
answered so she went inside and felt asleep

Meanwhile seven dwarfs were coming home from work. They went inside. There, they found
Snow White woke up. She saw the dwarfs. The dwarfs said; “What is your name?”. Snow White
said; “My name is Snow White”. One of the dwarfs said; “If you wish, you may live here with
us”. Snow White told the whole story about her. Then Snow white ad the seven dwarfs lived
happily ever after.

The Bear and Rabbit

Once upon a time, there lived a bear and a rabbit. The rabbit is a good shot. In contrary, the bear
is always clumsy and could not use the arrow.

One day, the bear called over the rabbit and asked the rabbit to take his bow and arrows.
The rabbit was fearing to arouse the bear's anger so he could not refuse it. He went with the bear
and shot enough buffalo to satisfy the hungry family. Indeed he shot and killed so many that
there were lots of meats left after.

However the bear did not want the rabbit to get any of the meat. The rabbit could not even taste
the meat. The poor rabbit would have to go home hungry after his hard day's work.

The bear was the father of five children. Fortunately, the youngest child was very kind to the
rabbit. He was very hearty eater. The mother bear always gave him an extra large piece of meat
but the youngest child did not eat it. He would take it outside with him and pretended to play ball
with the meat. He kicked toward the rabbit's house.When he got close to the door he would give
the meat with such a great kick. The meat would fly into the rabbit's house. In this way, the poor
rabbit would get his meal.
The Legend of Toba Lake
Once upon time, there was a handsome man. His name was Batara Guru Sahala. He liked
fishing. One day, he caught a fish. He was surprised to find out that the fish could talk. The fish
begged him to set it free.

Batara Guru could not bear it. He made the fish free. As soon as it was free, the fish changed into
a very beautiful woman. She attracted Batara Guru so much. He felt in love with that fish-
woman. The woman wanted to marry with him and said that Batara Guru had to keep the secret
which she had been a fish. Batara Guru aggreed and promised that he would never tell anybody
about it.

They were married happily. They had two daughters. One day Batara Guru got very angry with
his daughter. He could not control his mad. He shouted angrily and got the word of fish to his
daugters. The daughters were crying. They found their mother and talked her about it.

The mother was very annoyed. Batara Guru broke his promise. The mother was shouting angrily.
Then the earth began to shake. Volcanoes started to erupt. The earth formed a very big hole.
People believed that the big hole became a lake. Then this lake is known as Toba lake.

The Monkey and The Crocodile

One day there was a monkey. He wanted to cross a river. There he saw a crocodile so he asked
the crocodile to take him across the other side of the river. The crocodile agree and told the
monkey to jump on its back. Then the crocodile swam down the river with the monkey on his
top.

Unluckily, the crocodile was very hungry, he stopped in the middle of the river and said to the
monkey, “My father is very sick. He has to eat the heart of the monkey. So he will be healthy
again.”

At the time, the monkey was in dangerous situation and he had to think hard. Then he had a good
idea. He told the crocodile to swim back to the river bank. “What’s for?” asked the crocodile.
“Because I don’t bring my heart,” said the monkey. “I left it under a tree, near some coconuts in
the river bank.”
The crocodile agreed and turned around. He swam back to the bank of the river. As soon as they
reached the river bank, the monkey jumped off the crocodile’s back. Then he climbed up to the
top of a tree.

“Where is your heart?” asked the crocodile. “You are foolish,” said the monkey to the crocodile.
“Now I am free and I have my heart.

The Smartest Parrot

Once upon time, a man had a wonderful parrot. There was no other parrot like it. The parrot
could say every word, except one word. The parrot would not say the name of the place where it
was born. The name of the place was Catano.

The man felt excited having the smartest parrot but he could not understand why the parrot
would not say Catano. The man tried to teach the bird to say Catano however the bird kept not
saying the word.

At the first, the man was very nice to the bird but then he got very angry. “You stupid bird!”
pointed the man to the parrot. “Why can’t you say the word? Say Catano! Or I will kill you” the
man said angrily. Although he tried hard to teach, the parrot would not say it. Then the man got
so angry and shouted to the bird over and over; “Say Catano or I’ll kill you”. The bird kept not to
say the word of Catano.

One day, after he had been trying so many times to make the bird say Catano, the man really got
very angry. He could not bear it. He picked the parrot and threw it into the chicken house. There
were four old chickens for next dinner “You are as stupid as the chickens. Just stay with them”
Said the man angrily. Then he continued to humble; “You know, I will cut the chicken for my
meal. Next it will be your turn, I will eat you too, stupid parrot”. After that he left the chicken
house.

The next day, the man came back to the chicken house. He opened the door and was very
surprised. He could not believe what he saw at the chicken house. There were three death
chickens on the floor. At the moment, the parrot was standing proudly and screaming at the last
old chicken; “Say Catano or I’ll kill you”.

Cat and mouse in partnership

A certain cat had made the acquaintance of a mouse, and had said so much to her about the
great love and friendship she felt for her, that at length the mouse agreed that they should live
and keep house together. 'But we must make a provision for winter, or else we shall suffer from
hunger,' said the cat; 'and you, little mouse, cannot venture everywhere, or you will be caught in
a trap some day.' The good advice was followed, and a pot of fat was bought, but they did not
know where to put it. At length, after much consideration, the cat said: 'I know no place where it
will be better stored up than in the church, for no one dares take anything away from there. We
will set it beneath the altar, and not touch it until we are really in need of it.' So the pot was
placed in safety, but it was not long before the cat had a great yearning for it, and said to the
mouse: 'I want to tell you something, little mouse; my cousin has brought a little son into the
world, and has asked me to be godmother; he is white with brown spots, and I am to hold him
over the font at the christening. Let me go out today, and you look after the house by yourself.'
'Yes, yes,' answered the mouse, 'by all means go, and if you get anything very good to eat, think
of me. I should like a drop of sweet red christening wine myself.' All this, however, was untrue;
the cat had no cousin, and had not been asked to be godmother. She went straight to the church,
stole to the pot of fat, began to lick at it, and licked the top of the fat off. Then she took a walk
upon the roofs of the town, looked out for opportunities, and then stretched herself in the sun,
and licked her lips whenever she thought of the pot of fat, and not until it was evening did she
return home. 'Well, here you are again,' said the mouse, 'no doubt you have had a merry day.' 'All
went off well,' answered the cat. 'What name did they give the child?' 'Top off!' said the cat quite
coolly. 'Top off!' cried the mouse, 'that is a very odd and uncommon name, is it an usual one in
your family?' 'What does that matter,' said the cat, 'it is no worse than Crumb-stealer, as your
godchildren are called.'

Before long the cat was seized by another fit of yearning. She said to the mouse: 'You must
do me a favour, and once more manage the house for a day alone. I am again asked to be
godmother, and, as the child has a white ring round its neck, I cannot refuse.' The good mouse
consented, but the cat crept behind the town walls to the church, and devoured half the pot of fat.
'Nothing ever seems so good as what one keeps to oneself,' said she, and was quite satisfied with
her day's work. When she went home the mouse inquired: 'And what was the child christened?'
'Half-done,' answered the cat. 'Half-done! What are you saying? I never heard the name in my
life, I'll wager anything it is not in the calendar!'

The cat's mouth soon began to water for some more licking. 'All good things go in threes,'
said she, 'I am asked to stand godmother again. The child is quite black, only it has white paws,
but with that exception, it has not a single white hair on its whole body; this only happens once
every few years, you will let me go, won't you?' 'Top- off! Half-done!' answered the mouse, 'they
are such odd names, they make me very thoughtful.' 'You sit at home,' said the cat, 'in your dark-
grey fur coat and long tail, and are filled with fancies, that's because you do not go out in the
daytime.' During the cat's absence the mouse cleaned the house, and put it in order, but the
greedy cat entirely emptied the pot of fat. 'When everything is eaten up one has some peace,' said
she to herself, and well filled and fat she did not return home till night. The mouse at once asked
what name had been given to the third child. 'It will not please you more than the others,' said the
cat. 'He is called All-gone.' 'All-gone,' cried the mouse 'that is the most suspicious name of all! I
have never seen it in print. All-gone; what can that mean?' and she shook her head, curled herself
up, and lay down to sleep.

From this time forth no one invited the cat to be godmother, but when the winter had come
and there was no longer anything to be found outside, the mouse thought of their provision, and
said: 'Come, cat, we will go to our pot of fat which we have stored up for ourselves—we shall
enjoy that.' 'Yes,' answered the cat, 'you will enjoy it as much as you would enjoy sticking that
dainty tongue of yours out of the window.' They set out on their way, but when they arrived, the
pot of fat certainly was still in its place, but it was empty. 'Alas!' said the mouse, 'now I see what
has happened, now it comes to light! You a true friend! You have devoured all when you were
standing godmother. First top off, then half-done, then--' 'Will you hold your tongue,' cried the
cat, 'one word more, and I will eat you too.' 'All-gone' was already on the poor mouse's lips;
scarcely had she spoken it before the cat sprang on her, seized her, and swallowed her down.
Verily, that is the way of the world.

How man came to possess fire ???

Many, many years ago, the American Indians did not know how to make fire, but
they knew of its existence for they had seen smoke rising from an isl a n d i n h a b i t e d
b y t h e t r i b e o f weasels. On this island a lightning-bolt had struck, and set a tree on fire.
Unfortunatel y the Indians were unable to swim as far as the island, but the
rabbit came to their aid. He offered to go and steal the fire.
“I can run and swim faster than them,” said the rabbit. "I'll steal the fire and the
weasels will never catch me.“ Then he covered his head in pine resin and set off.
The weasels were having a party w h e n h e r e a c h e d t h e i s l a n d a n d invited him
to a sacred dance around the fire. This was just what the rabbit h a d be en h opi n g f or !
As h e wa s dancing, he drew closer and closer to the fire until eventually the pine resin
on his head caught fire, then he fled.
The weasels soon found they could not catch him, so they called upon the rain
spirits to extinguish the fire on the thief's head. The spirits heard their prayer and
answered, but the rabbit hid in a hollow tree, and did not come out again until the rain
storm was over. He made his way back to the camp of his friends, the Indians, and
handed over to them the fire which has burned there from that day to this.
The Nightingale

Once there was a fat old merchant whose father died and left him much money. He also
owned many shops in which he sold expensive rugs, fine silks and jewels.
The old man and his wife had no children although they prayed each day for a son. “We
have everything we want. I wish we had a son,” said the merchant to his wife.
Each month he travelled to cities far from his home. He bought carpets from Persia, silk
from China and satin coats from Turkey with which he filled his shops. People came from
distant lands to buy from him for the merchant was known for his good taste and honesty.
On each journey he always bought something for his wife. One day, he brought her a
nightingale in a large, silver cage. It was a magnificent cage. The roof was made of silver-plate
and the floor of the cage was covered with gold. “This is for you, Wife,” he said.
There was nothing that was too good for the bird. A special servant fed it twice a day,
bringing the bird seeds in a mother-of-pearl shell. The cage was kept spotles s. The
nightingale sang all day. It had not a care in the world.
“Why, its life in my house is better than that of my servants from India,” said the merchant
to his wife one day.
“It's true. The bird is well cared for and you can see how happy it is by the way it sings,”
said his wife, smiling.
The nightingale overheard them talking and thought sadly to himself. “Nothing would
make me happier than to be free.”
But when the merchant asked the bird if it was happy living in his home, the
nightingale replied, “Master, you are the world's most generous man. How could I not be happy
in such a home?” This made the merchant happy for the nightingale had taken the place of the
son he had never had.
One day the merchant announced that he had to go on a long journey overseas. “I've
heard that there are rare gems there. I wish to buy some for my shops,” he told his wife. So
preparations were made for the journey which would take several weeks.
One day the merchant was feeding the nightingale when the bird said: “Master, take
me with you. You're going to the land I was born in. I left it when I was very young for a
merchant sold me.” The merchant shook his head. The bird had become very precious to him
and his wife.
“My wife would miss you and besides, the journey would take many weeks. What if you
fell ill and died? She'd never forgive me,” he said. The bird bowed its head and said nothing.
The next day, the merchant was ready to leave on his long journey. He noticed
how sad the nightingale looked. “Tell me what you'd like as a present from your country,”
he asked the bird.
“Master, you've always treated me well. There's nothing I want. But would you do me a
great favour? I've many relatives who live in the Pomegranate Garden. Please see them and
tell them that I send my good wishes to them. Tell them that I'm very well and have the
best Master in the world,” said the bird.
“Certainly, I shall. I'll also tell them what a beautiful home you live in and how
happy you are here,” said the merchant, smiling.
After many weeks, the merchant arrived in the capital city. He spent some time doing
business and buying goods for his shops. The day before he was to leave, he suddenly
remembered his promise to the nightingale. “Do you know where the Pomegranate Garden is? he
asked the hotel-keeper.
The hotel-keeper told him where to go and the merchant set off. He walked for some time
and as it was a hot day, he stopped to rest. He saw a man selling drinks. He bought a glass of cool
fruit juice-and drank it thirstily. “Tell me, where is this garden, the Pomegranate Garden where
the nightingales liver he asked.
“Just behind those gates,” said the man, pointing to some heavy iron gates opposite. The
merchant thanked him and hurried across. It was already getting quite late.
He opened the gates and went in. There were beds full of fragrant flowers. The trees hung
with all types of fruit. On every tree and on every branch there were nightingales. The air was
filled with their merry singing.
One nightingale flew from tree to tree, coming closer and closer to have a better look at the
merchant. “How sweetly it sings. It must be a relative of the nightingale at home,” thought the
merchant to himself.
“Excuse me, but I have a message from a brother of yours who lives in a lovely, silver cage
in my home. My wife and I are very fond of it. A special servant takes care of it. In fact I think
it's better off there than here, as it gets a great deal of care and attention from us,” said the
merchant. “Your brother sends his good wishes.”
The nightingale heard these words but said nothing. Instead it fell to the ground as if
something had hit it. It lay there as if it was dead. Its wings were spread out, its beak wide open. It
did not move.
The merchant was very upset. “Oh dear, I think the shock of hearing about his brother must
have been too much,” he said. Tenderly he picked the bird up and laid it in some bushes. But the
nightingale was not dead. Instead it flew from tree to tree singing merrily. “Where are you going?
Tell me what I must say to your brother,” he said.
But the bird did not reply. It flew away singing happily. Puzzled, the merchant left the
garden. When he returned home he went to see the nightingale.
“Well, Master, did you give my relatives my best wishes? How are they?” asked the bird
eagerly.
“I told all your relatives about you but one of your brothers behaved very strangely,” said
the merchant.
“Why, what did my brother say?” asked the bird curiously.
“That's just it. He didn't say anything. When I said how happy you were here and what a
fine-loge you live in, he didn't even bother to listen. And then he pretended to be dead. He dived,
with his wings spread. Thinking he was dead I laid him in some bushes. No sooner had I done
that when he suddenly came to life and flew away, singing merrily. He behaved most rudely. He
didn't even ask how you were!” said the merchant angrily.
The nightingale heard all this in silence. It thought longingly of its home across the seas. It
was very sad and it neither ate nor drank. The next morning, when the servant came to feed it he
found the bird lying at the bottom of the cage. Its beak was wide open and its wings spread out. It
appeared to be dead.
When the merchant and his wife were told, they hurried to the cage. They tried everything
they could to bring the bird back to life. Water was poured into the bird's beak but it trickled
down the side. Gently the merchant laid the nightingale in the sunshine, thinking that the warm
sun would give it life. But still the bird lay as if dead.
 His wife began to cry. “It has given us such pleasure for so many months with its fine
singing. I am so sad that it has died.”
That afternoon the servant took the body of the bird and threw it on a rubbish heap. As
soon as the bird landed on the heap it came to life. It flew round and round the garden singing
and calling out. “Thank you, Master, for everything, my brother did send me a message although
you did not understand it. Being free like all the birds in the Pomegranate Garden was much
better than life in a silver cage, no matter how comfortable it was,” said the nightingale, as it
flew merrily off to its own home across the seas.