“A STORY OF WEWE GOMBEL”

OLEH :

NAMA : I PUTU RASTIKA PANDIA

NIM : 2017 - 003 – 2170

PRODI : ARSITEKTUR

MATA KULIAH : BAHASA INGGRIS

UNIVERSITAS NGURAH RAI

 - A STORY OF WEWE GOMBEL-

Long time ago there was a married couple from Indonesia who lived together in Java
island. They love each other, the woman was so beautiful and the man was so handsome.
They married when they were 25 years old, and no reason make them would leave each other.
But after five years live together they didn’t get a baby yet, even they try many times to get it.
Both of them really wanted to have a kid.

However, as time went by, an unpredictable situation was faced by the couple. The
husband came to realize that his wife was unable to have babies. He grew restless and
neglected his wife. The wife was so sad to realize that her husband not love her anymore. She
tried to make apologize even it was not her ability to solve the problem. But the husband
didn’t want to accept his wife anymore because he was disappointed.

The wife was left alone in a small village. No body in that village was know who was
she and where did she come from. Her husband leaved her in long period. Living alone made
her so sad, she didn’t have anyone to listen all of her problem, then she live with pain and
sorrow. Sometimes she hated her self because of her disability to have babies. And
sometimes she hated the god who made him live a difficult life as what she got at the time.

One day she unpredictably saw her husband. She followed her husband and got a
shock. Her husband was in the arms of another woman. The woman was so beautiful, she was
beautiful than the wife. They were talked so personal, and they talked about their future,
together, as a couple of husband and wife. The wife was so angry. She was so hurt and
shamed by his betrayal that she suddenly flew into a violent rage and murdered them. She
saw their blood on her hand. She saw their bodies. It made her afraid. Moreover, she tried to
run away.

Her neighbors discovered her terrible crime, they gathered an angry mob.They
searched her and deal to found her and give her a punishment. It made all of the people on the
village went to her house to catch her. But the house was empty. There was no body inside,
but all clothes were still there. The people concluded that the murderer was run without
brought any clothes. The people went to another place to found her. Life or die.
 At least, the people find her in a big tree near of the forest. They chased her away
from the village. They ostracized the woman and kept harassing her. Every time the woman
cried. She was sad, afraid to the people, and she knew she would be crazy. In her little heart
she still loved her husband, but everything has changed. Sometimes when she saw children
play she thought “if I have a baby, this wouldn’t be happened.”

Until one day she thought she can’t handle that anymore. She can’t felt the feeling for
any other time. She tired to continue this problem. Sometimes she hoped the god will take her
life soon. Sometimes she talked to the sky, asked why? And many times the old feeling came
to her brain. “Why the god give this problem to me?”, “If I have a baby, this wouldn’t be
happened” the point where she was driven into despair and committed suicide.

After her death, she returned from the grave as an evil spirit they call Wewe
Gombel. She begun kidnapping children and bringing them back to her lair to keep her
company. However, they say she does not harm the kids and she only abducts those who have
been mistreated or neglected by their parents.

She treats the children lovingly, just like a grandmother would, taking care of them
and protecting them. However, she forces them to suckle on her wrinkled breats, no mather
what age they are, also she feeds them human poop, which she fools them into eating by
making it look like a food. Not only that, but she smears mud all over their bodies and makes
them think she has dressed them in expensive clothes.

“If you don’t eat what I give to you, I will hold your nose and shove it down your
throat” that was Wewe Gombel said to the children that she took. Wewe Gombel keeps the
children in other to scare their parents and make them realize what they have done. As soon
as the neglectful parents are sorry for the way they treated their children, she will return the
kids unharmed.
 - KISAH WEWE GOMBEL-

Dulu ada pasangan suami istri dari Indonesia yang tinggal bersama di pulau Jawa. Mereka saling
mencintai, dia sangat cantik dan dia sangat tampan. Mereka menikah ketika mereka berusia 25
tahun, dan tidak ada alasan untuk membuat mereka meninggalkan satu sama lain. Tetapi setelah
lima tahun hidup bersama mereka belum memiliki bayi, bahkan mereka mencoba berkali-kali untuk
mendapatkannya. Keduanya sangat ingin punya anak.

Namun, seiring berjalannya waktu, situasi tak terduga ditemui oleh pasangan. Sang suami menyadari
bahwa istrinya tidak dapat memiliki bayi. Dia menjadi gelisah dan mengabaikan istrinya. Sang istri
sangat sedih menyadari bahwa suaminya tidak mencintainya lagi. Dia mencoba untuk meminta maaf
meskipun itu bukan kemampuannya untuk memecahkan masalah. Tetapi sang suami tidak mau
menerima istrinya lagi karena dia kecewa.

Sang istri ditinggalkan sendirian di sebuah desa kecil. Tidak ada mayat di desa yang tahu siapa dia
dan dari mana asalnya. Suaminya meninggalkannya untuk waktu yang lama. Tinggal sendirian
membuatnya sedih, dia tidak punya siapa-siapa untuk mendengarkan semua masalahnya, lalu dia
hidup dengan kesakitan dan kesedihan. Terkadang dia membenci dirinya sendiri karena
ketidakmampuannya memiliki bayi. Dan terkadang dia membenci para dewa yang membuatnya
menjalani kehidupan sulit yang dia dapat saat itu.

Suatu hari dia tiba-tiba melihat suaminya. Dia mengikuti suaminya dan mendapat kejutan. Suaminya
berada di pelukan wanita lain. Dia sangat cantik, dia cantik dari istrinya. Mereka berbicara secara
pribadi, dan mereka berbicara tentang masa depan mereka, bersama, sebagai pasangan yang sudah
menikah. Istrinya sangat marah. Dia sangat terluka dan terhina oleh pengkhianatannya bahwa dia
tiba-tiba menjadi marah dan membunuh mereka. Dia melihat darah mereka di tangannya. Dia
melihat tubuh mereka. Itu membuatnya takut. Apalagi, dia berusaha melarikan diri.

Tetangganya menemukan kejahatannya yang mengerikan, mereka mengumpulkan massa yang

marah. Mereka menggeledahnya dan berusaha mencari dan memberinya hukuman. Itu membuat
semua orang di desa pergi ke rumahnya untuk menangkapnya. Tapi rumah itu kosong. Tidak ada
mayat di dalamnya, tetapi semua pakaian itu masih ada di sana. Orang-orang menyimpulkan bahwa
pembunuhnya berlari tanpa membawa pakaian apa pun. Orang pergi ke tempat lain untuk
menemukannya. Hidup atau mati.

Setidaknya, orang menemukannya di sebuah pohon besar di dekat hutan. Mereka mengusirnya dari
desa. Mereka mengucilkan dia dan terus mengganggunya. Setiap kali dia menangis. Dia sedih, takut
pada orang, dan dia tahu dia akan gila. Dalam hati kecilnya dia masih mencintai suaminya, tetapi
semuanya telah berubah. Terkadang ketika dia melihat anak-anak bermain, dia berpikir "jika saya
punya bayi, ini tidak akan terjadi."
Sampai suatu hari dia pikir dia tidak bisa mengatasinya lagi. Dia tidak bisa merasakan perasaan itu
untuk lain waktu. Dia lelah untuk melanjutkan masalah ini. Terkadang dia berharap dewa itu akan
segera mengambil nyawanya. Terkadang dia berbicara ke langit, bertanya mengapa? Dan banyak kali
perasaan lama datang ke otaknya. "Mengapa Tuhan memberikan masalah ini kepada saya?", "Jika
saya punya bayi, ini tidak akan terjadi" titik di mana dia didorong ke dalam keputusasaan dan bunuh
diri.

Setelah kematiannya, ia kembali dari kubur sebagai roh jahat yang mereka sebut Wewe Gombel. Dia
mulai menculik anak-anak dan membawa mereka kembali ke sarangnya untuk menemaninya.
Namun, mereka mengatakan dia tidak membahayakan anak-anak dan dia hanya menculik mereka
yang telah dilecehkan atau diabaikan oleh orang tua mereka.

Dia memperlakukan anak-anak dengan penuh kasih, seperti yang dilakukan nenek, merawat mereka
dan melindungi mereka. Namun, ia memaksa mereka untuk menyusu di rambutnya yang keriput,
tidak ada tombak di usia berapa pun, atau ia memberi mereka makan kotoran manusia, yang ia
menipu mereka untuk dimakan dengan membuatnya terlihat seperti makanan. Tidak hanya itu,
tetapi dia mengoleskan lumpur ke seluruh tubuh mereka dan membuat mereka berpikir dia
mengenakan pakaian mahal.
"Jika Anda tidak makan apa yang saya berikan, saya akan memegangi hidung Anda dan
mendorongnya ke tenggorokan Anda," Wewe Gombel memberi tahu anak-anak yang diambilnya.
Wewe Gombel mengajak anak-anak lain untuk menakut-nakuti orang tua mereka dan membuat
mereka menyadari apa yang telah mereka lakukan. Begitu orang tua yang bodoh menyesali cara
mereka memperlakukan anak-anak mereka, dia akan mengembalikan anak-anaknya tanpa cedera.