FAIRY
TALES
The Bright
Sun Brings It to Light
A tailor's
apprentice was traveling about the world in search of work, and at one time he
could find none, and his poverty was so great that he had not a farthing to
live on. Presently he met a Jew on the road, and as he thought he would have a
great deal of money about him, the tailor thrust God out of his heart, fell on
the Jew, and said, give me your money, or I will strike you dead. Then said the
Jew, grant me my life, I have no money but eight farthings. But the tailor
said, money you have, and it shall be produced, and used violence and beat him
until he was near death. And when the Jew was dying, the last words he said
were, the bright sun will bring it to light, and thereupon he died. The
tailor's apprentice felt in his pockets and sought for money, but he found
nothing but eight farthings, as the Jew had said. Then he took him up and
carried him behind a clump of trees, and went onwards to seek work. After he
had traveled about a long while, he found work in a town with a master who had
a pretty daughter, with whom he fell in love, and he married her, and lived in
good and happy wedlock.
After a long time when he and his
wife had two children, the wife's father and mother died, and the young people
kept house alone. One morning, when the husband was sitting on the table before
the window, his wife brought him his coffee, and when he had poured it out into
the saucer, and was just going to drink, the sun shone on it and the reflection
gleamed hither and thither on the wall above, and made circles on it. Then the
tailor looked up and said, yes, it would like very much to bring it to light,
and cannot. The woman said, o, dear husband, and what is that, then. What do
you mean by that. He answered, I must not tell you. But she said, if you love
me, you must tell me, and used her most affectionate words, and said that no
one should ever know it, and left him no rest. Then he told her how years ago,
when he was traveling about seeking work and quite worn out and penniless, he
had killed a Jew, and that in the last agonies of death, the Jew had spoken the
words, the bright sun will bring it to light. And now, the sun had just wanted
to bring it to light, and had gleamed and made circles on the wall, but had not
been able to do it. After this, he again charged her particularly never to tell
this, or he would lose his life, and she did promise. However, when he had sat
down to work again, she went to her great friend and confided the story to her,
and asked her never to repeat it to any human being, but before three days were
over, the whole town knew it, and the tailor was brought to trial, and
condemned. And thus, after all, the bright sun did bring it to light.
The End
The Singing
Bone
A wild boar was wreaking havoc throughout the country.
No one dared venture into the forest where it ran about. With its tusks it
ripped to pieces anyone who was bold enough to pursue it and attempt to kill
it. Then the king proclaimed that anyone who could kill the boar would receive
his daughter for a wife.
There were three brothers in the kingdom. The oldest
was sly and clever; the second was of ordinary intelligence; but the third and
youngest was innocent and slow witted. They wanted to win the princess, so they
set forth to seek out the wild boar and kill it. The two oldest ones went
together, while the youngest one went by himself. When he entered the woods an
old man approached him. He was holding a black lance in his hand, and said to
him, "Take this lance and fearlessly attack the boar with it, and you will
kill it." And that is what happened. He struck the boar with the lance,
and it fell dead to the earth. Then he lifted it onto his shoulder, and cheerfully
set off toward home.
On the way he came to a house where his brothers were
making merry and drinking wine. When they saw him with the boar on his back,
they called to him, "Come in and have a drink with us. You must be
tired." The innocent simpleton, not thinking about any danger, went inside
and told them how he had killed the boar with the black lance, and rejoiced in
his good fortune. That evening they returned home together. The two oldest ones
plotted to kill their brother. They let him walk ahead of them, and when they
came to a bridge just outside the city, they attacked him, striking him dead.
They buried him beneath the bridge. Then the oldest one took the boar, carried
it to the king, claimed that he had killed it, and received the princess for a
wife.
Many years passed, but it was not to remain hidden.
One day a shepherd was crossing the bridge when he saw a little bone beneath
him in the sand. It was so pure and snow-white that he wanted it to make a
mouthpiece from, so he climbed down and picked it up. Afterward he made a
mouthpiece from it for his horn, and when he put it to his lips to play, the
little bone began to sing by itself:
Oh, dear
shepherd You are blowing on my bone. My brothers struck me dead, And buried me
beneath the bridge, To get the wild boar For the daughter of the king.
The shepherd took the horn to the king, and once again
it sang the same words. After hearing this, the king had his people dig under
the bridge, and they soon uncovered the skeleton. The two wicked brothers
confessed their crime and were thrown into the water. The murdered brother's
bones were laid to rest in a beautiful grave in the churchyard.
LEGEND
Malin
Kundang
A long time ago, in a
small village near the beach in West Sumatera, lived a woman and her son, Malin
Kundang. Malin Kundang’s father had passed away when he was a baby, and he had
to live hard with his mother.
Malin Kundang was a
healthy, diligent, and strong child. He usually went to the sea to catch fish,
and brought it to his mother, or sold it in the town.
One day, when Malin
Kundang was sailing as usual, he saw a merchant’s ship which was being raided
by a small band of pirates. With his brave and power, Malin Kundang defeated
the pirates. The merchant was so happy and asked Malin Kundang to sail with
him. Malin Kundang agreed.
Many years later, Malin
Kundang became a wealthy merchant, with a huge ship, loads of trading goods,
many ship crews, and a beautiful wife. In his journey, his ship landed on a
beach. The villagers reconigzed him, and the news ran fast in the town: Malin
Kundang became a rich man and now he is here. His mother, in deep-felt sadness
after years of loneliness, ran to the beach to meet her beloved son again.
When the mother came,
Malin Kundang, in front of his well dressed wife, his crews and his own
gloriness, denied to meet that old, poor and dirty woman. For three times she
begged Malin Kundang and for three times yelled at him. At last Malin Kundang
said to her "Enough, old woman! I have never had a mother like you, a
dirty and ugly peasant!" Then he ordered his crews to set sail.
Enraged, she cursed Malin
Kundang that he would turn into a stone if he didn’t apologize. Malin Kundang
just laughed and set sail. In the quiet sea, suddenly a thunderstorm came. His
huge ship was wrecked and it was too late for Malin Kundang to apologized. He
was thrown by the wave out of his ship, fell on a small island, and suddenly
turned into stone.
The End
The legend of Timun Mas
They prayed to God for a child One day a giant passed their home. He heard
what they were praying. Then giant gave them a cucumber seed.
Then the couple planted teh cucumber sees. Each day the took care of teh
growing plant so carefully. Month later, a golden cucumber grew from the plant.
Teh cucumber was getting heavier and bigger each day. When it was ripe, they
picked it. Carefully they cut of the cucumber and how surprised were they when
found a beuatiful bay inside. They were so happy. They named the baby Timun
Mas.
Many years after, Timun Mas had grown into a beautiful girl. Her parents
were very happy. But thier happiness turned to fear when her 17th birthday
came. The giant was going to take Timun Mas away.
The father was giving a small bag to Timun Mas, equipped with magic stuff,
salt, chilty, cucumber seed, shrimp paste as weapon. Her father told her that
it could help her from the giant. He ordered Timun Mas to run away.
The giant was chasing Timun Mas and he was getting closer and closer. Timun
Mas then took a hardful of salt from her small bag. She spread out the salt
behind her. Suddenly a wide sea appeared between them.
Timun Mas was still running, the giant almost caught her. Then she took
some chilly and threw them to the giant. The chilly suddenly grew into some
trees and trapped the giant. Timun Mas could escape again.
Unfotunately the giant almost caught Timun Mas. So she took me the third
magic stuff, the cucumber seeds. She trow the seeds and suddenly they became a
wide cucumber field. The giant ate those fresh cucumber. He ate so much that he
felt sleepy and fell asleep soon.
Timun Mas kept on running as fast as she could. But the giant had woken up
Timun Mas so scared. Then she threw her last weapon, shrimp paste. It became a
big swamp. The giant fell into it but his hands almost reached Timun Mas. But
at last he was drowned.
Timun Mas
was safe now. Then she returned to her parents house her parents were very
happy
The End
MOTIVATION
Building
Bridges
Once
upon a time two brothers who lived on adjoining farms fell into conflict. It
was the first serious rift in 40 years of farming side by side, sharing
machinery, and trading labor and goods as needed without a hitch.
Then
the long collaboration fell apart. It began with a small misunderstanding and
it grew into a major difference, and finally it exploded into an exchange of bitter
words followed by weeks of silence.
One
morning there was a knock on John's door. He opened it to find a man with a
carpenter's toolbox. "I'm looking for a few days work," he said.
"Perhaps
you would have a few small jobs here and there. Could I help you?"
"Yes,"
said the older brother. "I do have a job for you. Look across the creek at
that farm. That's my neighbor, in fact, it's my younger brother. Last week
there was a meadow between us and he took his bulldozer to the river levee and
now there is a creek between us. Well, he may have done this to spite me, but
I'll go him one better. See that pile of lumber curing by the barn? I want you
to build me a fence - an 8-foot fence - so I won't need to see his place
anymore. Cool him down, anyhow."
The
carpenter said, "I think I understand the situation. Show me the nails and
the post-hole digger and I'll be able to do a job that pleases you."
The
older brother had to go to town for supplies, so he helped the carpenter get
the materials ready and then he was off for the day.
The
carpenter worked hard all that day measuring, sawing, nailing.
About
sunset when the farmer returned, the carpenter had just finished his job. The
farmer's eyes opened wide, his jaw dropped.
There
was no fence there at all. It was a bridge... a bridge stretching from one side
of the creek to the other! A fine piece of work handrails and all - and the
neighbor, his younger brother, was coming across, his hand outstretched.
"You
are quite a fellow to build this bridge after all I've said and done."
The
two brothers stood at each end of the bridge, and then they met in the middle,
taking each other's hand. They turned to see the carpenter hoist his toolbox on
his shoulder. "No, wait! Stay a few days. I've a lot of other projects for
you," said the older brother.
"I'd
love to stay on," the carpenter said, "but, I have many more bridges
to build."
The End
The Elephant Rope
As a man was
passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these
huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No
chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break
away from their bonds but for some reason, they did not.
He saw a trainer
nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and made no attempt to get
away. “Well,” trainer said, “when they are very young and much smaller we use
the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it’s enough to hold them. As
they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They
believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.”
The man was
amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because
they believed they couldn’t, they were stuck right where they were.
Like the
elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot
do something, simply because we failed at it once before?
Failure is part of learning; we should never
give up the struggle in life.A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. “What food might this contain?” the mouse wondered. He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.
Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning: “There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!”
The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, “Mr. Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by it.”
The mouse turned to the pig and told him, “There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!” The pig sympathized, but said, “I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it but pray. Be assured you are in my prayers.”
The mouse turned to the cow and said, “There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!” The cow said, “Wow, Mr. Mouse. I’m sorry for you, but it’s no skin off my nose.”
So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer’s mousetrap alone.
That very night a sound was heard throughout the house – like the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey. The farmer’s wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer’s wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital and she returned home with a fever.
Everyone knows you
treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the
farmyard for the soup’s main ingredient. But his wife’s sickness continued, so
friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the
farmer butchered the pig. The farmer’s wife did not get well; she died. So many
people came for her funeral, the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide
enough meat for all of them.
The mouse looked
upon it all from his crack in the wall with great sadness. So, the next time
you hear someone is facing a problem and think it doesn’t concern you,
remember, when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk. We are all involved
in this journey called life. We must keep an eye out for one another and make
an extra effort to encourage one another. Each of us is a vital thread in
another person’s tapestry.
The End
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