A long time ago, a farmer and his wife lived in a jungle. They didn't have any children. Everyday they went to a sacred tree to bed for a child. When they were praying a giant passed, and heard their praying.
Giant: "you will have a baby girl, but you have to promise me, to give a child to me when she is seventen years old"
A farmer and his wife agreed because they wanted to have a child very much. The giant gave them the cucumber seed, then they went home.
Next day, they planted the seed in the yard. Day by day, the plant got bigger and bigger. A flower bloomed, and finally became a small gold cucumber. The cucumber grew rapidly, then became a big cucumber. The farmer picked it and brought it home when it was ripe. When they arrived at home, the farmet cut it slowly. Wow, they were surprised. The farmer shouted to his wife "Look, my dear wife, there is a baby in it".
Wife : "yeah, how cute the baby is. Thanks God, finally You give me a beautiful baby".
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His wife :“Yeah! How cute the baby is” They were very happy and they named her Timun Emas, means the golden cucumber.
Timun Emas blossomed into a real beautiful girl. When she was seventeen years old, the giant came and said to the farmer, “I am coming to take your daughter”.
The farmer : “Ooo … do not worry. She is playing in the garden now. Let my wife get her”
Meanwhile his wife found Timun Emas and gave her four things in a cloth bag
Mother : “My daughter, the giant has come to take you. Bring this bag with you for fighting him”.
Timun Emas :“What can I do, mother?”
Mother :“Run as fast as you can”. “Throw one of three things whenever the giant comes close
Then Timun Emas ran as fast as she could. The giant saw Timun Emas running towards the jungle. Then he ran after her. When he almost caught her, she took out the first thing from the bag, a handle of salt, and threw it towards the giant. Suddenly the ground between Timun Emas and the giant turned into a wide sea. T
he giant tried to catch Timun Emas by swimming. It was very hard of course. The giant almost caught Timun Emas again. Timun Emas threw a handful of chilies. In a flash, there grew a thorny dense bush around the giant. The giant screamed with a pain, but again, the giant got free and was almost able to catch Timun Emas.
She took out the third thing from the bag, a handful of cucumber seeds. Suddenly, the ground turned into very wide field of cucumber vines. The giant felt thirsty and hungry, and then he ate lots of fresh cucumbers. The giant ate, ate and ate again and finally he feel asleep.
When she saw this, Timun Emas ran as far as she could but the giant woke up and ran after her quickly. Knowing the giant was coming closer and closer, Timun Emas threw out the last thing, a handful of shrimp paste. The ground where the giant running suddenly turned into a sea of mud. He was trapped there. He screamed and sank into the sea of mud. Timun Emas quickly went home
Finally, the farmer and his wife were very happy.
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